Men's 100 metre breaststroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 4, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 32 from 25 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:04.02 WR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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1973 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | women | |
Duet | women | |
Team | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | |
The men's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 4.
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Nobutaka Taguchi (JPN) | 1:04.94 | Munich, West Germany | 30 August 1972 |
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Competition record | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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4 September | Heat 1 | Rick Colella | United States | 1:06.72 | CR |
4 September | Heat 3 | Nikolai Pankin | Soviet Union | 1:06.10 | CR |
4 September | Heat 5 | John Hencken | United States | 1:04.35 | WR |
4 September | Final | John Hencken | United States | 1:04.02 | WR |
32 swimmers participated in 5 heats. The eight fastest times qualified for the final. [1] [2]
The results of the final are below. [3] [4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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- | John Hencken | United States | 1:04.02 | WR | |
- | Mikhail Khryukin | Soviet Union | 1:04.61 | ER | |
- | Nobutaka Taguchi | Japan | 1:05.61 | ||
4 | - | David Wilkie | Great Britain | 1:05.74 | CWR |
5 | - | Nikolai Pankin | Soviet Union | 1:06.55 | |
6 | - | Rick Colella | United States | 1:06.69 | |
7 | - | Jürgen Glas | East Germany | 1:07.41 | |
8 | - | Nigel Cluer | Papua New Guinea | 1:08.12 |
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