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

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates	September 4, 1973
Winning time	57.47
Medalists
Roland Matthes    East Germany   Mike Stamm    United States   Lutz Wanja    East Germany

The men's 100 metre backstroke 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	Roland Matthes (GDR)	56.30	Munich, West Germany	4 September 1972
Competition 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	Roland Matthes	East Germany	58.69	CR
4 September	Final	Roland Matthes	East Germany	57.47	CR

Results

Heats

?? swimmers participated in ? heats, qualified swimmers are listed:^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	-	-	Roland Matthes	East Germany	58.69	Q, CR
2	-	-	Mike Stamm	United States	59.10	Q
3	-	-	John Murphy	United States	59.33	Q
4	-	-	Lutz Wanja	East Germany	59.53	Q
5	-	-	Klaus Steinbach	West Germany	59.83	Q
6	-	-	L. Sceh	Hungary	59.88	Q
7	-	-	Rômulo Arantes	Brazil	1:00.17	Q
8	-	-	Ian MacKenzie	Canada	1:00.43	Q
9	-	-	Colin Cunningham	Great Britain	1:00.77

Final

The results of the final are below.^[2][3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	-	Roland Matthes	East Germany	57.47	CR
	-	Mike Stamm	United States	58.77
	-	Lutz Wanja	East Germany	59.08
4	-	John Murphy	United States	59.37
5	-	L. Sceh	Hungary	59.51
6	-	Klaus Steinbach	West Germany	59.77
7	-	Rômulo Arantes	Brazil	1:00.37
8	-	Ian MacKenzie	Canada	1:00.60

References