Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

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Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date2 August 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors49 from 35 nations
Winning time2:13.34 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Victor Davis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg Glenn Beringen Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Étienne Dagon Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
  1980
1988  

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]

Records

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

World recordFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Victor Davis  (CAN)2:14.58 Etobicoke, Canada 17 June 1984
Olympic recordFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  David Wilkie  (GBR)2:15.11 Montreal, Canada 24 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
2 AugustFinal A Victor Davis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:13.34 WR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
164 Glenn Beringen Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:17.29Q
274 Victor Davis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:18.20Q
335 Marco Del Prete Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:18.90Q, NR
475 Étienne Dagon Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:18.95Q
544 Richard Schroeder Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:19.23Q
615 Ken Fitzpatrick Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:19.74Q
743 Alexandre Yokochi Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:19.76Q
855 Pablo Restrepo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:19.77Q
965 Adrian Moorhouse Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:19.83q
1024 Shigehiro Takahashi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:19.98q
1173 Thierry Pata Flag of France.svg  France 2:20.14q, NR
1233 Iain Campbell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:20.78q
1314 Peter Evans Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:21.21q, WD
1453 Enrique Romero Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:21.25q
1546 Thomas Böhm Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:22.17q
1663 Kenji Watanabe Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:22.33q
1745 Raffaele Avagnano Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:22.90q, WD
1854 Gerald Mörken Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:22.99q, WD
1926 Manuel Gutiérrez Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 2:23.02q
2013 Eduardo Morillo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:23.72
2125 Christophe Deneuville Flag of France.svg  France 2:24.54
2276 Peter Lang Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:24.60
2366 Eyal Stigman Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:24.93
2423 Jan-Erick Olsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:25.75
2522 Francisco Guanco Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 2:26.12
2652 Jin Fu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:26.34
2712 Martti Järventaus Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:26.96
2862 Brett Austin Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:27.25
2942 Andrés Aguilar Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 2:27.69
3016 Gerhard Prohaska Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:27.85
3147 Jorge Henao Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 2:28.03
3236 Paul Newallo Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 2:28.88
3332 Oscar Ortigosa Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 2:29.73
3472 Julio César Falon Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:30.40
3557 Jairulla Jaitulla Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 2:30.87
3677 Victor Ruberry Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Bermuda 2:31.48
3737 Tryggvi Helgason Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 2:32.03
3867 Watt Kam Sing Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 2:32.13
3971 Ayman Nadim Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt 2:33.17
4061 Fernando Marroquin Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 2:35.21
4141 Ahmad Al-Hahdoud Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 2:37.63
4211 David Palma Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras 2:37.65
4317 Brian Farlow Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 2:37.87
4451 Harrell Woolard Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 2:45.68
21 Luiz Carvalho Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil DSQ
27 Árni Sigurðsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland DSQ
56 Felix Morf Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland DSQ
31 Amine El-Domyati Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon DNS
34 John Moffet Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNS

Finals

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94 Adrian Moorhouse Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:18.83
103 Thierry Pata Flag of France.svg  France 2:20.05 NR
116 Iain Campbell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:20.62
125 Shigehiro Takahashi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:20.93
132 Enrique Romero Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:21.19
147 Thomas Böhm Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:22.09
151 Kenji Watanabe Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:22.29
168 Manuel Gutiérrez Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 2:23.13

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Victor Davis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:13.34 WR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Glenn Beringen Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:15.79 OC
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Étienne Dagon Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:17.41 NR
42 Richard Schroeder Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:18.03
57 Ken Fitzpatrick Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:18.86
68 Pablo Restrepo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:18.96 NR
71 Alexandre Yokochi Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:20.69
3 Marco Del Prete Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DSQ

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