Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 metres at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates	6 August 1984 (heats and quarter-finals) 8 August 1984 (semi-finals and finals)
Competitors	76 from 58 nations
Winning time	19.80 OR
Medalists
Carl Lewis  United States Kirk Baptiste  United States Thomas Jefferson  United States

The Men's 200 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entrylist of 75 competitors, with ten qualifying heats (75), four quarterfinals (29), and two semi-finals (16) before the final (8) took off on Wednesday August 8, 1984.

Medalists

Gold	Carl Lewis  United States
Silver	Kirk Baptiste  United States
Bronze	Thomas Jefferson  United States

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.

World Record	19.72	Pietro Mennea	Mexico City (MEX)	September 12, 1979
Olympic Record	19.83	Tommie Smith	Mexico City (MEX)	October 16, 1968

In the final Carl Lewis set a new Olympic record with 19.80 seconds.

Results

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Carl Lewis (USA)	19.80 OR
	Kirk Baptiste (USA)	19.96
	Thomas Jefferson (USA)	20.26
4.	João Batista da Silva (BRA)	20.30
5.	Ralf Lübke (FRG)	20.51
6.	Jean-Jacques Boussemart (FRA)	20.55
7.	Pietro Mennea (ITA)	20.55
8.	Ade Mafe (GBR)	20.85

Semifinals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Kirk Baptiste (USA)	20.29
2.	Thomas Jefferson (USA)	20.40
3.	Pietro Mennea (ITA)	20.47
4.	Jean-Jacques Boussemart (FRA)	20.55
5.	Atlee Mahorn (CAN)	20.77
6.	Robson da Silva (BRA)	20.80
7.	Gus Young (JAM)	21.17
8.	Luis Morales (PUR)	21.22

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Carl Lewis (USA)	20.27
2.	João Batista da Silva (BRA)	20.61
3.	Ade Mafe (GBR)	20.63
4.	Ralf Lübke (FRG)	20.67
5.	Desai Williams (CAN)	20.70
6.	Stefano Tilli (ITA)	20.72
7.	Donald Quarrie (JAM)	20.77
8.	Carlo Simionato (ITA)	20.92

Quarterfinals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Carl Lewis (USA)	20.48
2.	Stefano Tilli (ITA)	20.64
3.	Atlee Mahorn (CAN)	20.69
4.	Luis Morales (PUR)	20.82
5.	Mohamad Purnomo (INA)	20.93
6.	Patrick Barré (FRA)	20.95
7.	Dudley Parker (BAH)	21.10
8.	Ali Bakhta (ALG)	21.35

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Desai Williams (CAN)	20.40
2.	Pietro Mennea (ITA)	20.50
3.	Ade Mafe (GBR)	20.55
4.	João Batista da Silva (BRA)	20.61
5.	Jürgen Evers (FRG)	20.95
6.	Jang Jae-Keun (KOR)	20.14
7.	John Mayers (BAR)	21.46

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Thomas Jefferson (USA)	20.47
2.	Jean-Jacques Boussemart (FRA)	20.54
3.	Donald Quarrie (JAM)	20.57
4.	Robson da Silva (BRA)	20.88
5.	Julien Thode (AHO)	21.45
6.	Tony Sharpe (CAN)	21.46
7.	John Goville (UGA)	21.55

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Kirk Baptiste (USA)	20.48
2.	Ralf Lübke (FRG)	20.57
3.	Gus Young (JAM)	20.75
4.	Carlo Simionato (ITA)	20.86
5.	Peter Van Miltenburg (AUS)	21.09
6.	Luke Watson (GBR)	21.14
7.	Jamal Al-Abdulla (QAT)	21.44

Qualifying Heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Pietro Mennea (ITA)	20.70
2.	Peter Van Miltenburg (AUS)	21.06
3.	Robson da Silva (BRA)	21.08
4.	Georges Kablan Degnan (CIV)	21.39
5.	Earl Haley (GUY)	21.52
6.	Inoke Bainimoli (FIJ)	22.16
7.	Saidur Rahman Dawn (BAN)	22.59
—	Emmanuel Bitanga (CMR)	DNF

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Leroy Reid (JAM)	20.62
2.	Ralf Lübke (FRG)	20.88
3.	Luke Watson (GBR)	21.26
4.	Yu Zhuanghui (CHN)	21.48
5.	Nordin Mohamed Jadi (MAS)	21.88
6.	Gregory Simons (BER)	21.88
7.	James Idun (GHA)	22.55
8.	Glen Abrahams (CRC)	22.75

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Carlo Simionato (ITA)	21.06
2.	Dudley Parker (BAH)	21.12
3.	Jürgen Evers (FRG)	21.12
4.	Florencio Aguilar (PAN)	21.50
5.	Oumar Fye (GAM)	21.56
6.	Mohammad Mansha (PAK)	22.04
7.	Christian Nenepath (INA)	22.20
8.	Clifford Sibusiso Mamba (SWZ)	22.76

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Thomas Jefferson (USA)	20.63
2.	Desai Williams (CAN)	20.70
3.	João Batista da Silva (BRA)	20.70
4.	Jamal Al-Abdullah (QAT)	21.10
5.	Paul Narracott (AUS)	21.20
6.	Larry Millers (ANT)	21.93
7.	Markus Büchel (LIE)	22.14
8.	Augustus Moulton (LBR)	22.94

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Patrick Barré (FRA)	20.88
2.	Fred Martin (AUS)	20.98
3.	Gus Young (JAM)	21.14
4.	Alfred Nyambane (KEN)	21.35
5.	Hiroki Fuwa (JPN)	21.37
6.	Henry Ngolwe (ZAM)	21.58
7.	Antoine Kiakouama (CGO)	21.64
8.	Odiya Silweya (MAW)	22.46

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.	Don Quarrie (JAM)	20.84
2.	Ade Mafe (GBR)	21.24
3.	Tony Sharpe (CAN)	21.31
4.	Sumet Promna (THA)	21.53
5.	Lindel Hodge (IVB)	22.28
6.	Mohamed Al-Hashimi (OMA)	22.83
7.	Aldo Salandra (ESA)	22.90
8.	Jean-Yves Mallat (LIB)	22.91

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.	Carl Lewis (USA)	21.02
2.	Atlee Mahorn (CAN)	21.42
3.	Julien Thode (AHO)	21.62
4.	Manuel Ramírez (COL)	21.71
5.	Henrique Ferreira (MOZ)	21.87
6.	Luís Barroso (POR)	22.03
7.	Christopher Madzokere (ZIM)	22.75

RANK	HEAT 8	TIME
1.	Kirk Baptiste (USA)	20.63
2.	Luis Morales (PUR)	21.05
3.	Neville Hodge (ISV)	21.12
4.	Ali Bakhta (ALG)	21.15
5.	Arnaldo da Silva (BRA)	21.24
6.	Lapule Tamean (PNG)	21.97
7.	Gustavo Envela (GEQ)	22.14
8.	Emilio Samayoa (GUA)	22.19

RANK	HEAT 9	TIME
1.	Stefano Tilli (ITA)	20.72
2.	Jean-Jacques Boussemart (FRA)	20.82
3.	Mohamed Purnomo (INA)	21.01
4.	David Sawyerr (SLE)	21.29
5.	Ivan Benjamin (SLE)	21.54
6.	Moussa Savadogo (MLI)	21.72
7.	Denis Rose (SEY)	21.87

RANK	HEAT 10	TIME
1.	Jang Jae-Geun (KOR)	21.32
2.	John Goville (UGA)	21.59
3.	John Mayers (BAR)	21.70
4.	Nelson Erazo (PUR)	21.72
5.	Damel Flowers (BIZ)	21.72
6.	Daniel André (MRI)	22.16

See also

• 1980 Men's Olympic 200 metres (Moscow)
• 1982 Men's European Championships 200 metres (Athens)
• 1983 Men's World Championships 200 metres (Helsinki)
• 1984 Friendship Games 200 metres (Moscow)
• 1986 Men's European Championships 200 metres (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships 200 metres (Rome)
• 1988 Men's Olympic 200 metres (Seoul)

External links

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