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

Men's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date	2 August 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors	37 from 26 nations
Winning time	3:51.23
Medalists
George DiCarlo   United States John Mykkanen   United States Justin Lemberg   Australia
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The final of the men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 2, 1984. ^[1] The first eight swimmers qualified for the final, while the next eight qualified for the B-final.

Records

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

World record	Vladimir Salnikov  (URS)	3:48.32	Moscow, Soviet Union	19 February 1983
Olympic record	Vladimir Salnikov  (URS)	3:51.31	Moscow, Soviet Union	24 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	Record
2 August	Final B	Thomas Fahrner	West Germany	3:50.91	OR

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	1	4	Stefan Pfeiffer	West Germany	3:53.41	Q
2	4	4	John Mykkanen	United States	3:53.43	Q
3	5	4	George DiCarlo	United States	3:53.44	Q
4	2	4	Justin Lemberg	Australia	3:53.89	Q
5	4	5	Darjan Petrič	Yugoslavia	3:54.39	Q
6	1	5	Marco Dell'Uomo	Italy	3:55.00	Q, NR
7	4	3	Ron McKeon	Australia	3:55.06	Q
8	5	3	Franck Iacono	France	3:55.07	Q
9	3	4	Thomas Fahrner	West Germany	3:55.26	q
10	3	6	Peter Szmidt	Canada	3:55.65	q
11	3	5	Carlos Scanavino	Uruguay	3:55.92	q, WD
12	1	3	Juan Enrique Escalas	Spain	3:55.93	q
13	2	3	Borut Petrič	Yugoslavia	3:56.07	q, WD
14	5	6	Stefano Grandi	Italy	3:56.23	q
15	2	5	Marcelo Jucá	Brazil	3:57.43	q
16	4	6	Mike Davidson	New Zealand	3:57.88	q
	5	5	Arne Borgstrøm	Norway		q
18	3	3	Andrew Astbury	Great Britain	3:58.41	q
19	2	6	David Shemilt	Canada	3:58.43
20	2	7	Marc Van De Weghe	Belgium	4:00.01
21	3	2	Anders Grillhammar	Sweden	4:00.26
22	2	2	Shigeo Ogata	Japan	4:02.97
23	4	2	Jean-Marie François	Venezuela	4:03.08
24	1	6	Anders Holmertz	Sweden	4:03.67
25	5	6	Paul Howe	Great Britain	4:04.07
26	3	7	Alejandro Lecot	Argentina	4:05.74
27	5	1	Keisuke Okuno	Japan	4:06.31
28	3	1	William Wilson	Philippines	4:06.86
29	4	1	Gökhan Attaroglu	Turkey	4:07.07
30	1	7	Franz Mortensen	Denmark	4:09.80
31	5	7	Evert Johan Kroon	Netherlands Antilles	4:11.97
32	1	2	Scott Newkirk	Virgin Islands	4:12.61
33	1	1	Wu Ming-hsun	Chinese Taipei	4:13.11
34	2	1	Ahmet Nakkaş	Turkey	4:16.49
35	5	8	Lin Chun-hong	Chinese Taipei	4:20.65
36	4	8	Julian Bolling	Sri Lanka	4:23.42
	4	7	Fabián Ferrari	Argentina	DNS

Finals

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Thomas Fahrner	West Germany	3:50.91	OR
10	3	Juan Enrique Escalas	Spain	3:55.25
11	5	Peter Szmidt	Canada	3:56.99
12	6	Stefano Grandi	Italy	3:57.17
13	7	Arne Borgstrøm	Norway	3:57.46
14	8	Andrew Astbury	Great Britain	3:58.14
15	2	Marcelo Jucá	Brazil	3:58.23
16	1	Mike Davidson	New Zealand	3:58.24

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	George DiCarlo	United States	3:51.23
	5	John Mykkanen	United States	3:51.49
	6	Justin Lemberg	Australia	3:51.79	OC
4	4	Stefan Pfeiffer	West Germany	3:52.91
5	8	Franck Iacono	France	3:54.58	NR
6	2	Darjan Petrič	Yugoslavia	3:54.88
7	7	Marco Dell'Uomo	Italy	3:55.44
8	1	Ron McKeon	Australia	3:55.48

References

1. "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
2. "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984 . LA84 Foundation. p. 505. Retrieved March 6, 2017.

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming