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

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Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueMcDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date3 August 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors38 from 28 nations
Winning time1:57.04 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jon Sieben  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michael Gross  West Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rafael Vidal  Venezuela
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The final of the men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 3, 1984.[1]

Records

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

World record  Michael Gross (FRG) 1:57.05 Rome, Italy 26 August 1983
Olympic record  Mike Bruner (USA) 1:59.23 Montreal, Canada 18 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nation Time Record
3 August Heat 5 Michael Gross  West Germany 1:58.72 OR
3 August Final A Jon Sieben  Australia 1:57.04 WR

Results

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Heats

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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 5 4 Michael Gross  West Germany 1:58.72 Q, OR
2 5 5 Rafael Vidal  Venezuela 1:59.15 Q, AM
3 4 4 Pablo Morales  United States 1:59.19 Q
4 4 3 Jon Sieben  Australia 1:59.63 Q
5 3 5 Anthony Mosse  New Zealand 1:59.76 Q
6 3 4 Tom Ponting  Canada 1:59.78 Q
7 3 3 Peter Ward  Canada 1:59.99 Q
8 1 4 Patrick Kennedy  United States 2:00.28 Q
9 4 5 Paolo Revelli  Italy 2:00.38 q
10 2 4 Ricardo Prado  Brazil 2:00.59 q, WD
11 4 6 Taihei Saka  Japan 2:00.66 q
12 1 5 Gérard de Kort  Netherlands 2:00.83 q
13 2 5 Frank Drost  Netherlands 2:01.18 q
14 5 6 Nick Hodgson  Great Britain 2:01.64 q
15 5 3 Filiberto Colon  Puerto Rico 2:01.80 q
16 3 6 Harri Garmendia  Spain 2:02.37 q
17 1 3 Philip Hubble  Great Britain 2:02.76 q
18 3 2 Kristofer Stivenson  Greece 2:02.94
19 4 2 Shudo Kawawa  Japan 2:03.07
20 1 6 Théophile David  Switzerland 2:03.21
21 2 3 Thomas Lejdström  Sweden 2:03.81
22 2 2 Yoram Kochavy  Israel 2:04.08
23 5 7 João Santos  Portugal 2:04.72
24 1 2 Alberto José Umana  Venezuela 2:05.29
25 2 6 Andreas Behrend  West Germany 2:06.06
26 3 7 Søren Østberg  Denmark 2:06.12
27 4 7 İhsan Sabri Özün  Turkey 2:07.45
28 1 7 Bang Jun-young  South Korea 2:07.80
29 2 7 Tsang Yi Ming  Hong Kong 2:08.44
30 5 1 Andrey Aguilar  Costa Rica 2:08.74
31 4 1 Mohamed Youssef  Egypt 2:08.88
32 3 1 Harry Wozniak  Barbados 2:13.17
33 1 1 Roberto Granados  Guatemala 2:13.79
34 3 8 Juan José Piro  Honduras 2:22.80
35 5 8 Juan Miranda Trejo  El Salvador 2:38.32
2 1 Ahmed Said  Egypt DNS
4 8 Marcelo Jucá  Brazil DNS
5 2 Fabrizio Rampazzo  Italy DNS

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 5 Taihei Saka  Japan 2:00.31 NR
10 6 Frank Drost  Netherlands 2:01.23
11 2 Nick Hodgson  Great Britain 2:01.24
12 7 Filiberto Colon  Puerto Rico 2:01.27
13 3 Gérard de Kort  Netherlands 2:01.30
14 4 Paolo Revelli  Italy 2:01.58
15 1 Harri Garmendia  Spain 2:01.82
16 8 Philip Hubble  Great Britain 2:03.06

Final A

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Jon Sieben  Australia 1:57.04 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Michael Gross  West Germany 1:57.40
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Rafael Vidal  Venezuela 1:57.51 AM
4 3 Pablo Morales  United States 1:57.75 NR
5 2 Anthony Mosse  New Zealand 1:58.75 NR
6 7 Tom Ponting  Canada 1:59.37
7 1 Peter Ward  Canada 2:00.39
8 8 Patrick Kennedy  United States 2:01.03

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  2. ^ "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. p. 512. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
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