Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley

The final of the men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 30, 1984.[1] 24 athletes participated in the heats, with the fastest eight qualifying for the final.

Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueMcDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date30 July 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors24 from 20 nations
Winning time4:17.41 WR
Medalists
Alex Baumann  Canada
Ricardo Prado  Brazil
Rob Woodhouse  Australia

Records

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

World record Alex Baumann (CAN)4:17.53Etobicoke, Canada17 June 1984
Olympic record Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS)4:22.89Moscow, Soviet Union27 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
30 JulyHeat 3Alex Baumann Canada4:22.46OR
30 JulyFinal AAlex Baumann Canada4:17.41WR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134Alex Baumann Canada4:22.46Q, OR
235Jeff Kostoff United States4:22.55Q
314Giovanni Franceschi Italy4:23.03Q
424Ricardo Prado Brazil4:23.31Q
515Maurizio Divano Italy4:23.61Q
625Jesse Vassallo United States4:23.82Q
733Rob Woodhouse Australia4:24.85Q, OC
836Stephen Poulter Great Britain4:25.38Q, NR
923Ralf Diegel West Germany4:28.10q
1026Arne Borgstrøm Norway4:28.37q
1127Andrew Phillips Jamaica4:29.43q, NR
1213Peter Dobson Canada4:29.61q
1312Shinji Ito Japan4:30.52q
1416Stuart Willmott Great Britain4:32.90q
1522Anders Peterson Sweden4:32.93q
1637Yoram Kochavy Israel4:35.70q, NR
1717Scott Newkirk Virgin Islands4:48.15
1821Jairulla Jaitulla Philippines4:51.24
1931Harry Wozniak Barbados4:53.87
2011Ng Wing Hon Hong Kong4:58.98
2128Julian Bolling Sri Lanka5:02.88
2238Wu Ming Hsun Hong Kong5:02.94
2318Juan José Piro Honduras5:15.68
32Rafael Escalas SpainDNS

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
91Anders Peterson Sweden4:27.95NR
103Andrew Phillips Jamaica4:27.98NR
115Arne Borgstrøm Norway4:28.20
124Ralf Diegel West Germany4:28.94
132Shinji Ito Japan4:29.76AS
146Peter Dobson Canada4:30.09
157Stuart Willmott Great Britain4:31.10
168Yoram Kochavy Israel4:40.00

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Alex Baumann Canada4:17.41WR
6Ricardo Prado Brazil4:18.45SA
1Rob Woodhouse Australia4:20.50OC
47Jesse Vassallo United States4:21.46
52Maurizio Divano Italy4:22.76
65Jeff Kostoff United States4:23.28
78Stephen Poulter Great Britain4:25.80
83Giovanni Franceschi Italy4:26.05

References

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