Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle

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Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueMcDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date29 July 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors56 from 36 nations
Winning time1:47.44 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michael Gross  West Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mike Heath  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Thomas Fahrner  West Germany
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Swimming at the
1984 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The final of the men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 29, 1984.[1] The first eight qualified for the final, the next eight for the B-final.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Michael Gross (FRG) 1:47.55 Munich, West Germany 8 June 1984
Olympic record  Sergey Koplyakov (URS) 1:49.81 Moscow, Soviet Union 21 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nation Time Record
29 July Heat 7 Michael Gross  West Germany 1:48.03 OR
29 July Final A Michael Gross  West Germany 1:47.44 WR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 4 Michael Gross  West Germany 1:48.03 Q, OR
2 6 4 Mike Heath  United States 1:49.87 Q
3 4 4 Thomas Fahrner  West Germany 1:50.00 Q
4 3 4 Alberto Mestre  Venezuela 1:50.73 Q
5 5 4 Jeff Float  United States 1:50.95 Q
6 5 3 Frank Drost  Netherlands 1:51.32 Q, NR
7 1 5 Peter Dale  Australia 1:51.42 Q, NR
8 7 5 Marco Dell'Uomo  Italy 1:51.67 Q
9 4 5 Anders Holmertz  Sweden 1:51.70 q
10 6 5 Thomas Lejdström  Sweden 1:51.76 q
4 3 Alex Baumann  Canada q, WD
12 2 3 Paul Easter  Great Britain 1:51.80 q
13 5 6 Juan Carlos Vallejo  Spain 1:51.97 q, NR
14 3 5 Andrew Astbury  Great Britain 1:52.01 q
15 2 5 Hans Kroes  Netherlands 1:52.37 q
16 1 4 Peter Szmidt  Canada 1:52.48 q
17 6 3 Carlos Scanavino  Uruguay 1:52.70 q
18 5 5 Justin Lemberg  Australia 1:52.73
19 7 5 Borut Petrič  Yugoslavia 1:52.74
20 3 3 Jorge Fernandes  Brazil 1:53.03
21 2 8 Cyro Delgado  Brazil 1:53.22
22 2 4 Paolo Revelli  Italy 1:53.46
23 1 6 Franz Mortensen  Denmark 1:54.09 NR
24 6 2 Anthony Mosse  New Zealand 1:54.12 NR
25 1 2 Stéfan Voléry  Switzerland 1:54.19 NR
26 7 2 Hiroshi Sakamoto  Japan 1:54.71
27 1 7 Michael Miao  Chinese Taipei 1:55.01 NR
28 3 6 Javier Miralpeix  Spain 1:55.25
29 6 6 Jean-Marie François  Venezuela 1:55.28
30 1 3 Darjan Petrič  Yugoslavia 1:55.68
31 4 7 César Sánchez  Mexico 1:55.82
32 3 2 Gökhan Attaroglu  Turkey 1:55.92
33 2 6 Shigeo Ogata  Japan 1:55.97
34 7 7 Shen Jianqiang  China 1:56.08
35 5 2 Mike Davidson  New Zealand 1:56.20
36 2 2 Thierry Jacot  Switzerland 1:56.54
37 7 6 Fernando Cañales  Puerto Rico 1:56.60
38 5 7 Evert Johan Kroon  Netherlands Antilles 1:57.05
39 3 7 William Wilson  Philippines 1:57.18
40 2 7 Sean Nottage  Bahamas 1:57.54
41 6 7 Scott Newkirk  Virgin Islands 1:57.74
42 4 2 Carlos Romo  Mexico 1:58.77
43 4 6 Fabián Ferrari  Argentina 1:59.39
44 7 1 Mohamed Youssef  Egypt 1:59.71
45 4 1 Erik Rosskopf  Virgin Islands 2:02.04
46 2 1 Samuela Tupou  Fiji 2:02.22
47 5 1 Ingi Jónsson  Iceland 2:02.23
48 6 1 Tsang Yi Ming  Hong Kong 2:03.11
49 3 1 Ng Wing Hon  Hong Kong 2:03.66
50 7 8 Roberto Granados  Guatemala 2:05.21
51 1 1 Rodrigo Leal  Guatemala 2:05.96
52 1 8 Juan José Piro  Honduras 2:12.51
53 3 8 Trevor Ncala  Swaziland 2:15.30
54 4 8 Michele Piva  San Marino 2:15.39
55 5 8 Percy Sayegh  Lebanon 2:20.76
56 6 8 Rami Kantari  Lebanon 2:25.43

Finals

Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 3 Paul Easter  Great Britain 1:51.70
10 6 Juan Carlos Vallejo  Spain 1:51.77 NR
11 7 Hans Kroes  Netherlands 1:52.36
12 4 Anders Holmertz  Sweden 1:52.44
13 8 Carlos Scanavino  Uruguay 1:52.54
14 1 Peter Szmidt  Canada 1:52.56
15 2 Andrew Astbury  Great Britain 1:53.02
16 5 Thomas Lejdström  Sweden 1:53.63

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Michael Gross  West Germany 1:47.44 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Mike Heath  United States 1:49.10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Thomas Fahrner  West Germany 1:49.69
4 2 Jeff Float  United States 1:50.18
5 6 Alberto Mestre  Venezuela 1:50.23 NR
6 7 Frank Drost  Netherlands 1:51.62
7 8 Marco Dell'Uomo  Italy 1:52.20
8 1 Peter Dale  Australia 1:53.84

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. pp. 504–505. Retrieved March 6, 2017.

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