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

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

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 6, 1973
Competitors31 from 24 nations
Winning time2:19.28
Medalists
gold medal    Great Britain
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Japan
1975 →

Records

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

World record   John Hencken (USA) 2:20.52 Louisville, United States 24 August 1973
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 Mikhail Khryukin   Soviet Union 2:24.85 CR
6 September Heat 2 David Wilkie   United Kingdom 2:20.94 CR
6 September Final David Wilkie   United Kingdom 2:19.28 WR

Results

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Heats

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31 swimmers participated in 4 heats. Th eight fastest times advanced to the final.[1][2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 - David Wilkie   Great Britain 2:20.94 Q, CR, CWR[3]
2 4 - John Hencken   United States 2:21.50 Q
3 2 - Igor Cherdakov   Soviet Union 2:24.30 Q
4 1 - Mikhail Khryukin   Soviet Union 2:24.85 Q, CR
5 1 - Nobutaka Taguchi   Japan 2:25.45 Q
6 2 - Nigel Cluer   Papua New Guinea 2:25.87 Q
7 3 - Rick Colella   United States 2:26.17 Q
8 3 - Jürgen Glas   East Germany 2:27.77 Q
9 4 - Felipe Muñoz   Mexico 2:28.34
10 2 - Giorgio Lalle   Italy 2:29.08
11 3 - Ove Wisloff   Norway 2:29.46
12 2 - Pedro Balcells   Spain 2:30.52
13 4 - Ulrich Nitzsche   East Germany 2:31.01
14 1 - Peter Hrdlitschka   Canada 2:31.34
15 3 - Steffen Kriechbaum   Austria 2:31.56
16 4 - Cezary Smiglak   Poland 2:32.50
17 3 - Pawe Dyrek   Poland 2:32.66
18 2 - Mel Zajac   Canada 2:33.15
19 1 - Michael Creswick   Australia 2:33.34
20 1 - G. Islas   Mexico 2:33.99
21 4 - Sérgio Pinto Ribeiro   Brazil 2:34.07
22 1 - Alfredo Hunger   Peru 2:34.78
23 3 - Tuomo Kerolo   Finland 2:35.29
24 4 - Bernard Combet   France 2:35.34
25 2 - Zdravko Divjak   Yugoslavia 2:38.50
26 2 - Orlando Catinchi   Puerto Rico 2:40.14
27 1 - Carlos Nazario   Puerto Rico 2:43.79
28 3 - Faruk Morkal   Turkey 2:44.12
29 4 - H. Ashfin   Iran 2:48.80
4 - Angel Chakarov   Bulgaria Did not start
3 - Anders Norling   Sweden Did not start

Final

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The results of the final are below.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 David Wilkie   Great Britain 2:19.28 WR
  5 John Hencken   United States 2:19.95
  - Nobutaka Taguchi   Japan 2:23.11
4 - Mikhail Khryukin   Soviet Union 2:23.47
5 - Nigel Cluer   Papua New Guinea 2:25.87
6 - Rick Colella   United States 2:26.41
7 - Jürgen Glas   East Germany 2:26.56
8 - Igor Cherdakov   Soviet Union 2:28.18

References

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  1. ^ "Cooper Heads 400m Finalist". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. AAP. 7 September 1973. p. 19.
  2. ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  3. ^ Fox, Norman (7 September 1973). "Wilkie's world record and gold medal". The Times. London. p. 11.
  4. ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 200m Breastroke Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 29 May 2013.