Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley
Men's 400 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 30 July 1984 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 24 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 4:17.41 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 400 metre individual medley event at the
Los Angeles, California, on July 30, 1984.[1]
24 athletes participated in the heats, with the fastest eight qualifying for the final.
Records
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 |
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30 July | Heat 3 | Alex Baumann | Canada | 4:22.46 | OR |
30 July | Final A | Alex Baumann | Canada | 4:17.41 | WR |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
Final B
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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
- ^ "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.
- Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. pp. 513–514. Retrieved March 9, 2017.