Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates September 6, 1973
Winning time 2:01.87
Medalists
    East Germany
    Hungary
    United States

The men's 200 metre backstroke 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  Roland Matthes (GDR)2:02.82Munich, West Germany2 September 1972
Competition record N/AN/AN/AN/A

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
6 SeptemberFinalRoland Matthes East Germany2:01.87WR

Results

Heats

?? swimmers participated in ? heats.[1][2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1--Roland Matthes East Germany2:06.75Q
---Zoltán Verrasztó Hungary-Q
---John Naber United States-Q
-1-Robert Williams Australia2:09.81Q
-2-Paul Hove United States2:10.22Q
---Mark Tonelli Australia-Q
---Massimo Nistri Italy-Q
-1-Róbert Rudolf Hungary2:11.22Q
-1-Colin Cunningham Great Britain2:11.74
-2-Leif Ericsson Sweden2:12.09
-2-Ian MacKenzie Canada2:12.21

Final

The results of the final are below.

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)-Roland Matthes East Germany2:01.87WR
2nd, silver medalist(s)-Zoltán Verrasztó Hungary2:05.89
3rd, bronze medalist(s)-John Naber United States2:06.91
4-Robert Williams Australia2:08.16
5-Paul Hove United States2:08.17
6-Mark Tonelli Australia2:09.63
7-Massimo Nistri Italy2:10.11
8-Róbert Rudolf Hungary2:11.42

References

  1. Krastev, Todor. "Men 200m Backstroke Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  2. "Cooper Heads 400m Finalist". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. AAP. 7 September 1973. p. 19.
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