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

The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.

Men's 100 metre freestyle
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 9, 1973
Competitors38 from 25 nations
Winning time51.708
Medalists
gold medal Jim Montgomery   United States
silver medal Michel Rousseau   France
bronze medal Michael Wenden   Australia
1975 →

Records

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

World record   Mark Spitz (USA) 51.22 Munich, West Germany 3 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
9 September Heat Ruy de Oliveira   Brazil 53.675 CR
9 September Heat Michael Wenden   Australia 52.671 CR
9 September Heat Jim Montgomery   United States 52.660 CR
9 September Final Jim Montgomery   United States 51.708 CR

Results

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Heats

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38 swimmers participated in 6 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1][2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 - Jim Montgomery   United States 52.660 Q, CR
2 2 - Michael Wenden   Australia 52.671 Q, CR
3 5 - Vladimir Bure   Soviet Union 52.771 Q
4 6 - Klaus Steinbach   West Germany 52.986 Q
5 6 - Michel Rousseau   France 53.041 Q
6 4 - John Murphy   United States 53.162 Q
7 4 - Roger Pyttel   East Germany 53.539 Q
8 1 - Ruy de Oliveira   Brazil 53.675 Q, CR
9 5 - Roberto Pangaro   Italy 53.877
10 5 - Bruce Robertson   Canada 53.908
11 5 - Peter Nocke   West Germany 53.939
12 3 - Fritz Warncke   Norway 54.018
13 3 - Peter Bruch   East Germany 54.120
14 2 - José Aranha   Brazil 54.157
15 4 - Jorge Comas   Spain 54.237
16 6 - Mirek Hrouda   Czechoslovakia 54.240
17 6 - Neil Rogers   Australia 54.505
18 6 - Igor Grivennikov   Soviet Union 54.584
19 3 - Marcello Guarducci   Italy 54.631
20 2 - Bernt Zarnowiecki   Sweden 54.658
21 2 - Goran Jansson   Sweden 54.836
22 6 - Stefan Georgiev   Bulgaria 55.064
23 2 - Rene Lustig   Yugoslavia 55.236
24 1 - Brian Phillips   Canada 55.708
25 3 - Jovan Kovacic   Yugoslavia 55.735
26 3 - Gianni Versari   Panama 55.970
27 4 - István Szentirmay   Hungary 56.071
28 4 - Lyudmil Stoev   Bulgaria 56.236
29 4 - Ali Charbi   Tunisia 56.239
30 5 - Pierre-Yves Copin   France 56.278
31 1 - Eduardo Orejuela   Ecuador 56.500
32 2 - Ramón Volcán   Venezuela 57.065
33 2 - José Ferraioli   Puerto Rico 57.081
34 1 - Ali Kinawi   Egypt 57.283
35 3 - Carlos Santiago   Puerto Rico 57.699
36 1 - Mehmet Dilmac   Turkey 58.514
- 4 - Z. Opritescu   Romania DNS / DSQ
- 5 - Marian Slavic   Romania DNS / DSQ

Final

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The results of the final are below.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Jim Montgomery   United States 51.708 CR
  2 Michel Rousseau   France 52.086
  5 Michael Wenden   Australia 52.222
4 3 Vladimir Bure   Soviet Union 52.522
5 7 John Murphy   United States 52.732
6 6 Klaus Steinbach   West Germany 52.820
7 1 Roger Pyttel   East Germany 53.253
8 8 Ruy de Oliveira   Brazil 53.701

References

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  1. ^ "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 10 September 1973. p. 12.
  2. ^ "For the Record". Swimming World and Junior Swimmer. 14 (10). North Hollywood, California: 72. October 1973.
  3. ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 100m Freestyle Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
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