| Men 200m Backstroke I Swimming World Championship 1973 Beograd, Yugoslavia - Thursday, 6th September - Gold Medal: Roland Matthes, East Germany      | 
| Final Ranking | time |   | gap | pts | age | L | 100m |  | 1. Roland Matthes |   East Germany | 2:01.878 | WR |   | 846 | 22 | 4 | 59.455s |  | 2. Zoltan Verraszto |   Hungary | 2:05.890 |   | +4.02s | 768 | 17 | 5 | 1:00.466 |  | 3. John Naber |   United States | 2:06.917 |   | +5.04s | 750 | 17 | 2 | 1:00.318 |  | 4. Robert Williams |   Australia | 2:08.166 |   | +6.29s | 728 |   | 6 | 1:02.978 |  | 5. Paul Hove |   United States | 2:08.174 |   | +6.30s | 728 |   | 7 | 1:01.952 |  | 6. Mark Tonelli |   Australia | 2:09.633 |   | +7.76s | 703 | 16 | 3 | 1:03.905 |  | 7. Massimo Nistri |   Italy | 2:10.111 |   | +8.24s | 696 | 17 | 1 | 1:03.568 |  | 8. Robert Rudolf |   Hungary | 2:11.425 |   | +9.55s | 675 | 16 | 8 | 1:03.669 |   
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| World Record: Roland Matthes, East Germany 2:02.82 OG Munchen, West Germany 2nd September 1972 |   
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 Heats - Thursday, 6th September |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final.  |   
| Heat 4 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk  |  | 1. Roland Matthes |   East Germany | 2:06.75 | CR |   | - | 22 | 1. |  | 2. Zoltan Verraszto |   Hungary | 2:07.49 |   | +0.74s | - | 17 | 2. |  | 15.Nenad Milos |   Yugoslavia | 2:13.48 |   | +6.73s | - | 18 | 3. |  | 16.Anders Sandberg |   Sweden | 2:13.72 |   | +6.97s | - | 20 | 4. |  | 18.J Flores |   Mexico | 2:14.43 |   | +7.68s | - | _ | 5. |  | 19.Karim Ressang |   Netherlands | 2:14.61 |   | +7.86s | - | 17 | 6. |  | 23.Carlos A Santiago Bermudez |   Puerto Rico | 2:17.06 |   | +10.31s | - | _ | 7. |  | 24.Piotr Dlucik |   Poland | 2:17.30 |   | +10.55s | - | 19 | 8. |   
| Heat 3 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk  |  | 4. Robert Williams |   Australia | 2:09.81 |   | +3.06s | - | _ | 1. |  | 5. John Naber |   United States | 2:10.13 |   | +3.38s | - | 17 | 2. |  | 7. Massimo Nistri |   Italy | 2:11.03 |   | +4.28s | - | 17 | 3. |  | 10.Lutz Wanja |   East Germany | 2:12.08 |   | +5.33s | - | 17 | 4. |  | 21.Eduardo Perez |   Mexico | 2:16.46 |   | +9.71s | - | 16 | 5. |  | 25.Helmut Podolan |   Austria | 2:18.30 |   | +11.55s | - | 18 | 6. |  | -. Klaus Steinbach |   West Germany | DNS |   | - | - | 19 | 3 |   
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| Heat 2 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk  |  | 6. Paul Hove |   United States | 2:10.22 |   | +3.47s | - | _ | 1. |  | 11.Leif Ericsson |   Sweden | 2:12.09 |   | +5.34s | - | 17 | 2. |  | 12.Ian Mackenzie |   Canada | 2:12.21 |   | +5.46s | - | 19 | 3. |  | 13.Predrag Milos |   Yugoslavia | 2:12.38 |   | +5.63s | - | 18 | 4. |  | 17.Carlos Berrocal |   Puerto Rico | 2:14.31 |   | +7.56s | - | 16 | 5. |  | 26.Ramon Volcan |   Venezuela | 2:20.09 |   | +13.34s | - | 17 | 6. |  | -. Ali Gharbi |   Tunisia | DNS |   | - | - | 18 | 2 |   
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| Heat 1 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk  |  | 3. Mark Tonelli |   Australia | 2:09.55 | CR | +2.80s | - | 16 | 1. |  | 8. Robert Rudolf |   Hungary | 2:11.22 |   | +4.47s | - | 16 | 2. |  | 9. Colin Cunningham |   Great Britain | 2:11.74 |   | +4.99s | - | 18 | 3. |  | 14.Romulo Arantes Filho |   Brazil | 2:12.93 |   | +6.18s | - | 16 | 4. |  | 20.Cesar Lourenco |   Brazil | 2:15.97 |   | +9.22s | - | _ | 5. |  | 22.Steve Pickell |   Canada | 2:16.56 |   | +9.81s | - | 16 | 6. |  | 27.Evangelos Koskinas |   Greece | 2:24.19 |   | +17.44s | - | 14 | 7. |   
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| Heats Ranking | time |   | gap | age | R. H |  | 1. Roland Matthes |   East Germany | 2:06.75 | CR |   | 22 | 1. 4 |  | 2. Zoltan Verraszto |   Hungary | 2:07.49 |   | +0.74s | 17 | 2. 4 |  | 3. Mark Tonelli |   Australia | 2:09.55 | CR | +2.80s | 16 | 1. 1 |  | 4. Robert Williams |   Australia | 2:09.81 |   | +3.06s | _ | 1. 3 |  | 5. John Naber |   United States | 2:10.13 |   | +3.38s | 17 | 2. 3 |  | 6. Paul Hove |   United States | 2:10.22 |   | +3.47s | _ | 1. 2 |  | 7. Massimo Nistri |   Italy | 2:11.03 |   | +4.28s | 17 | 3. 3 |  | 8. Robert Rudolf |   Hungary | 2:11.22 |   | +4.47s | 16 | 2. 1 |  |  eliminated |  | 9. Colin Cunningham |   Great Britain | 2:11.74 |   | +4.99s | 18 | 3. 1 |  | 10.Lutz Wanja |   East Germany | 2:12.08 |   | +5.33s | 17 | 4. 3 |  | 11.Leif Ericsson |   Sweden | 2:12.09 |   | +5.34s | 17 | 2. 2 |  | 12.Ian Mackenzie |   Canada | 2:12.21 |   | +5.46s | 19 | 3. 2 |  | 13.Predrag Milos |   Yugoslavia | 2:12.38 |   | +5.63s | 18 | 4. 2 |  | 14.Romulo Arantes Filho |   Brazil | 2:12.93 |   | +6.18s | 16 | 4. 1 |  | 15.Nenad Milos |   Yugoslavia | 2:13.48 |   | +6.73s | 18 | 3. 4 |  | 16.Anders Sandberg |   Sweden | 2:13.72 |   | +6.97s | 20 | 4. 4 |  | 17.Carlos Berrocal |   Puerto Rico | 2:14.31 |   | +7.56s | 16 | 5. 2 |  | 18.J Flores |   Mexico | 2:14.43 |   | +7.68s | _ | 5. 4 |  | 19.Karim Ressang |   Netherlands | 2:14.61 |   | +7.86s | 17 | 6. 4 |  | 20.Cesar Lourenco |   Brazil | 2:15.97 |   | +9.22s | _ | 5. 1 |  | 21.Eduardo Perez |   Mexico | 2:16.46 |   | +9.71s | 16 | 5. 3 |  | 22.Steve Pickell |   Canada | 2:16.56 |   | +9.81s | 16 | 6. 1 |  | 23.Carlos A Santiago Bermudez |   Puerto Rico | 2:17.06 |   | +10.31s | _ | 7. 4 |  | 24.Piotr Dlucik |   Poland | 2:17.30 |   | +10.55s | 19 | 8. 4 |  | 25.Helmut Podolan |   Austria | 2:18.30 |   | +11.55s | 18 | 6. 3 |  | 26.Ramon Volcan |   Venezuela | 2:20.09 |   | +13.34s | 17 | 6. 2 |  | 27.Evangelos Koskinas |   Greece | 2:24.19 |   | +17.44s | 14 | 7. 1 |  | -. Ali Gharbi |   Tunisia | DNS |   | - | 18 | 2 |  | -. Klaus Steinbach |   West Germany | DNS |   | - | 19 | 3 |   
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