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Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley

The final of the men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 30, 1984.[1] 24 athletes participated in the heats, with the fastest eight qualifying for the final.

Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueMcDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date30 July 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors24 from 20 nations
Winning time4:17.41 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alex Baumann  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ricardo Prado  Brazil
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Robert Woodhouse  Australia
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Records edit

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

World record   Alex Baumann (CAN) 4:17.53 Etobicoke, Canada 17 June 1984
Olympic record   Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS) 4:22.89 Moscow, Soviet Union 27 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nation Time Record
30 July Heat 3 Alex Baumann   Canada 4:22.46 OR
30 July Final A Alex Baumann   Canada 4:17.41 WR

Results edit

Heats edit

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Alex Baumann   Canada 4:22.46 Q, OR
2 3 5 Jeff Kostoff   United States 4:22.55 Q
3 1 4 Giovanni Franceschi   Italy 4:23.03 Q
4 2 4 Ricardo Prado   Brazil 4:23.31 Q
5 1 5 Maurizio Divano   Italy 4:23.61 Q
6 2 5 Jesse Vassallo   United States 4:23.82 Q
7 3 3 Rob Woodhouse   Australia 4:24.85 Q, OC
8 3 6 Stephen Poulter   Great Britain 4:25.38 Q, NR
9 2 3 Ralf Diegel   West Germany 4:28.10 q
10 2 6 Arne Borgstrøm   Norway 4:28.37 q
11 2 7 Andrew Phillips   Jamaica 4:29.43 q, NR
12 1 3 Peter Dobson   Canada 4:29.61 q
13 1 2 Shinji Ito   Japan 4:30.52 q
14 1 6 Stuart Willmott   Great Britain 4:32.90 q
15 2 2 Anders Peterson   Sweden 4:32.93 q
16 3 7 Yoram Kochavy   Israel 4:35.70 q, NR
17 1 7 Scott Newkirk   Virgin Islands 4:48.15
18 2 1 Jairulla Jaitulla   Philippines 4:51.24
19 3 1 Harry Wozniak   Barbados 4:53.87
20 1 1 Ng Wing Hon   Hong Kong 4:58.98
21 2 8 Julian Bolling   Sri Lanka 5:02.88
22 3 8 Wu Ming Hsun   Hong Kong 5:02.94
23 1 8 Juan José Piro   Honduras 5:15.68
3 2 Rafael Escalas   Spain DNS

Finals edit

Final B edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 1 Anders Peterson   Sweden 4:27.95 NR
10 3 Andrew Phillips   Jamaica 4:27.98 NR
11 5 Arne Borgstrøm   Norway 4:28.20
12 4 Ralf Diegel   West Germany 4:28.94
13 2 Shinji Ito   Japan 4:29.76 AS
14 6 Peter Dobson   Canada 4:30.09
15 7 Stuart Willmott   Great Britain 4:31.10
16 8 Yoram Kochavy   Israel 4:40.00

Final A edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Alex Baumann   Canada 4:17.41 WR
  6 Ricardo Prado   Brazil 4:18.45 SA
  1 Rob Woodhouse   Australia 4:20.50 OC
4 7 Jesse Vassallo   United States 4:21.46
5 2 Maurizio Divano   Italy 4:22.76
6 5 Jeff Kostoff   United States 4:23.28
7 8 Stephen Poulter   Great Britain 4:25.80
8 3 Giovanni Franceschi   Italy 4:26.05

References edit

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Individual Medley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  2. ^ "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. pp. 513–514. Retrieved March 9, 2017.

External links edit

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