The final of the men'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 3, 1984.

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

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nation Time Record3 August Heat 5 Michael Gross 1:58.72 3 August Final A Jon Sieben 1:57.04

Results

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 4 Michael Gross 1:58.72 Q, 2 5 5 Rafael Vidal 1:59.15 Q, AM 3 4 4 Pablo Morales 1:59.19 Q 4 4 3 Jon Sieben 1:59.63 Q 5 3 5 Anthony Mosse 1:59.76 Q 6 3 4 Tom Ponting 1:59.78 Q 7 3 3 Peter Ward 1:59.99 Q 8 1 4 Patrick Kennedy 2:00.28 Q 9 4 5 Paolo Revelli 2:00.38 q 10 2 4 Ricardo Prado 2:00.59 q, 11 4 6 Taihei Saka 2:00.66 q 12 1 5 Gérard de Kort 2:00.83 q 13 2 5 Frank Drost 2:01.18 q 14 5 6 Nick Hodgson 2:01.64 q 15 5 3 Filiberto Colon 2:01.80 q 16 3 6 Harri Garmendia 2:02.37 q 17 1 3 Philip Hubble 2:02.76 q 18 3 2 Kristofer Stivenson 2:02.94 19 4 2 Shudo Kawawa 2:03.07 20 1 6 Théophile David 2:03.21 21 2 3 Thomas Lejdström 2:03.81 22 2 2 Yoram Kochavy 2:04.08 23 5 7 João Santos 2:04.72 24 1 2 Alberto José Umana 2:05.29 25 2 6 Andreas Behrend 2:06.06 26 3 7 Søren Østberg 2:06.12 27 4 7 İhsan Sabri Özün 2:07.45 28 1 7 Bang Jun-young 2:07.80 29 2 7 Tsang Yi Ming 2:08.44 30 5 1 Andrey Aguilar 2:08.74 31 4 1 Mohamed Youssef 2:08.88 32 3 1 Harry Wozniak 2:13.17 33 1 1 Roberto Granados 2:13.79 34 3 8 Juan José Piro 2:22.80 35 5 8 Juan Miranda Trejo 2:38.32 2 1 Ahmed Said 4 8 Marcelo Jucá 5 2 Fabrizio Rampazzo

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 5 Taihei Saka 2:00.31 NR 10 6 Frank Drost 2:01.23 11 2 Nick Hodgson 2:01.24 12 7 Filiberto Colon 2:01.27 13 3 Gérard de Kort 2:01.30 14 4 Paolo Revelli 2:01.58 15 1 Harri Garmendia 2:01.82 16 8 Philip Hubble 2:03.06

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Jon Sieben 1:57.04 4 Michael Gross 1:57.40 5 Rafael Vidal 1:57.51 AM 4 3 Pablo Morales 1:57.75 NR 5 2 Anthony Mosse 1:58.75 NR 6 7 Tom Ponting 1:59.37 7 1 Peter Ward 2:00.39 8 8 Patrick Kennedy 2:01.03

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming