1984 Summer Olympics / Swimming

At the XXIII. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , a total of 31 swimming competitions were held, 15 for men and 14 women. In addition, there were two synchronized swimming competitions for the first time .

Men

100 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Rowdy Gaines	49.80 s ( OR )
2	OUT	Mark Stockwell	50.24 s
3	SWE	Per Johansson	50.31 s
4th	United States	Michael Heath	50.41 s
5	SUI	Dano Halsall	50.50 s
6th	VEN	Alberto Mestre Sosa	50.70 s
	FRA	Stéphan Caron	50.70 s
8th	FRG	Dirk Korthals	50.93 s

200 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	FRG	Michael Gross	1: 47.44 min ( WR / OR )
2	United States	Michael Heath	1: 49.10 min
3	FRG	Thomas Fahrner	1: 49.69 min
4th	United States	Jeffrey Float	1: 50.18 min
5	VEN	Alberto Mestre Sosa	1: 50.23 min
6th	NED	Frank Drost	1: 51.62 min
7th	ITA	Marco Dell'Uomo	1: 52.20 min
8th	OUT	Peter Dale	1: 53.84 min

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	George DiCarlo	3: 51.23 min
2	United States	John Mykkanen	3: 51.49 min
3	OUT	Justin Lviv	3: 51.79 min
4th	FRG	Stefan Pfeiffer	3: 52.91 min
5	FRA	Franck Iacono	3: 54.58 min
6th	YUG	Darjan Petrič	3: 54.88 min
7th	ITA	Marco Dell'Uomo	3: 55.44 min
8th	OUT	Ron McKeon	3: 55.48 min

1500 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Michael O'Brien	15:05:20 min
2	United States	George DiCarlo	15: 10.59 min
3	FRG	Stefan Pfeiffer	15: 12.11 min
4th	FRG	Rainer Henkel	15: 20.03 min
5	FRA	Franck Iacono	15: 26.96 min
6th	ITA	Stefano Grandi	15: 28.58 min
7th	CAN	David Shemilt	15: 31.28 min
8th	OUT	Wayne Shillington	15: 38.18 min

100 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Rick Carey	55.79 s
2	United States	David Wilson	56.35 s
3	CAN	Mike West	56.49 s
4th	NZL	Gary Hurring	56.90 s
5	OUT	Mark Kerry	57.18 s
6th	SWE	Bengt Baron	57.34 s
7th	CAN	Sandy Goss	57.46 s
8th	NED	Hans Kroes	58.07 s

200 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Rick Carey	2: 00.23 min
2	FRA	Frédéric Delcourt	2: 01.75 min
3	CAN	Cameron Henning	2: 02.37 min
4th	BRA	Ricardo Prado	2: 03.05 min
5	NZL	Gary Hurring	2: 03.10 min
6th	FRG	Nicolaj Klapkarek	2: 03.95 min
7th	ESP	Ricardo Aldabe	2: 04.53 min
8th	OUT	David Orbell	2: 04.67 min

100 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Steve Lundquist	1: 01.65 min ( WR / OR )
2	CAN	Victor Davis	1: 01.99 min
3	OUT	Peter Evans	1: 02.97 min
4th	GBR	Adrian Moorhouse	1: 03.25 min
5	United States	John Moffet	1: 03.29 min
6th	OUT	Brett Stocks	1: 03.49 min
7th	FRG	Gerald Mörken	1: 03.95 min
8th	ITA	Raffaele Avagnano	1: 04.11 min

200 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	CAN	Victor Davis	2: 13.34 min ( WR / OR )
2	OUT	Glenn Beringen	2: 15.79 min
3	SUI	Étienne Dagon	2: 17.41 min
4th	United States	Richard Schroeder	2: 18.03 min
5	CAN	Ken Fitzpatrick	2: 18.86 min
6th	COL	Pablo Restrepo	2: 18.96 min
7th	POR	Alexandre Yokochi	2: 20.69 min
	ITA	Marco del Prete	DQ

100 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	FRG	Michael Gross	53.08 s ( WR / OR )
2	United States	Pablo Morales	53.23 s
3	OUT	Glenn Buchanan	53.85 s
4th	VEN	Rafael Vidal	54.27 s
5	GBR	Andrew Jameson	54.28 s
6th	NZL	Anthony Mosse	54.93 s
7th	FRG	Andreas Behrend	54.95 s
8th	SWE	Bengt Baron	55.14 s

200 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	OUT	Jonathan Seven	1: 57.04 min ( WR / OR )
2	FRG	Michael Gross	1: 57.40 min
3	VEN	Rafael Vidal	1: 57.51 min
4th	United States	Pablo Morales	1: 57.75 min
5	NZL	Anthony Mosse	1: 58.75 min
6th	CAN	Tom Ponting	1: 59.37 min
7th	CAN	Peter Ward	2: 00.39 min
8th	United States	Patrick Kennedy	2: 01.03 min

200 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	CAN	Alexander Baumann	2: 01.42 min ( WR / OR )
2	United States	Pablo Morales	2: 03.05 min
3	GBR	Neil Cochran	2: 04.38 min
4th	GBR	Robin Brew	2: 04.52 min
5	United States	Steve Lundquist	2: 04.91 min
6th	JAM	Andrew Phillips	2: 05.60 min
7th	FRG	Nicolaj Klapkarek	2: 05.88 min
8th	FRG	Ralf Diegel	2: 06.66 min

400 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	CAN	Alexander Baumann	4: 17.41 min ( WR / OR )
2	BRA	Ricardo Prado	4: 18.46 min
3	OUT	Robert Woodhouse	4: 20.50 min
4th	United States	Jesse Vassallo	4: 21.46 min
5	ITA	Maurizio Divano	4: 22.76 min
6th	United States	Jeff Kostoff	4: 23.28 min
7th	GBR	Stephen Poulter	4: 25.80 min
8th	ITA	Giovanni Franceschi	4: 26.05 min

4 × 100 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Christopher Cavanaugh Michael Heath Matt Biondi Rowdy Gaines	3: 19.03 min ( WR / OR )
2	OUT	Gregory Fasala Neil Brooks Michael William Delany Mark Stockwell	3: 19.68 min
3	SWE	Thomas Lejdström Bengt Baron Mikael Örn Per Johansson	3: 22.69 min
4th	FRG	Dirk Korthals Andreas Schmidt Alexander Schowtka Michael Groß	3: 22.98 min
5	GBR	David Lowe Roland Lee Paul Easter Richard Burrell	3: 23.61 min
6th	FRA	Stéphan Caron Laurent Neuville Dominique Bataille Bruno Lesaffre	3: 24.63 min
7th	CAN	David Churchill Blair Hicken Alex Baumann Sandy Goss	3: 24.70 min
8th	ITA	Marcello Guarducci Marco Colombo Metello Savino Fabrizio Rampazzo	3: 24.97 min

4 × 200 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Michael Heath David Larson Jeffrey Float Bruce Hayes	7: 15.69 min ( WR / OR )
2	FRG	Thomas Fahrner Dirk Korthals Alexander Schowtka Michael Groß	7: 15.73 min
3	GBR	Neil Cochran Paul Easter Paul Howe Andrew Astbury	7: 24.78 min
4th	OUT	Peter Dale Justin Lviv Ron McKeon Graeme Brewer	7: 25.63 min
5	CAN	Sandy Goss Wayne Kelly Peter Szmidt Alex Baumann	7: 26.51 min
6th	SWE	Michael Söderlund Tommy Werner Anders Holmertz Thomas Lejdström	7: 26.53 min
7th	NED	Hans Kroes Peter Drost Edsard Schlingemann Frank Drost	7: 26.72 min
8th	FRA	Stéphan Caron Dominique Bataille Michel Pou Pierre Andraca	7: 30.16 min

4 × 100 m layers

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Rick Carey Steve Lundquist Pablo Morales Rowdy Gaines	3: 39.30 min ( WR / OR )
2	CAN	Mike West Victor Davis Tom Ponting Sandy Goss	3: 43.23 min
3	OUT	Mark Kerry Peter Evans Glenn Buchanan Mark Stockwell	3: 43.25 min
4th	FRG	Stefan Peter Gerald Mörken Michael Groß Dirk Korthals	3: 44.26 min
5	SWE	Bengt Baron Peter Berggren Thomas Lejdström Per Johansson	3: 47.13 min
6th	GBR	Neil Harper Adrian Moorhouse Andy Jameson Richard Burrell	3: 47.39 min
7th	SUI	Patrick Ferland Étienne Dagon Theophile David Dano Halsall	3: 47.93 min
	JPN	Daichi Suzuki Shigehiro Takahashi Taihei Saka Hiroshi Sakamoto	DQ

Women

100 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Carrie Steinseifer	55.92 s
	United States	Nancy Hogshead	55.92 s
3	NED	Annemarie Verstappen	56.08 s
4th	NED	Conny van Bentum	56.43 s
5	OUT	Michelle Pearson	56.83 s
6th	FRG	Susanne Schuster	56.90 s
7th	GBR	June Croft	57.11 s
8th	OUT	Angela Russell	58.09 s

200 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Mary Wayte	1: 59.23 min
2	United States	Cynthia Woodhead	1: 59.50 min
3	NED	Annemarie Verstappen	1: 59.69 min
4th	OUT	Michelle Pearson	1: 59.79 min
5	NED	Conny van Bentum	2: 00.59 min
6th	GBR	June Croft	2: 00.64 min
7th	FRG	Ina Beyermann	2: 01.89 min
8th	OUT	Anna McVann	2: 02.87 min

400 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Tiffany Cohen	4: 07.10 min ( OR )
2	GBR	Sarah Hardcastle	4: 10.27 min
3	GBR	June Croft	4: 11.49 min
4th	United States	Kim Linehan	4: 12.26 min
5	OUT	Anna McVann	4: 13.95 min
6th	NED	Jolande van der Meer	4: 16.05 min
7th	FRG	Birgit Kowalczik	4: 16.33 min
8th	CAN	Julie Daigneault	4: 16.41 min

800 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Tiffany Cohen	8: 24.95 min ( OR )
2	United States	Michele Richardson	8: 30.73 min
3	GBR	Sarah Hardcastle	8: 32.60 min
4th	OUT	Anna McVann	8: 37.94 min
5	ITA	Carla Lasi	8: 42.45 min
6th	NED	Jolande van der Meer	8: 42.86 min
7th	ITA	Monica Olmi	8: 47.32 min
8th	CAN	Karen Ward	8: 48.12 min

100 m chest

space	country	Athlete	time
1	NED	Petra van Staveren	1: 09.88 min ( OR )
2	CAN	Anne Ottenbrite	1: 10.69 min
3	FRA	Catherine Poirot	1: 10.70 min
4th	United States	Tracy Caulkins	1: 10.88 min
5	SWE	Eva-Marie Håkansson	1: 11.14 min
6th	JPN	Hiroko Nagasaki	1: 11.33 min
7th	United States	Susan Rapp	1: 11.45 min
8th	GBR	Jean Hill	1: 11.82 min

200 m chest

space	country	Athlete	time
1	CAN	Anne Ottenbrite	2: 30.38 min
2	United States	Susan Rapp	2: 31.15 min
3	BEL	Ingrid Lempereur	2: 31.40 min
4th	JPN	Hiroko Nagasaki	2: 32.93 min
5	OUT	Sharon Kellett	2: 33.60 min
6th	FRG	Ute Hasse	2: 33.82 min
7th	GBR	Suki Brownsdon	2: 35.07 min
8th	United States	Kim Rhodenbaugh	2: 35.51 min

100 m butterfly

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Mary T. Meagher	59.26 s
2	United States	Jenna Johnson	1: 00.19 min
3	FRG	Karin Seick	1: 01.36 min
4th	NED	Annemarie Verstappen	1: 01.56 min
5	CAN	Michelle MacPherson	1: 01.58 min
6th	OUT	Janet Tibbits	1: 01.78 min
7th	NED	Conny van Bentum	1: 01.94 min
8th	FRG	Ina Beyermann	1: 02.11 min

200 m butterfly

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Mary T. Meagher	2: 06.90 min ( OR )
2	OUT	Karen Phillips	2: 10.56 min
3	FRG	Ina Beyermann	2: 11.91 min
4th	United States	Nancy Hogshead	2: 11.98 min
5	GBR	Samantha Purvis	2: 12.33 min
6th	JPN	Naoko Kume	2: 12.57 min
7th	AUT	Sonja Hausladen	2: 15.38 min
8th	NED	Conny van Bentum	2: 17.39 min

100 m back

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Theresa Andrews	1: 02.55 min
2	United States	Betsy Mitchell	1: 02.63 min
3	NED	Jolanda de Rover	1: 02.91 min
4th	ROME	Carmen Bunaciu	1: 03.21 min
5	ROME	Aneta Pătrășcoiu	1: 03.29 min
6th	FRG	Svenja Schlicht	1: 03.46 min
7th	GBR	Beverley Rose	1: 04.16 min
8th	NZL	Carmel Clark	1: 04.47 min

200 m back

space	country	Athlete	time
1	NED	Jolanda de Rover	2: 12.38 min
2	United States	Amy White	2: 13.04 min
3	ROME	Aneta Pătrășcoiu	2: 13.29 min
4th	OUT	Georgina Parkes	2: 14.37 min
5	United States	Tori Trees	2: 15.73 min
6th	FRG	Svenja Schlicht	2: 15.93 min
7th	ROME	Carmen Bunaciu	2: 16.15 min
8th	NZL	Carmel Clark	2: 17.89 min

200 m layers

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Tracy Caulkins	2: 12.64 min ( OR )
2	United States	Nancy Hogshead	2: 15.17 min
3	OUT	Michele Pearson	2: 15.92 min

400 m layers

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Tracy Caulkins	4: 39.24 min
2	OUT	Suzanne Landells	4: 48.30 min
3	FRG	Petra Zindler	4: 48.57 min

4 × 100 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Jenna Johnson Carrie Steinseifer Dara Torres Nancy Hogshead	3: 43.43 min
2	NED	Annemarie Verstappen Elles Voskes Desi Reijers Conny van Bentum	3: 44.40 min
3	FRG	Iris Zscherpe Susanne Schuster Christiane Pielke Karin Seick	3: 45.56 min

4 × 100 m layers

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Theresa Andrews Tracy Caulkins Mary T. Meagher Nancy Hogshead	4: 08.34 min
2	FRG	Svenja Schlicht Ute Hasse Ina Beyermann Karin Seick	4: 11.97 min
3	CAN	Reema Abdo Anne Ottenbrite Michelle MacPherson Pamela Rai	4: 12.98 min

Synchronized swimming

singles

space	country	Athlete	Points
1	United States	Tracie Ruiz	198.467
2	CAN	Carolyn Waldo	195,300
3	JPN	Miwako Motoyoshi	187,050

duet

space	country	Athletes	Points
1	United States	Candy Costie Tracie Ruiz	195,584
2	CAN	Sharon Hambrook Kelly Kryczka	194.234
3	JPN	Saeko Kimura Miwako Motoyoshi	187,992