Men's 100 metre freestyle at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 9, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 38 from 25 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 51.708 | |||||||||
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 freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Mark Spitz (USA) | 51.22 | Munich, West Germany | 3 September 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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9 September | Heat | Ruy de Oliveira | Brazil | 53.675 | CR |
9 September | Heat | Michael Wenden | Australia | 52.671 | CR |
9 September | Heat | Jim Montgomery | United States | 52.660 | CR |
9 September | Final | Jim Montgomery | United States | 51.708 | CR |
38 swimmers participated in 6 heats, qualified swimmers are listed: [1] [2]
The results of the final are below. [3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Jim Montgomery | United States | 51.708 | CR | |
2 | Michel Rousseau | France | 52.086 | ||
5 | Michael Wenden | Australia | 52.222 | ||
4 | 3 | Vladimir Bure | Soviet Union | 52.522 | |
5 | 7 | John Murphy | United States | 52.732 | |
6 | 6 | Klaus Steinbach | West Germany | 52.820 | |
7 | 1 | Roger Pyttel | East Germany | 53.253 | |
8 | 8 | Ruy de Oliveira | Brazil | 53.701 |
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