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


The ??men's 200 metre freestyle 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 SeptemberHeatWerner Lampe1:57.621CR
4 SeptemberHeatVladimir Bure1:57.145CR
4 SeptemberHeatRoger Pyttel1:57.090CR
4 SeptemberHeatKurt Krumpholz1:54.582CR
4 SeptemberFinalJim Montgomery1:53.02CR

Results

Heats

?? swimmers participated in 6 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15-Kurt Krumpholz1:54.582Q, CR
26-Jim Montgomery1:56.737Q
34-Roger Pyttel1:57.090Q, CR
42-Vladimir Bure1:57.145Q, CR
53-Peter Nocke1:57.346Q
66-Brian Brinkley1:57.423Q
75-Steve Badger1:57.433Q
86-Bernt Zarnowiecki1:57.509Q
92-Wilfried Hartung1:57.518
101-Werner Lampe1:57.621CR
114-Jorge Delgado1:57.750
123-Aleksandr Samsonov1:57.819
134-José Namorado1:57.820
141-Bruce Robertson1:58.211
151-Michael Wenden1:58.260
165-Arnaldo Cinquetti1:58.407
172-Fritz Warncke1:59.408
183-Ian MacKenzie1:59.510

Final

The results of the final are below.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
-Jim Montgomery1:53.02CR
-Kurt Krumpholz1:53.61
-Roger Pyttel1:53.97
-Steve Badger1:55.66
-Brian Brinkley1:56.42NR
-Vladimir Bure1:56.45
-Bernt Zarnowiecki1:56.58
-Peter Nocke1:58.97