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

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Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date29 July 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors52 from 37 nations
Winning time1:01.65 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Steve Lundquist Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Victor Davis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg Peter Evans Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
  1980
1988  

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 recordFlag of the United States.svg  John Moffet  (USA)1:02.13 Indianapolis, United States 25 June 1984
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  John Hencken  (USA)1:03.11 Montreal, Canada 20 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
29 JulyHeat 7 John Moffet Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:02.16 OR
29 JulyFinal A Steve Lundquist Flag of the United States.svg  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]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174 John Moffet Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:02.16Q, OR
224 Peter Evans Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:02.87Q, OC
355 Brett Stocks Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:03.46Q
454 Gerald Mörken Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:03.53Q
564 Steve Lundquist Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:03.55Q
644 Victor Davis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:03.63Q
734 Adrian Moorhouse Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:04.06Q
825 Raffaele Avagnano Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:04.09Q
935 Gianni Minervini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:04.37q
1014 Peter Lang Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:04.40q
1165 Pablo Restrepo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:04.44q
1213 Thomas Böhm Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:04.60q, NR
1375 Shigehiro Takahashi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:04.71q
1473 Iain Campbell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:04.81q
1543 Brett Austin Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:04.83q, NR
1633 Peter Berggren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:04.95q
1772 Jin Fu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:05.05
1823 Enrique Romero Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:05.19 NR
1915 Marco Veilleux Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:05.34
2045 Étienne Dagon Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:05.37
2146 Jan-Erick Olsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:05.43 NR
2236 Eyal Stigman Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:05.63 NR
2326 Felix Morf Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:05.89
2412 Victor Ruberry Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Bermuda 1:05.96 NR
66 Luiz Carvalho Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil
2632 Manuel Gutiérrez Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 1:06.07
2756 Kenji Watanabe Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:06.10
2853 Paul Newallo Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 1:06.12 NR
2963 Martti Järventaus Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:06.21
3076 Gerhard Prohaska Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:06.41
3152 Eduardo Morillo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:06.82
3277 Francisco Guanco Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 1:07.55
3317 Tryggvi Helgason Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:07.71 NR
3416 Julio César Falón Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:07.80
46 Alexandre Yokochi Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
3667 Jairulla Jaitulla Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 1:08.00
3722 Watt Kam Sing Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 1:08.07
3871 Árni Sigurðsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:08.52
3957 Li Khai Kam Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 1:08.75
4047 Jorge Henao Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 1:09.01
4137 Oscar Ortigosa Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1:09.07
4261 Oon Jin Teik Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1:09.23
4327 Ayman Nadim Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt 1:09.51
4451 Fernando Marroquin Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1:09.73
4541 Harrell Woolard Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 1:11.17
4631 Brian Farlow Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 1:11.27
4721 Ahmad Al-Hahdoud Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 1:13.01
4811 Michele Piva Flag of San Marino (before 2011).svg  San Marino 1:16.21
4978 Isaac Atish Wa-El Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 1:16.51
5068 Amine El-Domyati Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 1:19.10
58 Salvador Corelo Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras DSQ
62 Wang Lin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China DSQ

Finals

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94 Gianni Minervini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:03.99
102 Shigehiro Takahashi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:04.41
115 Peter Lang Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:04.43
123 Pablo Restrepo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:04.79
136 Thomas Böhm Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:04.99
147 Iain Campbell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:05.02
151 Brett Austin Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:05.49
168 Peter Berggren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:05.66

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg2 Steve Lundquist Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:01.65 WR
Silver medal icon.svg7 Victor Davis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:01.99 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Peter Evans Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:02.97
41 Adrian Moorhouse Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:03.25
54 John Moffet Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:03.29
63 Brett Stocks Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:03.49
76 Gerald Mörken Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:03.95
88 Raffaele Avagnano Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:04.11

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