The men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 8.
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 8 September Heat 1 Hartmut Flöckner 56.89 CR 8 September Heat 4 Joe Bottom 55.94 CR 8 September Final Bruce Robertson 55.69 CR
Results
Heats 25 swimmers participated in 4 heats. The eight fastest times advanced to the final. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 - Joe Bottom 55.94 Q, CR 2 1 - Hartmut Flöckner 56.89 Q, CR 3 3 - Bruce Robertson 56.90 Q 4 2 - Robin Backhaus 56.94 Q 5 3 - Jorge Delgado 57.35 Q 6 4 - Ross Seymour 57.58 Q 7 1 - Folkert Meeuw 57.69 Q 8 1 - Neil Rogers 57.98 Q 9 2 - Hideaki Hara 58.00 10 3 - Miguel Lang 58.47 11 2 - Brian Phillips 58.68 12 2 - Istvan Szentirmay 59.09 13 3 - Jorge Jaramillo 59.13 14 2 - Eduardo Orejuela 59.21 15 1 - Vladimir Krivtsov 59.47 16 4 - Aleksandar Pavličević 59.78 17 4 - Vasil Dobrev 59.99 18 4 - Piotr Dłucik 1:00.34 19 3 - Eduardo Alijo 1:00.39 20 1 - José Ferraioli 1:00.48 21 3 - Sérgio Waismaun 1:00.88 22 1 - Ramón Volcán 1:01.77 23 3 - Jean-Jacques Scheuren 1:02.68 24 2 - Ali Gharbi 1:05.44 25 4 - O. Mehmat 1:09.20 - - Roland Mattes - DNS Roland Mattes had to withdraw from the event following a poolside accident when he slipped and sprained his ankle.
Final The results of the final are below. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Bruce Robertson 55.69 CR 4 Joe Bottom 56.37 6 Robin Backhaus 56.42 5 Hartmut Flöckner 56.75 7 Ross Seymour 57.33 2 Jorge Delgado 57.41 8 Neil Rogers 57.58 1 Folkert Meeuw 57.81
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