Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly
Men's 100 metre butterfly at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 8, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 25 from 20 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 55.69 CR | |||||||||
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The men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 8.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 54.27 | Munich, West Germany | 31 August 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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8 September | Heat 1 | Hartmut Flöckner | ![]() | 56.89 | CR |
8 September | Heat 4 | Joe Bottom | ![]() | 55.94 | CR |
8 September | Final | Bruce Robertson | ![]() | 55.69 | CR |
Results
Heats
25 swimmers participated in 4 heats. The eight fastest times advanced to the final.[1][2]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | - | Joe Bottom | ![]() | 55.94 | Q, CR |
2 | 1 | - | Hartmut Flöckner | ![]() | 56.89 | Q, CR |
3 | 3 | - | Bruce Robertson | ![]() | 56.90 | Q |
4 | 2 | - | Robin Backhaus | ![]() | 56.94 | Q |
5 | 3 | - | Jorge Delgado | ![]() | 57.35 | Q |
6 | 4 | - | Ross Seymour | ![]() | 57.58 | Q |
7 | 1 | - | Folkert Meeuw | ![]() | 57.69 | Q |
8 | 1 | - | Neil Rogers | ![]() | 57.98 | Q |
9 | 2 | - | Hideaki Hara | ![]() | 58.00 | |
10 | 3 | - | Miguel Lang | ![]() | 58.47 | |
11 | 2 | - | Brian Phillips | ![]() | 58.68 | |
12 | 2 | - | Istvan Szentirmay | ![]() | 59.09 | |
13 | 3 | - | Jorge Jaramillo | ![]() | 59.13 | |
14 | 2 | - | Eduardo Orejuela | ![]() | 59.21 | |
15 | 1 | - | Vladimir Krivtsov | ![]() | 59.47 | |
16 | 4 | - | Aleksandar Pavličević | ![]() | 59.78 | |
17 | 4 | - | Vasil Dobrev | ![]() | 59.99 | |
18 | 4 | - | Piotr Dłucik | ![]() | 1:00.34 | |
19 | 3 | - | Eduardo Alijo | ![]() | 1:00.39 | |
20 | 1 | - | José Ferraioli | ![]() | 1:00.48 | |
21 | 3 | - | Sérgio Waismaun | ![]() | 1:00.88 | |
22 | 1 | - | Ramón Volcán | ![]() | 1:01.77 | |
23 | 3 | - | Jean-Jacques Scheuren | ![]() | 1:02.68 | |
24 | 2 | - | Ali Gharbi | ![]() | 1:05.44 | |
25 | 4 | - | O. Mehmat | ![]() | 1:09.20 | |
– | - | - | Roland Mattes | ![]() | - | DNS[1] |
- 1 Roland Mattes had to withdraw from the event following a poolside accident when he slipped and sprained his ankle.[3]
Final
The results of the final are below.[4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 3 | Bruce Robertson | ![]() | 55.69 | CR |
![]() | 4 | Joe Bottom | ![]() | 56.37 | |
![]() | 6 | Robin Backhaus | ![]() | 56.42 | |
4 | 5 | Hartmut Flöckner | ![]() | 56.75 | |
5 | 7 | Ross Seymour | ![]() | 57.33 | |
6 | 2 | Jorge Delgado | ![]() | 57.41 | |
7 | 8 | Neil Rogers | ![]() | 57.58 | |
8 | 1 | Folkert Meeuw | ![]() | 57.81 |
References
- ^ "Sports Results". The Sun-Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 9 September 1973. p. 93.
- ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Aust second in swim relay". The Sun-Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. AAP. 9 September 1973. p. 91.
- ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 100m Butterfly Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013.