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

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Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 6, 1973
Competitors31 from 24 nations
Winning time2:19.28
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
1975  

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

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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  John Hencken  (USA)2:20.52 Louisville, United States 24 August 1973
Competition recordN/AN/A N/AN/A

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
6 SeptemberHeat 1 Mikhail Khryukin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:24.85CR
6 SeptemberHeat 2 David Wilkie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:20.94CR
6 SeptemberFinal David Wilkie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:19.28WR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
12- David Wilkie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:20.94Q, CR, CWR [3]
24- John Hencken Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:21.50Q
32- Igor Cherdakov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:24.30Q
41- Mikhail Khryukin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:24.85Q, CR
51- Nobutaka Taguchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:25.45Q
62- Nigel Cluer Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 2:25.87Q
73- Rick Colella Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:26.17Q
83- Jürgen Glas Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:27.77Q
94- Felipe Muñoz Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:28.34
102- Giorgio Lalle Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:29.08
113- Ove Wisloff Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:29.46
122- Pedro Balcells Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 2:30.52
134- Ulrich Nitzsche Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:31.01
141- Peter Hrdlitschka Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:31.34
153- Steffen Kriechbaum Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:31.56
164- Cezary Smiglak Flag of Poland (with coat of arms, 1955-1980).svg  Poland 2:32.50
173- Pawe Dyrek Flag of Poland (with coat of arms, 1955-1980).svg  Poland 2:32.66
182- Mel Zajac Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:33.15
191- Michael Creswick Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:33.34
201-G. IslasFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:33.99
214- Sérgio Pinto Ribeiro Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:34.07
221- Alfredo Hunger Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 2:34.78
233- Tuomo Kerolo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:35.29
244- Bernard Combet Flag of France.svg  France 2:35.34
252- Zdravko Divjak Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 2:38.50
262- Orlando Catinchi Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2:40.14
271- Carlos Nazario Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2:43.79
283-Faruk MorkalFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:44.12
294-H. AshfinFlag of Iran.svg  Iran 2:48.80
4- Angel Chakarov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria Did not start
3- Anders Norling Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Did not start

Final

The results of the final are below. [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 David Wilkie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:19.28 WR
Silver medal icon.svg5 John Hencken Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:19.95
Bronze medal icon.svg- Nobutaka Taguchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:23.11
4- Mikhail Khryukin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:23.47
5- Nigel Cluer Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 2:25.87
6- Rick Colella Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:26.41
7- Jürgen Glas Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:26.56
8- Igor Cherdakov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:28.18

References

  1. "Cooper Heads 400m Finalist". The Sydney Morning Herald . John Fairfax Holdings. AAP. 7 September 1973. p. 19.
  2. "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  3. Fox, Norman (7 September 1973). "Wilkie's world record and gold medal". The Times . London. p. 11.
  4. Krastev, Todor. "Men 200m Breastroke Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 29 May 2013.