| Men 100m Butterfly Swimming World Championship 1973 Beograd, Yugoslavia - Saturday, 8th September - Gold Medal: Bruce Robertson, Canada      | 
| Final |   | time |   | gap | pts | age | L |  | 1. Bruce Robertson |   Canada | 55.690s | CR |   | 769 | 20 | 3. |  | 2. Joe Bottom |   United States | 56.376s |   | +0.68 | 742 | 18 | 1. |  | 3. Robin James Backhaus |   United States | 56.427s |   | +0.73 | 740 | 18 | 4. |  | 4. Hartmut Flockner |   East Germany | 56.757s |   | +1.06 | 727 | 20 | 2. |  | 5. Ross Seymour |   Australia | 57.336s |   | +1.64 | 705 | 19 | 6. |  | 6. Jorge Delgado Jr |   Ecuador | 57.418s |   | +1.72 | 702 | 19 | 5. |  | 7. Neil Rogers |   Australia | 57.580s |   | +1.89 | 696 | 20 | 8. |  | 8. Folkert Meeuw |   West Germany | 57.812s |   | +2.12 | 688 | 26 | 7.  |   
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| World Record: Mark Spitz, United States 54.27s OG Munchen, West Germany 31st August 1972 |   
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 Heats - Saturday, 8th September |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final.  |   
| Heat 4 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk  |  | 1. Joe Bottom |   United States | 55.944s | CR |   | - | 18 | 1. |  | 6. Ross Seymour |   Australia | 57.687s |   | +1.74s | - | 19 | 2. |  | 16.Aleksandar Pavlicevic |   Yugoslavia | 59.788s |   | +3.84s | - | 23 | 3. |  | 17.Vasil Dobrev |   Bulgaria | 59.990s |   | +4.05s | - | 25 | 4. |  | 18.Piotr Dlucik |   Poland | 1:00.342 |   | +4.40s | - | 19 | 5. |  | 25.O Mehmat |   Iran | 1:09.202 |   | +13.26s | - |   | 6. |   
| Heat 3 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk  |  | 3. Bruce Robertson |   Canada | 56.901s |   | +0.96s | - | 20 | 1. |  | 5. Jorge Delgado Jr |   Ecuador | 57.355s |   | +1.41s | - | 19 | 2. |  | 10.Miguel Lang-Lenton Leon |   Spain | 58.476s |   | +2.53s | - | 16 | 3. |  | 13.Jorge Jaramillo |   Colombia | 59.130s |   | +3.19s | - | 17 | 4. |  | 19.Eduardo Alijo Neto |   Brazil | 1:00.393 |   | +4.45s | - |   | 5. |  | 21.Sergio Waissmann |   Brazil | 1:00.886 |   | +4.94s | - | 18 | 6. |  | 23.Jean-Jacques Scheuren |   Luxembourg | 1:02.686 |   | +6.74s | - |   | 7. |   
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| Heat 2 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk  |  | 4. Robin James Backhaus |   United States | 56.944s |   | +1.00s | - | 18 | 1. |  | 9. Hideaki Hara |   Japan | 58.000s |   | +2.06s | - | 17 | 2. |  | 11.Brian Phillips |   Canada | 58.689s |   | +2.74s | - | 19 | 3. |  | 12.Istvan Szentirmay |   Hungary | 59.097s |   | +3.15s | - | 24 | 4. |  | 14.Eduardo Orejuela |   Ecuador | 59.216s |   | +3.27s | - | 21 | 5. |  | 24.Ali Gharbi |   Tunisia | 1:05.449 |   | +9.50s | - | 18 | 6. |   
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| Heat 1 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk  |  | 2. Hartmut Flockner |   East Germany | 56.894s | CR | +0.95s | - | 20 | 1. |  | 7. Folkert Meeuw |   West Germany | 57.697s |   | +1.75s | - | 26 | 2. |  | 8. Neil Rogers |   Australia | 57.984s |   | +2.04s | - | 20 | 3. |  | 15.Vladimir Krivtsov |   Soviet Union | 59.478s |   | +3.53s | - | 21 | 4. |  | 20.Jose Ferraioli |   Puerto Rico | 1:00.484 |   | +4.54s | - | 25 | 5. |  | 22.Ramon Volcan |   Venezuela | 1:01.779 |   | +5.83s | - | 17 | 6. |   
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| Heats Ranking | time |   | gap | age | R. H |  | 1. Joe Bottom |   United States | 55.940s | CR |   | 18 | 1. 4 |  | 2. Hartmut Flockner |   East Germany | 56.894s | CR | +0.95s | 20 | 1. 1 |  | 3. Bruce Robertson |   Canada | 56.901s |   | +0.96s | 20 | 1. 3 |  | 4. Robin James Backhaus |   United States | 56.944s |   | +1.00s | 18 | 1. 2 |  | 5. Jorge Delgado Jr |   Ecuador | 57.355s |   | +1.41s | 19 | 2. 3 |  | 6. Ross Seymour |   Australia | 57.687s |   | +1.74s | 19 | 2. 4 |  | 7. Folkert Meeuw |   West Germany | 57.697s |   | +1.75s | 26 | 2. 1 |  | 8. Neil Rogers |   Australia | 57.984s |   | +2.04s | 20 | 3. 1 |  |  eliminated |  | 9. Hideaki Hara |   Japan | 58.000s |   | +2.06s | 17 | 2. 2 |  | 10.Miguel Lang-Lenton Leon |   Spain | 58.476s |   | +2.53s | 16 | 3. 3 |  | 11.Brian Phillips |   Canada | 58.689s |   | +2.74s | 19 | 3. 2 |  | 12.Istvan Szentirmay |   Hungary | 59.097s |   | +3.15s | 24 | 4. 2 |  | 13.Jorge Jaramillo |   Colombia | 59.130s |   | +3.19s | 17 | 4. 3  |  | 14.Eduardo Orejuela |   Ecuador | 59.216s |   | +3.27s | 21 | 5. 2 |  | 15.Vladimir Krivtsov |   Soviet Union | 59.478s |   | +3.53s | 21 | 4. 1  |  | 16.Aleksandar Pavlicevic |   Yugoslavia | 59.788s |   | +3.84s | 23 | 3. 4  |  | 17.Vasil Dobrev |   Bulgaria | 59.990s |   | +4.05s | 25 | 4. 4 |  | 18.Piotr Dlucik |   Poland | 1:00.342 |   | +4.40s | 19 | 5. 4 |  | 19.Eduardo Alijo Neto |   Brazil | 1:00.393 |   | +4.45s |   | 5. 3 |  | 20.Jose Ferraioli |   Puerto Rico | 1:00.484 |   | +4.54s | 25 | 5. 1 |  | 21.Sergio Waissmann |   Brazil | 1:00.886 |   | +4.94s | 18 | 6. 3 |  | 22.Ramon Volcan |   Venezuela | 1:01.779 |   | +5.83s | 17 | 6. 1 |  | 23.Jean-Jacques Scheuren |   Luxembourg | 1:02.686 |   | +6.74s |   | 7. 3  |  | 24.Ali Gharbi |   Tunisia | 1:05.449 |   | +9.50s | 18 | 6. 2 |  | 25.O Mehmat |   Iran | 1:09.202 |   | +13.26s |   | 6. 4 |   
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