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

Event:	Men's 200 metre individual medley
Competition:	1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	September 7, 1973
Competitors:	27
Nations:	20
Win Value:	2:08.36 CR
Gold:	Gunnar Larsson
Goldnoc:	SWE
Silver:	Stan Carper
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	David Wilkie
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Next:	1975

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.

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
7 September	Heat 1			2:09.54	CR
7 September	Final			2:08.36	CR

Results

Heats

28 swimmers participated in 5 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:^{[1] [2]}

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	-			2:09.54	Q, CR
2	3	-			2:09.61	Q, CWR^[3]
3	1	-			2:09.91	Q
4	5	-			2:10.13	Q
5	4	-			2:11.04	Q
6	3	-			2:11.07	Q
7	2	-			2:11.31	Q
8	5	-			2:11.46	Q
9	2	-			2:11.98
10	3	-			2:12.65
11	4	-			2:14.31
12	5	-			2:14.99
13	3	-			2:15.90
14	5	-			2:16.01
15	2	-			2:16.42
16	4	-			2:16.47
17	2	-			2:16.58
18	5	-			2:17.01
19	3	-			2:17.05
20	4	-			2:17.25
21	2	-			2:19.07
22	1	-			2:19.71
23	3	-			2:20.84
24	1	-			2:21.11
25	2	-			2:21.39
26	3	-			2:21.72
27	1	-			2:22.62
28	4	-	C. Manochehr		2:38.93
	4	-			Did not start
	5	-			Did not start
	1	-			Did not start

Final

The results of the final are below.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6			2:08.36	CR
	2			2:08.43
	5			2:08.84	CWR
	4			2:09.52
	3			2:09.57
	8			2:10.54
	1			2:10.86
	7			2:10.86

Notes and References

1. News: Sporting Details. The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. 76. September 8, 1973.
2. Web site: Official results. FINA.org. 26 July 2019.
3. News: Norman. Fox. Poor turn holds Wilkie to third place in medley final. The Times. London. 8 September 1973. 15.
4. Web site: Todor. Krastev. Men 200m Medley Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG). todor66.com. 2 June 2013.