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 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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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 | |
Tournament | men | |
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 | - | ![]() |
1:00.39 | ||
20 | 1 | - | José Ferraioli | ![]() |
1:00.48 | |
21 | 3 | - | ![]() |
1:00.88 | ||
22 | 1 | - | Ramón Volcán | ![]() |
1:01.77 | |
23 | 3 | - | ![]() |
1:02.68 | ||
24 | 2 | - | Ali Gharbi | ![]() |
1:05.44 | |
25 | 4 | - | O. Mehmat | ![]() |
1:09.20 | |
– | - | - | ![]() |
- | 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 |
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4 | Joe Bottom | ![]() |
56.37 | |
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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.
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