Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke
| Men's 100 metre breaststroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 4, 1973 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:04.02 WR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | - | John Hencken | United States | 1:04.02 | WR |
 | - | Mikhail Khryukin | Soviet Union | 1:04.61 | ER |
 | - | 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
- ↑ "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. September 5, 1973. p. 19.
- ↑ Krastev, Todor. "Men 100m Breaststroke Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ↑ Fox, Norman (September 5, 1973). "Matthes' brilliance eclipses even Hencken's world record". The Times. London. p. 9.
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