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

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]

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueMcDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date2 August 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors49 from 35 nations
Winning time2:13.34 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Victor Davis  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Glenn Beringen  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Étienne Dagon  Switzerland
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Records

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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
2 August Final A Victor Davis   Canada 2:13.34 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 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 Andrey 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

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Final B

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
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

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  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

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. p. 510. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
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