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

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date	2 August 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors	49 from 35 nations
Winning time	2:13.34 WR
Medalists
Victor Davis   Canada Glenn Beringen   Australia Étienne Dagon   Switzerland
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The final of the men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 2, 1984. ^[1]

Records

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

World record	Victor Davis  (CAN)	2:14.58	Etobicoke, Canada	17 June 1984
Olympic record	David Wilkie  (GBR)	2:15.11	Montreal, Canada	24 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	Record
2 August	Final A	Victor Davis	Canada	2:13.34	WR

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	4	Glenn Beringen	Australia	2:17.29	Q
2	7	4	Victor Davis	Canada	2:18.20	Q
3	3	5	Marco Del Prete	Italy	2:18.90	Q, NR
4	7	5	Étienne Dagon	Switzerland	2:18.95	Q
5	4	4	Richard Schroeder	United States	2:19.23	Q
6	1	5	Ken Fitzpatrick	Canada	2:19.74	Q
7	4	3	Alexandre Yokochi	Portugal	2:19.76	Q
8	5	5	Pablo Restrepo	Colombia	2:19.77	Q
9	6	5	Adrian Moorhouse	Great Britain	2:19.83	q
10	2	4	Shigehiro Takahashi	Japan	2:19.98	q
11	7	3	Thierry Pata	France	2:20.14	q, NR
12	3	3	Iain Campbell	Great Britain	2:20.78	q
13	1	4	Peter Evans	Australia	2:21.21	q, WD
14	5	3	Enrique Romero	Spain	2:21.25	q
15	4	6	Thomas Böhm	Austria	2:22.17	q
16	6	3	Kenji Watanabe	Japan	2:22.33	q
17	4	5	Raffaele Avagnano	Italy	2:22.90	q, WD
18	5	4	Gerald Mörken	West Germany	2:22.99	q, WD
19	2	6	Manuel Gutiérrez	Panama	2:23.02	q
20	1	3	Eduardo Morillo	Mexico	2:23.72
21	2	5	Christophe Deneuville	France	2:24.54
22	7	6	Peter Lang	West Germany	2:24.60
23	6	6	Eyal Stigman	Israel	2:24.93
24	2	3	Jan-Erick Olsen	Norway	2:25.75
25	2	2	Francisco Guanco	Philippines	2:26.12
26	5	2	Jin Fu	China	2:26.34
27	1	2	Martti Järventaus	Finland	2:26.96
28	6	2	Brett Austin	New Zealand	2:27.25
29	4	2	Andrey Aguilar	Costa Rica	2:27.69
30	1	6	Gerhard Prohaska	Austria	2:27.85
31	4	7	Jorge Henao	Venezuela	2:28.03
32	3	6	Paul Newallo	Trinidad and Tobago	2:28.88
33	3	2	Oscar Ortigosa	Peru	2:29.73
34	7	2	Julio César Falon	Argentina	2:30.40
35	5	7	Jairulla Jaitulla	Philippines	2:30.87
36	7	7	Victor Ruberry	Bermuda	2:31.48
37	3	7	Tryggvi Helgason	Iceland	2:32.03
38	6	7	Watt Kam Sing	Hong Kong	2:32.13
39	7	1	Ayman Nadim	Egypt	2:33.17
40	6	1	Fernando Marroquin	Guatemala	2:35.21
41	4	1	Ahmad Al-Hahdoud	Kuwait	2:37.63
42	1	1	David Palma	Honduras	2:37.65
43	1	7	Brian Farlow	Virgin Islands	2:37.87
44	5	1	Harrell Woolard	Virgin Islands	2:45.68
	2	1	Luiz Carvalho	Brazil	DSQ
	2	7	Árni Sigurðsson	Iceland	DSQ
	5	6	Felix Morf	Switzerland	DSQ
	3	1	Amine El-Domyati	Lebanon	DNS
	3	4	John Moffet	United States	DNS

Finals

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Adrian Moorhouse	Great Britain	2:18.83
10	3	Thierry Pata	France	2:20.05	NR
11	6	Iain Campbell	Great Britain	2:20.62
12	5	Shigehiro Takahashi	Japan	2:20.93
13	2	Enrique Romero	Spain	2:21.19
14	7	Thomas Böhm	Austria	2:22.09
15	1	Kenji Watanabe	Japan	2:22.29
16	8	Manuel Gutiérrez	Panama	2:23.13

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Victor Davis	Canada	2:13.34	WR
	4	Glenn Beringen	Australia	2:15.79	OC
	6	Étienne Dagon	Switzerland	2:17.41	NR
4	2	Richard Schroeder	United States	2:18.03
5	7	Ken Fitzpatrick	Canada	2:18.86
6	8	Pablo Restrepo	Colombia	2:18.96	NR
7	1	Alexandre Yokochi	Portugal	2:20.69
	3	Marco Del Prete	Italy	DSQ

References

1. "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
2. "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984 . LA84 Foundation. p. 510. Retrieved March 8, 2017.

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming