Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The final of the men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 3, 1984.[1]

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueMcDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date3 August 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors49 from 34 nations
Winning time55.79
Medalists
Rick Carey  United States
Dave Wilson  United States
Mike West  Canada
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

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Rick Carey (USA)55.19Caracas, Venezuela21 August 1983
Olympic record John Naber (USA)55.49Montreal, Canada19 July 1976

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174Rick Carey United States55.74Q
264Dave Wilson United States56.71Q
325Mark Kerry Australia57.15Q
455Gary Hurring New Zealand57.42Q
524Hans Kroes Netherlands57.48Q
634Sandy Goss Canada57.60Q
744Bengt Baron Sweden57.66Q
854Mike West Canada57.76Q
973Ricardo Aldabe Spain57.90q
75Stefan Peter West Germanyq
1143Nicolai Klapkarek West Germany58.19q
1246Frédéric Delcourt France58.22q
1345Paul Kingsman New Zealand58.33q
1414David Orbell Australia58.35q
1553Daichi Suzuki Japan58.37q
1665Hans Fredin Sweden58.39q
1735Neil Harper Great Britain58.50
1852Paolo Falchini Italy58.65
1963Ilias Malamas Greece58.69
2023Kristofer Stivenson Greece58.76
2142Lukman Niode Indonesia58.77
2236Patrick Ferland Switzerland58.78
2356Wang Hao China59.13
2462Fabrizio Bortolon Italy59.27
2515Giovanni Frigo Venezuela59.34
2633Sharif Nour Egypt59.63
2726Allan Marsh Jamaica1:00.04
2866Ian Collins Great Britain1:00.08
2932David Lim Fong Jock Singapore1:00.65
3072Li Zhongyi China1:00.66
3176David Morley Bahamas1:01.29
3247Ernesto Vela Mexico1:01.42
3337Emad El-Shafei Egypt1:02.04
3467Fernando Rodríguez Peru1:02.27
3577Alejandro Alvizuri Peru1:02.63
3627Hugo Goossen Suriname1:03.77
3757Erik Rosskopf Virgin Islands1:03.82
3821Salvador Salguero El Salvador1:04.99
3917Ernesto-José Degenhart Guatemala1:05.63
4071Warren Sorby Fiji1:05.81
4161Collier Woolard Virgin Islands1:06.86
4251Joaquim Cruz Mozambique1:10.86
4311David Palma Honduras1:13.28
4431Ibrahim El-Baba Lebanon1:13.76
41Rami Kantari LebanonDSQ
12Kemal Sadri Özün TurkeyDNS
13Andrew Phillips JamaicaDNS
16Daniel Mulumba UgandaDNS
22Alexander Pilhatsch AustriaDNS

Final B
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
97David Orbell Australia58.05
102Paul Kingsman New Zealand58.19
111Daichi Suzuki Japan58.30
5Stefan Peter West Germany
134Ricardo Aldabe Spain58.31
8Hans Fredin Sweden
153Nicolai Klapkarek West Germany58.56
6Frédéric Delcourt FranceDSQ

Final A
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Rick Carey United States55.79
5Dave Wilson United States56.35
8Mike West Canada56.49
46Gary Hurring New Zealand56.90NR
53Mark Kerry Australia57.18
61Bengt Baron Sweden57.34
77Sandy Goss Canada57.46
82Hans Kroes Netherlands58.07

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  2. "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. pp. 507–508. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
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