Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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Venue	McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Dates	July 29 – August 4, 1984
No. of events	29
Competitors	494 from 67 nations

The swimming competitions of the 1984 Summer Olympics were held at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium, located on the University of Southern California (USC) campus. There were a total of 494 participants from 67 countries competing.^[1]^[2]

This was the first Olympic Games at which only two swimmers per country, per event, were permitted; previously, three swimmers were allowed and many countries would sweep the medal stand. In addition, the 200-metre individual medley for both men and women returned to the program from a twelve-year absence, following a proposal by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOC).^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	21	13	0	34
2	Canada (CAN)	4	3	3	10
3	West Germany (FRG)	2	3	6	11
4	Netherlands (NED)	2	1	3	6
5	Australia (AUS)	1	5	6	12
6	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	4	5
7	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
8	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	0	1
9	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2
10	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
	Romania (ROM)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
	Venezuela (VEN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		30	28	29	87

Medal summary

Men's events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Rowdy Gaines United States	49.80 OR	Mark Stockwell Australia	50.24	Per Johansson Sweden	50.31
200 m freestyle	Michael Gross West Germany	1:47.44 WR	Mike Heath United States	1:49.10	Thomas Fahrner West Germany	1:49.69
400 m freestyle	George DiCarlo United States	3:51.23	John Mykkanen United States	3:51.49	Justin Lemberg Australia	3:51.79
1500 m freestyle	Mike O'Brien United States	15:05.20	George DiCarlo United States	15:10.59	Stefan Pfeiffer West Germany	15:12.11
100 m backstroke	Rick Carey United States	55.79	Dave Wilson United States	56.35	Mike West Canada	56.49
200 m backstroke	Rick Carey United States	2:00.23	Frédéric Delcourt France	2:01.75	Cameron Henning Canada	2:02.37
100 m breaststroke	Steve Lundquist United States	1:01.65 WR	Victor Davis Canada	1:01.99	Peter Evans Australia	1:02.97
200 m breaststroke	Victor Davis Canada	2:13.34 WR	Glenn Beringen Australia	2:15.79	Étienne Dagon Switzerland	2:17.41
100 m butterfly	Michael Gross West Germany	53.08 WR	Pablo Morales United States	53.23	Glenn Buchanan Australia	53.85
200 m butterfly	Jon Sieben Australia	1:57.04 WR	Michael Gross West Germany	1:57.40	Rafael Vidal Venezuela	1:57.51
200 m individual medley	Alex Baumann Canada	2:01.42 WR	Pablo Morales United States	2:03.05	Neil Cochran Great Britain	2:04.38
400 m individual medley	Alex Baumann Canada	4:17.41 WR	Ricardo Prado Brazil	4:18.45	Rob Woodhouse Australia	4:20.50
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Chris Cavanaugh Mike Heath Matt Biondi Rowdy Gaines Tom Jager* Robin Leamy*	3:19.03 WR	Australia (AUS) Greg Fasala Neil Brooks Michael Delany Mark Stockwell	3:19.68	Sweden (SWE) Thomas Lejdström Per Johansson Bengt Baron Mikael Örn Rikard Milton* Michael Söderlund*	3:22.69
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Mike Heath David Larson Jeff Float Bruce Hayes Geoff Gaberino* Richard Saeger*	7:15.69 WR	West Germany (FRG) Thomas Fahrner Dirk Korthals Alexander Schowtka Michael Gross Rainer Henkel*	7:15.73	Great Britain (GBR) Neil Cochran Paul Easter Paul Howe Andrew Astbury	7:24.78
4 × 100 m medley relay	United States (USA) Rick Carey Steve Lundquist Pablo Morales Rowdy Gaines Dave Wilson* Richard Schroeder* Mike Heath* Tom Jager*	3:39.30 WR	Canada (CAN) Mike West Victor Davis Tom Ponting Sandy Goss	3:43.23	Australia (AUS) Mark Kerry Peter Evans Glenn Buchanan Mark Stockwell Jon Sieben* Neil Brooks*	3:43.25

* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women's events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Carrie Steinseifer United States	55.92	none awarded		Annemarie Verstappen Netherlands	56.08
100 m freestyle	Nancy Hogshead United States	55.92	none awarded		Annemarie Verstappen Netherlands	56.08
200 m freestyle	Mary Wayte United States	1:59.23	Cynthia Woodhead United States	1:59.50	Annemarie Verstappen Netherlands	1:59.69
400 m freestyle	Tiffany Cohen United States	4:07.10 OR	Sarah Hardcastle Great Britain	4:10.29	June Croft Great Britain	4:11.49
800 m freestyle	Tiffany Cohen United States	8:24.95 OR	Michele Richardson United States	8:30.73	Sarah Hardcastle Great Britain	8:32.60
100 m backstroke	Theresa Andrews United States	1:02.55	Betsy Mitchell United States	1:02.63	Jolanda de Rover Netherlands	1:02.91
200 m backstroke	Jolanda de Rover Netherlands	2:12.38	Amy White United States	2:13.04	Anca Patrascoiu Romania	2:13.29
100 m breaststroke	Petra van Staveren Netherlands	1:09.88 OR	Anne Ottenbrite Canada	1:10.69	Catherine Poirot France	1:10.70
200 m breaststroke	Anne Ottenbrite Canada	2:30.38	Susan Rapp United States	2:31.15	Ingrid Lempereur Belgium	2:31.40
100 m butterfly	Mary T. Meagher United States	59.26	Jenna Johnson United States	1:00.19	Karin Seick West Germany	1:01.36
200 m butterfly	Mary T. Meagher United States	2:06.90 OR	Karen Phillips Australia	2:10.56	Ina Beyermann West Germany	2:11.91
200 m individual medley	Tracy Caulkins United States	2:12.64 OR	Nancy Hogshead United States	2:15.17	Michelle Pearson Australia	2:15.92
400 m individual medley	Tracy Caulkins United States	4:39.24	Suzanne Landells Australia	4:48.30	Petra Zindler West Germany	4:48.57
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Jenna Johnson Carrie Steinseifer Dara Torres Nancy Hogshead Jill Sterkel* Mary Wayte*	3:43.43	Netherlands (NED) Annemarie Verstappen Desi Reijers Elles Voskes Conny van Bentum Wilma van Velsen*	3:44.40	West Germany (FRG) Iris Zscherpe Susanne Schuster Christiane Pielke Karin Seick	3:45.56
4 × 100 m medley relay	United States (USA) Theresa Andrews Tracy Caulkins Mary T. Meagher Nancy Hogshead Betsy Mitchell* Susan Rapp* Jenna Johnson* Carrie Steinseifer*	4:08.34	West Germany (FRG) Svenja Schlicht Ute Hasse Ina Beyermann Karin Seick	4:11.97	Canada (CAN) Reema Abdo Anne Ottenbrite Michelle MacPherson Pamela Rai	4:12.98

*Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Participating nations

494 swimmers from 67 nations competed.^[1]

Argentina (6)
Australia (31)
Austria (6)
Bahamas (2)
Bahrain (2)
Barbados (1)
Belgium (4)
Bermuda (1)
Brazil (7)
Canada (37)
China (14)
Chinese Taipei (5)
Colombia (1)
Costa Rica (1)

Denmark (3)
Egypt (8)
El Salvador (2)
Fiji (3)
Finland (2)
France (16)
Great Britain (33)
Greece (3)
Guatemala (6)
Honduras (6)
Hong Kong (8)
Iceland (4)
Indonesia (1)

Ireland (2)
Israel (3)
Italy (26)
Jamaica (4)
Japan (22)
Kuwait (5)
Lebanon (4)
Malaysia (1)
Mexico (12)
Monaco (1)
Mozambique (2)
Netherlands (16)
Netherlands Antilles (3)

New Zealand (8)
Norway (3)
Panama (1)
Peru (5)
Philippines (4)
Portugal (2)
Puerto Rico (5)
Romania (2)
San Marino (2)
Singapore (4)
South Korea (3)
Spain (8)
Sri Lanka (1)

References

1 2 "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
↑ "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
↑ "Los Angeles 1984 Synchronized Swimming - Olympic Results by Discipline".
↑ Sports Reference
↑ Bean, Dawn Pawson (4 March 2005). Synchronized Swimming: An American History. ISBN 9780786419487.
↑ Sports Reference

External links

1984 Summer Olympics history: swimming from http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/; retrieved 2015-06-22.

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[SportsRef-1] 1 2 "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

[2] "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-17.

[3] "Los Angeles 1984 Synchronized Swimming - Olympic Results by Discipline".

[4] Sports Reference

[5] Bean, Dawn Pawson (4 March 2005). Synchronized Swimming: An American History. ISBN 9780786419487.

[6] Sports Reference

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