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

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Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date30 July 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors24 from 20 nations
Winning time4:17.41 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Alex Baumann Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg Ricardo Prado Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil
Bronze medal icon.svg Robert Woodhouse Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
  1980
1988  

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.

Records

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

World recordFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Alex Baumann  (CAN)4:17.53 Etobicoke, Canada 17 June 1984
Olympic recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandr Sidorenko  (URS)4:22.89 Moscow, Soviet Union 27 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
30 JulyHeat 3 Alex Baumann Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:22.46 OR
30 JulyFinal A Alex Baumann Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:17.41 WR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134 Alex Baumann Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:22.46Q, OR
235 Jeff Kostoff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:22.55Q
314 Giovanni Franceschi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:23.03Q
424 Ricardo Prado Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 4:23.31Q
515 Maurizio Divano Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:23.61Q
625 Jesse Vassallo Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:23.82Q
733 Rob Woodhouse Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:24.85Q, OC
836 Stephen Poulter Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:25.38Q, NR
923 Ralf Diegel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:28.10q
1026 Arne Borgstrøm Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 4:28.37q
1127 Andrew Phillips Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 4:29.43q, NR
1213 Peter Dobson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:29.61q
1312 Shinji Ito Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4:30.52q
1416 Stuart Willmott Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:32.90q
1522 Anders Peterson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:32.93q
1637 Yoram Kochavy Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 4:35.70q, NR
1717 Scott Newkirk Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 4:48.15
1821 Jairulla Jaitulla Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 4:51.24
1931 Harry Wozniak Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 4:53.87
2011 Ng Wing Hon Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 4:58.98
2128 Julian Bolling Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 5:02.88
2238 Wu Ming Hsun Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 5:02.94
2318 Juan José Piro Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras 5:15.68
32 Rafael Escalas Flag of Spain.svg  Spain DNS

Finals

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
91 Anders Peterson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:27.95 NR
103 Andrew Phillips Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 4:27.98 NR
115 Arne Borgstrøm Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 4:28.20
124 Ralf Diegel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:28.94
132 Shinji Ito Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4:29.76 AS
146 Peter Dobson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:30.09
157 Stuart Willmott Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:31.10
168 Yoram Kochavy Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 4:40.00

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Alex Baumann Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:17.41 WR
Silver medal icon.svg6 Ricardo Prado Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 4:18.45 SA
Bronze medal icon.svg1 Rob Woodhouse Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:20.50 OC
47 Jesse Vassallo Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:21.46
52 Maurizio Divano Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:22.76
65 Jeff Kostoff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:23.28
78 Stephen Poulter Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:25.80
83 Giovanni Franceschi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:26.05

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References

  1. "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Individual Medley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  2. "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984 . LA84 Foundation. pp. 513–514. Retrieved March 9, 2017.