The men's 200 metre butterfly 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 Brian Brinkley 2:05.35 CR 6 September Heat 2 Robin Backhaus 2:04.93 CR 6 September Heat 4 Steve Gregg 2:04.59 CR 6 September Final Robin Backhaus 2:03.32 CR
Results
Heats 27 swimmers participated in 4 heats. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 - Steve Gregg 2:04.59 Q, CR 2 4 - Hartmut Flöckner 2:04.60 Q 3 2 - Robin Backhaus 2:04.93 Q, CR 4 1 - Brian Brinkley 2:05.35 Q, CR 5 3 - Jorge Delgado 2:05.64 Q 6 3 - Folkert Meeuw 2:06.04 Q 7 2 - András Hargitay 2:06.12 Q 8 4 - Jorge Jaramillo 2:07.28 Q 9 1 - Hideaki Hara 2:07.75 10 3 - Ross Seymour 2:07.86 11 1 - Gerd Glogowsky 2:07.87 12 4 - Sergey Zakharov 2:08.82 13 1 - Miguel Lang 2:10.06 14 2 - Peter Tetlow 2:10.83 15 2 - Ignacio Álvarez 2:11.50 16 4 - Csaba Sós 2:11.60 17 3 - Vasil Dobrev 2:11.95 18 4 - Angelo Tozzi 2:12.13 19 2 - Eduardo Alijo 2:12.29 20 4 - John Duncan 2:12.39 21 3 - Ian Mackenzie 2:12.61 22 2 - Mikhail Gorelik 2:14.37 23 4 - Eugen Almer 2:19.05 24 2 - Jean-Jacques Scheuren 2:19.12 25 3 - John Daly 2:21.82 26 1 - José Ferraioli 2:22.21 27 2 - O. Mehmat 2:43.75 1 - Anders Bellbring Did not start 3 - Ali Gharbi Did not start 1 - Sérgio Waismaun Did not start
Final The results of the final are below. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes - Robin Backhaus 2:03.32 CR - Steve Gregg 2:03.58 - Hartmut Flöckner 2:03.84 - Brian Brinkley 2:03.94 NR - Jorge Delgado 2:04.03 - András Hargitay 2:04.10 - Folkert Meeuw 2:05.33 - Jorge Jaramillo 2:10.36
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