Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley
| Men's 200 metre individual medley at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 7, 1973 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:08.36 CR | |||||||||
| 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 individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Gunnar Larsson (SWE) | 2:07.17 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September | Heat | András Hargitay |  Hungary | 2:09.54 | CR |
| 7 September | Final | Gunnar Larsson | Sweden | 2:08.36 | CR |
Results
Heats
?? swimmers participated in 5 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | - | András Hargitay | Hungary | 2:09.54 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 3 | - | David Wilkie |  Great Britain | 2:09.61 | Q, CWR[2] |
| 3 | 1 | - | Christian Lietzmann |  East Germany | 2:09.91 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | - | Gunnar Larsson | Sweden | 2:10.13 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | - | Stan Carper |  United States | 2:11.04 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | - | Sergey Zakharov |  Soviet Union | 2:11.07 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | - | Fred Tyler | United States | 2:11.31 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | - | Wolfram Sperling | East Germany | 2:11.46 | Q |
| - | 2 | - | Andrey Smirnov | Soviet Union | 2:11.98 | |
| - | 3 | - | Zoltán Verrasztó | Hungary | 2:12.65 | |
| - | 5 | - | David Brumwell |  Canada | 2:14.00 | |
| - | 4 | - | Brian Brinkley | Great Britain | 2:14.31 | |
| - | 2 | - | Brad Shirley | Canada | 2:16.42 | |
| - | 4 | - | Jorge Delgado |  Ecuador | 2:16.47 | |
| - | 5 | - | Neil Martin |  Australia | 2:17.01 | |
| - | 1 | - | Peter Tetlow | Australia | 2:19.71 |
Final
The results of the final are below.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6 | Gunnar Larsson | Sweden | 2:08.36 | CR |
 | 2 | Stan Carper | United States | 2:08.43 | |
 | 5 | David Wilkie | Great Britain | 2:08.84 | CWR[2] |
| 4 | 4 | András Hargitay | Hungary | 2:09.52 | |
| 5 | 3 | Christian Lietzmann | East Germany | 2:09.57 | |
| 6 | 8 | Wolfram Sperling | East Germany | 2:10.54 | |
| 7 | 1 | Fred Tyler | United States | 2:10.86 | |
| 8 | 7 | Sergey Zakharov | Soviet Union | 2:10.86 |
References
- ↑ "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. September 8, 1973. p. 76.
- 1 2 Fox, Norman (8 September 1973). "Poor turn holds Wilkie to third place in medley final". The Times. London. p. 15.
- ↑ Krastev, Todor. "Men 200m Medley Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
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