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

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.[1]

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
Jon Sieben  Australia
Michael Gross  West Germany
Rafael Vidal  Venezuela
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 Michael Gross (FRG)1:57.05Rome, Italy26 August 1983
Olympic record Mike Bruner (USA)1:59.23Montreal, Canada18 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
3 AugustHeat 5Michael Gross West Germany1:58.72OR
3 AugustFinal AJon Sieben Australia1:57.04WR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154Michael Gross West Germany1:58.72Q, OR
255Rafael Vidal Venezuela1:59.15Q, AM
344Pablo Morales United States1:59.19Q, NR
443Jon Sieben Australia1:59.63Q
535Anthony Mosse New Zealand1:59.76Q
634Tom Ponting Canada1:59.78Q
733Peter Ward Canada1:59.99Q
814Patrick Kennedy United States2:00.28Q
945Paolo Revelli Italy2:00.38q
1024Ricardo Prado Brazil2:00.59q, WD
1146Taihei Saka Japan2:00.66q
1215Gérard de Kort Netherlands2:00.83q
1325Frank Drost Netherlands2:01.18q
1456Nick Hodgson Great Britain2:01.64q
1553Filiberto Colon Puerto Rico2:01.80q
1636Harri Garmendia Spain2:02.37q
1713Philip Hubble Great Britain2:02.76q
1832Kristofer Stivenson Greece2:02.94
1942Shudo Kawawa Japan2:03.07
2016Théophile David Switzerland2:03.21
2123Thomas Lejdström Sweden2:03.81
2222Yoram Kochavy Israel2:04.08
2357João Santos Portugal2:04.72
2412Alberto José Umana Venezuela2:05.29
2526Andreas Behrend West Germany2:06.06
2637Søren Østberg Denmark2:06.12
2747İhsan Sabri Özün Turkey2:07.45
2817Bang Jun-young South Korea2:07.80
2927Tsang Yi Ming Hong Kong2:08.44
3051Andrés Aguilar Costa Rica2:08.74
3141Mohamed Youssef Egypt2:08.88
3231Harry Wozniak Barbados2:13.17
3311Roberto Granados Guatemala2:13.79
3438Juan José Piro Honduras2:22.80
3558Juan Miranda Trejo El Salvador2:38.32
21Ahmed Said EgyptDNS
48Marcelo Jucá BrazilDNS
52Fabrizio Rampazzo ItalyDNS

Final B
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
95Taihei Saka Japan2:00.31NR
106Frank Drost Netherlands2:01.23
112Nick Hodgson Great Britain2:01.24
127Filiberto Colon Puerto Rico2:01.27
133Gérard de Kort Netherlands2:01.30
144Paolo Revelli Italy2:01.58
151Harri Garmendia Spain2:01.82
168Philip Hubble Great Britain2:03.06

Final A
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
6Jon Sieben Australia1:57.04WR
4Michael Gross West Germany1:57.40
5Rafael Vidal Venezuela1:57.51AM
43Pablo Morales United States1:57.75NR
52Anthony Mosse New Zealand1:58.75NR
67Tom Ponting Canada1:59.37
71Peter Ward Canada2:00.39
88Patrick Kennedy United States2:01.03

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.
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