Men's 400 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 30 July 1984 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 24 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 4:17.41 WR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
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.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 4:17.53 | Etobicoke, Canada | 17 June 1984 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 4:22.89 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 27 July 1980 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
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30 July | Heat 3 | Alex Baumann | ![]() | 4:22.46 | OR |
30 July | Final A | Alex Baumann | ![]() | 4:17.41 | WR |
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 |
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1 | 3 | 4 | Alex Baumann | ![]() | 4:22.46 | Q, OR |
2 | 3 | 5 | Jeff Kostoff | ![]() | 4:22.55 | Q |
3 | 1 | 4 | Giovanni Franceschi | ![]() | 4:23.03 | Q |
4 | 2 | 4 | Ricardo Prado | ![]() | 4:23.31 | Q |
5 | 1 | 5 | Maurizio Divano | ![]() | 4:23.61 | Q |
6 | 2 | 5 | Jesse Vassallo | ![]() | 4:23.82 | Q |
7 | 3 | 3 | Rob Woodhouse | ![]() | 4:24.85 | Q, OC |
8 | 3 | 6 | Stephen Poulter | ![]() | 4:25.38 | Q, NR |
9 | 2 | 3 | Ralf Diegel | ![]() | 4:28.10 | q |
10 | 2 | 6 | Arne Borgstrøm | ![]() | 4:28.37 | q |
11 | 2 | 7 | Andrew Phillips | ![]() | 4:29.43 | q, NR |
12 | 1 | 3 | Peter Dobson | ![]() | 4:29.61 | q |
13 | 1 | 2 | Shinji Ito | ![]() | 4:30.52 | q |
14 | 1 | 6 | Stuart Willmott | ![]() | 4:32.90 | q |
15 | 2 | 2 | Anders Peterson | ![]() | 4:32.93 | q |
16 | 3 | 7 | Yoram Kochavy | ![]() | 4:35.70 | q, NR |
17 | 1 | 7 | Scott Newkirk | ![]() | 4:48.15 | |
18 | 2 | 1 | Jairulla Jaitulla | ![]() | 4:51.24 | |
19 | 3 | 1 | Harry Wozniak | ![]() | 4:53.87 | |
20 | 1 | 1 | Ng Wing Hon | ![]() | 4:58.98 | |
21 | 2 | 8 | Julian Bolling | ![]() | 5:02.88 | |
22 | 3 | 8 | Wu Ming Hsun | ![]() | 5:02.94 | |
23 | 1 | 8 | Juan José Piro | ![]() | 5:15.68 | |
3 | 2 | Rafael Escalas | ![]() | DNS |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 1 | Anders Peterson | ![]() | 4:27.95 | NR |
10 | 3 | Andrew Phillips | ![]() | 4:27.98 | NR |
11 | 5 | Arne Borgstrøm | ![]() | 4:28.20 | |
12 | 4 | Ralf Diegel | ![]() | 4:28.94 | |
13 | 2 | Shinji Ito | ![]() | 4:29.76 | AS |
14 | 6 | Peter Dobson | ![]() | 4:30.09 | |
15 | 7 | Stuart Willmott | ![]() | 4:31.10 | |
16 | 8 | Yoram Kochavy | ![]() | 4:40.00 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 4 | Alex Baumann | ![]() | 4:17.41 | WR |
![]() | 6 | Ricardo Prado | ![]() | 4:18.45 | SA |
![]() | 1 | Rob Woodhouse | ![]() | 4:20.50 | OC |
4 | 7 | Jesse Vassallo | ![]() | 4:21.46 | |
5 | 2 | Maurizio Divano | ![]() | 4:22.76 | |
6 | 5 | Jeff Kostoff | ![]() | 4:23.28 | |
7 | 8 | Stephen Poulter | ![]() | 4:25.80 | |
8 | 3 | Giovanni Franceschi | ![]() | 4:26.05 |
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