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

Event:	Men's 200 metre freestyle
Competition:	1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	September 4, 1973
Win Value:	1:53.02
Gold:	Jim Montgomery
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Kurt Krumpholz
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Roger Pyttel
Bronzenoc:	GDR
Next:	1975

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:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
4 September	Heat			1:57.621	CR
4 September	Heat			1:57.145	CR
4 September	Heat			1:57.090	CR
4 September	Heat			1:54.582	CR
4 September	Final			1:53.02	CR

Results

Heats

?? swimmers participated in 6 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	-			1:54.582
2	6	-			1:56.737	Q
3	4	-			1:57.090	Q, CR
4	2	-			1:57.145	Q, CR
5	3	-			1:57.346	Q
6	6	-			1:57.423	Q
7	5	-			1:57.433	Q
8	6	-			1:57.509	Q
9	2	-			1:57.518
10	1	-			1:57.621	CR
11	4	-			1:57.750
12	3	-			1:57.819
13	4	-			1:57.820
14	1	-			1:58.211
15	1	-			1:58.260
16	5	-			1:58.407
17	2	-			1:59.408
18	3	-			1:59.510

Final

The results of the final are below.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			1:53.02	CR
	4			1:53.61
	3			1:53.97
	1			1:55.66
	7			1:56.42	NR^[3]
	6			1:56.45
	8			1:56.58
	2			1:58.97

Notes and References

1. News: Sporting Details. The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. 19. September 5, 1973.
2. News: Sporting Details. The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. 21. September 6, 1973.
3. News: Norman. Fox. Matthes' brilliance eclipses even Hencken's world record. The Times. London. 9. September 5, 1973.