| Men 200m Butterfly Swimming World Championship 1973 Beograd, Yugoslavia - Thursday, 6th September - Gold Medal: Robin James Backhaus, United States      | 
| Final |   | time |   | gap | pts | age | L | 100m |  | 1. Robin James Backhaus |   United States | 2:03.325 | CR |   | 786 | 18 | 3 | 1:00.129  |  | 2. Steve Gregg |   United States | 2:03.588 |   | +0.26s | 781 | 17 | 4 | 59.477s |  | 3. Hartmut Flockner |   East Germany | 2:03.846 | PB | +0.52s | 776 | 20 | 5 | 59.641s |  | 4. Brian Brinkley |   Great Britain | 2:03.947 | NR | +0.62s | 774 | 19 | 6 | 1:00.216  |  | 5. Jorge Delgado Jr |   Ecuador | 2:04.032 |   | +0.71s | 772 | 19 | 2 | 59.496s |  | 6. Andras Hargitay |   Hungary | 2:04.105 |   | +0.78s | 771 | 17 | 1 | 59.981s |  | 7. Folkert Meeuw |   West Germany | 2:05.334 |   | +2.01s | 748 | 26 | 7 | 1:00.279  |  | 8. Jorge Jaramillo |   Colombia | 2:10.365 |   | +7.04s | 665 | 17 | 8 | 1:02.436  |   
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| World Record: Mark Spitz, United States 2:00.70 OG Munchen, West Germany 28th August 1972 |   
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 Heats - Thursday, 6th September |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final.  |   
| Heat 4 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk  |  | 1. Steve Gregg |   United States | 2:04.594 | CR |   | - | 17 | 1. |  | 2. Hartmut Flockner |   East Germany | 2:04.609 |   | +0.01s | - | 20 | 2. |  | 8. Jorge Jaramillo |   Colombia | 2:07.286 |   | +2.69s | - | 17 | 3. |  | 12.Sergey Zakharov |   Soviet Union | 2:08.826 |   | +3.23s | - |   | 4. |  | 16.Csaba Sos |   Hungary | 2:11.602 |   | +7.01s | - |   | 5. |  | 18.Angelo Tozzi |   Italy | 2:12.130 |   | +7.54s | - |   | 6. |  | 20.John Duncan |   Canada | 2:12.393 |   | +8.80s | - |   | 7. |  | 23.Eugen Almer |   Romania | 2:19.055 |   | +14.46s | - |   | 8. |   
| Heat 3 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk  |  | 5. Jorge Delgado Jr |   Ecuador | 2:05.640 |   | +1.05s | - | 19 | 1. |  | 6. Folkert Meeuw |   West Germany | 2:06.049 |   | +1.45s | - | 26 | 2. |  | 10.Ross Seymour |   Australia | 2:07.865 |   | +2.27s | - |   | 3. |  | 17.Vasil Dobrev |   Bulgaria | 2:11.950 |   | +7.36s | - | 25 | 4. |  | 21.Ian McKenzie |   Canada | 2:12.614 |   | +9.02s | - |   | 5. |  | 25.John Daly |   Puerto Rico | 2:21.820 |   | +17.23s | - |   | 6. |  | -. Ali Gharbi |   Tunisia | DSQ |   |   | - | 18 | -. |   
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| Heat 2 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk  |  | 3. Robin James Backhaus |   United States | 2:04.934 | CR | +0.44s | - | 18 | 1. |  | 7. Andras Hargitay |   Hungary | 2:06.120 |   | +1.53s | - | 17 | 2. |  | 14.Peter Tetlow |   Australia | 2:10.836 |   | +6.24s | - |   | 3. |  | 15.Ignacio Alvarez |   Mexico | 2:11.507 |   | +6.91s | - |   | 4. |  | 19.Eduardo Alijo Neto |   Brazil | 2:12.292 |   | +7.70s | - |   | 5. |  | 22.Mikhail Gorelik |   Soviet Union | 2:14.373 |   | +9.78s | - |   | 6. |  | 24.Jean-Jacques Scheuren |   Luxembourg | 2:19.127 |   | +14.63s | - |   | 7. |  | 27.O. Mehmat |   Iran | 2:43.754 |   | +39.16s | - |   | 8. |   
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| Heat 1 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk  |  | 4. Brian Brinkley |   Great Britain | 2:05.350 | CR | +0.76s | - | 19 | 1. |  | 9. Hideaki Hara |   Japan | 2:07.754 |   | +2.16s | - | 17 | 2. |  | 11.Gerd Glogowski |   East Germany | 2:07.876 |   | +2.28s | - |   | 3. |  | 13.Miguel Lang-Lenton Leon |   Spain | 2:10.064 |   | +5.47s | - | 16 | 4. |  | 26.Jose Ferraioli |   Puerto Rico | 2:22.219 |   | +17.62s | - | 25 | 5. |  | -. Sergio Waissmann |   Brazil | DNS |   |   | - | 18 | -. |  | -. Anders Belbring |   Sweden | DNS |   |   | - |   | -. |   
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| Heats Ranking | time |   | gap | age | R. H |  | 1. Steve Gregg |   United States | 2:04.594 | CR |   | 17 | 1. 4 |  | 2. Hartmut Flockner |   East Germany | 2:04.609 |   | +0.01s | 20 | 2. 4 |  | 3. Robin James Backhaus |   United States | 2:04.934 | CR | +0.44s | 18 | 1. 2 |  | 4. Brian Brinkley |   Great Britain | 2:05.350 | CR | +0.76s | 19 | 1. 1 |  | 5. Jorge Delgado Jr |   Ecuador | 2:05.640 |   | +1.05s | 19 | 1. 3 |  | 6. Folkert Meeuw |   West Germany | 2:06.049 |   | +1.45s | 26 | 2. 3 |  | 7. Andras Hargitay |   Hungary | 2:06.120 |   | +1.53s | 17 | 2. 2 |  | 8. Jorge Jaramillo |   Colombia | 2:07.286 |   | +2.69s | 17 | 3. 4 |  | 9. Hideaki Hara |   Japan | 2:07.754 |   | +2.16s | 17 | 2. 1 |  | 10.Ross Seymour |   Australia | 2:07.865 |   | +2.27s |   | 3. 3 |  | 11.Gerd Glogowski |   East Germany | 2:07.876 |   | +2.28s |   | 3. 1 |  | 12.Sergey Zakharov |   Soviet Union | 2:08.826 |   | +3.23s |   | 4. 4 |  | 13.Miguel Lang-Lenton Leon |   Spain | 2:10.064 |   | +5.47s | 16 | 4. 1 |  | 14.Peter Tetlow |   Australia | 2:10.836 |   | +6.24s |   | 3. 2 |  | 15.Ignacio Alvarez |   Mexico | 2:11.507 |   | +6.91s |   | 4. 2 |  | 16.Csaba Sos |   Hungary | 2:11.602 |   | +7.01s |   | 5. 4 |  | 17.Vasil Dobrev |   Bulgaria | 2:11.950 |   | +7.36s | 25 | 4. 3 |  | 18.Angelo Tozzi |   Italy | 2:12.130 |   | +7.54s |   | 6. 4 |  | 19.Eduardo Alijo Neto |   Brazil | 2:12.292 |   | +7.70s |   | 5. 2 |  | 20.John Duncan |   Canada | 2:12.393 |   | +8.80s |   | 7. 4 |  | 21.Ian McKenzie |   Canada | 2:12.614 |   | +9.02s |   | 5. 3 |  | 22.Mikhail Gorelik |   Soviet Union | 2:14.373 |   | +9.78s |   | 6. 2 |  | 23.Eugen Almer |   Romania | 2:19.055 |   | +14.46s |   | 8. 4 |  | 24.Jean-Jacques Scheuren |   Luxembourg | 2:19.127 |   | +14.63s |   | 7. 2  |  | 25.John Daly |   Puerto Rico | 2:21.820 |   | +17.23s |   | 6. 3 |  | 26.Jose Ferraioli |   Puerto Rico | 2:22.219 |   | +17.62s | 25 | 5. 1 |  | 27.O. Mehmat |   Iran | 2:43.754 |   | +39.16s |   | 8. 2  |  | -. Ali Gharbi |   Tunisia | DSQ |   |   | 18 | -. 3 |  | -. Sergio Waissmann |   Brazil | DNS |   |   | 18 | -. 1 |  | -. Anders Belbring |   Sweden | DNS |   |   |   | -. 1 |   
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