Men's 100 metre butterfly at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 8, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 25 from 20 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 55.69 CR | |||||||||
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 butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 8.
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 54.27 | Munich, West Germany | 31 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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8 September | Heat 1 | Hartmut Flöckner | ![]() | 56.89 | CR |
8 September | Heat 4 | Joe Bottom | ![]() | 55.94 | CR |
8 September | Final | Bruce Robertson | ![]() | 55.69 | CR |
25 swimmers participated in 4 heats. The eight fastest times advanced to the final. [1] [2]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | - | Joe Bottom | ![]() | 55.94 | Q, CR |
2 | 1 | - | Hartmut Flöckner | ![]() | 56.89 | Q, CR |
3 | 3 | - | Bruce Robertson | ![]() | 56.90 | Q |
4 | 2 | - | Robin Backhaus | ![]() | 56.94 | Q |
5 | 3 | - | Jorge Delgado | ![]() | 57.35 | Q |
6 | 4 | - | Ross Seymour | ![]() | 57.58 | Q |
7 | 1 | - | Folkert Meeuw | ![]() | 57.69 | Q |
8 | 1 | - | Neil Rogers | ![]() | 57.98 | Q |
9 | 2 | - | Hideaki Hara | ![]() | 58.00 | |
10 | 3 | - | Miguel Lang | ![]() | 58.47 | |
11 | 2 | - | Brian Phillips | ![]() | 58.68 | |
12 | 2 | - | Istvan Szentirmay | ![]() | 59.09 | |
13 | 3 | - | Jorge Jaramillo | ![]() | 59.13 | |
14 | 2 | - | Eduardo Orejuela | ![]() | 59.21 | |
15 | 1 | - | Vladimir Krivtsov | ![]() | 59.47 | |
16 | 4 | - | Aleksandar Pavličević | ![]() | 59.78 | |
17 | 4 | - | Vasil Dobrev | ![]() | 59.99 | |
18 | 4 | - | Piotr Dłucik | ![]() | 1:00.34 | |
19 | 3 | - | Eduardo Alijo | ![]() | 1:00.39 | |
20 | 1 | - | José Ferraioli | ![]() | 1:00.48 | |
21 | 3 | - | Sérgio Waismaun | ![]() | 1:00.88 | |
22 | 1 | - | Ramón Volcán | ![]() | 1:01.77 | |
23 | 3 | - | Jean-Jacques Scheuren | ![]() | 1:02.68 | |
24 | 2 | - | Ali Gharbi | ![]() | 1:05.44 | |
25 | 4 | - | O. Mehmat | ![]() | 1:09.20 | |
– | - | - | Roland Mattes | ![]() | - | DNS [1] |
The results of the final are below. [4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 3 | Bruce Robertson | ![]() | 55.69 | CR |
![]() | 4 | Joe Bottom | ![]() | 56.37 | |
![]() | 6 | Robin Backhaus | ![]() | 56.42 | |
4 | 5 | Hartmut Flöckner | ![]() | 56.75 | |
5 | 7 | Ross Seymour | ![]() | 57.33 | |
6 | 2 | Jorge Delgado | ![]() | 57.41 | |
7 | 8 | Neil Rogers | ![]() | 57.58 | |
8 | 1 | Folkert Meeuw | ![]() | 57.81 |