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

Men's 100 metre freestyle at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates	September 9, 1973
Competitors	38 from 25 nations
Winning time	51.708
Medalists
Jim Montgomery    United States   Michel Rousseau    France   Michael Wenden    Australia

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
men

The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.

Records

Prior 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
Championship record	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
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

Heats

38 swimmers participated in 6 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:^[1][2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	-	Montgomery, JimJim Montgomery	United States	52.660	Q, CR
2	2	-	Wenden, MichaelMichael Wenden	Australia	52.671	Q, CR
3	5	-	Bure, VladimirVladimir Bure	Soviet Union	52.771	Q
4	6	-	Steinbach, KlausKlaus Steinbach	West Germany	52.986	Q
5	6	-	Rousseau, MichelMichel Rousseau	France	53.041	Q
6	4	-	Murphy, JohnJohn Murphy	United States	53.162	Q
7	4	-	Pyttel, RogerRoger Pyttel	East Germany	53.539	Q
8	1	-	de Oliveira, RuyRuy de Oliveira	Brazil	53.675	Q, CR
9	5	-	Pangaro, RobertoRoberto Pangaro	Italy	53.877
10	5	-	Robertson, BruceBruce Robertson	Canada	53.908
11	5	-	Nocke, PeterPeter Nocke	West Germany	53.939
12	3	-	Warncke, FritzFritz Warncke	Norway	54.018
13	3	-	Bruch, PeterPeter Bruch	East Germany	54.120
14	2	-	Aranha, JoséJosé Aranha	Brazil	54.157
15	4	-	Comas, JorgeJorge Comas	Spain	54.237
16	6	-	Hrouda, M.M. Hrouda	Czechoslovakia	54.240
17	6	-	Rogers, NeilNeil Rogers	Australia	54.505
18	6	-	Grivennikov, IgorIgor Grivennikov	Soviet Union	54.584
19	3	-	Guarducci, MarcelloMarcello Guarducci	Italy	54.631
20	2	-	Zarnowiecki, BerntBernt Zarnowiecki	Sweden	54.658
21	2	-	Gorean, J.J. Gorean	Sweden	54.836
22	6	-	Georgiev, StefanStefan Georgiev	Bulgaria	55.064
23	2	-	Lustig, R.R. Lustig	Yugoslavia	55.236
24	1	-	Phillips, BrianBrian Phillips	Canada	55.708
25	3	-	Kovacic, J.J. Kovacic	Yugoslavia	55.735
26	3	-	Versari, GianniGianni Versari	Panama	55.970
27	4	-	Szentirmay, IstvánIstván Szentirmay	Hungary	56.071
28	4	-	Stoev, LyudmilLyudmil Stoev	Bulgaria	56.236
29	4	-	Charbi, A.A. Charbi	Tunisia	56.239
30	5	-	Copin, Pierre-YvesPierre-Yves Copin	France	56.278
31	1	-	Orejuela, EduardoEduardo Orejuela	Ecuador	56.500
32	2	-	Volcán, RamónRamón Volcán	Venezuela	57.065
33	2	-	Ferraioli, JoséJosé Ferraioli	Puerto Rico	57.081
34	1	-	Kinawi, A.A. Kinawi	Egypt	57.283
35	3	-	Santiago, C.C. Santiago	Puerto Rico	57.699
36	1	-	Dilmac, M.M. Dilmac	Turkey	58.514
-	4	-	Opritescu, Z.Z. Opritescu	Romania	DNS / DSQ
-	5	-	Slavic, MarianMarian Slavic	Romania	DNS / DSQ

Final

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Montgomery, JimJim Montgomery	United States	51.708	CR
	2	Rousseau, MichelMichel Rousseau	France	52.086
	5	Wenden, MichaelMichael Wenden	Australia	52.222
4	3	Bure, VladimirVladimir Bure	Soviet Union	52.522
5	7	Murphy, JohnJohn Murphy	United States	52.732
6	6	Steinbach, KlausKlaus Steinbach	West Germany	52.820
7	1	Pyttel, RogerRoger Pyttel	East Germany	53.253
8	8	de Oliveira, RuyRuy de Oliveira	Brazil	53.701

References

1. "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 10 September 1973. p. 12.
2. "For the Record". Swimming World and Junior Swimmer. North Hollywood, California. 14 (10): 72. October 1973.
3. Krastev, Todor. "Men 100m Freestyle Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 9 June 2013.