Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entry list of 76 competitors from 58 nations, with ten qualifying heats (76), four quarterfinals (32), and two semifinals (16) before the final (8) took off on Wednesday August 8, 1984.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Carl Lewis of the United States, the nation's first victory in the men's 200 metres since 1968 and 13th overall. It was the third gold medal of the Games for Lewis, who was attempting to match Jesse Owens in winning the 100, 200, long jump, and 4x100 relay; his victory in this event left only the relay to go, in which the United States was heavily favored. The American team competed a medal sweep in this event, the first since 1956 and the fifth overall for the United States, with Kirk Baptiste earning silver and Thomas Jefferson taking bronze.

Men's 200 metres
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Carl Lewis
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates6 August 1984 (heats and quarterfinals)
8 August 1984 (semifinals and finals)
Competitors76 from 58 nations
Winning time19.80 OR
Medalists
Carl Lewis
 United States
Kirk Baptiste
 United States
Thomas Jefferson
 United States
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Background

This was the 19th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Olympics in 1896 but has been on the program ever since. Two of the eight finalists from the 1980 Games returned: gold medalist (and 1972 bronze medalist and 1976 finalist) Pietro Mennea of Italy and bronze medalist (and 1976 gold medalist) Don Quarrie of Jamaica. The favorite was Carl Lewis of the United States, attempting to win four golds, with his teammates Kirk Baptiste and Thomas Jefferson his biggest challengers. The Soviet-led boycott had little effect on this event, with none of the top 200 metres runners in 1984 being from boycotting nations.[2]

Algeria, Bangladesh, the British Virgin Islands, the People's Republic of China, Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, The Gambia, Indonesia, Mali, Mauritius, the Netherlands Antilles, Oman, Qatar, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 18th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format

The competition used the four round format introduced in 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The "fastest loser" system introduced in 1960 was used in the heats.

There were 10 heats of 8 runners each (before withdrawals), with the top 3 men in each advancing to the quarterfinals along with the next 2 fastest overall. The quarterfinals consisted of 4 heats of 8 athletes each (again, before withdrawals); the 4 fastest men in each heat advanced to the semifinals. There were 2 semifinals, each with 8 runners. Again, the top 4 athletes advanced. The final had 8 runners. The races were run on a 400 metre track.[2]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.

World record Pietro Mennea (ITA)19.72Mexico City, Mexico12 September 1979
Olympic record Tommie Smith (USA)19.83Mexico City, Mexico16 October 1968

In the final Carl Lewis set a new Olympic record with 19.80 seconds.

Schedule

All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)

Date Time Round
Monday, 6 August 198410:00
12:00		Heats
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, 8 August 198416:00
18:30		Semifinals
Final

Results

Heat 1
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Pietro Mennea Italy 20.70Q
2 Peter Van Miltenburg Australia 21.06Q
3 Robson da Silva Brazil 21.08Q
4 Georges Kablan Degnan Ivory Coast 21.39
5 Earl Haley Guyana 21.52
6 Inoke Bainimoli Fiji 22.16
7 Saidur Rahman Dawn Bangladesh 22.59
— Emmanuel Bitanga Cameroon DNF

Heat 2
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Leroy Reid Jamaica 20.62Q
2 Ralf Lübke West Germany 20.88Q
3 Luke Watson Great Britain 21.26Q
4 Yu Zhuanghui China 21.48
5 Nordin Mohamed Jadi Malaysia 21.88
6 Gregory Simons Bermuda 21.88
7 James Idun Ghana 22.55
8 Glen Abrahams Costa Rica 22.75

Heat 3
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Carlo Simionato Italy 21.06Q
2 Dudley Parker Bahamas 21.12Q
3 Jürgen Evers West Germany 21.12Q
4 Florencio Aguilar Panama 21.50
5 Oumar Fye The Gambia 21.56
6 Mohammad Mansha Pakistan 22.04
7 Christian Nenepath Indonesia 22.20
8 Clifford Sibusiso Mamba Swaziland 22.76

Heat 4
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Thomas Jefferson United States 20.63Q
2 Desai Williams Canada 20.70Q
3 João Batista da Silva Brazil 20.70Q
4 Jamal Al-Abdullah Qatar 21.10q
5 Paul Narracott Australia 21.20
6 Larry Millers Antigua and Barbuda 21.93
7 Markus Büchel Liechtenstein 22.14
8 Augustus Moulton Liberia 22.94

Heat 5
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Patrick Barré France 20.88Q
2 Fred Martin Australia 20.98Q
3 Gus Young Jamaica 21.14Q
4 Alfred Nyambane Kenya 21.35
5 Hiroki Fuwa Japan 21.37
6 Henry Ngolwe Zambia 21.58
7 Antoine Kiakouama Republic of the Congo 21.64
8 Odiya Silweya Malawi 22.46

Heat 6
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Don Quarrie Jamaica 20.84Q
2 Ade Mafe Great Britain 21.24Q
3 Tony Sharpe Canada 21.31Q
4 Sumet Promna Thailand 21.53
5 Lindel Hodge British Virgin Islands 22.28
6 Mohamed Al-Hashimi Oman 22.83
7 Aldo Salandra El Salvador 22.90
8 Jean-Yves Mallat Lebanon 22.91

Heat 7
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Carl Lewis United States 21.02Q
2 Atlee Mahorn Canada 21.42Q
3 Julien Thode Netherlands Antilles 21.62Q
4 Manuel Ramírez Colombia 21.71
5 Henrique Ferreira Mozambique 21.87
6 Luís Barroso Portugal 22.03
7 Christopher Madzokere Zimbabwe 22.75
— Kgosiemang Khumoyarano Botswana DNS

Heat 8
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Kirk Baptiste United States 20.63Q
2 Luis Morales Puerto Rico 21.05Q
3 Neville Hodge Virgin Islands 21.12Q
4 Ali Bakhta Algeria 21.15q
5 Arnaldo da Silva Brazil 21.24
6 Lapule Tamean Papua New Guinea 21.97
7 Gustavo Envela Equatorial Guinea 22.14
8 Emilio Samayoa Guatemala 22.19

Heat 9
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Stefano Tilli Italy 20.72Q
2 Jean-Jacques Boussemart France 20.82Q
3 Mohamed Purnomo Indonesia 21.01Q
4 David Sawyerr Sierra Leone 21.29
5 Ivan Benjamin Sierra Leone 21.54
6 Moussa Savadogo Mali 21.72
7 Denis Rose Seychelles 21.87
— Hasely Crawford Trinidad and Tobago DNS

Heat 10
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Jang Jae-Geun South Korea 21.32Q
2 John Goville Uganda 21.59Q
3 John Mayers Barbados 21.70Q
4 Nelson Erazo Puerto Rico 21.72
5 Damel Flowers Belize 21.72
6 Daniel André Mauritius 22.16
— Allan Wells Great Britain DNS
Christian Haas West Germany DNS

Quarterfinal 1
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Carl Lewis United States 20.48Q
2 Stefano Tilli Italy 20.64Q
3 Atlee Mahorn Canada 20.69Q
4 Luis Morales Puerto Rico 20.82Q
5 Mohamed Purnomo Indonesia 20.93
6 Patrick Barré France 20.95
7 Dudley Parker Bahamas 21.10
8 Ali Bakhta Algeria 21.35

Quarterfinal 2
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Desai Williams Canada 20.40Q
2 Pietro Mennea Italy 20.50Q
3 Ade Mafe Great Britain 20.55Q
4 João Batista da Silva Brazil 20.61Q
5 Jürgen Evers West Germany 20.95
6 Jang Jae-Keun South Korea 20.14
7 John Mayers Barbados 21.46
— Leroy Reid Jamaica DNF

Quarterfinal 3
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Thomas Jefferson United States 20.47Q
2 Jean-Jacques Boussemart France 20.54Q
3 Donald Quarrie Jamaica 20.57Q
4 Robson da Silva Brazil 20.88Q
5 Julien Thode Netherlands Antilles 21.45
6 Tony Sharpe Canada 21.46
7 John Goville Uganda 21.55
— Fred Martin Australia DNS

Quarterfinal 4
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Kirk Baptiste United States 20.48Q
2 Ralf Lübke West Germany 20.57Q
3 Gus Young Jamaica 20.75Q
4 Carlo Simionato Italy 20.86Q
5 Peter Van Miltenburg Australia 21.09
6 Luke Watson Great Britain 21.14
7 Jamal Al-Abdulla Qatar 21.44
— Neville Hodge Virgin Islands DNS

Semifinal 1
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Kirk Baptiste United States 20.29Q
2 Thomas Jefferson United States 20.40Q
3 Pietro Mennea Italy 20.47Q
4 Jean-Jacques Boussemart France 20.55Q
5 Atlee Mahorn Canada 20.77
6 Robson da Silva Brazil 20.80
7 Gus Young Jamaica 21.17
8 Luis Morales Puerto Rico 21.22

Semifinal 1
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Carl Lewis United States 20.27Q
2 João Batista da Silva Brazil 20.61Q
3 Ade Mafe Great Britain 20.63Q
4 Ralf Lübke West Germany 20.67Q
5 Desai Williams Canada 20.70
6 Stefano Tilli Italy 20.72
7 Donald Quarrie Jamaica 20.77
8 Carlo Simionato Italy 20.92

Final
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
Carl Lewis United States 19.80OR
Kirk Baptiste United States 19.96
Thomas Jefferson United States 20.26
4 João Batista da Silva Brazil 20.30
5 Ralf Lübke West Germany 20.51
6 Jean-Jacques Boussemart France 20.55
7 Pietro Mennea Italy 20.55
8 Ade Mafe Great Britain 20.85

See also

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Games: Men's 200 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  2. "200 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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