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

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Men's 200 metre individual medley
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 7, 1973
Competitors27 from 20 nations
Winning time2:08.36 CR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
1975  

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.

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Records

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

World record Flag of Sweden.svg  Gunnar Larsson  (SWE)2:07.17 Munich, West Germany 3 September 1972
Competition recordN/AN/AN/AN/A

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
7 SeptemberHeat 1 András Hargitay Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:09.54CR
7 SeptemberFinal Gunnar Larsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:08.36CR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
11- András Hargitay Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:09.54Q, CR
23- David Wilkie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:09.61Q, CWR [3]
31- Christian Lietzmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:09.91Q
45- Gunnar Larsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:10.13Q
54- Stan Carper Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:11.04Q
63- Sergey Zakharov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:11.07Q
72- Fred Tyler Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:11.31Q
85- Wolfram Sperling Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:11.46Q
92- Andrey Smirnov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:11.98
103- Zoltán Verrasztó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:12.65
114- Brian Brinkley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:14.31
125- David Brumwell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:14.99
133- Nigel Cluer Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 2:15.90
145- Tsuyoshi Yanagidate Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:16.01
152- Steve Badger Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:16.42
164- Jorge Delgado Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 2:16.47
172- Eduardo Orejuela Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 2:16.58
185- Neil Martin Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:17.01
193- Ignacio Álvarez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:17.05
204- Antônio Azevedo Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:17.25
212- Gunnar Gundersen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:19.07
221- Peter Tetlow Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:19.71
233- Ramón Volcán Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2:20.84
241- Carlos Santiago Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2:21.11
252- Jorge Jaramillo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:21.39
263- Helmut Podolan Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:21.72
271- Ali Gharbi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 2:22.62
284-C. ManochehrFlag of Iran.svg  Iran 2:38.93
4- Patrick Moreau Flag of France.svg  France Did not start
5- Michael Weiss Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Did not start
1- Bandi Wetternek Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania Did not start

Final

The results of the final are below. [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg6 Gunnar Larsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:08.36 CR
Silver medal icon.svg2 Stan Carper Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:08.43
Bronze medal icon.svg5 David Wilkie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:08.84 CWR [3]
44 András Hargitay Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:09.52
53 Christian Lietzmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:09.57
68 Wolfram Sperling Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:10.54
71 Fred Tyler Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:10.86
87 Sergey Zakharov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:10.86

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References

  1. "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald . John Fairfax Holdings. September 8, 1973. p. 76.
  2. "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  3. 1 2 Fox, Norman (8 September 1973). "Poor turn holds Wilkie to third place in medley final". The Times . London. p. 15.
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