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Swimming At The 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 Metre Backstroke ...
The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 4. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. The following records were established during the competition: Results Heats 29 swimmers participated in 4 heats. The eight fastest times qualified for the final. Final The results of the final are below. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 100 metre backstroke Backstroke 0100 metre, men's World Aquatics Championships The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. They are run by FINA, and all swimming events ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Matthes
Roland Matthes (, ; 17 November 1950 – 20 December 2019) was a German swimmer and the most successful backstroke swimmer of all time. Between April 1967 and August 1974 he won all backstroke competitions he entered. He won four European championships and three world championships in a row, and swam 19 world and 28 European records in various backstroke, butterfly and medley events. He was trained by Marlies Grohe. Swimming career As an Olympian in 1968, 1972 and 1976 he won a total of eight medals (four gold, two silver and two bronze): In 1968 and 1972 he won gold in both the 100 m and 200 m backstroke, while in 1976 he was third in the 100 m backstroke. In addition to these individual events, he won the 4 × 100 m team medley silver in 1968 and 1972, and a bronze medal for the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay in 1972. At Montreal, he was the only East German male swimmer to win a medal. In 1973 in Belgrade he became the first world champion holding the titles in both the Swimmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Tonelli
Mark Lyndon Tonelli (born 13 April 1957), whose birth name was Mark Lyndon Leembruggen, is an Australian former backstroke, butterfly, and freestyle swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won a gold in the 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as a makeshift butterfly swimmer in the self-named ''Quietly Confident Quartet''. Tonelli unofficially led the relay team and was an athletes' spokesperson who fought for the right of Australian Olympians to compete in the face of a government call for a boycott to protest against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Tonelli took up swimming due to his asthma, and quickly came to prominence. Selected to represent Australia at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships, 1973 World Championships, he came sixth in the 200 m backstroke at the age of 16. He won his first Australian titles in 1974 in the 100 m backstroke and 200 m butterfly and went on to the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, where he won his fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramón Volcán
Ramón Volcán (born 7 June 1959) is a Venezuelan former swimmer who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 .... References 1956 births Living people Venezuelan male swimmers Venezuelan male freestyle swimmers Male backstroke swimmers Male butterfly swimmers Olympic swimmers of Venezuela Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Venezuela Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming 20th-century Venezuelan people 21st-century Venezuelan people {{Venezuela-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Melo
Enrique Melo (born 23 April 1953) is a Spanish former freestyle swimmer. He competed in two events at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. .... References External links * 1953 births Living people Spanish male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Spain Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{Spain-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignacio Álvarez
Ignacio Álvarez Pérez (born 11 April 1957) is a Mexican swimmer who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi .... References 1957 births Living people Mexican male swimmers Mexican male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Mexico Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Competitors at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming {{Mexico-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Urreta
Jorge Antonio Urreta Merino (born 8 June 1950 in Mexico City) is a Mexican former freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. .... References 1950 births Living people Swimmers from Mexico City Mexican male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Mexico Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Pan American Games competitors for Mexico Swimmers at the 1971 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Competitors at the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming 20th-century Mexican people {{Mexico-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Paul Berjeau
Jean-Paul Berjeau (born 21 June 1953) is a retired French swimmer who won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1970 European Aquatics Championships. He also competed in the 4 × 100 m medley relay and 100 m and 200 m backstroke at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...; his best achievement was eighth place in the 200 m event. References 1953 births Living people Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for France French male backstroke swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming {{France-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Sandberg (swimmer)
Anders Sandberg (born 27 July 1953) is a Swedish former backstroke swimmer. He competed in three events at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. .... References External links * 1953 births Living people Swedish male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of Sweden Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics People from Eskilstuna Sportspeople from Södermanland County 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predrag Milos
Predrag ( sr-cyr, Предраг) is a Slavic masculine given name, predominantly borne by ethnic Slavs, derived from ''pre-'' ("very, much") and ''-drag'' ("dear, beloved"), both common in Slavic dithematic names. It roughly means "very beloved". The usual nickname is Peđa (Pedja). It may refer to: * Predrag Balašević, ethnic Romanian politician from Serbia * Predrag Cvitanović, Croatian physicist and academic * Predrag Danilović, Serbian basketball player * Peđa Grbin Peđa Grbin (born 24 May 1979) is a Croatian lawyer and politician serving as President of the Social Democratic Party since 2020. He was also Leader of the Opposition from 2020 until 2022, when he was replaced by Davorko Vidović, the leader of t ..., Croatian lawyer and politician * Predrag Krunić, Bosnia and Herzegovina basketball coach * Predrag Lazić, Serbian professional footballer * Predrag Marković, Serbian politician, author, and historian * Predrag Matvejević, Yugoslav writer and scholar * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karim Ressang
Abdul Karim Ressang (born 15 November 1955) is a former freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ... in the 200 m backstroke and 4 × 200 m freestyle relay and finished in sixth place in the relay. He won a national title in the 100 m freestyle in 1975 and set about 15 national records in backstroke, freestyle and medley events between 1974 and 1976. References 1955 births Living people Dutch male backstroke swimmers Dutch male freestyle swimmers Dutch male medley swimmers Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Utrecht (city) 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Pickell
Stephen John Pickell (born August 11, 1957) is a Canadian retired competition swimmer. Swimming career Pickell won a silver medal in the men's 4x100-metre medley relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He did so alongside Graham Smith, Clay Evans and Gary MacDonald. Despite being Canadian he won the 1969 ASA National British Championships 100 metres backstroke title and the 200 metres backstroke title. See also * List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men) * List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in swimming. Men's events 50 metre freestyle 100 metre freestyle 200 metre freestyle 400 metre freestyle 800 metre freestyle 1500 metre freestyle 100 metre backstroke 200 metre ... References Canadian Olympic Committee [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
