Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley

Men's 200 metre individual medley at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates	September 7, 1973
Competitors	27 from 20 nations
Winning time	2:08.36 CR
Medalists
Gunnar Larsson    Sweden      United States   David Wilkie    Great Britain
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The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.

Records[]

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record	Gunnar Larsson (SWE)	2:07.17	Munich, West Germany	3 September 1972
Competition record	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
7 September	Heat 1	András Hargitay	Hungary	2:09.54	CR
7 September	Final	Gunnar Larsson	Sweden	2:08.36	CR

Results[]

Heats[]

28 swimmers participated in 5 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:^[1][2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	-	András Hargitay	Hungary	2:09.54	Q, CR
2	3	-	David Wilkie	Great Britain	2:09.61	Q, CWR[3]
3	1	-	Christian Lietzmann	East Germany	2:09.91	Q
4	5	-	Gunnar Larsson	Sweden	2:10.13	Q
5	4	-		United States	2:11.04	Q
6	3	-		Soviet Union	2:11.07	Q
7	2	-	Fred Tyler	United States	2:11.31	Q
8	5	-	Wolfram Sperling	East Germany	2:11.46	Q
9	2	-	Andrey Smirnov	Soviet Union	2:11.98
10	3	-	Zoltán Verrasztó	Hungary	2:12.65
11	4	-	Brian Brinkley	Great Britain	2:14.31
12	5	-	David Brumwell	Canada	2:14.99
13	3	-			2:15.90
14	5	-	Tsuyoshi Yanagidate		2:16.01
15	2	-	Steve Badger	Australia	2:16.42
16	4	-	Jorge Delgado	Ecuador	2:16.47
17	2	-	Eduardo Orejuela	Ecuador	2:16.58
18	5	-	Neil Martin	Australia	2:17.01
19	3	-	Ignacio Álvarez	Mexico	2:17.05
20	4	-	Antônio Azevedo	Brazil	2:17.25
21	2	-	Gunnar Gundersen	Norway	2:19.07
22	1	-		Australia	2:19.71
23	3	-	Ramón Volcán		2:20.84
24	1	-			2:21.11
25	2	-	Jorge Jaramillo		2:21.39
26	3	-	Helmut Podolan	Austria	2:21.72
27	1	-	Ali Gharbi		2:22.62
28	4	-	C. Manochehr		2:38.93
–	4	-		France	Did not start
–	5	-		West Germany	Did not start
–	1	-		Romania	Did not start

Final[]

The results of the final are below.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Gunnar Larsson	Sweden	2:08.36	CR
	2		United States	2:08.43
	5	David Wilkie	Great Britain	2:08.84	CWR[3]
4	4	András Hargitay	Hungary	2:09.52
5	3	Christian Lietzmann	East Germany	2:09.57
6	8	Wolfram Sperling	East Germany	2:10.54
7	1	Fred Tyler	United States	2:10.86
8	7		Soviet Union	2:10.86

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