Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
| Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 6, 1973 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:19.28 | |||||||||
| 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4 | David Wilkie | Great Britain | 2:19.28 | WR |
 | 5 | John Hencken | United States | 2:19.95 | |
 | - | 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
- ↑ "Cooper Heads 400m Finalist". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. AAP. 7 September 1973. p. 19.
- ↑ Fox, Norman (7 September 1973). "Wilkie's world record and gold medal". The Times. London. p. 11.
- ↑ Krastev, Todor. "Men 200m Breastroke Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
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