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

The men's 200 metre individual medley was a swimming race at the 1984 Summer Olympics. It happened at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California on August 4, 1984. The race used four different swimming styles: backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle.

Forty-six swimmers from many countries started in the preliminary heats. Only the eight fastest swimmers moved on to the final race. This event was challenging because swimmers needed skill in all four swimming styles.

Records

Before this swimming race, there were already some very fast times set around the world and in the Olympics. During the race, new records were set.

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	Record
4 August	Heat 5	Alex Baumann	Canada	2:03.60	OR
4 August	Final A	Alex Baumann	Canada	2:01.42	WR

Results

In the 1984 Summer Olympics, swimmers from around the world raced in the men's 200 metre individual medley event. The event happened in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 1984. Forty-six swimmers started in the early rounds, and the top eight times advanced to the final round.

The final had two groups: Final A for the fastest swimmers and Final B for the next group. The winners were decided in these final races.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
1	5	4	Alex Baumann	Canada	2:03.60
2	3	5	Robin Brew	Great Britain	2:04.13
3	3	4	Pablo Morales	United States	2:04.32
4	1	4	Neil Cochran	Great Britain	2:05.39
5	6	6	Nicolai Klapkarek	West Germany	2:06.07
6	4	4	Steve Lundquist	United States	2:06.10
7	3	3	Ralf Diegel	West Germany	2:06.41
8	4	5	Andrew Phillips	Jamaica	2:06.43
9	1	5	Rob Woodhouse	Australia	2:06.45
10	6	4	Giovanni Franceschi	Italy	2:06.76
11	2	4	Ricardo Prado	Brazil	2:07.16
12	6	3	Maurizio Divano	Italy	2:07.19
13	5	5	Mikael Örn	Sweden	2:07.56
14	4	3	Shinji Ito	Japan	2:07.76
15	2	6	Peter Rohde	Denmark	2:07.93
16	1	3	Arne Borgstrøm	Norway	2:08.09
17	4	6	Pablo Restrepo	Colombia	2:08.12
18	5	3	Edsard Schlingemann	Netherlands	2:08.27
19	5	6	Harri Garmendia	Spain	2:08.30
20	6	5	Anders Peterson	Sweden	2:08.35
21	2	5	Rob Chernoff	Canada	2:08.47
22	2	3	Glenn Beringen	Australia	2:08.65
23	4	2	Eduardo Morillo	Mexico	2:09.87
24	6	2	Chen Qin	China	2:10.30
25	3	6	Feng Dawei	China	2:11.30
26	1	6	Andrey Aguilar	Costa Rica	2:11.63
27	5	2	Yoram Kochavy	Israel	2:11.81
28	4	7	Jairulla Jaitulla	Philippines	2:12.82
29	1	2	Luis Juncos	Argentina	2:12.83
30	1	7	Emad El-Shafei	Egypt	2:14.87
31	2	2	David Morley	Bahamas	2:16.85
32	2	7	Tsang Yi Ming	Hong Kong	2:17.75
33	6	1	Ng Wing Hon	Hong Kong	2:18.64
34	6	8	Samuela Tupou	Fiji	2:19.79
35	4	1	Brian Farlow	Virgin Islands	2:20.53
36	3	8	Salvador Corelo	Honduras	2:22.29
37	5	1	Harry Wozniak	Barbados	2:22.49
38	2	1	Roberto Granados	Guatemala	2:22.73
39	1	1	Warren Sorby	Fiji	2:22.74
40	3	1	Harrell Woolard	Virgin Islands	2:27.51
41	4	8	Michele Piva	San Marino	2:29.81
42	5	8	Joaquim Cruz	Mozambique	2:35.99
	3	7	Fernando Rodríguez	Peru	DSQ
	5	7	Manuel Gutiérrez	Panama	DSQ
	6	7	Gökhan Attaroglu	Turkey	DSQ
	3	2	Alexander Pilhatsch	Austria	DNS

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
9	4	Rob Woodhouse	Australia	2:04.86
10	2	Shinji Ito	Japan	2:06.07
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
	4	Alex Baumann	Canada	2:01.42
	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
7	2	Nicolai Klapkarek	West Germany	2:05.88
8	1	Ralf Diegel	West Germany	2:06.66

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