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

Men's 100 metre freestyle
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates September 9, 1973
Competitors 38 from 25 nations
Winning time 51.708
Medalists
    United States
    France
    Australia
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 freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.

Records

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

World record  Mark Spitz (USA) 51.22 Munich, West Germany 3 September 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
9 September Heat Ruy de Oliveira  Brazil 53.675 CR
9 September Heat Michael Wenden  Australia 52.671 CR
9 September Heat Jim Montgomery  United States 52.660 CR
9 September Final Jim Montgomery  United States 51.708 CR

Results

Heats

38 swimmers participated in 6 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1][2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 - Montgomery, JimJim Montgomery  United States 52.660 Q, CR
2 2 - Wenden, MichaelMichael Wenden  Australia 52.671 Q, CR
3 5 - Bure, VladimirVladimir Bure  Soviet Union 52.771 Q
4 6 - Steinbach, KlausKlaus Steinbach  West Germany 52.986 Q
5 6 - Rousseau, MichelMichel Rousseau  France 53.041 Q
6 4 - Murphy, JohnJohn Murphy  United States 53.162 Q
7 4 - Pyttel, RogerRoger Pyttel  East Germany 53.539 Q
8 1 - de Oliveira, RuyRuy de Oliveira  Brazil 53.675 Q, CR
9 5 - Pangaro, RobertoRoberto Pangaro  Italy 53.877
10 5 - Robertson, BruceBruce Robertson  Canada 53.908
11 5 - Nocke, PeterPeter Nocke  West Germany 53.939
12 3 - Warncke, FritzFritz Warncke  Norway 54.018
13 3 - Bruch, PeterPeter Bruch  East Germany 54.120
14 2 - Aranha, JoséJosé Aranha  Brazil 54.157
15 4 - Comas, JorgeJorge Comas  Spain 54.237
16 6 - Hrouda, M.M. Hrouda  Czechoslovakia 54.240
17 6 - Rogers, NeilNeil Rogers  Australia 54.505
18 6 - Grivennikov, IgorIgor Grivennikov  Soviet Union 54.584
19 3 - Guarducci, MarcelloMarcello Guarducci  Italy 54.631
20 2 - Zarnowiecki, BerntBernt Zarnowiecki  Sweden 54.658
21 2 - Gorean, J.J. Gorean  Sweden 54.836
22 6 - Georgiev, StefanStefan Georgiev  Bulgaria 55.064
23 2 - Lustig, R.R. Lustig  Yugoslavia 55.236
24 1 - Phillips, BrianBrian Phillips  Canada 55.708
25 3 - Kovacic, J.J. Kovacic  Yugoslavia 55.735
26 3 - Versari, GianniGianni Versari  Panama 55.970
27 4 - Szentirmay, IstvánIstván Szentirmay  Hungary 56.071
28 4 - Stoev, LyudmilLyudmil Stoev  Bulgaria 56.236
29 4 - Charbi, A.A. Charbi  Tunisia 56.239
30 5 - Copin, Pierre-YvesPierre-Yves Copin  France 56.278
31 1 - Orejuela, EduardoEduardo Orejuela  Ecuador 56.500
32 2 - Volcán, RamónRamón Volcán  Venezuela 57.065
33 2 - Ferraioli, JoséJosé Ferraioli  Puerto Rico 57.081
34 1 - Kinawi, A.A. Kinawi  Egypt 57.283
35 3 - Santiago, C.C. Santiago  Puerto Rico 57.699
36 1 - Dilmac, M.M. Dilmac  Turkey 58.514
- 4 - Opritescu, Z.Z. Opritescu  Romania DNS / DSQ
- 5 - Slavic, MarianMarian Slavic  Romania DNS / DSQ

Final

The results of the final are below.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 4 Montgomery, JimJim Montgomery  United States 51.708 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 2 Rousseau, MichelMichel Rousseau  France 52.086
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 5 Wenden, MichaelMichael Wenden  Australia 52.222
4 3 Bure, VladimirVladimir Bure  Soviet Union 52.522
5 7 Murphy, JohnJohn Murphy  United States 52.732
6 6 Steinbach, KlausKlaus Steinbach  West Germany 52.820
7 1 Pyttel, RogerRoger Pyttel  East Germany 53.253
8 8 de Oliveira, RuyRuy de Oliveira  Brazil 53.701

References

  1. "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 10 September 1973. p. 12.
  2. "For the Record". Swimming World and Junior Swimmer. North Hollywood, California. 14 (10): 72. October 1973.
  3. Krastev, Todor. "Men 100m Freestyle Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
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