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

Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates September 4, 1973
Winning time 1:04.02 WR
Medalists
    United States
    Soviet Union
    Japan

The men's 100 metre breaststroke 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  Nobutaka Taguchi (JPN)1:04.94Munich, West Germany30 August 1972
Competition record N/AN/AN/AN/A

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
4 SeptemberHeatJohn Hencken United States1:04.34WR
4 SeptemberFinalJohn Hencken United States1:04.02WR

Results

Heats

?? swimmers participated in 5 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15-John Hencken United States1:04.34Q, WR
2--Nobutaka Taguchi Japan1:05.80Q
3--Nikolai Pankin Soviet Union1:06.10Q
4--Rick Colella United States1:06.72Q
5--Mihail Kriukin Soviet Union1:06.78Q
6--David Wilkie Great Britain1:06.98Q
7--Jürgen Glas East Germany1:07.32Q

Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)-John Hencken United States1:04.02WR
2nd, silver medalist(s)-Mikhail Khryukin Soviet Union1:04.61ER
3rd, bronze medalist(s)-Nobutaka Taguchi Japan1:05.61
4-David Wilkie Great Britain1:05.74CWR
5-Nikolai Pankin Soviet Union1:06.55
6-Rick Colella United States1:06.69
7-Jürgen Glas East Germany1:07.41
8-Nigel Cluer Papua New Guinea1:08.12

References

  1. "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. September 5, 1973. p. 19.
  2. Krastev, Todor. "Men 100m Breaststroke Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  3. Fox, Norman (September 5, 1973). "Matthes' brilliance eclipses even Hencken's world record". The Times. London. p. 9.
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