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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	Swimmer	NOC	R1	B Final	Final
1	Victor Davis	CAN	2:18.20 (1 h7)	–	2:13.34 (1)	Gold
2	Glenn Beringen	AUS	2:17.29 (1 h6)	–	2:15.79 (2)	Silver
3	Étienne Dagon	SUI	2:18.95 (2 h7)	–	2:17.41 (3)	Bronze
4	Rich Schroeder	USA	2:19.23 (1 h4)	–	2:18.03 (4)
5	Ken Fitzpatrick	CAN	2:19.74 (1 h1)	–	2:18.86 (5)
6	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	Marco Del Prete	ITA	2:18.90 (1 h3)	–	– (DQ)
9	Adrian Moorhouse	GBR	2:19.83 (2 h6)	2:18.83 (1)	–
10	Thierry Pata	FRA	2:20.14 (3 h7)	2:20.05 (2)	–
11	Iain Campbell	GBR	2:20.78 (2 h3)	2:20.62 (3)	–
12	Shigehiro Takahashi	JPN	2:19.98 (1 h2)	2:20.93 (4)	–
13	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	Kenji Watanabe	JPN	2:22.33 (3 h6)	2:22.29 (7)	–
16	Manuel Gutiérrez	PAN	2:23.02 (2 h2)	2:23.13 (8)	–
17	Peter Evans	AUS	2:21.21 (2 h1)	–	–		1
18	Raffaele Avagnano	ITA	2:22.90 (4 h4)	–	–
19	Gerald Mörken	FRG	2:22.99 (3 h5)	–	–
20	Eduardo Morillo	MEX	2:23.72 (3 h1)	–	–
21	Christophe Deneuville	FRA	2:24.54 (3 h2)	–	–
22	Peter Lang	FRG	2:24.60 (4 h7)	–	–
23	Eyal Shtigman	ISR	2:24.93 (4 h6)	–	–
24	Jan-Erick Olsen	NOR	2:25.75 (4 h2)	–	–
25	Francisco Guanco	PHI	2:26.12 (5 h2)	–	–
26	Jin Fu	CHN	2:26.34 (4 h5)	–	–
27	Martti Järventaus	FIN	2:26.96 (4 h1)	–	–
28	Brett Austin	NZL	2:27.25 (5 h6)	–	–
29	Andrey Aguilar	CRC	2:27.69 (5 h4)	–	–
30	Gerhard Prohaska	AUT	2:27.85 (5 h1)	–	–
31	Jorge Henao	VEN	2:28.03 (6 h4)	–	–
32	Paul Newallo	TTO	2:28.88 (3 h3)	–	–
33	Óscar Ortigosa	PER	2:29.73 (4 h3)	–	–
34	Julio César Falón	ARG	2:30.40 (5 h7)	–	–
35	Jairulla Jaitulla	PHI	2:30.87 (5 h5)	–	–
36	Victor Ruberry	BER	2:31.48 (6 h7)	–	–
37	Tryggvi Helgason	ISL	2:32.03 (5 h3)	–	–
38	Michael Watt	HKG	2:32.13 (6 h6)	–	–
39	Ayman Nadim	EGY	2:33.17 (7 h7)	–	–
40	Fernando Marroquín	GUA	2:35.21 (7 h6)	–	–
41	Ahmad Al-Hahdoud	KUW	2:37.63 (7 h4)	–	–
42	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	Luiz Carvalho	BRA	– (DQ h2)	–	–
DQ	Árni Sigurðsson	ISL	– (DQ h2)	–	–
DQ	Felix Morf	SUI	– (DQ h5)	–	–
DNS	Amine El-Domyati	LBN	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNS	John Moffet	USA	– (DNS h2)	–	–

Round One (2 August 1984 — 9:45)

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

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Shigehiro Takahashi	JPN	31.41 (1) 35.08 (1)	1:06.49 (1) 36.26 (1)	1:42.75 (1) 37.23 (2)	2:19.98	q
2	6	Manuel Gutiérrez	PAN	33.81 (5) 36.45 (2)	1:10.26 (4) 36.39 (2)	1:46.65 (2) 36.37 (1)	2:23.02
3	5	Christophe Deneuville	FRA	33.08 (3) 36.53 (3)	1:09.61 (2) 37.19 (3)	1:46.80 (3) 37.74 (3)	2:24.54
4	3	Jan-Erick Olsen	NOR	32.72 (2) 36.91 (4)	1:09.63 (3) 37.78 (5)	1:47.41 (4) 38.34 (5)	2:25.75
5	2	Francisco Guanco	PHI	33.27 (4) 37.12 (5)	1:10.39 (5) 37.75 (4)	1:48.14 (5) 37.98 (4)	2:26.12
DQ	1	Luiz Carvalho	BRA	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–
DQ	7	Árni Sigurðsson	ISL	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–
DNS	1	Amine El-Domyati	LBN	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–
DNS	4	John Moffet	USA	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	5	Marco Del Prete	ITA	32.29 (2) 35.56 (2)	1:07.85 (2) 35.64 (1)	1:43.49 (1) 35.41 (1)	2:18.90	Q
2	3	Iain Campbell	GBR	31.47 (1) 35.55 (1)	1:07.02 (1) 36.87 (2)	1:43.89 (2) 36.89 (2)	2:20.78	q
3	6	Paul Newallo	TTO	34.07 (4) 38.58 (4)	1:12.65 (4) 38.37 (3)	1:51.02 (4) 37.86 (3)	2:28.88
4	2	Óscar Ortigosa	PER	33.33 (3) 37.59 (3)	1:10.92 (3) 39.35 (5)	1:50.27 (3) 39.46 (5)	2:29.73
5	7	Tryggvi Helgason	ISL	34.46 (5) 39.14 (5)	1:13.60 (5) 39.09 (4)	1:52.69 (5) 39.34 (4)	2:32.03

Heat Four

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

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	5	Pablo Restrepo	COL	31.34 (1) 35.07 (1)	1:06.41 (1) 35.52 (1)	1:41.93 (1) 37.84 (3)	2:19.77	Q
2	3	Enrique Romero	ESP	32.57 (4) 36.44 (3)	1:09.01 (3) 36.35 (2)	1:45.36 (3) 35.89 (1)	2:21.25	q
3	4	Gerald Mörken	FRG	31.67 (2) 36.28 (2)	1:07.95 (2) 37.22 (3)	1:45.17 (2) 37.82 (2)	2:22.99
4	2	Jin Fu	CHN	32.21 (3) 37.34 (5)	1:09.55 (4) 38.32 (4)	1:47.87 (4) 38.47 (4)	2:26.34
5	7	Jairulla Jaitulla	PHI	33.28 (5) 37.30 (4)	1:10.58 (5) 39.41 (5)	1:49.99 (5) 40.88 (5)	2:30.87
6	1	Harrell Woolard	ISV	34.61 (6) 42.17 (6)	1:16.78 (6) 43.83 (6)	2:00.61 (6) 45.07 (6)	2:45.68
DQ	6	Felix Morf	SUI	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Six

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

Heat Seven

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

B Final (2 August 1984 — 16:55)

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

Final (2 August 1984 — 16:45)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	5	Victor Davis	CAN	30.43 (1) 33.40 (1)	1:03.83 (1) 34.84 (2)	1:38.67 (1) 34.67 (1)	2:13.34	WR
2	4	Glenn Beringen	AUS	31.34 (5) 34.66 (2)	1:06.00 (3) 34.45 (1)	1:40.45 (2) 35.34 (2)	2:15.79
3	6	Étienne Dagon	SUI	31.24 (4) 35.82 (7)	1:07.06 (6) 34.94 (3)	1:42.00 (4) 35.41 (3)	2:17.41
4	2	Rich Schroeder	USA	30.69 (2) 34.91 (3)	1:05.60 (2) 36.31 (=6)	1:41.91 (3) 36.12 (4)	2:18.03
5	7	Ken Fitzpatrick	CAN	31.58 (6) 35.19 (5)	1:06.77 (5) 35.79 (4)	1:42.56 (6) 36.30 (5)	2:18.86
6	8	Pablo Restrepo	COL	31.03 (3) 35.11 (4)	1:06.14 (4) 36.31 (=6)	1:42.45 (5) 36.51 (7)	2:18.96
7	1	Alexandre Yokochi	POR	32.56 (7) 35.67 (6)	1:08.23 (7) 36.10 (5)	1:44.33 (7) 36.36 (6)	2:20.69
DQ	3	Marco Del Prete	ITA	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–