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

Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 4, 1973
Winning time1:53.02
Medalists
gold medal Jim Montgomery   United States
silver medal Kurt Krumpholz   United States
bronze medal Roger Pyttel   East Germany
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Diving
Individual
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Swimming
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100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
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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 freestyle 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  Mark Spitz (USA) 1:52.78 Munich, West Germany 29 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 Werner Lampe  East Germany 1:57.621 CR
4 September Heat Vladimir Bure  Soviet Union 1:57.145 CR
4 September Heat Roger Pyttel  East Germany 1:57.090 CR
4 September Heat Kurt Krumpholz  United States 1:54.582 CR
4 September Final Jim Montgomery  United States 1:53.02 CR

Results

Heats

?? swimmers participated in 6 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 - Kurt Krumpholz  United States 1:54.582 Q, CR
2 6 - Jim Montgomery  United States 1:56.737 Q
3 4 - Roger Pyttel  East Germany 1:57.090 Q, CR
4 2 - Vladimir Bure  Soviet Union 1:57.145 Q, CR
5 3 - Peter Nocke  West Germany 1:57.346 Q
6 6 - Brian Brinkley  Great Britain 1:57.423 Q
7 5 - Steve Badger  Australia 1:57.433 Q
8 6 - Bernt Zarnowiecki  Sweden 1:57.509 Q
9 2 - Wilfried Hartung  East Germany 1:57.518
10 1 - Werner Lampe  West Germany 1:57.621 CR
11 4 - Jorge Delgado  Ecuador 1:57.750
12 3 - Aleksandr Samsonov  Soviet Union 1:57.819
13 4 - José Namorado  Brazil 1:57.820
14 1 - Bruce Robertson  Canada 1:58.211
15 1 - Michael Wenden  Australia 1:58.260
16 5 - Arnaldo Cinquetti  Italy 1:58.407
17 2 - Fritz Warncke  Norway 1:59.408
18 3 - Ian MacKenzie  Canada 1:59.510

Final

The results of the final are below.[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Jim Montgomery  United States 1:53.02 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Kurt Krumpholz  United States 1:53.61
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Roger Pyttel  East Germany 1:53.97
4 1 Steve Badger  Australia 1:55.66
5 7 Brian Brinkley  Great Britain 1:56.42 NR[3]
6 6 Vladimir Bure  Soviet Union 1:56.45
7 8 Bernt Zarnowiecki  Sweden 1:56.58
8 2 Peter Nocke  West Germany 1:58.97

References

  1. ^ "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. September 5, 1973. p. 19.
  2. ^ "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. September 6, 1973. p. 21.
  3. ^ Fox, Norman (September 5, 1973). "Matthes' brilliance eclipses even Hencken's world record". The Times. London. p. 9.