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

Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates September 4, 1973
Winning time 1:04.02 WR
Medalists
    United States
    Soviet Union
    Japan
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 breaststroke 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  Nobutaka Taguchi (JPN) 1:04.94 Munich, West Germany 30 August 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 John Hencken  United States 1:04.34 WR
4 September Final John Hencken  United States 1:04.02 WR

Results

Heats

?? swimmers participated in 5 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 - John Hencken  United States 1:04.34 Q, WR
2 - - Nobutaka Taguchi  Japan 1:05.80 Q
3 - - Nikolai Pankin  Soviet Union 1:06.10 Q
4 - - Rick Colella  United States 1:06.72 Q
5 - - Mihail Kriukin  Soviet Union 1:06.78 Q
6 - - David Wilkie  Great Britain 1:06.98 Q
7 - - Jurgen Glas  East Germany 1:07.32 Q

Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) - John Hencken  United States 1:04.02 WR
2nd, silver medalist(s) - Mikhail Khryukin  Soviet Union 1:04.61 ER
3rd, bronze medalist(s) - Nobutaka Taguchi  Japan 1:05.61
4 - David Wilkie  Great Britain 1:05.74 CWR
5 - Nikolai Pankin  Soviet Union 1:06.55
6 - Rick Colella  United States 1:06.69
7 - Jurgen Glas  East Germany 1:07.41
8 - Nigel Cluer  Papua New Guinea 1:08.12

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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