| Men 100m Backstroke Swimming World Championship 1973 Beograd, Yugoslavia - Tuesday, 4th September - Gold Medal: Roland Matthes, East Germany      | 
| Final Ranking | time |   | gap | pts | age | L |  | 1. Roland Matthes |   East Germany | 57.47s | CR |   | 783 | 22 | 4 |  | 2. Mike Stamm |   United States | 58.77s |   | +1.30s | 733 | 21 | 5 |  | 3. Lutz Wanja |   East Germany | 59.08s |   | +1.61s | 721 | 17 | 6 |  | 4. John Murphy |   United States | 59.37s |   | +1.90s | 711 | 20 | 3 |  | 5. Laszlo Cseh |   Hungary | 59.51s |   | +2.04s | 706 | 21 | 7 |  | 6. Klaus Steinbach |   West Germany | 59.77s |   | +2.30s | 696 | 19 | 2 |  | 7. Romulo Arantes Filho |   Brazil | 1:00.37 |   | +2.90s | 676 | 16 | 1 |  | 8. Ian MacKenzie |   Canada | 1:00.60 |   | +3.13s | 668 | 19 | 8 |   
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| World Record: Roland Matthes, East Germany 56.30s 18th April 1972 |   
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 Heats - Tuesday, 4th September |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final.  |   
| Heat 4 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk  |  | 1. Roland Matthes |   East Germany | 58.694s | CR |   | - | 22 | 1. |  | 10.Carlos Berrocal |   Puerto Rico | 1:00.590 |   | +1.90s | - | 16 | 2. |  | 12.Colin Cunningham |   Great Britain | 1:00.775 |   | +2.08s | - | 18 | 3. |  | 14.Nenad Milos |   Yugoslavia | 1:01.041 |   | +2.35s | - | 18 | 4. |  | 15.Steve Pickell |   Canada | 1:01.333 |   | +2.64s | - | 16 | 5. |  | 18.Piotr Dlucik |   Poland | 1:01.654 |   | +2.96s | - | 19 | 6. |  | 22.Ignacio Alvarez |   Mexico | 1:02.604 |   | +3.91s | - | 16 | 7. |  | 27.Carlos A Santiago Bermudez |   Puerto Rico | 1:03.843 |   | +5.15s | - | _ | 8. |   
| Heat 3 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk  |  | 2. Mike Stamm |   United States | 59.101s | CR | +0.41s | - | 21 | 1. |  | 8. Ian MacKenzie |   Canada | 1:00.430 |   | +1.74s | - | 19 | 2. |  | 10.Mark Tonelli |   Australia | 1:00.590 |   | +1.90s | - | 16 | 3. |  | 16.Karim Ressang |   Netherlands | 1:01.510 |   | +2.82s | - | 17 | 4. |  | 21.Jorge Urreta |   Mexico | 1:02.455 |   | +3.76s | - | 23 | 5. |  | 25.Helmut Podolan |   Austria | 1:03.397 |   | +4.70s | - | 18 | 6. |  | 26.Igor Grivennikov |   Soviet Union | 1:03.830 |   | +5.14s | - | 21 | 7. |   
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| Heat 2 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk  |  | 3. John Murphy |   United States | 59.332s | CR | +0.64s | - | 20 | 1. |  | 5. Klaus Steinbach |   West Germany | 59.833s |   | +1.14s | - | 19 | 2. |  | 9. Zoltan Verraszto |   Hungary | 1:00.495 |   | +1.80s | - | 17 | 3. |  | 19.Anders Sandberg |   Sweden | 1:01.926 |   | +3.23s | - | 20 | 4. |  | 20.Jean-Paul Berjeau |   France | 1:02.033 |   | +3.34s | - | 20 | 5. |  | 23.Enrique Melo |   Spain | 1:02.655 |   | +3.96s | - | 20 | 6. |  | 28.Cesar Lourenco |   Brazil | 1:03.950 |   | +5.26s | - | _ | 7. |   
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| Heat 1 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk  |  | 4. Lutz Wanja |   East Germany | 59.535s | CR | +0.84s | - | 17 | 1. |  | 6. Laszlo Cseh |   Hungary | 59.886s |   | +1.19s | - | 21 | 2. |  | 7. Romulo Arantes Filho |   Brazil | 1:00.179 |   | +1.48s | - | 16 | 3. |  | 13.Brad Cooper |   Australia | 1:00.874 |   | +2.18s | - | 19 | 4. |  | 17.Predrag Milos |   Yugoslavia | 1:01.561 |   | +2.87s | - | 18 | 5. |  | 24.Ramon Volcan |   Venezuela | 1:03.022 |   | +4.33s | - | 17 | 6. |  | 29.Dimitar Kolarov |   Bulgaria | 1:04.043 |   | +5.35s | - | _ | 7. |   
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| Heats Ranking | time |   | gap | age | R. H |  | 1. Roland Matthes |   East Germany | 58.694s | CR |   | 22 | 1. 4 |  | 2. Mike Stamm |   United States | 59.101s | CR | +0.41s | 21 | 1. 3 |  | 3. John Murphy |   United States | 59.332s | CR | +0.64s | 20 | 1. 2 |  | 4. Lutz Wanja |   East Germany | 59.535s | CR | +0.84s | 17 | 1. 1 |  | 5. Klaus Steinbach |   West Germany | 59.833s |   | +1.14s | 19 | 2. 2 |  | 6. Laszlo Cseh |   Hungary | 59.886s |   | +1.19s | 21 | 2. 1 |  | 7. Romulo Arantes Filho |   Brazil | 1:00.179 |   | +1.48s | 16 | 3. 1 |  | 8. Ian MacKenzie |   Canada | 1:00.430 |   | +1.74s | 19 | 2. 3 |  |  eliminated |  | 9. Zoltan Verraszto |   Hungary | 1:00.495 |   | +1.80s | 17 | 3. 2 |  | 10.Carlos Berrocal |   Puerto Rico | 1:00.590 |   | +1.90s | 16 | 2. 4 |  | 10.Mark Tonelli |   Australia | 1:00.590 |   | +1.90s | 16 | 3. 3 |  | 12.Colin Cunningham |   Great Britain | 1:00.775 |   | +2.08s | 18 | 3. 4 |  | 13.Brad Cooper |   Australia | 1:00.874 |   | +2.18s | 19 | 4. 1 |  | 14.Nenad Milos |   Yugoslavia | 1:01.041 |   | +2.35s | 18 | 4. 4 |  | 15.Steve Pickell |   Canada | 1:01.333 |   | +2.64s | 16 | 5. 4 |  | 16.Karim Ressang |   Netherlands | 1:01.510 |   | +2.82s | 17 | 4. 3 |  | 17.Predrag Milos |   Yugoslavia | 1:01.561 |   | +2.87s | 18 | 5. 1 |  | 18.Piotr Dlucik |   Poland | 1:01.654 |   | +2.96s | 19 | 6. 4 |  | 19.Anders Sandberg |   Sweden | 1:01.926 |   | +3.23s | 20 | 4. 2 |  | 20.Jean-Paul Berjeau |   France | 1:02.033 |   | +3.34s | 20 | 5. 2 |  | 21.Jorge Urreta |   Mexico | 1:02.455 |   | +3.76s | 23 | 5. 3 |  | 22.Ignacio Alvarez |   Mexico | 1:02.604 |   | +3.91s | 16 | 7. 4 |  | 23.Enrique Melo |   Spain | 1:02.655 |   | +3.96s | 20 | 6. 2 |  | 24.Ramon Volcan |   Venezuela | 1:03.022 |   | +4.33s | 17 | 6. 1 |  | 25.Helmut Podolan |   Austria | 1:03.397 |   | +4.70s | 18 | 6. 3 |  | 26.Igor Grivennikov |   Soviet Union | 1:03.830 |   | +5.14s | 21 | 7. 3 |  | 27.Carlos A Santiago Bermudez |   Puerto Rico | 1:03.843 |   | +5.15s | _ | 8. 4 |  | 28.Cesar Lourenco |   Brazil | 1:03.950 |   | +5.26s | _ | 7. 2 |  | 29.Dimitar Kolarov |   Bulgaria | 1:04.043 |   | +5.35s | _ | 7. 1  |   
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