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

Men's 200 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Medalists
Michael Gross   West Germany   Mike Heath   United States   Thomas Fahrner   West Germany

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 Freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 29, 1984. The first eight qualified for the final, the next eight for the B-final.

Finals

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Michael Gross (FRG)	1:47.44 WR
	Mike Heath (USA)	1:49.10
	Thomas Fahrner (FRG)	1:49.69
4.	Jeff Float (USA)	1:50.18
5.	Alberto Mestre (VEN)	1:50.23
6.	Frank Drost (NED)	1:51.62
7.	Marco Dell'Uomo (ITA)	1:52.20
8.	Peter Dale (AUS)	1:53.84

RANK	B-FINAL	TIME
9.	Paul Easter (GBR)	1:51.70
10.	Juan Carlos Vallejo (ESP)	1:51.77
11.	Hans Kroes (NED)	1:52.36
12.	Anders Holmertz (SWE)	1:52.44
13.	Carlos Scanavino (URU)	1:52.54
14.	Peter Szmidt (CAN)	1:52.56
15.	Andrew Astbury (GBR)	1:53.02
16.	Thomas Lejdström (SWE)	1:53.63

Non-Qualifiers

RANK	HEATS	TIME
17.	Alex Baumann (CAN)	1:51.76
18.	Justin Lemberg (AUS)	1:52.73
19.	Borut Petrič (YUG)	1:52.74
20.	Jorge Fernandes (BRA)	1:53.03
21.	Cyro Delgado (BRA)	1:53.22
22.	Paolo Revelli (ITA)	1:53.46
23.	Franz Mortensen (DEN)	1:54.09
24.	Anthony Mosse (NZL)	1:54.12
25.	Stéfan Voléry (SUI)	1:54.19
26.	Hiroshi Sakamoto (JPN)	1:54.71
27.	Miao Michael (TPE)	1:55.01
28.	Javier Miralpeix (ESP)	1:55.25
29.	Jean-Marie François (VEN)	1:55.28
30.	Darjan Petrič (YUG)	1:55.68
31.	César Sánchez (MEX)	1:55.82
32.	Gökhan Attaroglu (TUR)	1:55.92
33.	Shigeo Ogata (JPN)	1:55.97
34.	Shen Jianqiang (CHN)	1:56.08
35.	Mike Davidson (NZL)	1:56.20
36.	Thierry Jacot (SUI)	1:56.54
37.	Fernando Cañales (PUR)	1:56.60
38.	Evert Johan Kroon (AHO)	1:57.05
39.	William Wilson (PHI)	1:57.18
40.	Sean Nottage (BAH)	1:57.54
41.	Scott Newkirk (ISV)	1:57.74
42.	Carlos Romo (MEX)	1:58.77
43.	Fabian Ferrari (ARG)	1:59.39
44.	Mohamed Youssef (EGY)	1:59.71
45.	Erik Rosskopf (ISV)	2:02.04
46.	Samuela Tupou (FIJ)	2:02.22
47.	Ingi Jónsson (ISL)	2:02.23
48.	Tsang Yi Ming (HKG)	2:03.11
49.	Ng Wing Hon (HKG)	2:03.66
50.	Roberto Granados (GUA)	2:05.21
51.	Rodrigo Leal (GUA)	2:05.96
52.	Juan José Piro (HON)	2:12.51
53.	Trevor Ncala (SWZ)	2:15.30
54.	Michele Piva (SMR)	2:15.39
55.	Percy Sayegh (LIB)	2:20.76
56.	Rami Kantari (LIB)	2:25.43

References

• Official Report
• USA Swimming