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 Werner Lampe 1:57.621 CR 4 September Heat Vladimir Bure 1:57.145 CR 4 September Heat Roger Pyttel 1:57.090 CR 4 September Heat Kurt Krumpholz 1:54.582 CR 4 September Final Jim Montgomery 1:53.02 CR
Results
Heats ?? swimmers participated in 6 heats, qualified swimmers are listed: Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 5 - Kurt Krumpholz 1:54.582 Q, CR 2 6 - Jim Montgomery 1:56.737 Q 3 4 - Roger Pyttel 1:57.090 Q, CR4 2 - Vladimir Bure 1:57.145 Q, CR5 3 - Peter Nocke 1:57.346 Q 6 6 - Brian Brinkley 1:57.423 Q 7 5 - Steve Badger 1:57.433 Q8 6 - Bernt Zarnowiecki 1:57.509 Q 9 2 - Wilfried Hartung 1:57.518 10 1 - Werner Lampe 1:57.621 CR11 4 - Jorge Delgado 1:57.750 12 3 - Aleksandr Samsonov 1:57.819 13 4 - José Namorado 1:57.820 14 1 - Bruce Robertson 1:58.211 15 1 - Michael Wenden 1:58.260 16 5 - Arnaldo Cinquetti 1:58.407 17 2 - Fritz Warncke 1:59.408 18 3 - Ian MacKenzie 1:59.510
Final The results of the final are below. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Jim Montgomery 1:53.02 CR 4 Kurt Krumpholz 1:53.61 3 Roger Pyttel 1:53.97 1 Steve Badger 1:55.66 7 Brian Brinkley 1:56.42 NR 6 Vladimir Bure 1:56.45 8 Bernt Zarnowiecki 1:56.58 2 Peter Nocke 1:58.97
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