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Swimming At The 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 Metre Breaststroke
The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships, swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. The following records were established during the competition: Results Heats 31 swimmers participated in 4 heats. Th eight fastest times advanced to the final. Final The results of the final are below. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 200 metre breaststroke Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships, Breaststroke 200 metre, men's Men's 200 metre breaststroke, World Aquatics Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Wilkie (swimmer)
David Andrew Wilkie (born 8 March 1954) is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who was Olympic and Commonwealth Games champion in the 1970s. He is the only person to have held British, American, Commonwealth, European, world and Olympic swimming titles at the same time(31 July 2012Coaches; David Wilkie MBE"Coached off the Coach", STV (Scottish Television), Retrieved 27 April 2013. and was the first British swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal since Anita Lonsbrough in 1960. He is a member of the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame, the International Swimming Hall of Fame, has been described as Scotland's greatest swimmer(29 June 2012)Golden Scots: David Wilkie in Montreal, 1976, BBC Sport Scotland, Retrieved 21 May 2013. and Britain's finest swimmer.Campbell, Alastair (10 July 2004) "Wilkie's strokes of genius secure him place in history – and my talent pool", ''The Times'', Retrieved 14 September 2013. Early days David Wilkie's parents came from Aberdeen, Scotland, but were st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |