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


The men's 100 metre backstroke 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.
The following records were established during the competition:
DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
4 SeptemberHeat 1Lutz Wanja59.53CR
4 SeptemberHeat 2John Murphy59.33CR
4 SeptemberHeat 3Mike Stamm59.10CR
4 SeptemberHeat 4Roland Matthes58.69CR
4 SeptemberFinalRoland Matthes57.47CR

Results

Heats

29 swimmers participated in 4 heats. The eight fastest times qualified for the final.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14-Roland Matthes58.69Q, CR
23-Mike Stamm59.10Q, CR
32-John Murphy59.33Q, CR
41-Lutz Wanja59.53Q, CR
52-Klaus Steinbach59.83Q
61-László Cseh Sr.59.88Q
71-Rômulo Arantes1:00.17Q
83-Ian MacKenzie1:00.43Q
92-Zoltan Verraszto1:00.49
104-Carlos Berrocal1:00.59
103-Mark Tonelli1:00.59
124-Colin Cunningham1:00.77
131-Brad Cooper1:00.87
144-Nenad Milos1:01.04
154-Steve Pickell1:01.33
163-Karim Ressang1:01.51
171-Predrag Milos1:01.56
184-Piotr Dlucik1:01.65
192-Anders Sandberg1:01.92
202-Jean-Paul Berjeau1:02.03
213-Jorge Urreta1:02.45
224-Ignacio Álvarez1:02.60
232-Enrique Melo1:02.65
241-Ramón Volcán1:03.02
253-Helmut Podolan1:03.39
263-Igor Grivennikov1:03.83
274-Carlos Santiago Bermúdez1:03.84
282-César Lourenco1:03.95
291-Dimitar Kolarov1:04.04

Final

The results of the final are below.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
-Roland Matthes57.47CR
-Mike Stamm58.77
-Lutz Wanja59.08
-John Murphy59.37
-László Cseh Sr.59.51
-Klaus Steinbach59.77
-Rômulo Arantes1:00.37
-Ian MacKenzie1:00.60