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

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Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date3 August 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors49 from 34 nations
Winning time55.79
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Rick Carey Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Dave Wilson Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Mike West Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  1980
1988  

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]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Rick Carey  (USA)55.19 Caracas, Venezuela 21 August 1983
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  John Naber  (USA)55.49 Montreal, Canada 19 July 1976

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174 Rick Carey Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.74Q
264 Dave Wilson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56.71Q
325 Mark Kerry Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 57.15Q
455 Gary Hurring Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 57.42Q
524 Hans Kroes Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 57.48Q
634 Sandy Goss Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 57.60Q
744 Bengt Baron Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 57.66Q
854 Mike West Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 57.76Q
973 Ricardo Aldabe Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 57.90q
75 Stefan Peter Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany q
1143 Nicolai Klapkarek Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 58.19q
1246 Frédéric Delcourt Flag of France.svg  France 58.22q
1345 Paul Kingsman Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 58.33q
1414 David Orbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.35q
1553 Daichi Suzuki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 58.37q
1665 Hans Fredin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 58.39q
1735 Neil Harper Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 58.50
1852 Paolo Falchini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 58.65
1963 Ilias Malamas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 58.69
2023 Kristofer Stivenson Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 58.76
2142 Lukman Niode Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 58.77
2236 Patrick Ferland Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 58.78
2356 Wang Hao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 59.13
2462 Fabrizio Bortolon Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 59.27
2515 Giovanni Frigo Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 59.34
2633 Sharif Nour Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt 59.63
2726 Allan Marsh Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1:00.04
2866 Ian Collins Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:00.08
2932 David Lim Fong Jock Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1:00.65
3072 Li Zhongyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:00.66
3176 David Morley Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 1:01.29
3247 Ernesto Vela Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:01.42
3337 Emad El-Shafei Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt 1:02.04
3467 Fernando Rodríguez Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1:02.27
3577 Alejandro Alvizuri Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1:02.63
3627 Hugo Goossen Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 1:03.77
3757 Erik Rosskopf Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 1:03.82
3821 Salvador Salguero Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 1:04.99
3917 Ernesto-José Degenhart Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1:05.63
4071 Warren Sorby Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1:05.81
4161 Collier Woolard Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 1:06.86
4251 Joaquim Cruz Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1:10.86
4311 David Palma Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras 1:13.28
4431 Ibrahim El-Baba Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 1:13.76
41 Rami Kantari Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon DSQ
12 Kemal Sadri Özün Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey DNS
13 Andrew Phillips Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica DNS
16 Daniel Mulumba Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda DNS
22 Alexander Pilhatsch Flag of Austria.svg  Austria DNS

Finals

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
97 David Orbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.05
102 Paul Kingsman Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 58.19
111 Daichi Suzuki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 58.30
5 Stefan Peter Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
134 Ricardo Aldabe Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 58.31
8 Hans Fredin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
153 Nicolai Klapkarek Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 58.56
6 Frédéric Delcourt Flag of France.svg  France DSQ

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Rick Carey Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.79
Silver medal icon.svg5 Dave Wilson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56.35
Bronze medal icon.svg8 Mike West Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.49
46 Gary Hurring Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 56.90 NR
53 Mark Kerry Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 57.18
61 Bengt Baron Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 57.34
77 Sandy Goss Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 57.46
82 Hans Kroes Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 58.07

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References

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