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

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates September 6, 1973
Winning time 2:19.28
Medalists
    Great Britain
    United States
    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 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.

Records

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

World record  John Hencken (USA) 2:20.52 Louisville, United States 24 August 1973
Championship record N/A N/A N/A N/A

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
5 September Heat David Wilkie  United Kingdom 2:20.94 CR
6 September Final David Wilkie  United Kingdom 2:19.28 WR

Results

Heats

?? swimmers participated in ? heats.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 - - David Wilkie  Great Britain 2:20.94 Q, CR, CWR[2]
2 - - John Hencken  United States 2:21.50 Q
- - - Nobutaka Taguchi  Japan - Q
- - - Mihail Kriukin  Soviet Union - Q
- - - Nigel Cluer  Papua New Guinea 2:25.87 Q
- - - Rick Colella  United States - Q
- - - Jürgen Glas  East Germany - Q
- - - Igor Cherdakov  Soviet Union - Q
- - - Michael Creswick  Australia 2:33.34

Final

The results of the final are below.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 4 David Wilkie  Great Britain 2:19.28 WR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 5 John Hencken  United States 2:19.95
3rd, bronze medalist(s) - Nobutaka Taguchi  Japan 2:23.11
4 - Mihail Kriukin  Soviet Union 2:23.47
5 - Nigel Cluer  Papua New Guinea 2:25.87
6 - Rick Colella  United States 2:26.41
7 - Jürgen Glas  East Germany 2:26.56
8 - Igor Cherdakov  Soviet Union 2:28.18

References

  1. "Cooper Heads 400m Finalist". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. AAP. 7 September 1973. p. 19.
  2. Fox, Norman (7 September 1973). "Wilkie's world record and gold medal". The Times. London. p. 11.
  3. Krastev, Todor. "Men 200m Breastroke Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
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