Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly


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:
DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
8 SeptemberHeat 1Hartmut Flöckner56.89CR
8 SeptemberHeat 4Joe Bottom55.94CR
8 SeptemberFinalBruce Robertson55.69CR

Results

Heats

25 swimmers participated in 4 heats. The eight fastest times advanced to the final.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14-Joe Bottom55.94Q, CR
21-Hartmut Flöckner56.89Q, CR
33-Bruce Robertson56.90Q
42-Robin Backhaus56.94Q
53-Jorge Delgado57.35Q
64-Ross Seymour57.58Q
71-Folkert Meeuw57.69Q
81-Neil Rogers57.98Q
92-Hideaki Hara58.00
103-Miguel Lang58.47
112-Brian Phillips58.68
122-Istvan Szentirmay59.09
133-Jorge Jaramillo59.13
142-Eduardo Orejuela59.21
151-Vladimir Krivtsov59.47
164-Aleksandar Pavličević59.78
174-Vasil Dobrev59.99
184-Piotr Dłucik1:00.34
193-Eduardo Alijo1:00.39
201-José Ferraioli1:00.48
213-Sérgio Waismaun1:00.88
221-Ramón Volcán1:01.77
233-Jean-Jacques Scheuren1:02.68
242-Ali Gharbi1:05.44
254-O. Mehmat1:09.20
--Roland Mattes-DNS

Final

The results of the final are below.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
3Bruce Robertson55.69CR
4Joe Bottom56.37
6Robin Backhaus56.42
5Hartmut Flöckner56.75
7Ross Seymour57.33
2Jorge Delgado57.41
8Neil Rogers57.58
1Folkert Meeuw57.81