Men's 200 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 4 August 1984 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 46 from 32 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:01.42 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 individual medley event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 1984. [1] 46 athletes competed in the heats, with the eight fastest qualifying for the final.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Alex Baumann (CAN) | 2:02.25 | Brisbane, Australia | 1 August 1982 |
Olympic record | Gunnar Larsson (SWE) | 2:07.17 | Munich, West Germany | 3 September 1972 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
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4 August | Heat 5 | Alex Baumann | Canada | 2:03.60 | OR |
4 August | Final A | Alex Baumann | Canada | 2:01.42 | 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 | Rob Woodhouse | Australia | 2:04.86 | OC |
10 | 2 | Shinji Ito | Japan | 2:06.07 | AS |
11 | 5 | Giovanni Franceschi | Italy | 2:06.10 | |
12 | 3 | Maurizio Divano | Italy | 2:06.72 | |
13 | 7 | Peter Rohde | Denmark | 2:07.10 | |
14 | 2 | Arne Borgstrøm | Norway | 2:08.03 | |
15 | 8 | Pablo Restrepo | Colombia | 2:08.35 | |
16 | 6 | Mikael Örn | Sweden | 2:11.79 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Alex Baumann | Canada | 2:01.42 | WR | |
3 | Pablo Morales | United States | 2:03.05 | ||
6 | Neil Cochran | Great Britain | 2:04.38 | ||
4 | 5 | Robin Brew | Great Britain | 2:04.52 | |
5 | 7 | Steve Lundquist | United States | 2:04.91 | |
6 | 8 | Andrew Phillips | Jamaica | 2:05.60 | NR |
7 | 2 | Nicolai Klapkarek | West Germany | 2:05.88 | NR |
8 | 1 | Ralf Diegel | West Germany | 2:06.66 |
The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.
The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 25 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.
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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.
The final of the women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 30, 1984.
The final of the women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 1984.
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The final of the women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 30, 1984.
The final of the women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 1984.
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The final of the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 1984. 24 teams participated in the heats, with the fastest eight qualifying for the final.
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