Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 2 August 1984 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 49 from 35 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:13.34 WR | ||||||||||||
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The final of the men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 2, 1984.[1]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Victor Davis (CAN) | 2:14.58 | Etobicoke, Canada | 17 June 1984 |
Olympic record | David Wilkie (GBR) | 2:15.11 | Montreal, Canada | 24 July 1976 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
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2 August | Final A | Victor Davis | Canada | 2:13.34 | 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 | 6 | 4 | Glenn Beringen | Australia | 2:17.29 | Q |
2 | 7 | 4 | Victor Davis | Canada | 2:18.20 | Q |
3 | 3 | 5 | Marco Del Prete | Italy | 2:18.90 | Q, NR |
4 | 7 | 5 | Étienne Dagon | Switzerland | 2:18.95 | Q |
5 | 4 | 4 | Richard Schroeder | United States | 2:19.23 | Q |
6 | 1 | 5 | Ken Fitzpatrick | Canada | 2:19.74 | Q |
7 | 4 | 3 | Alexandre Yokochi | Portugal | 2:19.76 | Q |
8 | 5 | 5 | Pablo Restrepo | Colombia | 2:19.77 | Q |
9 | 6 | 5 | Adrian Moorhouse | Great Britain | 2:19.83 | q |
10 | 2 | 4 | Shigehiro Takahashi | Japan | 2:19.98 | q |
11 | 7 | 3 | Thierry Pata | France | 2:20.14 | q, NR |
12 | 3 | 3 | Iain Campbell | Great Britain | 2:20.78 | q |
13 | 1 | 4 | Peter Evans | Australia | 2:21.21 | q, WD |
14 | 5 | 3 | Enrique Romero | Spain | 2:21.25 | q |
15 | 4 | 6 | Thomas Böhm | Austria | 2:22.17 | q |
16 | 6 | 3 | Kenji Watanabe | Japan | 2:22.33 | q |
17 | 4 | 5 | Raffaele Avagnano | Italy | 2:22.90 | q, WD |
18 | 5 | 4 | Gerald Mörken | West Germany | 2:22.99 | q, WD |
19 | 2 | 6 | Manuel Gutiérrez | Panama | 2:23.02 | q |
20 | 1 | 3 | Eduardo Morillo | Mexico | 2:23.72 | |
21 | 2 | 5 | Christophe Deneuville | France | 2:24.54 | |
22 | 7 | 6 | Peter Lang | West Germany | 2:24.60 | |
23 | 6 | 6 | Eyal Stigman | Israel | 2:24.93 | |
24 | 2 | 3 | Jan-Erick Olsen | Norway | 2:25.75 | |
25 | 2 | 2 | Francisco Guanco | Philippines | 2:26.12 | |
26 | 5 | 2 | Jin Fu | China | 2:26.34 | |
27 | 1 | 2 | Martti Järventaus | Finland | 2:26.96 | |
28 | 6 | 2 | Brett Austin | New Zealand | 2:27.25 | |
29 | 4 | 2 | Andrés Aguilar | Costa Rica | 2:27.69 | |
30 | 1 | 6 | Gerhard Prohaska | Austria | 2:27.85 | |
31 | 4 | 7 | Jorge Henao | Venezuela | 2:28.03 | |
32 | 3 | 6 | Paul Newallo | Trinidad and Tobago | 2:28.88 | |
33 | 3 | 2 | Oscar Ortigosa | Peru | 2:29.73 | |
34 | 7 | 2 | Julio César Falon | Argentina | 2:30.40 | |
35 | 5 | 7 | Jairulla Jaitulla | Philippines | 2:30.87 | |
36 | 7 | 7 | Victor Ruberry | Bermuda | 2:31.48 | |
37 | 3 | 7 | Tryggvi Helgason | Iceland | 2:32.03 | |
38 | 6 | 7 | Watt Kam Sing | Hong Kong | 2:32.13 | |
39 | 7 | 1 | Ayman Nadim | Egypt | 2:33.17 | |
40 | 6 | 1 | Fernando Marroquin | Guatemala | 2:35.21 | |
41 | 4 | 1 | Ahmad Al-Hahdoud | Kuwait | 2:37.63 | |
42 | 1 | 1 | David Palma | Honduras | 2:37.65 | |
43 | 1 | 7 | Brian Farlow | Virgin Islands | 2:37.87 | |
44 | 5 | 1 | Harrell Woolard | Virgin Islands | 2:45.68 | |
2 | 1 | Luiz Carvalho | Brazil | DSQ | ||
2 | 7 | Árni Sigurðsson | Iceland | DSQ | ||
5 | 6 | Felix Morf | Switzerland | DSQ | ||
3 | 1 | Amine El-Domyati | Lebanon | DNS | ||
3 | 4 | John Moffet | United States | DNS |
Finals
Final B
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 4 | Adrian Moorhouse | Great Britain | 2:18.83 | |
10 | 3 | Thierry Pata | France | 2:20.05 | NR |
11 | 6 | Iain Campbell | Great Britain | 2:20.62 | |
12 | 5 | Shigehiro Takahashi | Japan | 2:20.93 | |
13 | 2 | Enrique Romero | Spain | 2:21.19 | |
14 | 7 | Thomas Böhm | Austria | 2:22.09 | |
15 | 1 | Kenji Watanabe | Japan | 2:22.29 | |
16 | 8 | Manuel Gutiérrez | Panama | 2:23.13 |
Final A
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Victor Davis | Canada | 2:13.34 | WR | |
4 | Glenn Beringen | Australia | 2:15.79 | OC | |
6 | Étienne Dagon | Switzerland | 2:17.41 | NR | |
4 | 2 | Richard Schroeder | United States | 2:18.03 | |
5 | 7 | Ken Fitzpatrick | Canada | 2:18.86 | |
6 | 8 | Pablo Restrepo | Colombia | 2:18.96 | NR |
7 | 1 | Alexandre Yokochi | Portugal | 2:20.69 | |
3 | Marco Del Prete | Italy | DSQ |
References
- ^ "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
- ^ "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. p. 510. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
External links
- Official Report
- USA Swimming