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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 | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 6, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 31 from 24 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 2:19.28 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 2:20.52 | Louisville, United States | 24 August 1973 |
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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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6 September | Heat 1 | Mikhail Khryukin | ![]() | 2:24.85 | CR |
6 September | Heat 2 | David Wilkie | ![]() | 2:20.94 | CR |
6 September | Final | David Wilkie | ![]() | 2:19.28 | WR |
31 swimmers participated in 4 heats. Th eight fastest times advanced to the final.[1][2]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | - | David Wilkie | ![]() | 2:20.94 | Q, CR, CWR[3] |
2 | 4 | - | John Hencken | ![]() | 2:21.50 | Q |
3 | 2 | - | Igor Cherdakov | ![]() | 2:24.30 | Q |
4 | 1 | - | Mikhail Khryukin | ![]() | 2:24.85 | Q, CR |
5 | 1 | - | Nobutaka Taguchi | ![]() | 2:25.45 | Q |
6 | 2 | - | Nigel Cluer | ![]() | 2:25.87 | Q |
7 | 3 | - | Rick Colella | ![]() | 2:26.17 | Q |
8 | 3 | - | Jürgen Glas | ![]() | 2:27.77 | Q |
9 | 4 | - | Felipe Muñoz | ![]() | 2:28.34 | |
10 | 2 | - | Giorgio Lalle | ![]() | 2:29.08 | |
11 | 3 | - | Ove Wisloff | ![]() | 2:29.46 | |
12 | 2 | - | Pedro Balcells | ![]() | 2:30.52 | |
13 | 4 | - | Ulrich Nitzsche | ![]() | 2:31.01 | |
14 | 1 | - | Peter Hrdlitschka | ![]() | 2:31.34 | |
15 | 3 | - | Steffen Kriechbaum | ![]() | 2:31.56 | |
16 | 4 | - | Cezary Smiglak | ![]() | 2:32.50 | |
17 | 3 | - | Pawe Dyrek | ![]() | 2:32.66 | |
18 | 2 | - | Mel Zajac | ![]() | 2:33.15 | |
19 | 1 | - | Michael Creswick | ![]() | 2:33.34 | |
20 | 1 | - | G. Islas | ![]() | 2:33.99 | |
21 | 4 | - | Sérgio Pinto Ribeiro | ![]() | 2:34.07 | |
22 | 1 | - | Alfredo Hunger | ![]() | 2:34.78 | |
23 | 3 | - | Tuomo Kerolo | ![]() | 2:35.29 | |
24 | 4 | - | Bernard Combet | ![]() | 2:35.34 | |
25 | 2 | - | Zdravko Divjak | ![]() | 2:38.50 | |
26 | 2 | - | Orlando Catinchi | ![]() | 2:40.14 | |
27 | 1 | - | Carlos Nazario | ![]() | 2:43.79 | |
28 | 3 | - | Faruk Morkal | ![]() | 2:44.12 | |
29 | 4 | - | H. Ashfin | ![]() | 2:48.80 | |
– | 4 | - | Angel Chakarov | ![]() | Did not start | |
– | 3 | - | Anders Norling | ![]() | Did not start |
The results of the final are below.[4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 4 | David Wilkie | ![]() | 2:19.28 | WR |
![]() | 5 | John Hencken | ![]() | 2:19.95 | |
![]() | - | Nobutaka Taguchi | ![]() | 2:23.11 | |
4 | - | Mikhail Khryukin | ![]() | 2:23.47 | |
5 | - | Nigel Cluer | ![]() | 2:25.87 | |
6 | - | Rick Colella | ![]() | 2:26.41 | |
7 | - | Jürgen Glas | ![]() | 2:26.56 | |
8 | - | Igor Cherdakov | ![]() | 2:28.18 |
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