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

Men's 100 metre butterfly
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates September 8, 1973
Winning time 55.69 CR
Medalists
    Canada
    United States
    United States

The men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 8.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record  Mark Spitz (USA)54.27Munich, West Germany31 August 1972
Competition record N/AN/AN/AN/A

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
8 SeptemberHeatHartmut Flöckner East Germany56.89CR
8 SeptemberHeatJoe Bottom United States55.94CR
8 SeptemberFinalBruce Robertson Canada55.69CR

Results

Heats

?? swimmers participated in 4 heats.[1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14-Joe Bottom United States55.94Q, CR
21-Hartmut Flöckner East Germany56.89Q, CR
33-Bruce Robertson Canada56.90Q
42-Robin Backhaus United States56.94Q
53-Jorge Delgado Ecuador57.35Q
64-Ross Seymour Australia57.58Q
71-Folkert Meeuw West Germany57.69Q
81-Neil Rogers Australia57.98Q
-2-H. Hara (swimmer) Japan58.00
-3-A. Lane-Lenton Spain58.47
-2-Brian Phillips Canada58.68
-4-Aleksandar Pavličević Yugoslavia59.78
---Roland Mattes East Germany-DNS[1]
1 Roland Mattes had to withdraw from the event following a poolside accident when he slipped and sprained his ankle.[2]

Final

The results of the final are below.[3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)3Bruce Robertson Canada55.69CR
2nd, silver medalist(s)4Joe Bottom United States56.37
3rd, bronze medalist(s)6Robin Backhaus United States56.42
45Hartmut Flöckner East Germany56.75
57Ross Seymour Australia57.33
62Jorge Delgado Ecuador57.41
78Neil Rogers Australia57.58
81Folkert Meeuw West Germany57.81

References

  1. "Sports Results". The Sun-Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 9 September 1973. p. 93.
  2. "Aust second in swim relay". The Sun-Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. AAP. 9 September 1973. p. 91.
  3. Krastev, Todor. "Men 100m Butterfly Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
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