Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke
Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 4, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 29 from 20 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 57.47 | |||||||||
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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 |
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Competition record | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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4 September | Heat 1 | Lutz Wanja | East Germany | 59.53 | CR |
4 September | Heat 2 | John Murphy | United States | 59.33 | CR |
4 September | Heat 3 | Mike Stamm | United States | 59.10 | CR |
4 September | Heat 4 | Roland Matthes | East Germany | 58.69 | CR |
4 September | Final | Roland Matthes | East Germany | 57.47 | CR |
Results
Heats
29 swimmers participated in 4 heats. The eight fastest times qualified for the final. [1][2]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | - | Roland Matthes | East Germany | 58.69 | Q, CR |
2 | 3 | - | Mike Stamm | United States | 59.10 | Q, CR |
3 | 2 | - | John Murphy | United States | 59.33 | Q, CR |
4 | 1 | - | Lutz Wanja | East Germany | 59.53 | Q, CR |
5 | 2 | - | Klaus Steinbach | West Germany | 59.83 | Q |
6 | 1 | - | László Cseh Sr. | Hungary | 59.88 | Q |
7 | 1 | - | Rômulo Arantes | Brazil | 1:00.17 | Q |
8 | 3 | - | Ian MacKenzie | Canada | 1:00.43 | Q |
9 | 2 | - | Zoltan Verraszto | Hungary | 1:00.49 | |
10 | 4 | - | Carlos Berrocal | Puerto Rico | 1:00.59 | |
10 | 3 | - | Mark Tonelli | Australia | 1:00.59 | |
12 | 4 | - | Colin Cunningham | Great Britain | 1:00.77 | |
13 | 1 | - | Brad Cooper | Australia | 1:00.87 | |
14 | 4 | - | Nenad Milos | Yugoslavia | 1:01.04 | |
15 | 4 | - | Steve Pickell | Canada | 1:01.33 | |
16 | 3 | - | Karim Ressang | Netherlands | 1:01.51 | |
17 | 1 | - | Predrag Milos | Yugoslavia | 1:01.56 | |
18 | 4 | - | Piotr Dlucik | Poland | 1:01.65 | |
19 | 2 | - | Anders Sandberg | Sweden | 1:01.92 | |
20 | 2 | - | Jean-Paul Berjeau | France | 1:02.03 | |
21 | 3 | - | Jorge Urreta | Mexico | 1:02.45 | |
22 | 4 | - | Ignacio Álvarez | Mexico | 1:02.60 | |
23 | 2 | - | Enrique Melo | Spain | 1:02.65 | |
24 | 1 | - | Ramón Volcán | Venezuela | 1:03.02 | |
25 | 3 | - | Helmut Podolan | Austria | 1:03.39 | |
26 | 3 | - | Igor Grivennikov | Soviet Union | 1:03.83 | |
27 | 4 | - | Carlos Santiago Bermúdez | Puerto Rico | 1:03.84 | |
28 | 2 | - | César Lourenco | Brazil | 1:03.95 | |
29 | 1 | - | Dimitar Kolarov | Bulgaria | 1:04.04 |
Final
The results of the final are below.[3][4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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- | 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 | - | László Cseh Sr. | 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
- ^ "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. September 5, 1973. p. 19.
- ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 100m Breaststroke Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ^ Fox, Norman (September 5, 1973). "Matthes' brilliance eclipses even Hencken's world record". The Times. London. p. 9.