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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1975 → |
1973 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | women | |
Duet | women | |
Team | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | |
The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the "1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6."
Records※
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 |
Results※
Heats※
31 swimmers participated in 4 heats. Th eight fastest times advanced——to the final.
Final※
The results of the final are below.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | David Wilkie | ![]() |
2:19.28 | WR |
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5 | John Hencken | ![]() |
2:19.95 | |
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- | 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 |
References※
- ^ "Cooper Heads 400m Finalist". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. AAP. 7 September 1973. p. 19.
- ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ Fox, Norman (7 September 1973). "Wilkie's world record and gold medal". The Times. London. p. 11.
- ^ Krastev, "Todor." "Men 200m Breastroke Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 29 May 2013.