Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 2 August 1984 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 49 from 35 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:13.34 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 breaststroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 2, 1984. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Victor Davis (CAN) | 2:14.58 | Etobicoke, Canada | 17 June 1984 |
Olympic record | David Wilkie (GBR) | 2:15.11 | Montreal, Canada | 24 July 1976 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
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2 August | Final A | Victor Davis | Canada | 2:13.34 | WR |
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 | 4 | Adrian Moorhouse | Great Britain | 2:18.83 | |
10 | 3 | Thierry Pata | France | 2:20.05 | NR |
11 | 6 | Iain Campbell | Great Britain | 2:20.62 | |
12 | 5 | Shigehiro Takahashi | Japan | 2:20.93 | |
13 | 2 | Enrique Romero | Spain | 2:21.19 | |
14 | 7 | Thomas Böhm | Austria | 2:22.09 | |
15 | 1 | Kenji Watanabe | Japan | 2:22.29 | |
16 | 8 | Manuel Gutiérrez | Panama | 2:23.13 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Victor Davis | Canada | 2:13.34 | WR | |
4 | Glenn Beringen | Australia | 2:15.79 | OC | |
6 | Étienne Dagon | Switzerland | 2:17.41 | NR | |
4 | 2 | Richard Schroeder | United States | 2:18.03 | |
5 | 7 | Ken Fitzpatrick | Canada | 2:18.86 | |
6 | 8 | Pablo Restrepo | Colombia | 2:18.96 | NR |
7 | 1 | Alexandre Yokochi | Portugal | 2:20.69 | |
3 | Marco Del Prete | Italy | DSQ |
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