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

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates	September 6, 1973
Winning time	2:03.32 CR
Medalists
Robin Backhaus    United States   Steve Gregg    United States   Hartmut Flöckner    East Germany

The men's 200 metre butterfly 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	Mark Spitz (USA)	2:00.70	Munich, West Germany	28 August 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
6 September	Heat	Steve Gregg	United States	2:04.59	CR
6 September	Final	Robin Backhaus	United States	2:03.32	CR

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	-	-	Steve Gregg	United States	2:04.59	Q, CR
2	-	-	Brian Brinkley	Great Britain	2:05.25	Q
3	-	-	Jorge Delgado	Ecuador	2:05.64	Q
-	-	-	Robin Backhaus	United States	-	Q
-	-	-	Hartmut Flöckner	East Germany	-	Q
-	-	-	András Hargitay	Hungary	-	Q
-	-	-	Folkert Meeuw	West Germany	-	Q
-	-	-	Jorge Jaramillo	Colombia	-	Q
-	-	-	Ross Seymour	Australia	-
-	-	-	Peter Tetlow	Australia	-

Final

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	-	Robin Backhaus	United States	2:03.32	CR
	-	Steve Gregg	United States	2:03.58
	-	Hartmut Flöckner	East Germany	2:03.84
4	-	Brian Brinkley	Great Britain	2:03.94	NR[3]
5	-	Jorge Delgado	Ecuador	2:04.03
6	-	András Hargitay	Hungary	2:04.10
7	-	Folkert Meeuw	West Germany	2:05.33
8	-	Jorge Jaramillo	Colombia	2:10.36

References