Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly

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Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 6, 1973
Competitors27 from 20 nations
Winning time2:03.32 CR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1975  

The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.

Contents

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record Flag of the United States.svg  Mark Spitz  (USA)2:00.70 Munich, West Germany 28 August 1972
Competition recordN/AN/A N/AN/A

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
6 SeptemberHeat 1 Brian Brinkley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:05.35CR
6 SeptemberHeat 2 Robin Backhaus Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:04.93CR
6 SeptemberHeat 4 Steve Gregg Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:04.59CR
6 SeptemberFinal Robin Backhaus Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:03.32CR

Results

Heats

27 swimmers participated in 4 heats. [1] [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14- Steve Gregg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:04.59Q, CR
24- Hartmut Flöckner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:04.60Q
32- Robin Backhaus Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:04.93Q, CR
41- Brian Brinkley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:05.35Q, CR
53- Jorge Delgado Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 2:05.64Q
63- Folkert Meeuw Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:06.04Q
72- András Hargitay Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:06.12Q
84- Jorge Jaramillo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:07.28Q
91- Hideaki Hara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:07.75
103- Ross Seymour Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:07.86
111- Gerd Glogowsky Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:07.87
124- Sergey Zakharov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:08.82
131- Miguel Lang Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 2:10.06
142- Peter Tetlow Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:10.83
152- Ignacio Álvarez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:11.50
164- Csaba Sós Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:11.60
173- Vasil Dobrev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 2:11.95
184- Angelo Tozzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:12.13
192- Eduardo Alijo Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:12.29
204- John Duncan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:12.39
213- Ian Mackenzie Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:12.61
222- Mikhail Gorelik Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:14.37
234- Eugen Almer Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 2:19.05
242- Jean-Jacques Scheuren Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 2:19.12
253- John Daly Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2:21.82
261- José Ferraioli Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2:22.21
272-O. MehmatFlag of Iran.svg  Iran 2:43.75
1- Anders Bellbring Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Did not start
3- Ali Gharbi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Did not start
1- Sérgio Waismaun Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Did not start

Final

The results of the final are below. [3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg- Robin Backhaus Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:03.32 CR
Silver medal icon.svg- Steve Gregg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:03.58
Bronze medal icon.svg- Hartmut Flöckner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:03.84
4- Brian Brinkley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:03.94 NR [4]
5- Jorge Delgado Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 2:04.03
6- András Hargitay Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:04.10
7- Folkert Meeuw Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:05.33
8- Jorge Jaramillo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:10.36

References

  1. "Cooper Heads 400m Finalist". The Sydney Morning Herald . John Fairfax Holdings. AAP. 7 September 1973. p. 19.
  2. "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  3. Krastev, Todor. "Men 200m Butterfly Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  4. Hopkins, John (9 September 1973). "Still in deep water". The Sunday Times . London. p. 29.