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

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates September 4, 1973
Winning time 57.47
Medalists
    East Germany
    United States
    East Germany
1973 FINA
World Championships

Belgrade, Yugoslavia
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

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

Records

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
Championship 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 Roland Matthes  East Germany 58.69 CR
4 September Final Roland Matthes  East Germany 57.47 CR

Results

Heats

?? swimmers participated in ? heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 - - Roland Matthes  East Germany 58.69 Q, CR
2 - - Mike Stamm  United States 59.10 Q
3 - - John Murphy  United States 59.33 Q
4 - - Lutz Wanja  East Germany 59.53 Q
5 - - Klaus Steinbach  West Germany 59.83 Q
6 - - L. Sceh  Hungary 59.88 Q
7 - - Rômulo Arantes  Brazil 1:00.17 Q
8 - - Ian MacKenzie  Canada 1:00.43 Q
9 - - Colin Cunningham  Great Britain 1:00.77

Final

The results of the final are below.[2][3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) - Roland Matthes  East Germany 57.47 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) - Mike Stamm  United States 58.77
3rd, bronze medalist(s) - Lutz Wanja  East Germany 59.08
4 - John Murphy  United States 59.37
5 - L. Sceh  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

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