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200 metres Breaststroke, Men

Date	2 August 1984
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Swim Stadium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Participants	47 from 35 countries

Canadian Victor Davis had been world’s best in this event since 1982, when he won the World Championships in Ecuador in world record time. He bettered that mark at the 1984 Canadian Olympic Trials in Etobicoke, Ontario. The final was a coronation for him, and was ¼-second ahead at 50 metres, increasing the lead on every lap. He finished in 2:13.34, over one second ahead of his world record, and almost 2½ seconds ahead of silver medalist Glenn Beringen of Australia. The bronze went to Swiss swimmer Étienne Dagon as the US men swimmers were shut out of the medals for one of only three events on the Los Angeles swimming program (also the 200 fly and 400 IM).

In November 1989 Davis was killed when struck by a car outside a Montréal bar. His ashes were placed in quart of water from lane five of the Olympic pool, where he had won his gold medal, and they were then cast into the sea.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	B Final	Final
1	81	Victor Davis	CAN	2:18.20 (1 h7)	–	2:13.34 (1)	Gold
2	8	Glenn Beringen	AUS	2:17.29 (1 h6)	–	2:15.79 (2)	Silver
3	416	Étienne Dagon	SUI	2:18.95 (2 h7)	–	2:17.41 (3)	Bronze
4	481	Rich Schroeder	USA	2:19.23 (1 h4)	–	2:18.03 (4)
5	85	Ken Fitzpatrick	CAN	2:19.74 (1 h1)	–	2:18.86 (5)
6	134	Pablo Restrepo	COL	2:19.77 (1 h5)	–	2:18.96 (6)
7	–	Alexandre Yokochi	POR	2:19.76 (2 h4)	–	2:20.69 (7)
8	306	Marco Del Prete	ITA	2:18.90 (1 h3)	–	– (DQ)
9	231	Adrian Moorhouse	GBR	2:19.83 (2 h6)	2:18.83 (1)	–
10	186	Thierry Pata	FRA	2:20.14 (3 h7)	2:20.05 (2)	–
11	220	Iain Campbell	GBR	2:20.78 (2 h3)	2:20.62 (3)	–
12	352	Shigehiro Takahashi	JPN	2:19.98 (1 h2)	2:20.93 (4)	–
13	169	Enrique Romero	ESP	2:21.25 (2 h5)	2:21.19 (5)	–
14	–	Thomas Böhm	AUT	2:22.17 (3 h4)	2:22.09 (6)	–
15	354	Kenji Watanabe	JPN	2:22.33 (3 h6)	2:22.29 (7)	–
16	395	Manuel Gutiérrez	PAN	2:23.02 (2 h2)	2:23.13 (8)	–
17	16	Peter Evans	AUS	2:21.21 (2 h1)	–	–		1
18	298	Raffaele Avagnano	ITA	2:22.90 (4 h4)	–	–
19	205	Gerald Mörken	FRG	2:22.99 (3 h5)	–	–
20	375	Eduardo Morillo	MEX	2:23.72 (3 h1)	–	–
21	182	Christophe Deneuville	FRA	2:24.54 (3 h2)	–	–
22	203	Peter Lang	FRG	2:24.60 (4 h7)	–	–
23	291	Eyal Shtigman	ISR	2:24.93 (4 h6)	–	–
24	386	Jan-Erick Olsen	NOR	2:25.75 (4 h2)	–	–
25	–	Francisco Guanco	PHI	2:26.12 (5 h2)	–	–
26	117	Jin Fu	CHN	2:26.34 (4 h5)	–	–
27	176	Martti Järventaus	FIN	2:26.96 (4 h1)	–	–
28	388	Brett Austin	NZL	2:27.25 (5 h6)	–	–
29	135	Andrey Aguilar	CRC	2:27.69 (5 h4)	–	–
30	42	Gerhard Prohaska	AUT	2:27.85 (5 h1)	–	–
31	493	Jorge Henao	VEN	2:28.03 (6 h4)	–	–
32	443	Paul Newallo	TTO	2:28.88 (3 h3)	–	–
33	397	Óscar Ortigosa	PER	2:29.73 (4 h3)	–	–
34	3	Julio César Falón	ARG	2:30.40 (5 h7)	–	–
35	400	Jairulla Jaitulla	PHI	2:30.87 (5 h5)	–	–
36	48	Victor Ruberry	BER	2:31.48 (6 h7)	–	–
37	287	Tryggvi Helgason	ISL	2:32.03 (5 h3)	–	–
38	261	Michael Watt	HKG	2:32.13 (6 h6)	–	–
39	144	Ayman Nadim	EGY	2:33.17 (7 h7)	–	–
40	256	Fernando Marroquín	GUA	2:35.21 (7 h6)	–	–
41	362	Ahmad Al-Hahdoud	KUW	2:37.63 (7 h4)	–	–
42	283	David Galo	HON	2:37.65 (6 h1)	–	–
43	–	Brian Farlow	ISV	2:37.87 (7 h1)	–	–
44	–	Harrell Woolard	ISV	2:45.68 (6 h5)	–	–
DQ	56	Luiz Carvalho	BRA	– (DQ h2)	–	–
DQ	289	Árni Sigurðsson	ISL	– (DQ h2)	–	–
DQ	422	Felix Morf	SUI	– (DQ h5)	–	–
DNS	367	Amine El-Domyati	LBN	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNS	475	John Moffet	USA	– (DNS h2)	–	–

Round One

Date	2 August 1984 — 9:45
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Glenn Beringen	AUS	2:17.29	Q
2	–	Victor Davis	CAN	2:18.20	Q
3	–	Marco Del Prete	ITA	2:18.90	Q
4	–	Étienne Dagon	SUI	2:18.95	Q
5	–	Rich Schroeder	USA	2:19.23	Q
6	–	Ken Fitzpatrick	CAN	2:19.74	Q
7	–	Alexandre Yokochi	POR	2:19.76	Q
8	–	Pablo Restrepo	COL	2:19.77	Q
9	–	Adrian Moorhouse	GBR	2:19.83	q
10	–	Shigehiro Takahashi	JPN	2:19.98	q
11	–	Thierry Pata	FRA	2:20.14	q
12	–	Iain Campbell	GBR	2:20.78	q
13	–	Peter Evans	AUS	2:21.21	q
14	–	Enrique Romero	ESP	2:21.25	q
15	–	Thomas Böhm	AUT	2:22.17	q
16	–	Kenji Watanabe	JPN	2:22.33	q
17	–	Raffaele Avagnano	ITA	2:22.90
18	–	Gerald Mörken	FRG	2:22.99
19	–	Manuel Gutiérrez	PAN	2:23.02
20	–	Eduardo Morillo	MEX	2:23.72
21	–	Christophe Deneuville	FRA	2:24.54
22	–	Peter Lang	FRG	2:24.60
23	–	Eyal Shtigman	ISR	2:24.93
24	–	Jan-Erick Olsen	NOR	2:25.75
25	–	Francisco Guanco	PHI	2:26.12
26	–	Jin Fu	CHN	2:26.34
27	–	Martti Järventaus	FIN	2:26.96
28	–	Brett Austin	NZL	2:27.25
29	–	Andrey Aguilar	CRC	2:27.69
30	–	Gerhard Prohaska	AUT	2:27.85
31	–	Jorge Henao	VEN	2:28.03
32	–	Paul Newallo	TTO	2:28.88
33	–	Óscar Ortigosa	PER	2:29.73
34	–	Julio César Falón	ARG	2:30.40
35	–	Jairulla Jaitulla	PHI	2:30.87
36	–	Victor Ruberry	BER	2:31.48
37	–	Tryggvi Helgason	ISL	2:32.03
38	–	Michael Watt	HKG	2:32.13
39	–	Ayman Nadim	EGY	2:33.17
40	–	Fernando Marroquín	GUA	2:35.21
41	–	Ahmad Al-Hahdoud	KUW	2:37.63
42	–	David Galo	HON	2:37.65
43	–	Brian Farlow	ISV	2:37.87
44	–	Harrell Woolard	ISV	2:45.68
DQ	–	Luiz Carvalho	BRA	–
DQ	–	Árni Sigurðsson	ISL	–
DQ	–	Felix Morf	SUI	–
DNS	–	Amine El-Domyati	LBN	–
DNS	–	John Moffet	USA	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Ken Fitzpatrick	CAN	2:19.74	31.42 (2)	1:06.93 (2)	1:42.46 (1)	35.51 (2)	35.53 (1)	37.28 (2)	Q
2	–	Peter Evans	AUS	2:21.21	31.40 (1)	1:06.51 (1)	1:43.37 (2)	35.11 (1)	36.86 (2)	37.84 (3)	q
3	–	Eduardo Morillo	MEX	2:23.72	31.75 (3)	1:08.04 (3)	1:45.44 (3)	36.29 (3)	37.40 (3)	38.28 (4)
4	–	Martti Järventaus	FIN	2:26.96	31.98 (4)	1:09.22 (4)	1:47.86 (4)	37.24 (4)	38.64 (5)	39.10 (5)
5	–	Gerhard Prohaska	AUT	2:27.85	33.67 (5)	1:12.33 (5)	1:50.76 (5)	38.66 (5)	38.43 (4)	37.09 (1)
6	–	David Galo	HON	2:37.65	34.84 (7)	1:14.52 (7)	1:55.84 (7)	39.68 (7)	41.32 (6)	41.81 (6)
7	–	Brian Farlow	ISV	2:37.87	33.80 (6)	1:12.74 (6)	1:54.26 (6)	38.94 (6)	41.52 (7)	43.61 (7)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Shigehiro Takahashi	JPN	2:19.98	31.41 (1)	1:06.49 (1)	1:42.75 (1)	35.08 (1)	36.26 (1)	37.23 (2)	q
2	–	Manuel Gutiérrez	PAN	2:23.02	33.81 (5)	1:10.26 (4)	1:46.65 (2)	36.45 (2)	36.39 (2)	36.37 (1)
3	–	Christophe Deneuville	FRA	2:24.54	33.08 (3)	1:09.61 (2)	1:46.80 (3)	36.53 (3)	37.19 (3)	37.74 (3)
4	–	Jan-Erick Olsen	NOR	2:25.75	32.72 (2)	1:09.63 (3)	1:47.41 (4)	36.91 (4)	37.78 (5)	38.34 (5)
5	–	Francisco Guanco	PHI	2:26.12	33.27 (4)	1:10.39 (5)	1:48.14 (5)	37.12 (5)	37.75 (4)	37.98 (4)
DQ	–	Luiz Carvalho	BRA	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–
DQ	–	Árni Sigurðsson	ISL	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–
DNS	–	Amine El-Domyati	LBN	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–
DNS	–	John Moffet	USA	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Marco Del Prete	ITA	2:18.90	32.29 (2)	1:07.85 (2)	1:43.49 (1)	35.56 (2)	35.64 (1)	35.41 (1)	Q
2	–	Iain Campbell	GBR	2:20.78	31.47 (1)	1:07.02 (1)	1:43.89 (2)	35.55 (1)	36.87 (2)	36.89 (2)	q
3	–	Paul Newallo	TTO	2:28.88	34.07 (4)	1:12.65 (4)	1:51.02 (4)	38.58 (4)	38.37 (3)	37.86 (3)
4	–	Óscar Ortigosa	PER	2:29.73	33.33 (3)	1:10.92 (3)	1:50.27 (3)	37.59 (3)	39.35 (5)	39.46 (5)
5	–	Tryggvi Helgason	ISL	2:32.03	34.46 (5)	1:13.60 (5)	1:52.69 (5)	39.14 (5)	39.09 (4)	39.34 (4)

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Rich Schroeder	USA	2:19.23	29.82 (1)	1:03.91 (1)	1:40.31 (1)	34.09 (1)	36.40 (2)	38.92 (4)	Q
2	–	Alexandre Yokochi	POR	2:19.76	32.32 (4)	1:07.66 (3)	1:43.41 (2)	35.34 (2)	35.75 (1)	36.35 (1)	Q
3	–	Thomas Böhm	AUT	2:22.17	32.15 (3)	1:08.33 (4)	1:45.64 (4)	36.18 (4)	37.31 (3)	36.53 (2)	q
4	–	Raffaele Avagnano	ITA	2:22.90	31.51 (2)	1:07.60 (2)	1:44.94 (3)	36.09 (3)	37.34 (4)	37.96 (3)
5	–	Andrey Aguilar	CRC	2:27.69	33.04 (6)	1:09.55 (5)	1:47.77 (5)	36.51 (5)	38.22 (=5)	39.92 (6)
6	–	Jorge Henao	VEN	2:28.03	32.75 (5)	1:09.99 (6)	1:48.21 (6)	37.24 (6)	38.22 (=5)	39.82 (5)
7	–	Ahmad Al-Hahdoud	KUW	2:37.63	35.04 (7)	1:14.59 (7)	1:55.92 (7)	39.55 (7)	41.33 (7)	41.71 (7)

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Pablo Restrepo	COL	2:19.77	31.34 (1)	1:06.41 (1)	1:41.93 (1)	35.07 (1)	35.52 (1)	37.84 (3)	Q
2	–	Enrique Romero	ESP	2:21.25	32.57 (4)	1:09.01 (3)	1:45.36 (3)	36.44 (3)	36.35 (2)	35.89 (1)	q
3	–	Gerald Mörken	FRG	2:22.99	31.67 (2)	1:07.95 (2)	1:45.17 (2)	36.28 (2)	37.22 (3)	37.82 (2)
4	–	Jin Fu	CHN	2:26.34	32.21 (3)	1:09.55 (4)	1:47.87 (4)	37.34 (5)	38.32 (4)	38.47 (4)
5	–	Jairulla Jaitulla	PHI	2:30.87	33.28 (5)	1:10.58 (5)	1:49.99 (5)	37.30 (4)	39.41 (5)	40.88 (5)
6	–	Harrell Woolard	ISV	2:45.68	34.61 (6)	1:16.78 (6)	2:00.61 (6)	42.17 (6)	43.83 (6)	45.07 (6)
DQ	–	Felix Morf	SUI	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Heat #6

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Glenn Beringen	AUS	2:17.29	31.94 (1)	1:07.65 (1)	1:42.37 (1)	35.71 (1)	34.72 (1)	34.92 (1)	Q
2	–	Adrian Moorhouse	GBR	2:19.83	31.96 (2)	1:08.25 (2)	1:44.27 (2)	36.29 (2)	36.02 (2)	35.56 (2)	q
3	–	Kenji Watanabe	JPN	2:22.33	32.40 (4)	1:09.01 (4)	1:45.36 (3)	36.61 (4)	36.35 (3)	36.97 (3)	q
4	–	Eyal Shtigman	ISR	2:24.93	32.41 (5)	1:09.32 (5)	1:46.79 (5)	36.91 (5)	37.47 (4)	38.14 (4)
5	–	Brett Austin	NZL	2:27.25	32.30 (3)	1:08.67 (3)	1:46.54 (4)	36.37 (3)	37.87 (5)	40.71 (6)
6	–	Michael Watt	HKG	2:32.13	33.65 (6)	1:12.06 (6)	1:52.22 (6)	38.41 (6)	40.16 (6)	39.91 (5)
7	–	Fernando Marroquín	GUA	2:35.21	34.04 (7)	1:12.84 (7)	1:53.53 (7)	38.80 (7)	40.69 (7)	41.68 (7)

Heat #7

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Victor Davis	CAN	2:18.20	31.46 (1)	1:06.65 (1)	1:41.99 (1)	35.19 (1)	35.34 (1)	36.21 (3)	Q
2	–	Étienne Dagon	SUI	2:18.95	31.58 (2)	1:07.45 (2)	1:42.90 (2)	35.87 (2)	35.45 (2)	36.05 (1)	Q
3	–	Thierry Pata	FRA	2:20.14	32.15 (4)	1:08.18 (3)	1:43.98 (3)	36.03 (3)	35.80 (3)	36.16 (2)	q
4	–	Peter Lang	FRG	2:24.60	33.14 (5)	1:10.02 (5)	1:47.04 (4)	36.88 (4)	37.02 (4)	37.56 (4)
5	–	Julio César Falón	ARG	2:30.40	32.12 (3)	1:09.31 (4)	1:49.00 (5)	37.19 (5)	39.69 (5)	41.40 (7)
6	–	Victor Ruberry	BER	2:31.48	33.26 (6)	1:11.62 (6)	1:52.21 (6)	38.36 (6)	40.59 (7)	39.27 (5)
7	–	Ayman Nadim	EGY	2:33.17	33.40 (7)	1:12.55 (7)	1:52.51 (7)	39.15 (7)	39.96 (6)	40.66 (6)

B Final

Date	2 August 1984 — 16:55

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Adrian Moorhouse	GBR	2:18.83	31.94 (1)	1:08.50 (2)	1:44.80 (3)	36.56 (4)	36.30 (3)	34.03 (1)
2	–	Thierry Pata	FRA	2:20.05	32.45 (7)	1:08.72 (=5)	1:44.36 (1)	36.27 (2)	35.64 (1)	35.69 (3)
3	–	Iain Campbell	GBR	2:20.62	32.20 (5)	1:08.44 (1)	1:45.05 (4)	36.24 (1)	36.61 (4)	35.57 (2)
4	–	Shigehiro Takahashi	JPN	2:20.93	31.95 (2)	1:08.72 (=5)	1:44.79 (2)	36.77 (7)	36.07 (2)	36.14 (5)
5	–	Enrique Romero	ESP	2:21.19	32.04 (3)	1:08.52 (3)	1:45.25 (5)	36.48 (3)	36.73 (5)	35.94 (4)
6	–	Thomas Böhm	AUT	2:22.09	32.32 (6)	1:08.92 (7)	1:45.87 (7)	36.60 (6)	36.95 (7)	36.22 (6)
7	–	Kenji Watanabe	JPN	2:22.29	32.14 (4)	1:08.71 (4)	1:45.77 (6)	36.57 (5)	37.06 (8)	36.52 (=7)
8	–	Manuel Gutiérrez	PAN	2:23.13	32.94 (8)	1:09.85 (8)	1:46.61 (8)	36.91 (8)	36.76 (6)	36.52 (=7)

Final Round

Date	2 August 1984 — 16:45

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Victor Davis	CAN	2:13.34	30.43 (1)	1:03.83 (1)	1:38.67 (1)	33.40 (1)	34.84 (2)	34.67 (1)	WR
2	–	Glenn Beringen	AUS	2:15.79	31.34 (5)	1:06.00 (3)	1:40.45 (2)	34.66 (2)	34.45 (1)	35.34 (2)
3	–	Étienne Dagon	SUI	2:17.41	31.24 (4)	1:07.06 (6)	1:42.00 (4)	35.82 (7)	34.94 (3)	35.41 (3)
4	–	Rich Schroeder	USA	2:18.03	30.69 (2)	1:05.60 (2)	1:41.91 (3)	34.91 (3)	36.31 (=6)	36.12 (4)
5	–	Ken Fitzpatrick	CAN	2:18.86	31.58 (6)	1:06.77 (5)	1:42.56 (6)	35.19 (5)	35.79 (4)	36.30 (5)
6	–	Pablo Restrepo	COL	2:18.96	31.03 (3)	1:06.14 (4)	1:42.45 (5)	35.11 (4)	36.31 (=6)	36.51 (7)
7	–	Alexandre Yokochi	POR	2:20.69	32.56 (7)	1:08.23 (7)	1:44.33 (7)	35.67 (6)	36.10 (5)	36.36 (6)
DQ	–	Marco Del Prete	ITA	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–