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 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | September 7, 1973 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:08.36 CR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 1973 FINA World Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Tournament | men | |
The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
Contents
1 Records
2 Results
2.1 Heats
2.2 Final
3 References
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition 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..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ ab 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.
