Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium, located on the USC campus. There was a total of 494 participants from 67 countries competing.

Medal table

1	United States (USA)	21	13	0	34
2	Canada (CAN)	4	3	3	10
3	West Germany (FRG)	2	3	6	11
4	Netherlands (NED)	2	1	3	6
5	Australia (AUS)	1	5	6	12
6	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	4	5
7	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
8	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	0	1
9	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2
10	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
	Romania (ROU)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
	Venezuela (VEN)	0	0	1	1

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Rowdy Gaines  United States	49.80	Mark Stockwell  Australia	50.24	Per Johansson  Sweden	50.31
200 m freestyle	Michael Groß  West Germany	1:47.44 (WR)	Mike Heath  United States	1:49.10	Thomas Fahrner  West Germany	1:49.69
400 m freestyle	George DiCarlo  United States	3:51.23 (OR)	John Mykkanen  United States	3:51.49	Justin Lemberg  Australia	3:51.79
1500 m freestyle	Mike O'Brien  United States	15:05.20	George DiCarlo  United States	15:10.59	Stefan Pfeiffer  West Germany	15:12.11
100 m backstroke	Rick Carey  United States	55.79	Dave Wilson  United States	56.35	Mike West  Canada	56.49
200 m backstroke	Rick Carey  United States	2:00.23	Frédéric Delcourt  France	2:01.75	Cameron Henning  Canada	2:02.37
100 m breaststroke	Steve Lundquist  United States	1:01.65 (WR)	Victor Davis  Canada	1:01.99	Peter Evans  Australia	1:02.97
200 m breaststroke	Victor Davis  Canada	2:13.34 (WR)	Glenn Beringen  Australia	2:15.79	Étienne Dagon  Switzerland	2:17.41
100 m butterfly	Michael Groß  West Germany	53.08 (WR)	Pablo Morales  United States	53.23	Glenn Buchanan  Australia	53.85
200 m butterfly	Jon Sieben  Australia	1:57.04 (WR)	Michael Groß  West Germany	1:57.40	Rafael Vidal  Venezuela	1:57.51
200 m individual medley	Alex Baumann  Canada	2:01.42 (WR)	Pablo Morales  United States	2:03.05	Neil Cochran  Great Britain	2:04.38
400 m individual medley	Alex Baumann  Canada	4:17.41 (WR)	Ricardo Prado  Brazil	4:18.45	Rob Woodhouse  Australia	4:20.50
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Chris Cavanaugh Mike Heath Matt Biondi Rowdy Gaines Tom Jager* Robin Leamy*	3:19.03 (WR)	Australia (AUS) Greg Fasala Neil Brooks Michael Delany Mark Stockwell	3:19.68	Sweden (SWE) Thomas Lejdström Per Johansson Bengt Baron Mikael Örn Rikard Milton* Michael Söderlund*	3:22.69
4×200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Mike Heath David Larson Jeff Float Bruce Hayes Geoff Gaberino* Richard Saeger*	7:15.69 (WR)	West Germany (FRG) Thomas Fahrner Dirk Korthals Alexander Schowtka Michael Groß Rainer Henkel*	7:15.73	Great Britain (GBR) Neil Cochran Paul Easter Paul Howe Andrew Astbury	7:24.78
4×100 m medley relay	United States (USA) Rick Carey Steve Lundquist Pablo Morales Rowdy Gaines Dave Wilson* Richard Schroeder* Mike Heath* Tom Jager*	3:39.30 (WR)	Canada (CAN) Mike West Victor Davis Tom Ponting Sandy Goss	3:43.23	Australia (AUS) Mark Kerry Peter Evans Glenn Buchanan Mark Stockwell Jon Sieben* Neil Brooks*	3:43.25

* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Carrie Steinseifer  United States	55.92	none awarded		Annemarie Verstappen  Netherlands	56.08
	Nancy Hogshead  United States
200 m freestyle	Mary Wayte  United States	1:59.23	Cynthia Woodhead  United States	1:59.50	Annemarie Verstappen  Netherlands	1:59.69
400 m freestyle	Tiffany Cohen  United States	4:07.10 (OR)	Sarah Hardcastle  Great Britain	4:10.29	June Croft  Great Britain	4:11.49
800 m freestyle	Tiffany Cohen  United States	8:24.95 (OR)	Michele Richardson  United States	8:30.73	Sarah Hardcastle  Great Britain	8:32.60
100 m backstroke	Theresa Andrews  United States	1:02.55	Betsy Mitchell  United States	1:02.63	Jolanda de Rover  Netherlands	1:02.91
200 m backstroke	Jolanda de Rover  Netherlands	2:12.38	Amy White  United States	2:13.04	Anca Patrascoiu  Romania	2:13.29
100 m breaststroke	Petra van Staveren  Netherlands	1:09.88 (OR)	Anne Ottenbrite  Canada	1:10.69	Catherine Poirot  France	1:10.70
200 m breaststroke	Anne Ottenbrite  Canada	2:30.38	Susan Rapp  United States	2:31.15	Ingrid Lempereur  Belgium	2:31.40
100 m butterfly	Mary T. Meagher  United States	59.26	Jenna Johnson  United States	1:00.19	Karin Seick  West Germany	1:01.36
200 m butterfly	Mary T. Meagher  United States	2:06.90 (OR)	Karen Phillips  Australia	2:10.56	Ina Beyermann  West Germany	2:11.91
200 m individual medley	Tracy Caulkins  United States	2:12.64 (OR)	Nancy Hogshead  United States	2:15.17	Michelle Pearson  Australia	2:15.92
400 m individual medley	Tracy Caulkins  United States	4:39.24	Suzanne Landells  Australia	4:48.30	Petra Zindler  West Germany	4:48.57
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Jenna Johnson Carrie Steinseifer Dara Torres Nancy Hogshead Jill Sterkel* Mary Wayte*	3:43.43	Netherlands (NED) Annemarie Verstappen Desi Reijers Elles Voskes Conny van Bentum Wilma van Velsen*	3:44.40	West Germany (FRG) Iris Zscherpe Susanne Schuster Christiane Pielke Karin Seick	3:45.56
4×100 m medley relay	United States (USA) Theresa Andrews Tracy Caulkins Mary T. Meagher Nancy Hogshead Betsy Mitchell* Susan Rapp* Jenna Johnson* Carrie Steinseifer*	4:08.34	West Germany (FRG) Svenja Schlicht Ute Hasse Ina Beyermann Karin Seick	4:11.97	Canada (CAN) Reema Abdo Anne Ottenbrite Michelle MacPherson Pamela Rai	4:12.98

*Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

See also

• Swimming at the Friendship Games

References

• 1984 Summer Olympics results: swimming, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2009-12-27.