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 | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 9, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 38 from 25 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 51.708 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records
editPrior 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 |
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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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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
editHeats
edit38 swimmers participated in 6 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1][2]
Final
editThe results of the final are below.[3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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
edit- ^ "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 10 September 1973. p. 12.
- ^ "For the Record". Swimming World and Junior Swimmer. 14 (10). North Hollywood, California: 72. October 1973.
- ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 100m Freestyle Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 9 June 2013.