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


The men's 100 metre breaststroke 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:
DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
4 SeptemberHeat 1Rick Colella1:06.72CR
4 SeptemberHeat 3Nikolai Pankin1:06.10CR
4 SeptemberHeat 5John Hencken1:04.35WR
4 SeptemberFinalJohn Hencken1:04.02WR

Results

Heats

32 swimmers participated in 5 heats. The eight fastest times qualified for the final.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15-John Hencken1:04.35Q, WR
25-Nobutaka Taguchi1:05.80Q
33-Nikolai Pankin1:06.10Q, CR
41-Rick Colella1:06.72Q, CR
54-Mikhail Khryukin1:06.78Q
62-David Wilkie1:06.98Q
73-Jürgen Glas1:07.32Q
83-Nigel Cluer1:07.59Q
94-Michael Günther1:07.77
102-Bernard Gumbet1:08.26
114-Felipe Muñoz1:08.37
121-Peter Hrdlitschka1:08.62
135-Pedro Balcells1:08.88
141-Ove Wisloff1:09.49
152-Paweł Dyrek1:09.60
165-Sándor Szabó1:09.63
173-Alfredo Hunger1:09.73
185-Sérgio Pinto Ribeiro1:09.80
193-Michael Creswick1:09.81
204-Ulrich Nitzsche1:09.87
212-Gustavo Lozano1:09.92
225-Mel Zajac1:09.97
233-Zdravko Divjak1:10.15
241-Cezary Smiglak1:10.57
253-Giorgio Lalle1:10.97
261-Steffen Kriechbaum1:11.06
274-Angel Chakarov1:11.29
284-Tuomo Kerola1:12.37
292-Carlos Nazario1:13.33
304-Faruk Morkal1:14.03
312-Orlando Catinchi1:14.50
321-H. Ashfin1:16.20

Final

The results of the final are below.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
-John Hencken1:04.02WR
-Mikhail Khryukin1:04.61ER
-Nobutaka Taguchi1:05.61
-David Wilkie1:05.74CWR
-Nikolai Pankin1:06.55
-Rick Colella1:06.69
-Jürgen Glas1:07.41
-Nigel Cluer1:08.12