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200 metres Individual Medley, Men

Date	4 August 1984
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Swim Stadium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Participants	45 from 34 countries

The world record holder in both individual medleys was Canadian Alex Baumann, who held the 200 IM mark with 2:02.25 set in Brisbane, Australia in October 1982. Five days before this event, he had won gold in the 400 IM in Los Angeles. He seemingly went out slowly in the final, standing only seventh at 50 metres after the butterfly, but he was actually ahead of his world record pace. He continued to improve his pace on the backstroke and breaststroke legs, and took the lead on the third leg over Pablo Morales. When Baumann torched the freestyle leg in 28.14, he had a big world record with 2:01.42 to win the gold medal by 1.63 seconds over Morales, with Britain’s Neil Cochran taking bronze.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	B Final	Final
1	Alex Baumann	CAN	2:03.60 (1 h5)	–	2:01.42 (1)	Gold
2	Pablo Morales	USA	2:04.32 (2 h3)	–	2:03.05 (2)	Silver
3	Neil Cochran	GBR	2:05.39 (1 h1)	–	2:04.38 (3)	Bronze
4	Robin Brew	GBR	2:04.13 (1 h3)	–	2:04.52 (4)
5	Steve Lundquist	USA	2:06.10 (1 h4)	–	2:04.91 (5)
6	Andrew Phillips	JAM	2:06.43 (2 h4)	–	2:05.60 (6)
7	Nicolaj Klapkarek	FRG	2:06.07 (1 h6)	–	2:05.88 (7)
8	Ralf Diegel	FRG	2:06.41 (3 h3)	–	2:06.66 (8)
9	Rob Woodhouse	AUS	2:06.45 (2 h1)	2:04.86 (1)	–
10	Shinji Ito	JPN	2:07.76 (3 h4)	2:06.07 (2)	–
11	Giovanni Franceschi	ITA	2:06.76 (2 h6)	2:06.10 (3)	–
12	Maurizio Divano	ITA	2:07.19 (3 h6)	2:06.72 (4)	–
13	Peter Rohde	DEN	2:07.93 (2 h2)	2:07.10 (5)	–
14	Arne Borgstrøm	NOR	2:08.09 (3 h1)	2:08.03 (6)	–
15	Pablo Restrepo	COL	2:08.12 (4 h4)	2:08.35 (7)	–
16	Mikael Örn	SWE	2:07.56 (2 h5)	2:11.79 (8)	–
17	Ricardo Prado	BRA	2:07.16 (1 h2)	–	–		1
18	Edsard Schlingemann	NED	2:08.27 (3 h5)	–	–
19	Harri Garmendia	ESP	2:08.30 (4 h5)	–	–
20	Anders Peterson	SWE	2:08.35 (4 h6)	–	–
21	Rob Chernoff	CAN	2:08.47 (3 h2)	–	–
22	Glenn Beringen	AUS	2:08.65 (4 h2)	–	–
23	Eduardo Morillo	MEX	2:09.87 (5 h4)	–	–
24	Chen Qin	CHN	2:10.30 (5 h6)	–	–
25	Feng Dawei	CHN	2:11.30 (4 h3)	–	–
26	Andrey Aguilar	CRC	2:11.63 (4 h1)	–	–
27	Yoram Kochavy	ISR	2:11.81 (5 h5)	–	–
28	Jairulla Jaitulla	PHI	2:12.82 (6 h4)	–	–
29	Luis Juncos	ARG	2:12.83 (5 h1)	–	–
30	Emad El-Shafei	EGY	2:14.87 (6 h1)	–	–
31	Dave Morley	BAH	2:16.85 (5 h2)	–	–
32	Tsang Yi Ming	HKG	2:17.75 (6 h2)	–	–
33	Ng Wing Hon	HKG	2:18.64 (6 h6)	–	–
34	Samuela Tupou	FIJ	2:19.79 (7 h6)	–	–
35	Brian Farlow	ISV	2:20.53 (7 h4)	–	–
36	Salvador Covelo	HON	2:22.29 (5 h3)	–	–
37	Harry Wozniak	BAR	2:22.49 (6 h5)	–	–
38	Roberto Granados	GUA	2:22.73 (7 h2)	–	–
39	Warren Sorby	FIJ	2:22.74 (7 h1)	–	–
40	Harrell Woolard	ISV	2:27.51 (6 h3)	–	–
41	Michele Piva	SMR	2:29.81 (8 h4)	–	–
42	Pedro Cruz	MOZ	2:35.99 (7 h5)	–	–
DQ	Manuel Gutiérrez	PAN	– (DQ h5)	–	–
DQ	Fernando Rodríguez	PER	– (DQ h3)	–	–
DQ	Gökhan Attaroğlu	TUR	– (DQ h6)	–	–
DNS	Alexander Pilhatsch	AUT	– (DNS h3)	–	–

Round One (4 August 1984 — 8:30)

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	4	Neil Cochran	GBR	26.91 (1) 31.12 (1)	58.03 (1) 37.54 (3)	1:35.57 (1) 29.82 (2)	2:05.39	QOR
2	5	Rob Woodhouse	AUS	28.09 (3) 32.19 (2)	1:00.28 (2) 36.97 (1)	1:37.25 (2) 29.20 (1)	2:06.45	q
3	3	Arne Borgstrøm	NOR	28.13 (4) 33.02 (3)	1:01.15 (3) 37.10 (2)	1:38.25 (3) 29.84 (3)	2:08.09	q
4	6	Andrey Aguilar	CRC	28.16 (5) 34.36 (5)	1:02.52 (4) 37.57 (4)	1:40.09 (4) 31.54 (4)	2:11.63
5	2	Luis Juncos	ARG	27.70 (2) 35.48 (6)	1:03.18 (6) 37.69 (5)	1:40.87 (5) 31.96 (6)	2:12.83
6	7	Emad El-Shafei	EGY	29.18 (6) 33.49 (4)	1:02.67 (5) 40.43 (6)	1:43.10 (6) 31.77 (5)	2:14.87
7	1	Warren Sorby	FIJ	29.32 (7) 35.85 (7)	1:05.17 (7) 44.55 (7)	1:49.72 (7) 33.02 (7)	2:22.74

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Ricardo Prado	BRA	28.25 (3) 30.80 (1)	59.05 (1) 38.30 (4)	1:37.35 (2) 29.81 (1)	2:07.16	q
2	6	Peter Rohde	DEN	27.16 (1) 32.71 (2)	59.87 (2) 38.18 (3)	1:38.05 (4) 29.88 (2)	2:07.93	q
3	5	Rob Chernoff	CAN	27.56 (2) 33.49 (3)	1:01.05 (3) 35.96 (2)	1:37.01 (1) 31.46 (4)	2:08.47
4	3	Glenn Beringen	AUS	28.43 (4) 33.76 (4)	1:02.19 (4) 35.83 (1)	1:38.02 (3) 30.63 (3)	2:08.65
5	2	Dave Morley	BAH	28.98 (6) 34.11 (5)	1:03.09 (5) 41.66 (6)	1:44.75 (5) 32.10 (6)	2:16.85
6	7	Tsang Yi Ming	HKG	28.52 (5) 35.75 (6)	1:04.27 (6) 41.74 (7)	1:46.01 (6) 31.74 (5)	2:17.75
7	1	Roberto Granados	GUA	30.07 (7) 38.41 (7)	1:08.48 (7) 41.55 (5)	1:50.03 (7) 32.70 (7)	2:22.73

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	5	Robin Brew	GBR	27.05 (2) 31.46 (1)	58.51 (2) 35.78 (1)	1:34.29 (1) 29.84 (3)	2:04.13	QOR
2	4	Pablo Morales	USA	25.36 (1) 32.31 (3)	57.67 (1) 36.90 (2)	1:34.57 (2) 29.75 (2)	2:04.32	Q
3	3	Ralf Diegel	FRG	27.29 (3) 31.80 (2)	59.09 (3) 38.23 (3)	1:37.32 (3) 29.09 (1)	2:06.41	Q
4	6	Feng Dawei	CHN	28.07 (4) 33.68 (4)	1:01.75 (4) 38.58 (4)	1:40.33 (4) 30.97 (4)	2:11.30
5	8	Salvador Covelo	HON	29.19 (5) 37.83 (5)	1:07.02 (5) 41.36 (5)	1:48.38 (5) 33.91 (5)	2:22.29
6	1	Harrell Woolard	ISV	29.84 (6) 38.96 (6)	1:08.80 (6) 43.80 (6)	1:52.60 (6) 34.91 (6)	2:27.51
DQ	7	Fernando Rodríguez	PER	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–
DNS	2	Alexander Pilhatsch	AUT	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Steve Lundquist	USA	27.15 (2) 33.50 (3)	1:00.65 (3) 35.22 (1)	1:35.87 (1) 30.23 (3)	2:06.10	Q
2	5	Andrew Phillips	JAM	27.90 (3) 31.92 (1)	59.82 (1) 37.19 (4)	1:37.01 (2) 29.42 (1)	2:06.43	Q
3	3	Shinji Ito	JPN	26.92 (1) 33.03 (2)	59.95 (2) 38.03 (6)	1:37.98 (4) 29.78 (2)	2:07.76	q
4	6	Pablo Restrepo	COL	28.56 (5) 33.85 (4)	1:02.41 (4) 35.29 (2)	1:37.70 (3) 30.42 (4)	2:08.12
5	2	Eduardo Morillo	MEX	27.97 (4) 34.62 (6)	1:02.59 (5) 36.57 (3)	1:39.16 (5) 30.71 (5)	2:09.87
6	7	Jairulla Jaitulla	PHI	29.57 (6) 34.60 (5)	1:04.17 (6) 37.52 (5)	1:41.69 (6) 31.13 (6)	2:12.82
7	1	Brian Farlow	ISV	29.95 (7) 35.06 (7)	1:05.01 (7) 41.74 (7)	1:46.75 (7) 33.78 (7)	2:20.53
8	8	Michele Piva	SMR	33.16 (8) 37.35 (8)	1:10.51 (8) 43.87 (8)	1:54.38 (8) 35.43 (8)	2:29.81

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Alex Baumann	CAN	28.04 (4) 31.18 (1)	59.22 (1) 35.61 (1)	1:34.83 (1) 28.77 (1)	2:03.60	QOR
2	5	Mikael Örn	SWE	27.13 (1) 33.18 (3)	1:00.31 (3) 36.91 (3)	1:37.22 (2) 30.34 (3)	2:07.56	q
3	3	Edsard Schlingemann	NED	27.18 (2) 32.58 (2)	59.76 (2) 37.73 (4)	1:37.49 (3) 30.78 (4)	2:08.27
4	6	Harri Garmendia	ESP	27.93 (3) 34.07 (5)	1:02.00 (4) 36.78 (2)	1:38.78 (4) 29.52 (2)	2:08.30
5	2	Yoram Kochavy	ISR	28.40 (5) 33.73 (4)	1:02.13 (5) 38.89 (5)	1:41.02 (5) 30.79 (5)	2:11.81
6	1	Harry Wozniak	BAR	29.00 (6) 36.15 (6)	1:05.15 (6) 42.92 (6)	1:48.07 (6) 34.42 (6)	2:22.49
7	8	Pedro Cruz	MOZ	32.64 (7) 39.92 (7)	1:12.56 (7) 45.27 (7)	1:57.83 (7) 38.16 (7)	2:35.99
DQ	7	Manuel Gutiérrez	PAN	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Six

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	6	Nicolaj Klapkarek	FRG	27.58 (2) 32.31 (2)	59.89 (2) 37.28 (4)	1:37.17 (3) 28.90 (1)	2:06.07	Q
2	4	Giovanni Franceschi	ITA	27.44 (1) 31.62 (1)	59.06 (1) 37.22 (3)	1:36.28 (1) 30.48 (3)	2:06.76	q
3	3	Maurizio Divano	ITA	28.53 (5) 32.33 (3)	1:00.86 (4) 36.27 (1)	1:37.13 (2) 30.06 (2)	2:07.19	q
4	5	Anders Peterson	SWE	28.28 (4) 32.78 (5)	1:01.06 (5) 36.55 (2)	1:37.61 (4) 30.74 (4)	2:08.35
5	2	Chen Qin	CHN	27.80 (3) 32.72 (4)	1:00.52 (3) 38.71 (5)	1:39.23 (5) 31.07 (5)	2:10.30
6	1	Ng Wing Hon	HKG	30.27 (7) 35.60 (6)	1:05.87 (7) 40.16 (6)	1:46.03 (6) 32.61 (6)	2:18.64
7	8	Samuela Tupou	FIJ	29.70 (6) 36.13 (7)	1:05.83 (6) 41.28 (7)	1:47.11 (7) 32.68 (7)	2:19.79
DQ	7	Gökhan Attaroğlu	TUR	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

B Final (4 August 1984 — 17:10)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Rob Woodhouse	AUS	27.98 (5) 32.13 (2)	1:00.11 (4) 36.23 (3)	1:36.34 (1) 28.52 (1)	2:04.86
2	2	Shinji Ito	JPN	27.50 (4) 32.10 (1)	59.60 (1) 37.48 (6)	1:37.08 (3) 28.99 (2)	2:06.07
3	5	Giovanni Franceschi	ITA	27.30 (2) 32.55 (4)	59.85 (3) 36.89 (5)	1:36.74 (2) 29.36 (5)	2:06.10
4	3	Maurizio Divano	ITA	28.67 (8) 32.84 (5)	1:01.51 (6) 35.91 (2)	1:37.42 (5) 29.30 (=3)	2:06.72
5	7	Peter Rohde	DEN	27.33 (3) 32.29 (3)	59.62 (2) 37.67 (7)	1:37.29 (4) 29.81 (6)	2:07.10
6	1	Arne Borgstrøm	NOR	28.30 (6) 33.68 (6)	1:01.98 (7) 36.75 (4)	1:38.73 (7) 29.30 (=3)	2:08.03
7	8	Pablo Restrepo	COL	28.56 (7) 34.16 (8)	1:02.72 (8) 35.76 (1)	1:38.48 (6) 29.87 (7)	2:08.35
8	6	Mikael Örn	SWE	27.28 (1) 33.86 (7)	1:01.14 (5) 38.16 (8)	1:39.30 (8) 32.49 (8)	2:11.79

Final (4 August 1984 — 17:00)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Alex Baumann	CAN	27.81 (7) 30.44 (1)	58.25 (2) 35.03 (1)	1:33.28 (1) 28.14 (1)	2:01.42	WR
2	3	Pablo Morales	USA	25.33 (1) 32.02 (5)	57.35 (1) 36.33 (4)	1:33.68 (2) 29.37 (5)	2:03.05
3	6	Neil Cochran	GBR	27.31 (5) 31.28 (2)	58.59 (3) 36.98 (6)	1:35.57 (5) 28.81 (2)	2:04.38
4	5	Robin Brew	GBR	27.52 (6) 31.36 (3)	58.88 (4) 36.14 (3)	1:35.02 (3) 29.50 (7)	2:04.52
5	7	Steve Lundquist	USA	26.48 (2) 33.29 (8)	59.77 (7) 35.32 (2)	1:35.09 (4) 29.82 (8)	2:04.91
6	8	Andrew Phillips	JAM	27.88 (8) 31.58 (4)	59.46 (6) 36.67 (5)	1:36.13 (6) 29.47 (6)	2:05.60
7	2	Nicolaj Klapkarek	FRG	27.18 (4) 32.14 (6)	59.32 (5) 37.63 (7)	1:36.95 (7) 28.93 (4)	2:05.88
8	1	Ralf Diegel	FRG	27.15 (3) 33.01 (7)	1:00.16 (8) 37.68 (8)	1:37.84 (8) 28.82 (3)	2:06.66