The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
Men's 200 metre individual medley at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 7, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 27 from 20 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 2:08.36 CR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Gunnar Larsson (SWE) | 2:07.17 | Munich, West Germany | 3 September 1972 |
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Competition record | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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7 September | Heat 1 | András Hargitay | Hungary | 2:09.54 | CR |
7 September | Final | Gunnar Larsson | Sweden | 2:08.36 | CR |
Results
editHeats
edit28 swimmers participated in 5 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1][2]
Final
editThe results of the final are below.[4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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6 | Gunnar Larsson | Sweden | 2:08.36 | CR | |
2 | Stan Carper | United States | 2:08.43 | ||
5 | David Wilkie | Great Britain | 2:08.84 | CWR[3] | |
4 | 4 | András Hargitay | Hungary | 2:09.52 | |
5 | 3 | Christian Lietzmann | East Germany | 2:09.57 | |
6 | 8 | Wolfram Sperling | East Germany | 2:10.54 | |
7 | 1 | Fred Tyler | United States | 2:10.86 | |
8 | 7 | Sergey Zakharov | Soviet Union | 2:10.86 |
References
edit- ^ "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. September 8, 1973. p. 76.
- ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ a b Fox, Norman (8 September 1973). "Poor turn holds Wilkie to third place in medley final". The Times. London. p. 15.
- ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 200m Medley Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 2 June 2013.