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

Event:	Men's 100 metre freestyle
Competition:	1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	September 9, 1973
Competitors:	38
Nations:	25
Win Value:	51.708
Gold:	Jim Montgomery
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Michel Rousseau
Silvernoc:	FRA
Bronze:	Michael Wenden
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Next:	1975

The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
9 September	Heat			53.675	CR
9 September	Heat			52.671	CR
9 September	Heat			52.660	CR
9 September	Final			51.708	CR

Results

Heats

38 swimmers participated in 6 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:^{[1] [2]}

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	-			52.660
2	2	-			52.671
3	5	-			52.771	Q
4	6	-			52.986	Q
5	6	-			53.041	Q
6	4	-			53.162	Q
7	4	-			53.539	Q
8	1	-			53.675
9	5	-			53.877
10	5	-			53.908
11	5	-			53.939
12	3	-			54.018
13	3	-			54.120
14	2	-			54.157
15	4	-			54.237
16	6	-			54.240
17	6	-			54.505
18	6	-			54.584
19	3	-			54.631
20	2	-			54.658
21	2	-			54.836
22	6	-			55.064
23	2	-			55.236
24	1	-			55.708
25	3	-			55.735
26	3	-			55.970
27	4	-			56.071
28	4	-			56.236
29	4	-			56.239
30	5	-			56.278
31	1	-			56.500
32	2	-			57.065
33	2	-			57.081
34	1	-			57.283
35	3	-			57.699
36	1	-			58.514
	4	-
	5	-

Final

The results of the final are below.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			51.708	CR
	2			52.086
	5			52.222
	3			52.522
	7			52.732
	6			52.820
	1			53.253
	8			53.701

Notes and References

1. News: Sporting Details. The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 12. 10 September 1973.
2. October 1973. 14. 10. For the Record. Swimming World and Junior Swimmer. 72. North Hollywood, California.
3. Web site: Todor. Krastev. Men 100m Freestyle Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG). todor66.com. 9 June 2013.