The men's 200 metre breaststroke 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 Mikhail Khryukin 2:24.85 CR 6 September Heat 2 David Wilkie 2:20.94 CR 6 September Final David Wilkie 2:19.28 WR
Results
Heats 31 swimmers participated in 4 heats. Th eight fastest times advanced to the final. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 - David Wilkie 2:20.94 Q, CR, CWR 2 4 - John Hencken 2:21.50 Q 3 2 - Igor Cherdakov 2:24.30 Q 4 1 - Mikhail Khryukin 2:24.85 Q, CR 5 1 - Nobutaka Taguchi 2:25.45 Q 6 2 - Nigel Cluer 2:25.87 Q 7 3 - Rick Colella 2:26.17 Q 8 3 - Jürgen Glas 2:27.77 Q 9 4 - Felipe Muñoz 2:28.34 10 2 - Giorgio Lalle 2:29.08 11 3 - Ove Wisloff 2:29.46 12 2 - Pedro Balcells 2:30.52 13 4 - Ulrich Nitzsche 2:31.01 14 1 - Peter Hrdlitschka 2:31.34 15 3 - Steffen Kriechbaum 2:31.56 16 4 - Cezary Smiglak 2:32.50 17 3 - Pawe Dyrek 2:32.66 18 2 - Mel Zajac 2:33.15 19 1 - Michael Creswick 2:33.34 20 1 - G. Islas 2:33.99 21 4 - Sérgio Pinto Ribeiro 2:34.07 22 1 - Alfredo Hunger 2:34.78 23 3 - Tuomo Kerolo 2:35.29 24 4 - Bernard Combet 2:35.34 25 2 - Zdravko Divjak 2:38.50 26 2 - Orlando Catinchi 2:40.14 27 1 - Carlos Nazario 2:43.79 28 3 - Faruk Morkal 2:44.12 29 4 - H. Ashfin 2:48.80 4 - Angel Chakarov Did not start 3 - Anders Norling Did not start
Final The results of the final are below. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 David Wilkie 2:19.28 WR 5 John Hencken 2:19.95 - Nobutaka Taguchi 2:23.11 - Mikhail Khryukin 2:23.47 - Nigel Cluer 2:25.87 - Rick Colella 2:26.41 - Jürgen Glas 2:26.56 - Igor Cherdakov 2:28.18
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