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200 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	29 July 1984
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Swim Stadium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Participants	56 from 36 countries

Michael Groß had been European Swimmer of the Year in 1982-83, and would win that as well in 1984-86, and was the 1982 World Champion in this event. He also held the world record, setting that twice in 1983, and better it again in June 1984 with 1:47.55 in Munich. At 202 cm (6-7½), with a huge wingspan, he was dubbed “The Albatross” and was expected to win this event easily. He led the preliminary round with 1:48.03, but slowed dramatically in the final 100, and some wondered if perhaps he was not at his strongest. But that had simply been Groß saving himself for the final. American Mike Heath was close at 50 metres but that was it. Groß pulled away on each lap to win in 1:47.44, a new world record, and well ahead of Heath in second, with Groß’s teammate Thomas Fahrner taking bronze, despite a fast finish that almost caught Heath.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	B Final	Final
1	Michael Groß	FRG	1:48.03 (1 h7)	–	1:47.44 (1)	Gold
2	Mike Heath	USA	1:49.87 (1 h6)	–	1:49.10 (2)	Silver
3	Thomas Fahrner	FRG	1:50.00 (1 h4)	–	1:49.69 (3)	Bronze
4	Jeff Float	USA	1:50.95 (1 h5)	–	1:50.18 (4)
5	Alberto Mestre	VEN	1:50.73 (1 h3)	–	1:50.23 (5)
6	Frank Drost	NED	1:51.32 (2 h5)	–	1:51.62 (6)
7	Marco Dell'Uomo	ITA	1:51.67 (2 h7)	–	1:52.20 (7)
8	Peter Dale	AUS	1:51.42 (1 h1)	–	1:53.84 (8)
9	Paul Easter	GBR	1:51.80 (1 h2)	1:51.70 (1)	–
10	Juan Carlos Vallejo	ESP	1:51.97 (3 h5)	1:51.77 (2)	–
11	Hans Kroes	NED	1:52.37 (2 h2)	1:52.36 (3)	–
12	Anders Holmertz	SWE	1:51.70 (2 h4)	1:52.44 (4)	–
13	Carlos Scanavino	URU	1:52.70 (3 h6)	1:52.54 (5)	–
14	Peter Szmidt	CAN	1:52.48 (2 h1)	1:52.56 (6)	–
15	Andy Astbury	GBR	1:52.01 (2 h3)	1:53.02 (7)	–
16	Thomas Lejdström	SWE	1:51.76 (2 h6)	1:53.63 (8)	–
17	Alex Baumann	CAN	1:51.76 (3 h4)	–	–		1
18	Justin Lemberg	AUS	1:52.73 (4 h5)	–	–
19	Borut Petrič	YUG	1:52.74 (3 h7)	–	–
20	Jorge Fernandes	BRA	1:53.03 (3 h3)	–	–
21	Cyro Delgado	BRA	1:53.22 (3 h2)	–	–
22	Paolo Revelli	ITA	1:53.46 (4 h2)	–	–
23	Franz Mortensen	DEN	1:54.09 (3 h1)	–	–
24	Anthony Mosse	NZL	1:54.12 (4 h6)	–	–
25	Stéfan Voléry	SUI	1:54.19 (4 h1)	–	–
26	Hiroshi Sakamoto	JPN	1:54.71 (4 h7)	–	–
27	Michael Miao	TPE	1:55.01 (5 h1)	–	–
28	Javier Miralpeix	ESP	1:55.25 (4 h3)	–	–
29	Jean-Marie François	VEN	1:55.28 (5 h6)	–	–
30	Darjan Petrič	YUG	1:55.68 (6 h1)	–	–
31	César Sánchez	MEX	1:55.82 (4 h4)	–	–
32	Gökhan Attaroğlu	TUR	1:55.92 (5 h3)	–	–
33	Shigeo Ogata	JPN	1:55.97 (5 h2)	–	–
34	Shen Jianqiang	CHN	1:56.08 (5 h7)	–	–
35	Mike Davidson	NZL	1:56.20 (5 h5)	–	–
36	Thierry Jacot	SUI	1:56.54 (6 h2)	–	–
37	Fernando Canales	PUR	1:56.60 (6 h7)	–	–
38	Evert Kroon	AHO	1:57.05 (6 h5)	–	–
39	William Wilson	PHI	1:57.18 (6 h3)	–	–
40	Sean Nottage	BAH	1:57.54 (7 h2)	–	–
41	Scott Newkirk	ISV	1:57.74 (6 h6)	–	–
42	Carlos Romo	MEX	1:58.77 (5 h4)	–	–
43	Fabián Ferrari	ARG	1:59.39 (6 h4)	–	–
44	Mohamed Youssef	EGY	1:59.71 (7 h7)	–	–
45	Erik Rosskopf	ISV	2:02.04 (7 h4)	–	–
46	Samuela Tupou	FIJ	2:02.22 (8 h2)	–	–
47	Ingi Jónsson	ISL	2:02.23 (7 h5)	–	–
48	Tsang Yi Ming	HKG	2:03.11 (7 h6)	–	–
49	Ng Wing Hon	HKG	2:03.66 (7 h3)	–	–
50	Roberto Granados	GUA	2:05.21 (8 h7)	–	–
51	Rodrigo Leal	GUA	2:05.96 (7 h1)	–	–
52	Juan José Pino	HON	2:12.51 (8 h1)	–	–
53	Trevor Ncala	SWZ	2:15.30 (8 h3)	–	–
54	Michele Piva	SMR	2:15.39 (8 h4)	–	–
55	Percy Sayegh	LBN	2:20.76 (8 h5)	–	–
56	Rami Kantari	LBN	2:25.43 (8 h6)	–	–

Round One (29 July 1984 — 9:50)

Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	5	Peter Dale	AUS	26.33 (2) 27.69 (1)	54.02 (1) 28.55 (1)	1:22.57 (1) 28.85 (3)	1:51.42	Q
2	4	Peter Szmidt	CAN	26.75 (4) 28.65 (3)	55.40 (4) 28.87 (2)	1:24.27 (3) 28.21 (1)	1:52.48	q
3	6	Franz Mortensen	DEN	26.44 (3) 28.29 (2)	54.73 (2) 29.20 (3)	1:23.93 (2) 30.16 (6)	1:54.09
4	2	Stéfan Voléry	SUI	26.23 (1) 28.77 (4)	55.00 (3) 29.76 (5)	1:24.76 (4) 29.43 (5)	1:54.19
5	7	Michael Miao	TPE	27.13 (5) 29.22 (6)	56.35 (5) 30.08 (6)	1:26.43 (6) 28.58 (2)	1:55.01
6	3	Darjan Petrič	YUG	27.73 (6) 29.17 (5)	56.90 (6) 29.52 (4)	1:26.42 (5) 29.26 (4)	1:55.68
7	1	Rodrigo Leal	GUA	27.96 (7) 30.31 (7)	58.27 (7) 33.69 (7)	1:31.96 (7) 34.00 (7)	2:05.96
8	8	Juan José Pino	HON	28.83 (8) 32.27 (8)	1:01.10 (8) 34.84 (8)	1:35.94 (8) 36.57 (8)	2:12.51

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	3	Paul Easter	GBR	26.61 (4) 28.25 (1)	54.86 (3) 28.89 (1)	1:23.75 (1) 28.05 (1)	1:51.80	q
2	5	Hans Kroes	NED	26.22 (2) 28.66 (4)	54.88 (4) 29.11 (2)	1:23.99 (2) 28.38 (2)	1:52.37	q
3	8	Cyro Delgado	BRA	26.15 (1) 28.45 (3)	54.60 (1) 29.50 (4)	1:24.10 (3) 29.12 (3)	1:53.22
4	4	Paolo Revelli	ITA	26.37 (3) 28.40 (2)	54.77 (2) 29.46 (3)	1:24.23 (4) 29.23 (4)	1:53.46
5	6	Shigeo Ogata	JPN	27.15 (7) 28.77 (5)	55.92 (5) 29.84 (5)	1:25.76 (5) 30.21 (7)	1:55.97
6	2	Thierry Jacot	SUI	26.98 (5) 29.15 (6)	56.13 (6) 30.36 (6)	1:26.49 (6) 30.05 (5)	1:56.54
7	7	Sean Nottage	BAH	26.99 (6) 29.89 (7)	56.88 (7) 30.48 (7)	1:27.36 (7) 30.18 (6)	1:57.54
8	1	Samuela Tupou	FIJ	27.99 (8) 30.46 (8)	58.45 (8) 31.25 (8)	1:29.70 (8) 32.52 (8)	2:02.22

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Alberto Mestre	VEN	25.68 (1) 27.68 (1)	53.36 (1) 28.55 (2)	1:21.91 (1) 28.82 (1)	1:50.73	Q
2	5	Andy Astbury	GBR	26.77 (4) 28.16 (2)	54.93 (2) 28.25 (1)	1:23.18 (2) 28.83 (2)	1:52.01	q
3	3	Jorge Fernandes	BRA	26.65 (2) 28.46 (3)	55.11 (3) 28.90 (3)	1:24.01 (3) 29.02 (3)	1:53.03
4	6	Javier Miralpeix	ESP	26.70 (3) 28.53 (4)	55.23 (4) 29.73 (4)	1:24.96 (4) 30.29 (5)	1:55.25
5	2	Gökhan Attaroğlu	TUR	27.39 (6) 28.81 (5)	56.20 (5) 30.12 (5)	1:26.32 (5) 29.60 (4)	1:55.92
6	7	William Wilson	PHI	27.08 (5) 29.27 (6)	56.35 (6) 30.13 (6)	1:26.48 (6) 30.70 (6)	1:57.18
7	1	Ng Wing Hon	HKG	28.41 (8) 30.49 (7)	58.90 (7) 32.32 (7)	1:31.22 (7) 32.44 (7)	2:03.66
8	8	Trevor Ncala	SWZ	27.82 (7) 31.94 (8)	59.76 (8) 37.38 (8)	1:37.14 (8) 38.16 (8)	2:15.30

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Thomas Fahrner	FRG	26.51 (1) 27.80 (1)	54.31 (1) 28.14 (1)	1:22.45 (1) 27.55 (1)	1:50.00	Q
2	5	Anders Holmertz	SWE	27.07 (3) 27.97 (2)	55.04 (2) 28.78 (3)	1:23.82 (2) 27.88 (2)	1:51.70	q
3	3	Alex Baumann	CAN	26.89 (2) 28.50 (3)	55.39 (3) 28.47 (2)	1:23.86 (3) 27.90 (3)	1:51.76	q
4	7	César Sánchez	MEX	27.11 (4) 28.91 (4)	56.02 (4) 29.82 (4)	1:25.84 (4) 29.98 (4)	1:55.82
5	2	Carlos Romo	MEX	27.34 (5) 29.25 (5)	56.59 (5) 30.82 (6)	1:27.41 (5) 31.36 (6)	1:58.77
6	6	Fabián Ferrari	ARG	28.01 (7) 29.80 (6)	57.81 (6) 30.62 (5)	1:28.43 (6) 30.96 (5)	1:59.39
7	1	Erik Rosskopf	ISV	27.43 (6) 30.44 (7)	57.87 (7) 32.42 (7)	1:30.29 (7) 31.75 (7)	2:02.04
8	8	Michele Piva	SMR	29.99 (8) 33.19 (8)	1:03.18 (8) 35.97 (8)	1:39.15 (8) 36.24 (8)	2:15.39

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Jeff Float	USA	26.47 (3) 28.02 (1)	54.49 (1) 28.23 (1)	1:22.72 (1) 28.23 (3)	1:50.95	Q
2	3	Frank Drost	NED	26.44 (2) 28.34 (3)	54.78 (2) 28.34 (2)	1:23.12 (2) 28.20 (2)	1:51.32	Q
3	6	Juan Carlos Vallejo	ESP	26.37 (1) 28.64 (4)	55.01 (4) 28.96 (4)	1:23.97 (4) 28.00 (1)	1:51.97	q
4	5	Justin Lemberg	AUS	26.77 (4) 28.23 (2)	55.00 (3) 28.73 (3)	1:23.73 (3) 29.00 (4)	1:52.73
5	2	Mike Davidson	NZL	27.63 (6) 29.17 (5)	56.80 (6) 29.91 (5)	1:26.71 (5) 29.49 (5)	1:56.20
6	7	Evert Kroon	AHO	27.05 (5) 29.71 (6)	56.76 (5) 30.31 (6)	1:27.07 (6) 29.98 (6)	1:57.05
7	1	Ingi Jónsson	ISL	28.54 (7) 30.44 (7)	58.98 (7) 31.44 (7)	1:30.42 (7) 31.81 (7)	2:02.23
8	8	Percy Sayegh	LBN	30.81 (8) 34.08 (8)	1:04.89 (8) 37.93 (8)	1:42.82 (8) 37.94 (8)	2:20.76

Heat Six

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Mike Heath	USA	26.31 (1) 27.52 (1)	53.83 (1) 27.91 (1)	1:21.74 (1) 28.13 (1)	1:49.87	Q
2	5	Thomas Lejdström	SWE	26.42 (2) 28.40 (4)	54.82 (2) 28.35 (2)	1:23.17 (2) 28.59 (2)	1:51.76	q
3	3	Carlos Scanavino	URU	26.80 (3) 28.28 (2)	55.08 (3) 28.77 (3)	1:23.85 (3) 28.85 (4)	1:52.70
4	2	Anthony Mosse	NZL	27.20 (5) 28.86 (5)	56.06 (5) 29.33 (5)	1:25.39 (5) 28.73 (3)	1:54.12
5	6	Jean-Marie François	VEN	26.94 (4) 28.37 (3)	55.31 (4) 29.26 (4)	1:24.57 (4) 30.71 (6)	1:55.28
6	7	Scott Newkirk	ISV	27.58 (6) 29.25 (6)	56.83 (6) 30.27 (6)	1:27.10 (6) 30.64 (5)	1:57.74
7	1	Tsang Yi Ming	HKG	28.17 (7) 30.76 (7)	58.93 (7) 32.43 (7)	1:31.36 (7) 31.75 (7)	2:03.11
8	8	Rami Kantari	LBN	30.37 (8) 36.12 (8)	1:06.49 (8) 39.06 (8)	1:45.55 (8) 39.88 (8)	2:25.43

Heat Seven

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Michael Groß	FRG	25.12 (1) 26.98 (1)	52.10 (1) 27.85 (1)	1:19.95 (1) 28.08 (1)	1:48.03	QOR
2	5	Marco Dell'Uomo	ITA	26.52 (4) 28.28 (3)	54.80 (3) 28.70 (2)	1:23.50 (3) 28.17 (2)	1:51.67	Q
3	3	Borut Petrič	YUG	26.49 (3) 28.13 (2)	54.62 (2) 28.81 (3)	1:23.43 (2) 29.31 (4)	1:52.74
4	2	Hiroshi Sakamoto	JPN	26.93 (6) 29.22 (5)	56.15 (5) 29.43 (4)	1:25.58 (4) 29.13 (3)	1:54.71
5	7	Shen Jianqiang	CHN	27.10 (7) 29.41 (6)	56.51 (6) 30.00 (5)	1:26.51 (6) 29.57 (5)	1:56.08
6	6	Fernando Canales	PUR	25.94 (2) 28.97 (4)	54.91 (4) 31.01 (7)	1:25.92 (5) 30.68 (6)	1:56.60
7	1	Mohamed Youssef	EGY	26.72 (5) 29.95 (7)	56.67 (7) 30.95 (6)	1:27.62 (7) 32.09 (7)	1:59.71
8	8	Roberto Granados	GUA	27.89 (8) 31.18 (8)	59.07 (8) 33.00 (8)	1:32.07 (8) 33.14 (8)	2:05.21

B Final (29 July 1984 — 17:05)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	3	Paul Easter	GBR	26.86 (4) 28.36 (3)	55.22 (2) 28.70 (1)	1:23.92 (2) 27.78 (2)	1:51.70
2	6	Juan Carlos Vallejo	ESP	26.60 (2) 28.65 (6)	55.25 (3) 28.82 (4)	1:24.07 (3) 27.70 (1)	1:51.77
3	7	Hans Kroes	NED	26.31 (1) 28.35 (2)	54.66 (1) 29.05 (7)	1:23.71 (1) 28.65 (8)	1:52.36
4	4	Anders Holmertz	SWE	26.96 (6) 28.56 (5)	55.52 (7) 28.71 (2)	1:24.23 (4) 28.21 (4)	1:52.44
5	8	Carlos Scanavino	URU	27.07 (7) 28.43 (4)	55.50 (5) 28.79 (3)	1:24.29 (5) 28.25 (5)	1:52.54
6	1	Peter Szmidt	CAN	26.92 (5) 28.67 (7)	55.59 (8) 29.01 (=5)	1:24.60 (7) 27.96 (3)	1:52.56
7	2	Andy Astbury	GBR	27.19 (8) 28.24 (1)	55.43 (4) 29.01 (=5)	1:24.44 (6) 28.58 (7)	1:53.02
8	5	Thomas Lejdström	SWE	26.64 (3) 28.87 (8)	55.51 (6) 29.64 (8)	1:25.15 (8) 28.48 (6)	1:53.63

Final (29 July 1984 — 16:55)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Michael Groß	FRG	25.70 (1) 27.44 (1)	53.14 (1) 27.13 (1)	1:20.27 (1) 27.17 (2)	1:47.44	WR
2	5	Mike Heath	USA	25.83 (3) 28.13 (6)	53.96 (3) 27.45 (2)	1:21.41 (2) 27.69 (3)	1:49.10
3	3	Thomas Fahrner	FRG	26.38 (6) 28.52 (8)	54.90 (8) 27.96 (3)	1:22.86 (5) 26.83 (1)	1:49.69
4	2	Jeff Float	USA	26.30 (5) 27.91 (2)	54.21 (4) 28.02 (4)	1:22.23 (3) 27.95 (=4)	1:50.18
5	6	Alberto Mestre	VEN	25.72 (2) 27.95 (3)	53.67 (2) 28.61 (5)	1:22.28 (4) 27.95 (=4)	1:50.23
6	7	Frank Drost	NED	26.17 (4) 28.05 (=4)	54.22 (5) 28.91 (6)	1:23.13 (6) 28.49 (7)	1:51.62
7	8	Marco Dell'Uomo	ITA	26.49 (7) 28.19 (7)	54.68 (=6) 29.15 (8)	1:23.83 (8) 28.37 (6)	1:52.20
8	1	Peter Dale	AUS	26.63 (8) 28.05 (=4)	54.68 (=6) 28.99 (7)	1:23.67 (7) 30.17 (8)	1:53.84