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Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley

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Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueMcDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date30 July 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors24 from 20 nations
Winning time4:17.41 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alex Baumann  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ricardo Prado  Brazil
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Robert Woodhouse  Australia
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The final of the men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 30, 1984.[1] 24 athletes participated in the heats, with the fastest eight qualifying for the final.

Records

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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
30 July Heat 3 Alex Baumann  Canada 4:22.46 OR
30 July Final A Alex Baumann  Canada 4:17.41 WR

Results

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Heats

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Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Alex Baumann  Canada 4:22.46 Q, OR
2 3 5 Jeff Kostoff  United States 4:22.55 Q
3 1 4 Giovanni Franceschi  Italy 4:23.03 Q
4 2 4 Ricardo Prado  Brazil 4:23.31 Q
5 1 5 Maurizio Divano  Italy 4:23.61 Q
6 2 5 Jesse Vassallo  United States 4:23.82 Q
7 3 3 Rob Woodhouse  Australia 4:24.85 Q, OC
8 3 6 Stephen Poulter  Great Britain 4:25.38 Q, NR
9 2 3 Ralf Diegel  West Germany 4:28.10 q
10 2 6 Arne Borgstrøm  Norway 4:28.37 q
11 2 7 Andrew Phillips  Jamaica 4:29.43 q, NR
12 1 3 Peter Dobson  Canada 4:29.61 q
13 1 2 Shinji Ito  Japan 4:30.52 q
14 1 6 Stuart Willmott  Great Britain 4:32.90 q
15 2 2 Anders Peterson  Sweden 4:32.93 q
16 3 7 Yoram Kochavy  Israel 4:35.70 q, NR
17 1 7 Scott Newkirk  Virgin Islands 4:48.15
18 2 1 Jairulla Jaitulla  Philippines 4:51.24
19 3 1 Harry Wozniak  Barbados 4:53.87
20 1 1 Ng Wing Hon  Hong Kong 4:58.98
21 2 8 Julian Bolling  Sri Lanka 5:02.88
22 3 8 Wu Ming Hsun  Hong Kong 5:02.94
23 1 8 Juan José Piro  Honduras 5:15.68
3 2 Rafael Escalas  Spain DNS

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
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

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Alex Baumann  Canada 4:17.41 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Ricardo Prado  Brazil 4:18.45 SA
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. pp. 513–514. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
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