Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

Men's 100 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date	29 July 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors	52 from 37 nations
Winning time	1:01.65 WR
Medalists
Steve Lundquist   United States Victor Davis   Canada Peter Evans   Australia
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The final of the men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 29, 1984. ^[1]

Records

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

World record	John Moffet  (USA)	1:02.13	Indianapolis, United States	25 June 1984
Olympic record	John Hencken  (USA)	1:03.11	Montreal, Canada	20 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	Record
29 July	Heat 7	John Moffet	United States	1:02.16	OR
29 July	Final A	Steve Lundquist	United States	1:01.65	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	7	4	John Moffet	United States	1:02.16	Q, OR
2	2	4	Peter Evans	Australia	1:02.87	Q, OC
3	5	5	Brett Stocks	Australia	1:03.46	Q
4	5	4	Gerald Mörken	West Germany	1:03.53	Q
5	6	4	Steve Lundquist	United States	1:03.55	Q
6	4	4	Victor Davis	Canada	1:03.63	Q
7	3	4	Adrian Moorhouse	Great Britain	1:04.06	Q
8	2	5	Raffaele Avagnano	Italy	1:04.09	Q
9	3	5	Gianni Minervini	Italy	1:04.37	q
10	1	4	Peter Lang	West Germany	1:04.40	q
11	6	5	Pablo Restrepo	Colombia	1:04.44	q
12	1	3	Thomas Böhm	Austria	1:04.60	q, NR
13	7	5	Shigehiro Takahashi	Japan	1:04.71	q
14	7	3	Iain Campbell	Great Britain	1:04.81	q
15	4	3	Brett Austin	New Zealand	1:04.83	q, NR
16	3	3	Peter Berggren	Sweden	1:04.95	q
17	7	2	Jin Fu	China	1:05.05
18	2	3	Enrique Romero	Spain	1:05.19	NR
19	1	5	Marco Veilleux	Canada	1:05.34
20	4	5	Étienne Dagon	Switzerland	1:05.37
21	4	6	Jan-Erick Olsen	Norway	1:05.43	NR
22	3	6	Eyal Stigman	Israel	1:05.63	NR
23	2	6	Felix Morf	Switzerland	1:05.89
24	1	2	Victor Ruberry	Bermuda	1:05.96	NR
	6	6	Luiz Carvalho	Brazil
26	3	2	Manuel Gutiérrez	Panama	1:06.07
27	5	6	Kenji Watanabe	Japan	1:06.10
28	5	3	Paul Newallo	Trinidad and Tobago	1:06.12	NR
29	6	3	Martti Järventaus	Finland	1:06.21
30	7	6	Gerhard Prohaska	Austria	1:06.41
31	5	2	Eduardo Morillo	Mexico	1:06.82
32	7	7	Francisco Guanco	Philippines	1:07.55
33	1	7	Tryggvi Helgason	Iceland	1:07.71	NR
34	1	6	Julio César Falón	Argentina	1:07.80
	4	6	Alexandre Yokochi	Portugal
36	6	7	Jairulla Jaitulla	Philippines	1:08.00
37	2	2	Watt Kam Sing	Hong Kong	1:08.07
38	7	1	Árni Sigurðsson	Iceland	1:08.52
39	5	7	Li Khai Kam	Hong Kong	1:08.75
40	4	7	Jorge Henao	Venezuela	1:09.01
41	3	7	Oscar Ortigosa	Peru	1:09.07
42	6	1	Oon Jin Teik	Singapore	1:09.23
43	2	7	Ayman Nadim	Egypt	1:09.51
44	5	1	Fernando Marroquin	Guatemala	1:09.73
45	4	1	Harrell Woolard	Virgin Islands	1:11.17
46	3	1	Brian Farlow	Virgin Islands	1:11.27
47	2	1	Ahmad Al-Hahdoud	Kuwait	1:13.01
48	1	1	Michele Piva	San Marino	1:16.21
49	7	8	Isaac Atish Wa-El	Kuwait	1:16.51
50	6	8	Amine El-Domyati	Lebanon	1:19.10
	5	8	Salvador Corelo	Honduras	DSQ
	6	2	Wang Lin	China	DSQ

Finals

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Gianni Minervini	Italy	1:03.99
10	2	Shigehiro Takahashi	Japan	1:04.41
11	5	Peter Lang	West Germany	1:04.43
12	3	Pablo Restrepo	Colombia	1:04.79
13	6	Thomas Böhm	Austria	1:04.99
14	7	Iain Campbell	Great Britain	1:05.02
15	1	Brett Austin	New Zealand	1:05.49
16	8	Peter Berggren	Sweden	1:05.66

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Steve Lundquist	United States	1:01.65	WR
	7	Victor Davis	Canada	1:01.99	NR
	5	Peter Evans	Australia	1:02.97
4	1	Adrian Moorhouse	Great Britain	1:03.25
5	4	John Moffet	United States	1:03.29
6	3	Brett Stocks	Australia	1:03.49
7	6	Gerald Mörken	West Germany	1:03.95
8	8	Raffaele Avagnano	Italy	1:04.11

References

1. "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
2. "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984 . LA84 Foundation. p. 509. Retrieved March 8, 2017.

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming