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

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 4.

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 4, 1973
Competitors29 from 20 nations
Winning time57.47
Medalists
gold medal    East Germany
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    East Germany
1975 →

Records

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

World record   Roland Matthes (GDR) 56.30 Munich, West Germany 4 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
4 September Heat 1 Lutz Wanja   East Germany 59.53 CR
4 September Heat 2 John Murphy   United States 59.33 CR
4 September Heat 3 Mike Stamm   United States 59.10 CR
4 September Heat 4 Roland Matthes   East Germany 58.69 CR
4 September Final Roland Matthes   East Germany 57.47 CR

Results

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Heats

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29 swimmers participated in 4 heats. The eight fastest times qualified for the final. [1][2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 - Roland Matthes   East Germany 58.69 Q, CR
2 3 - Mike Stamm   United States 59.10 Q, CR
3 2 - John Murphy   United States 59.33 Q, CR
4 1 - Lutz Wanja   East Germany 59.53 Q, CR
5 2 - Klaus Steinbach   West Germany 59.83 Q
6 1 - László Cseh Sr.   Hungary 59.88 Q
7 1 - Rômulo Arantes   Brazil 1:00.17 Q
8 3 - Ian MacKenzie   Canada 1:00.43 Q
9 2 - Zoltan Verraszto   Hungary 1:00.49
10 4 - Carlos Berrocal   Puerto Rico 1:00.59
10 3 - Mark Tonelli   Australia 1:00.59
12 4 - Colin Cunningham   Great Britain 1:00.77
13 1 - Brad Cooper   Australia 1:00.87
14 4 - Nenad Milos   Yugoslavia 1:01.04
15 4 - Steve Pickell   Canada 1:01.33
16 3 - Karim Ressang   Netherlands 1:01.51
17 1 - Predrag Milos   Yugoslavia 1:01.56
18 4 - Piotr Dlucik   Poland 1:01.65
19 2 - Anders Sandberg   Sweden 1:01.92
20 2 - Jean-Paul Berjeau   France 1:02.03
21 3 - Jorge Urreta   Mexico 1:02.45
22 4 - Ignacio Álvarez   Mexico 1:02.60
23 2 - Enrique Melo   Spain 1:02.65
24 1 - Ramón Volcán   Venezuela 1:03.02
25 3 - Helmut Podolan   Austria 1:03.39
26 3 - Igor Grivennikov   Soviet Union 1:03.83
27 4 - Carlos Santiago Bermúdez   Puerto Rico 1:03.84
28 2 - César Lourenco   Brazil 1:03.95
29 1 - Dimitar Kolarov   Bulgaria 1:04.04

Final

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The results of the final are below.[3][4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  - Roland Matthes   East Germany 57.47 CR
  - Mike Stamm   United States 58.77
  - Lutz Wanja   East Germany 59.08
4 - John Murphy   United States 59.37
5 - László Cseh Sr.   Hungary 59.51
6 - Klaus Steinbach   West Germany 59.77
7 - Rômulo Arantes   Brazil 1:00.37
8 - Ian MacKenzie   Canada 1:00.60

References

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  1. ^ "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. September 5, 1973. p. 19.
  2. ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  3. ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 100m Breaststroke Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  4. ^ Fox, Norman (September 5, 1973). "Matthes' brilliance eclipses even Hencken's world record". The Times. London. p. 9.