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

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 6, 1973
Competitors29 from 19 nations
Winning time2:01.87
Medalists
gold medal    East Germany
silver medal    Hungary
bronze medal    United States
1975 →

Records

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

World record   Roland Matthes (GDR) 2:02.82 Munich, West Germany 2 September 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 1 Robert Williams   Australia 2:09.81 CR
6 September Heat 3 Mark Tonelli   Australia 2:09.55 CR
6 September Heat 4 Roland Matthes   East Germany 2:06.75 CR
6 September Final Roland Matthes   East Germany 2:01.87 WR

Results

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Heats

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29 swimmers participated in 4 heats. The eight fastest times qualified for the final.[1][2][3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 - Roland Matthes   East Germany 2:06.75 Q, CR
2 4 - Zoltán Verrasztó   Hungary 2:07.49 Q
3 3 - Mark Tonelli   Australia 2:09.55 Q, CR
4 1 - Robert Williams   Australia 2:09.81 Q, CR
5 3 - John Naber   United States 2:10.13 Q
6 2 - Paul Hove   United States 2:10.22 Q
7 3 - Massimo Nistri   Italy 2:11.03 Q
8 1 - Róbert Rudolf   Hungary 2:11.22 Q
9 1 - Colin Cunningham   Great Britain 2:11.74
10 3 - Lutz Wanja   East Germany 2:12.08
11 2 - Leif Ericsson   Sweden 2:12.09
12 2 - Ian MacKenzie   Canada 2:12.21
13 1 - Predrag Milos   Yugoslavia 2:12.38
14 2 - Romulo Arantes   Brazil 2:12.93
15 4 - Nenad Milos   Yugoslavia 2:13.48
16 4 - Anders Sandberg   Sweden 2:13.72
17 2 - Carlos Berrocal   Puerto Rico 2:14.31
18 4 - J. Flores   Mexico 2:14.43
19 4 - Karim Ressang   Netherlands 2:14.61
20 1 - César Lourenco   Brazil 2:15.97
21 3 - Eduardo Pérez   Mexico 2:16.46
22 1 - Steve Pickell   Canada 2:16.56
23 4 - Carlos Santiago   Puerto Rico 2:17.06
24 4 - Piotr Dlucik   Poland 2:17.30
25 3 - Helmut Podolan   Austria 2:18.30
26 2 - Ramón Volcán   Venezuela 2:20.09
27 1 - Evangelos Koskinas   Greece 2:24.19
2 - Ali Gharbi   Tunisia Did not start
3 - Klaus Steinbach   West Germany Did not start

Final

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The results of the final are below.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  - Roland Matthes   East Germany 2:01.87 WR
  - Zoltán Verrasztó   Hungary 2:05.89
  - John Naber   United States 2:06.91
4 - Robert Williams   Australia 2:08.16
5 - Paul Hove   United States 2:08.17
6 - Mark Tonelli   Australia 2:09.63
7 - Massimo Nistri   Italy 2:10.11
8 - Róbert Rudolf   Hungary 2:11.42

References

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  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.
  3. ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 19 July 2019.