The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.
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 6 September Heat 1 Robert Williams 2:09.81 CR 6 September Heat 3 Mark Tonelli 2:09.55 CR 6 September Heat 4 Roland Matthes 2:06.75 CR 6 September Final Roland Matthes 2:01.87 WR
Results
Heats 29 swimmers participated in 4 heats. The eight fastest times qualified for the final. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 - Roland Matthes 2:06.75 Q, CR 2 4 - Zoltán Verrasztó 2:07.49 Q 3 3 - Mark Tonelli 2:09.55 Q, CR 4 1 - Robert Williams 2:09.81 Q, CR 5 3 - John Naber 2:10.13 Q 6 2 - Paul Hove 2:10.22 Q 7 3 - Massimo Nistri 2:11.03 Q 8 1 - Róbert Rudolf 2:11.22 Q 9 1 - Colin Cunningham 2:11.74 10 3 - Lutz Wanja 2:12.08 11 2 - Leif Ericsson 2:12.09 12 2 - Ian MacKenzie 2:12.21 13 1 - Predrag Milos 2:12.38 14 2 - Romulo Arantes 2:12.93 15 4 - Nenad Milos 2:13.48 16 4 - Anders Sandberg 2:13.72 17 2 - Carlos Berrocal 2:14.31 18 4 - J. Flores 2:14.43 19 4 - Karim Ressang 2:14.61 20 1 - César Lourenco 2:15.97 21 3 - Eduardo Pérez 2:16.46 22 1 - Steve Pickell 2:16.56 23 4 - Carlos Santiago 2:17.06 24 4 - Piotr Dlucik 2:17.30 25 3 - Helmut Podolan 2:18.30 26 2 - Ramón Volcán 2:20.09 27 1 - Evangelos Koskinas 2:24.19 2 - Ali Gharbi Did not start 3 - Klaus Steinbach Did not start
Final The results of the final are below. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes - Roland Matthes 2:01.87 WR - Zoltán Verrasztó 2:05.89 - John Naber 2:06.91 - Robert Williams 2:08.16 - Paul Hove 2:08.17 - Mark Tonelli 2:09.63 - Massimo Nistri 2:10.11 - Róbert Rudolf 2:11.42
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