The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.
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 9 September Heat Ruy de Oliveira 53.675 CR 9 September Heat Michael Wenden 52.671 CR 9 September Heat Jim Montgomery 52.660 CR 9 September Final Jim Montgomery 51.708 CR
Results
Heats 38 swimmers participated in 6 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 - 52.660 Q, CR 2 2 - 52.671 Q, CR 3 5 - 52.771 Q 4 6 - 52.986 Q 5 6 - 53.041 Q 6 4 - 53.162 Q 7 4 - 53.539 Q 8 1 - 53.675 Q, CR 9 5 - 53.877 10 5 - 53.908 11 5 - 53.939 12 3 - 54.018 13 3 - 54.120 14 2 - 54.157 15 4 - 54.237 16 6 - 54.240 17 6 - 54.505 18 6 - 54.584 19 3 - 54.631 20 2 - 54.658 21 2 - 54.836 22 6 - 55.064 23 2 - 55.236 24 1 - 55.708 25 3 - 55.735 26 3 - 55.970 27 4 - 56.071 28 4 - 56.236 29 4 - 56.239 30 5 - 56.278 31 1 - 56.500 32 2 - 57.065 33 2 - 57.081 34 1 - 57.283 35 3 - 57.699 36 1 - 58.514 4 - 5 -
Final The results of the final are below. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 51.708 CR 2 52.086 5 52.222 3 52.522 7 52.732 6 52.820 1 53.253 8 53.701
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