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

Swimming events at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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 200 metres Backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 31, 1984. The first eight qualified for the final, the next for the B-final.

Finals

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Rick Carey (USA)	2:00.23
	Frédéric Delcourt (FRA)	2:01.75
	Cameron Henning (CAN)	2:02.37
4.	Ricardo Prado (BRA)	2:03.05
5.	Gary Hurring (NZL)	2:03.10
6.	Nicolai Klapkarek (FRG)	2:03.95
7.	Ricardo Aldabe (ESP)	2:04.53
8.	David Orbell (AUS)	2:04.67

RANK	B-FINAL	TIME
9.	Paolo Falchini (ITA)	2:04.64
10.	Mike West (CAN)	2:04.73
11.	Michael Söderlund (SWE)	2:05.02
12.	Djan Madruga (BRA)	2:05.33
13.	Stefan Peter (FRG)	2:05.66
14.	Neil Cochran (GBR)	2:05.72
15.	Fabrizio Bortolon (ITA)	2:05.86
16.	Daichi Suzuki (JPN)	2:06.02

Non-Qualifiers

RANK	HEATS	TIME
17.	Jesse Vassallo (USA)	2:04.51
18.	Hans Fredin (SWE)	2:06.50
19.	Kim Terrell (AUS)	2:06.56
20.	Paul Kingsman (NZL)	2:06.87
21.	Giovanni Frigo (VEN)	2:07.56
22.	Patrick Ferland (SUI)	2:08.31
23.	Kristofer Stivenson (GRE)	2:08.38
24.	Neil Harper (GBR)	2:09.48
25.	Lukman Niode (INA)	2:09.79
26.	Ernesto Vela (MEX)	2:10.30
27.	Allan Marsh (JAM)	2:11.57
28.	Wang Hao (CHN)	2:12.28
29.	Emad El-Shafei (EGY)	2:12.90
30.	Alejandro Alvizuri (PER)	2:13.30
31.	David Morley (BAH)	2:18.17
32.	Salvado Salguero (ESA)	2:21.75
33.	Ernesto José Degenhart (GUA)	2:24.08
34.	Juan José Piro (HON)	2:32.48

References

• Official Report
• USA Swimming