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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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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 butterfly event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 3, 1984.

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
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).

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

Final B

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

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

  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.

External links

Olympic champions in men's 200 m butterfly
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