en Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle

Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Men's 200 metre freestyle ; at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates	September 4, 1973
Winning time	1:53.02
Medalists
	1975 →

The men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 4.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record	Mark Spitz (USA)	1:52.78	Munich, West Germany	29 August 1972
Competition record	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
4 September	Heat	Werner Lampe	East Germany	1:57.621	CR
4 September	Heat	Vladimir Bure	Soviet Union	1:57.145	CR
4 September	Heat	Roger Pyttel	East Germany	1:57.090	CR
4 September	Heat	Kurt Krumpholz	United States	1:54.582	CR
4 September	Final	Jim Montgomery	United States	1:53.02	CR

?? swimmers participated in 6 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	-	Kurt Krumpholz	United States	1:54.582	Q, CR
2	6	-	Jim Montgomery	United States	1:56.737	Q
3	4	-	Roger Pyttel	East Germany	1:57.090	Q, CR
4	2	-	Vladimir Bure	Soviet Union	1:57.145	Q, CR
5	3	-	Peter Nocke	West Germany	1:57.346	Q
6	6	-	Brian Brinkley	Great Britain	1:57.423	Q
7	5	-	Steve Badger	Australia	1:57.433	Q
8	6	-	Bernt Zarnowiecki	Sweden	1:57.509	Q
9	2	-	Wilfried Hartung	East Germany	1:57.518
10	1	-	Werner Lampe	West Germany	1:57.621	CR
11	4	-	Jorge Delgado	Ecuador	1:57.750
12	3	-	Aleksandr Samsonov	Soviet Union	1:57.819
13	4	-	José Namorado	Brazil	1:57.820
14	1	-	Bruce Robertson	Canada	1:58.211
15	1	-	Michael Wenden	Australia	1:58.260
16	5	-	Arnaldo Cinquetti	Italy	1:58.407
17	2	-	Fritz Warncke	Norway	1:59.408
18	3	-	Ian MacKenzie	Canada	1:59.510

The results of the final are below.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Jim Montgomery	United States	1:53.02	CR
	4	Kurt Krumpholz	United States	1:53.61
	3	Roger Pyttel	East Germany	1:53.97
4	1	Steve Badger	Australia	1:55.66
5	7	Brian Brinkley	Great Britain	1:56.42	NR^[3]
6	6	Vladimir Bure	Soviet Union	1:56.45
7	8	Bernt Zarnowiecki	Sweden	1:56.58
8	2	Peter Nocke	West Germany	1:58.97

^ "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. September 5, 1973. p. 19.
^ "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. September 6, 1973. p. 21.
^ Fox, Norman (September 5, 1973). "Matthes' brilliance eclipses even Hencken's world record". The Times. London. p. 9.