Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly
| Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 6, 1973 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:03.32 CR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 1973 FINA World Championships Belgrade, Yugoslavia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Mark Spitz (USA) | 2:00.70 | Munich, West Germany | 28 August 1972 |
| Championship record | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September | Heat | Steve Gregg | United States | 2:04.59 | CR |
| 6 September | Final | Robin Backhaus | United States | 2:03.32 | CR |
Results
Heats
?? swimmers participated in ? heats.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | - | Steve Gregg | United States | 2:04.59 | Q, CR |
| 2 | - | - | Brian Brinkley |  Great Britain | 2:05.25 | Q |
| 3 | - | - | Jorge Delgado |  Ecuador | 2:05.64 | Q |
| - | - | - | Robin Backhaus | United States | - | Q |
| - | - | - | Hartmut Flöckner |  East Germany | - | Q |
| - | - | - | András Hargitay |  Hungary | - | Q |
| - | - | - | Folkert Meeuw |  West Germany | - | Q |
| - | - | - | Jorge Jaramillo |  Colombia | - | Q |
| - | - | - | Ross Seymour |  Australia | - | |
| - | - | - | Peter Tetlow | Australia | - |
Final
The results of the final are below.[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | - | Robin Backhaus | United States | 2:03.32 | CR |
 | - | Steve Gregg | United States | 2:03.58 | |
 | - | Hartmut Flöckner | East Germany | 2:03.84 | |
| 4 | - | Brian Brinkley | Great Britain | 2:03.94 | NR[3] |
| 5 | - | Jorge Delgado | Ecuador | 2:04.03 | |
| 6 | - | András Hargitay | Hungary | 2:04.10 | |
| 7 | - | Folkert Meeuw | West Germany | 2:05.33 | |
| 8 | - | Jorge Jaramillo | Colombia | 2:10.36 |
References
- ↑ "Cooper Heads 400m Finalist". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. AAP. 7 September 1973. p. 19.
- ↑ Krastev, Todor. "Men 200m Butterfly Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- ↑ Hopkins, John (9 September 1973). "Still in deep water". The Sunday Times. London. p. 29.
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