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

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Men's 100 metre freestyle
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 9, 1973
Competitors38 from 25 nations
Winning time51.708
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
1975  

The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.

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)51.22 Munich, West Germany 3 September 1972
Competition recordN/AN/A N/AN/A

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
9 SeptemberHeat Ruy de Oliveira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 53.675CR
9 SeptemberHeat Michael Wenden Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 52.671CR
9 SeptemberHeat Jim Montgomery Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 52.660CR
9 SeptemberFinal Jim Montgomery Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 51.708CR

Results

Heats

38 swimmers participated in 6 heats, qualified swimmers are listed: [1] [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
13- Jim Montgomery Flag of the United States.svg  United States 52.660Q, CR
22- Michael Wenden Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 52.671Q, CR
35- Vladimir Bure Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 52.771Q
46- Klaus Steinbach Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 52.986Q
56- Michel Rousseau Flag of France.svg  France 53.041Q
64- John Murphy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.162Q
74- Roger Pyttel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 53.539Q
81- Ruy de Oliveira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 53.675Q, CR
95- Roberto Pangaro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 53.877
105- Bruce Robertson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 53.908
115- Peter Nocke Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 53.939
123- Fritz Warncke Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 54.018
133- Peter Bruch Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 54.120
142- José Aranha Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 54.157
154- Jorge Comas Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 54.237
166- Mirek Hrouda Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 54.240
176- Neil Rogers Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 54.505
186- Igor Grivennikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 54.584
193- Marcello Guarducci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 54.631
202- Bernt Zarnowiecki Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 54.658
212- Goran Jansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 54.836
226- Stefan Georgiev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 55.064
232- Rene Lustig Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 55.236
241- Brian Phillips Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 55.708
253- Jovan Kovacic Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 55.735
263- Gianni Versari Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 55.970
274- István Szentirmay Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 56.071
284- Lyudmil Stoev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 56.236
294- Ali Charbi Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Tunisia 56.239
305- Pierre-Yves Copin Flag of France.svg  France 56.278
311- Eduardo Orejuela Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 56.500
322- Ramón Volcán Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 57.065
332- José Ferraioli Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 57.081
341- Ali Kinawi Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt 57.283
353- Carlos Santiago Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 57.699
361- Mehmet Dilmac Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 58.514
-4-Z. OpritescuFlag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania DNS / DSQ
-5- Marian Slavic Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania DNS / DSQ

Final

The results of the final are below. [3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Jim Montgomery Flag of the United States.svg  United States 51.708 CR
Silver medal icon.svg2 Michel Rousseau Flag of France.svg  France 52.086
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Michael Wenden Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 52.222
43 Vladimir Bure Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 52.522
57 John Murphy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 52.732
66 Klaus Steinbach Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 52.820
71 Roger Pyttel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 53.253
88 Ruy de Oliveira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 53.701

References

  1. "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald . John Fairfax and Sons. 10 September 1973. p. 12.
  2. "For the Record". Swimming World and Junior Swimmer . 14 (10). North Hollywood, California: 72. October 1973.
  3. Krastev, Todor. "Men 100m Freestyle Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 9 June 2013.