Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Dates	July 29 – August 4, 1984
No. of events	29
Competitors	494 from 67 nations
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The swimming competitions of the 1984 Summer Olympics were held at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium, located on the University of Southern California (USC) campus. There were a total of 494 participants from 67 countries competing. ^{[1] [2]}

This was the first Olympic Games at which only two swimmers per country, per event, were permitted; previously, three swimmers were allowed and many countries would sweep the medal stand. In addition, the 200-metre individual medley for both men and women returned to the program from a twelve-year absence, following a proposal by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC). ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	21	13	0	34
2	Canada	4	3	3	10
3	West Germany	2	3	6	11
4	Netherlands	2	1	3	6
5	Australia	1	5	6	12
6	Great Britain	0	1	4	5
7	France	0	1	1	2
8	Brazil	0	1	0	1
9	Sweden	0	0	2	2
10	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
	Venezuela	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		30	28	29	87

Medal summary

Men's events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Rowdy Gaines   United States	49.80 OR	Mark Stockwell   Australia	50.24	Per Johansson   Sweden	50.31
200 m freestyle details	Michael Gross   West Germany	1:47.44 WR	Mike Heath   United States	1:49.10	Thomas Fahrner   West Germany	1:49.69
400 m freestyle details	George DiCarlo   United States	3:51.23	John Mykkanen   United States	3:51.49	Justin Lemberg   Australia	3:51.79
1500 m freestyle details	Mike O'Brien   United States	15:05.20	George DiCarlo   United States	15:10.59	Stefan Pfeiffer   West Germany	15:12.11
100 m backstroke details	Rick Carey   United States	55.79	Dave Wilson   United States	56.35	Mike West   Canada	56.49
200 m backstroke details	Rick Carey   United States	2:00.23	Frédéric Delcourt   France	2:01.75	Cameron Henning   Canada	2:02.37
100 m breaststroke details	Steve Lundquist   United States	1:01.65 WR	Victor Davis   Canada	1:01.99	Peter Evans   Australia	1:02.97
200 m breaststroke details	Victor Davis   Canada	2:13.34 WR	Glenn Beringen   Australia	2:15.79	Étienne Dagon   Switzerland	2:17.41
100 m butterfly details	Michael Gross   West Germany	53.08 WR	Pablo Morales   United States	53.23	Glenn Buchanan   Australia	53.85
200 m butterfly details	Jon Sieben   Australia	1:57.04 WR	Michael Gross   West Germany	1:57.40	Rafael Vidal   Venezuela	1:57.51
200 m individual medley details	Alex Baumann   Canada	2:01.42 WR	Pablo Morales   United States	2:03.05	Neil Cochran   Great Britain	2:04.38
400 m individual medley details	Alex Baumann   Canada	4:17.41 WR	Ricardo Prado   Brazil	4:18.45	Rob Woodhouse   Australia	4:20.50
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	United States Chris Cavanaugh Mike Heath Matt Biondi Rowdy Gaines Tom Jager* Robin Leamy*	3:19.03 WR	Australia Greg Fasala Neil Brooks Michael Delany Mark Stockwell	3:19.68	Sweden Thomas Lejdström Per Johansson Bengt Baron Mikael Örn Rikard Milton* Michael Söderlund*	3:22.69
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	United States Mike Heath David Larson Jeff Float Bruce Hayes Geoff Gaberino* Richard Saeger*	7:15.69 WR	West Germany Thomas Fahrner Dirk Korthals Alexander Schowtka Michael Gross Rainer Henkel*	7:15.73	Great Britain Neil Cochran Paul Easter Paul Howe Andrew Astbury	7:24.78
4 × 100 m medley relay details	United States Rick Carey Steve Lundquist Pablo Morales Rowdy Gaines Dave Wilson* Richard Schroeder* Mike Heath* Tom Jager*	3:39.30 WR	Canada Mike West Victor Davis Tom Ponting Sandy Goss	3:43.23	Australia Mark Kerry Peter Evans Glenn Buchanan Mark Stockwell Jon Sieben* Neil Brooks*	3:43.25

* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women's events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Carrie Steinseifer   United States	55.92	none awarded		Annemarie Verstappen   Netherlands	56.08
	Nancy Hogshead   United States
200 m freestyle details	Mary Wayte   United States	1:59.23	Cynthia Woodhead   United States	1:59.50	Annemarie Verstappen   Netherlands	1:59.69
400 m freestyle details	Tiffany Cohen   United States	4:07.10 OR	Sarah Hardcastle   Great Britain	4:10.29	June Croft   Great Britain	4:11.49
800 m freestyle details	Tiffany Cohen   United States	8:24.95 OR	Michele Richardson   United States	8:30.73	Sarah Hardcastle   Great Britain	8:32.60
100 m backstroke details	Theresa Andrews   United States	1:02.55	Betsy Mitchell   United States	1:02.63	Jolanda de Rover   Netherlands	1:02.91
200 m backstroke details	Jolanda de Rover   Netherlands	2:12.38	Amy White   United States	2:13.04	Anca Patrascoiu   Romania	2:13.29
100 m breaststroke details	Petra van Staveren   Netherlands	1:09.88 OR	Anne Ottenbrite   Canada	1:10.69	Catherine Poirot   France	1:10.70
200 m breaststroke details	Anne Ottenbrite   Canada	2:30.38	Susan Rapp   United States	2:31.15	Ingrid Lempereur   Belgium	2:31.40
100 m butterfly details	Mary T. Meagher   United States	59.26	Jenna Johnson   United States	1:00.19	Karin Seick   West Germany	1:01.36
200 m butterfly details	Mary T. Meagher   United States	2:06.90 OR	Karen Phillips   Australia	2:10.56	Ina Beyermann   West Germany	2:11.91
200 m individual medley details	Tracy Caulkins   United States	2:12.64 OR	Nancy Hogshead   United States	2:15.17	Michelle Pearson   Australia	2:15.92
400 m individual medley details	Tracy Caulkins   United States	4:39.24	Suzanne Landells   Australia	4:48.30	Petra Zindler   West Germany	4:48.57
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	United States Jenna Johnson Carrie Steinseifer Dara Torres Nancy Hogshead Jill Sterkel* Mary Wayte*	3:43.43	Netherlands Annemarie Verstappen Desi Reijers Elles Voskes Conny van Bentum Wilma van Velsen*	3:44.40	West Germany Iris Zscherpe Susanne Schuster Christiane Pielke Karin Seick	3:45.56
4 × 100 m medley relay details	United States Theresa Andrews Tracy Caulkins Mary T. Meagher Nancy Hogshead Betsy Mitchell* Susan Rapp* Jenna Johnson* Carrie Steinseifer*	4:08.34	West Germany Svenja Schlicht Ute Hasse Ina Beyermann Karin Seick	4:11.97	Canada Reema Abdo Anne Ottenbrite Michelle MacPherson Pamela Rai	4:12.98

*Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Participating nations

494 swimmers from 67 nations competed. ^[1]

Argentina  (6)   Australia  (31)   Austria  (6)   Bahamas  (2)   Bahrain  (2)   Barbados  (1)   Belgium  (4)   Bermuda  (1)   Brazil  (7)   Canada  (37)   China  (14)   Chinese Taipei  (5)   Colombia  (1)   Costa Rica  (1)

Denmark  (3)   Egypt  (8)   El Salvador  (2)   Fiji  (3)   Finland  (2)   France  (16)   Great Britain  (33)   Greece  (3)   Guatemala  (6)   Honduras  (6)   Hong Kong  (8)   Iceland  (4)   Indonesia  (1)

Ireland  (2)   Israel  (3)   Italy  (26)   Jamaica  (4)   Japan  (22)   Kuwait  (5)   Lebanon  (4)   Malaysia  (1)   Mexico  (12)   Monaco  (1)   Mozambique  (2)   Netherlands  (16)   Netherlands Antilles  (3)

New Zealand  (8)   Norway  (3)   Panama  (1)   Peru  (5)   Philippines  (4)   Portugal  (2)   Puerto Rico  (5)   Romania  (2)   San Marino  (2)   Singapore  (4)   South Korea  (3)   Spain  (8)   Sri Lanka  (1)

Suriname  (2)   Swaziland  (1)   Sweden  (24)   Switzerland  (13)   Trinidad and Tobago  (1)   Tunisia  (1)   Turkey  (4)   Uganda  (1)   United States  (43)   Virgin Islands  (7)   Uruguay  (2)   Venezuela  (6)   West Germany  (24)   Yugoslavia  (3)

See also

• Swimming at the Friendship Games

References

1. "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
2. "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
3. "Los Angeles 1984 Synchronized Swimming - Olympic Results by Discipline".
4. Sports Reference
5. Bean, Dawn Pawson (4 March 2005). Synchronized Swimming: An American History. McFarland. ISBN   9780786419487.
6. Sports Reference

External links

• 1984 Summer Olympics history: swimming from http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/; retrieved 2015-06-22.