Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle
| Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 4, 1973 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:53.02 | |||||||||
| 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 freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 4.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Mark Spitz (USA) | 1:52.78 | Munich, West Germany | 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September | Heat | Werner Lampe |  East Germany | 1:57.621 | CR |
| 4 September | Heat | Vladimir Bure |  Soviet Union | 1:57.145 | CR |
| 4 September | Heat | Roger Pyttel | East Germany | 1:57.090 | CR |
| 4 September | Heat | Kurt Krumpholz | United States | 1:54.582 | CR |
| 4 September | Final | Jim Montgomery | United States | 1:53.02 | CR |
Results
Heats
?? swimmers participated in 6 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | - | Kurt Krumpholz | United States | 1:54.582 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 6 | - | Jim Montgomery | United States | 1:56.737 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | - | Roger Pyttel | East Germany | 1:57.090 | Q, CR |
| 4 | 2 | - | Vladimir Bure | Soviet Union | 1:57.145 | Q, CR |
| 5 | 3 | - | Peter Nocke |  West Germany | 1:57.346 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | - | Brian Brinkley |  Great Britain | 1:57.423 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | - | Steve Badger |  Australia | 1:57.433 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | - | Bernt Zarnowiecki |  Sweden | 1:57.509 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | - | Wilfried Hartung | East Germany | 1:57.518 | |
| 10 | 1 | - | Werner Lampe | West Germany | 1:57.621 | CR |
| 11 | 4 | - | Jorge Delgado |  Ecuador | 1:57.750 | |
| 12 | 3 | - | Aleksandr Samsonov | Soviet Union | 1:57.819 | |
| 13 | 4 | - | José Namorado |  Brazil | 1:57.820 | |
| 14 | 1 | - | Bruce Robertson |  Canada | 1:58.211 | |
| 15 | 1 | - | Michael Wenden | Australia | 1:58.260 | |
| 16 | 5 | - | Arnaldo Cinquetti |  Italy | 1:58.407 | |
| 17 | 2 | - | Fritz Warncke |  Norway | 1:59.408 | |
| 18 | 3 | - | Ian MacKenzie | Canada | 1:59.510 |
Final
The results of the final are below.[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | - | Jim Montgomery | United States | 1:53.02 | CR |
 | - | Kurt Krumpholz | United States | 1:53.61 | |
 | - | Roger Pyttel | East Germany | 1:53.97 | |
| 4 | - | Steve Badger | Australia | 1:55.66 | |
| 5 | - | Brian Brinkley | Great Britain | 1:56.42 | NR[3] |
| 6 | - | Vladimir Bure | Soviet Union | 1:56.45 | |
| 7 | - | Bernt Zarnowiecki | Sweden | 1:56.58 | |
| 8 | - | Peter Nocke | West Germany | 1:58.97 |
References
- ↑ "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. September 5, 1973. p. 19.
- ↑ "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. September 6, 1973. p. 21.
- ↑ Fox, Norman (September 5, 1973). "Matthes' brilliance eclipses even Hencken's world record". The Times. London. p. 9.
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