Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

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Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 6, 1973
Competitors29 from 19 nations
Winning time2:01.87
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1975  

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.

Contents

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record Flag of East Germany.svg  Roland Matthes  (GDR)2:02.82 Munich, West Germany 2 September 1972
Competition recordN/AN/A N/AN/A

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
6 SeptemberHeat 1 Robert Williams Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:09.81CR
6 SeptemberHeat 3 Mark Tonelli Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:09.55CR
6 SeptemberHeat 4 Roland Matthes Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:06.75CR
6 SeptemberFinal Roland Matthes Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:01.87WR

Results

Heats

29 swimmers participated in 4 heats. The eight fastest times qualified for the final. [1] [2] [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14- Roland Matthes Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:06.75Q, CR
24- Zoltán Verrasztó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:07.49Q
33- Mark Tonelli Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:09.55Q, CR
41- Robert Williams Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:09.81Q, CR
53- John Naber Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:10.13Q
62- Paul Hove Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:10.22Q
73- Massimo Nistri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:11.03Q
81- Róbert Rudolf Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:11.22Q
91- Colin Cunningham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:11.74
103- Lutz Wanja Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:12.08
112- Leif Ericsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:12.09
122- Ian MacKenzie Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:12.21
131- Predrag Milos Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 2:12.38
142- Romulo Arantes Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:12.93
154- Nenad Milos Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 2:13.48
164- Anders Sandberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:13.72
172- Carlos Berrocal Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2:14.31
184-J. FloresFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:14.43
194- Karim Ressang Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:14.61
201- César Lourenco Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:15.97
213- Eduardo Pérez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:16.46
221- Steve Pickell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:16.56
234- Carlos Santiago Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2:17.06
244- Piotr Dlucik Flag of Poland (with coat of arms, 1955-1980).svg  Poland 2:17.30
253- Helmut Podolan Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:18.30
262- Ramón Volcán Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2:20.09
271- Evangelos Koskinas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:24.19
2- Ali Gharbi Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Tunisia Did not start
3- Klaus Steinbach Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Did not start

Final

The results of the final are below.

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg- Roland Matthes Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:01.87 WR
Silver medal icon.svg- Zoltán Verrasztó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:05.89
Bronze medal icon.svg- John Naber Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:06.91
4- Robert Williams Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:08.16
5- Paul Hove Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:08.17
6- Mark Tonelli Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:09.63
7- Massimo Nistri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:10.11
8- Róbert Rudolf Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:11.42

References

  1. Krastev, Todor. "Men 200m Backstroke Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  2. "Cooper Heads 400m Finalist". The Sydney Morning Herald . John Fairfax Holdings. AAP. 7 September 1973. p. 19.
  3. "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 19 July 2019.