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

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Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 6, 1973
Competitors27 from 20 nations
Winning time2:03.32 CR
Medalists
gold medal Robin Backhaus  File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
silver medal Steve Gregg  File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
bronze medal Hartmut Flöckner  File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
1975 →
1973 FINA
World Championships
Diving
Individual
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Swimming
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Synchronised swimming
Solowomen
Duetwomen
Teamwomen
Water polo
Tournamentmen

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 File:Flag of the United States.svg 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 1 Brian Brinkley File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 2:05.35 CR
6 September Heat 2 Robin Backhaus File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 2:04.93 CR
6 September Heat 4 Steve Gregg File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 2:04.59 CR
6 September Final Robin Backhaus File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 2:03.32 CR

Results

Heats

27 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[1][2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 - Steve Gregg File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 2:04.59 Q, CR
2 4 - Hartmut Flöckner File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany 2:04.60 Q
3 2 - Robin Backhaus File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 2:04.93 Q, CR
4 1 - Brian Brinkley File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 2:05.35 Q, CR
5 3 - Jorge Delgado File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 2:05.64 Q
6 3 - Folkert Meeuw File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 2:06.04 Q
7 2 - András Hargitay File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 2:06.12 Q
8 4 - Jorge Jaramillo File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 2:07.28 Q
9 1 - Hideaki Hara File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2:07.75
10 3 - Ross Seymour File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2:07.86
11 1 - Gerd Glogowsky File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany 2:07.87
12 4 - Sergey Zakharov File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 2:08.82
13 1 - Miguel Lang File:Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg Spain 2:10.06
14 2 - Peter Tetlow File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2:10.83
15 2 - Ignacio Álvarez File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 2:11.50
16 4 - Csaba Sós File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 2:11.60
17 3 - Vasil Dobrev File:Flag of Bulgaria (1971–1990).svg Bulgaria 2:11.95
18 4 - Angelo Tozzi File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2:12.13
19 2 - Eduardo Alijo File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 2:12.29
20 4 - John Duncan File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 2:12.39
21 3 - Ian Mackenzie File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 2:12.61
22 2 - Mikhail Gorelik File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 2:14.37
23 4 - Eugen Almer File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania 2:19.05
24 2 - Jean-Jacques Scheuren File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 2:19.12
25 3 - John Daly File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico 2:21.82
26 1 - José Ferraioli File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico 2:22.21
27 2 - O. Mehmat File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 2:43.75
– 1 - Anders Bellbring File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Did not start
– 3 - Ali Gharbi File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia Did not start
– 1 - Sérgio Waismaun File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Did not start

Final

The results of the final are below.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) - Robin Backhaus File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 2:03.32 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) - Steve Gregg File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 2:03.58
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) - Hartmut Flöckner File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany 2:03.84
4 - Brian Brinkley File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 2:03.94 NR[4]
5 - Jorge Delgado File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 2:04.03
6 - András Hargitay File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 2:04.10
7 - Folkert Meeuw File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 2:05.33
8 - Jorge Jaramillo File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 2:10.36

References

  1. ↑ "Cooper Heads 400m Finalist". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. AAP. 7 September 1973. p. 19.
  2. ↑ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  3. ↑ Krastev, Todor. "Men 200m Butterfly Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  4. ↑ Hopkins, John (9 September 1973). "Still in deep water". The Sunday Times. London. p. 29.
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