Cornelian Cherry

by | Feb 6, 2018 | Fruiting Tree

How Can We Help?
You are here:
< Back

Swimming at the
1984 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

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
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
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
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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Victor Davis  Canada 2:13.34 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Glenn Beringen  Australia 2:15.79 OC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  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.

External links

Categories
Table of Contents