Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly

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Men's 100 metre butterfly
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 8, 1973
Competitors25 from 20 nations
Winning time55.69 CR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1975  

The men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 8.

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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)54.27 Munich, West Germany 31 August 1972
Competition recordN/AN/A N/AN/A

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
8 SeptemberHeat 1 Hartmut Flöckner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 56.89CR
8 SeptemberHeat 4 Joe Bottom Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 55.94CR
8 SeptemberFinal Bruce Robertson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 55.69CR

Results

Heats

25 swimmers participated in 4 heats. The eight fastest times advanced to the final. [1] [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14- Joe Bottom Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.94Q, CR
21- Hartmut Flöckner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 56.89Q, CR
33- Bruce Robertson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.90Q
42- Robin Backhaus Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56.94Q
53- Jorge Delgado Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 57.35Q
64- Ross Seymour Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 57.58Q
71- Folkert Meeuw Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 57.69Q
81- Neil Rogers Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 57.98Q
92- Hideaki Hara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 58.00
103- Miguel Lang Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 58.47
112- Brian Phillips Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 58.68
122- Istvan Szentirmay Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 59.09
133- Jorge Jaramillo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 59.13
142- Eduardo Orejuela Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 59.21
151- Vladimir Krivtsov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 59.47
164- Aleksandar Pavličević Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 59.78
174- Vasil Dobrev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 59.99
184- Piotr Dłucik Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 1:00.34
193- Eduardo Alijo Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:00.39
201- José Ferraioli Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1:00.48
213- Sérgio Waismaun Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:00.88
221- Ramón Volcán Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1:01.77
233- Jean-Jacques Scheuren Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1:02.68
242- Ali Gharbi Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Tunisia 1:05.44
254-O. MehmatFlag of Iran.svg  Iran 1:09.20
-- Roland Mattes Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany -DNS [1]
1 Roland Mattes had to withdraw from the event following a poolside accident when he slipped and sprained his ankle. [3]

Final

The results of the final are below. [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Bruce Robertson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 55.69 CR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Joe Bottom Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56.37
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Robin Backhaus Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56.42
45 Hartmut Flöckner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 56.75
57 Ross Seymour Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 57.33
62 Jorge Delgado Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 57.41
78 Neil Rogers Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 57.58
81 Folkert Meeuw Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 57.81

References

  1. "Sports Results". The Sun-Herald . John Fairfax and Sons. 9 September 1973. p. 93.
  2. "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  3. "Aust second in swim relay". The Sun-Herald . John Fairfax and Sons. AAP. 9 September 1973. p. 91.
  4. Krastev, Todor. "Men 100m Butterfly Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013.