Men's 100 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 3 August 1984 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 49 from 34 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 55.79 | ||||||||||||
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 100 metre backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 3, 1984. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 55.19 | Caracas, Venezuela | 21 August 1983 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 55.49 | Montreal, Canada | 19 July 1976 |
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). [2]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 7 | David Orbell | ![]() | 58.05 | |
10 | 2 | Paul Kingsman | ![]() | 58.19 | |
11 | 1 | Daichi Suzuki | ![]() | 58.30 | |
5 | Stefan Peter | ![]() | |||
13 | 4 | Ricardo Aldabe | ![]() | 58.31 | |
8 | Hans Fredin | ![]() | |||
15 | 3 | Nicolai Klapkarek | ![]() | 58.56 | |
6 | Frédéric Delcourt | ![]() | DSQ |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 4 | Rick Carey | ![]() | 55.79 | |
![]() | 5 | Dave Wilson | ![]() | 56.35 | |
![]() | 8 | Mike West | ![]() | 56.49 | |
4 | 6 | Gary Hurring | ![]() | 56.90 | NR |
5 | 3 | Mark Kerry | ![]() | 57.18 | |
6 | 1 | Bengt Baron | ![]() | 57.34 | |
7 | 7 | Sandy Goss | ![]() | 57.46 | |
8 | 2 | Hans Kroes | ![]() | 58.07 |
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