Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly explained

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			2:05.35	CR
6 September	Heat 2			2:04.93	CR
6 September	Heat 4			2:04.59	CR
6 September	Final			2:03.32	CR

Results

Heats

27 swimmers participated in 4 heats.^{[1] [2]}

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	-			2:04.59	Q, CR
2	4	-			2:04.60	Q
3	2	-			2:04.93	Q, CR
4	1	-			2:05.35	Q, CR
5	3	-			2:05.64	Q
6	3	-			2:06.04	Q
7	2	-			2:06.12	Q
8	4	-			2:07.28	Q
9	1	-			2:07.75
10	3	-			2:07.86
11	1	-			2:07.87
12	4	-			2:08.82
13	1	-			2:10.06
14	2	-			2:10.83
15	2	-			2:11.50
16	4	-			2:11.60
17	3	-			2:11.95
18	4	-			2:12.13
19	2	-			2:12.29
20	4	-			2:12.39
21	3	-			2:12.61
22	2	-			2:14.37
23	4	-			2:19.05
24	2	-			2:19.12
25	3	-			2:21.82
26	1	-			2:22.21
27	2	-	O. Mehmat		2:43.75
	1	-			Did not start
	3	-			Did not start
	1	-			Did not start

Final

The results of the final are below.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	-			2:03.32	CR
	-			2:03.58
	-			2:03.84
	-			2:03.94	NR[4]
	-			2:04.03
	-			2:04.10
	-			2:05.33
	-			2:10.36

Notes and References

1. News: Cooper Heads 400m Finalist. The Sydney Morning Herald. AAP. John Fairfax Holdings. 7 September 1973. 19.
2. Web site: Official results. FINA.org. 25 July 2019.
3. Web site: Todor. Krastev. Men 200m Butterfly Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG). todor66.com. 29 May 2013.
4. News: John. Hopkins. Still in deep water. The Sunday Times. London. 29. 9 September 1973.