Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly
Men's 200 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 3 August 1984 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 38 from 28 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:57.04 WR | ||||||||||||
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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
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 |
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3 August | Heat 5 | Michael Gross | West Germany | 1:58.72 | OR |
3 August | Final A | Jon Sieben | Australia | 1:57.04 | 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 |
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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
Final B
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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6 | Jon Sieben | Australia | 1:57.04 | WR | |
4 | Michael Gross | West Germany | 1:57.40 | ||
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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. p. 512. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
External links
- Official Report
- USA Swimming