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

The men's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 4.

Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 4, 1973
Competitors32 from 25 nations
Winning time1:04.02 WR
Medalists
gold medal John Hencken   United States
silver medal Mikhail Khryukin   Soviet Union
bronze medal Nobutaka Taguchi   Japan
1975 →

Records

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

World record   Nobutaka Taguchi (JPN) 1:04.94 Munich, West Germany 30 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
4 September Heat 1 Rick Colella   United States 1:06.72 CR
4 September Heat 3 Nikolai Pankin   Soviet Union 1:06.10 CR
4 September Heat 5 John Hencken   United States 1:04.35 WR
4 September Final John Hencken   United States 1:04.02 WR

Results

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Heats

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32 swimmers participated in 5 heats. The eight fastest times qualified for the final.[1][2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 - John Hencken   United States 1:04.35 Q, WR
2 5 - Nobutaka Taguchi   Japan 1:05.80 Q
3 3 - Nikolai Pankin   Soviet Union 1:06.10 Q, CR
4 1 - Rick Colella   United States 1:06.72 Q, CR
5 4 - Mikhail Khryukin   Soviet Union 1:06.78 Q
6 2 - David Wilkie   Great Britain 1:06.98 Q
7 3 - Jürgen Glas   East Germany 1:07.32 Q
8 3 - Nigel Cluer   Papua New Guinea 1:07.59 Q
9 4 - Michael Günther   West Germany 1:07.77
10 2 - Bernard Gumbet   France 1:08.26
11 4 - Felipe Muñoz   Mexico 1:08.37
12 1 - Peter Hrdlitschka   Canada 1:08.62
13 5 - Pedro Balcells   Spain 1:08.88
14 1 - Ove Wisloff   Norway 1:09.49
15 2 - Paweł Dyrek   Poland 1:09.60
16 5 - Sándor Szabó   Hungary 1:09.63
17 3 - Alfredo Hunger   Peru 1:09.73
18 5 - Sérgio Pinto Ribeiro   Brazil 1:09.80
19 3 - Michael Creswick   Australia 1:09.81
20 4 - Ulrich Nitzsche   East Germany 1:09.87
21 2 - Gustavo Lozano   Mexico 1:09.92
22 5 - Mel Zajac   Canada 1:09.97
23 3 - Zdravko Divjak   Yugoslavia 1:10.15
24 1 - Cezary Smiglak   Poland 1:10.57
25 3 - Giorgio Lalle   Italy 1:10.97
26 1 - Steffen Kriechbaum   Austria 1:11.06
27 4 - Angel Chakarov   Bulgaria 1:11.29
28 4 - Tuomo Kerola   Finland 1:12.37
29 2 - Carlos Nazario   Puerto Rico 1:13.33
30 4 - Faruk Morkal   Turkey 1:14.03
31 2 - Orlando Catinchi   Puerto Rico 1:14.50
32 1 - H. Ashfin   Iran 1:16.20

Final

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The results of the final are below.[3][4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  - John Hencken   United States 1:04.02 WR
  - Mikhail Khryukin   Soviet Union 1:04.61 ER
  - Nobutaka Taguchi   Japan 1:05.61
4 - David Wilkie   Great Britain 1:05.74 CWR
5 - Nikolai Pankin   Soviet Union 1:06.55
6 - Rick Colella   United States 1:06.69
7 - Jürgen Glas   East Germany 1:07.41
8 - Nigel Cluer   Papua New Guinea 1:08.12

References

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  1. ^ "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. September 5, 1973. p. 19.
  2. ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  3. ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 100m Breaststroke Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  4. ^ Fox, Norman (September 5, 1973). "Matthes' brilliance eclipses even Hencken's world record". The Times. London. p. 9.
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