Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre freestyle

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The final of the Men's 200 metres Freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 29, 1984. The first eight qualified for the final, the next eight for the B-final.

Michael Gross (FRG) led from start to finish. After the first 100 metres, Alberto Mestre (VEN) was in second followed by Michael Heath (USA) in third. After 150 metres, Gross led the field by two body-lengths and Heath moved into second. Gross finished strong to break his own world record beating Heath by nearly three body-lengths. Thomas Fahrner (FRG) came from fifth place to win a three-way battle for third.

[edit] Finals

RANK	FINAL	TIME
Image:Med 1.png	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Michael Gross (FRG)	1:47.44 WR
Image:Med 2.png	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Michael Heath (USA)	1:49.10
Image:Med 3.png	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Fahrner (FRG)	1:49.69
4.	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jeffrey Float (USA)	1:50.18
5.	Image:Flag of Venezuela 1930-2006.svg Alberto Mestre Sosa (VEN)	1:50.23
6.	Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Frank Drost (NED)	1:51.62
–	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Marco Dell'Uomo (ITA)	1:52.20
8.	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Peter Dale (AUS)	1:53.84

RANK	B-FINAL	TIME
9.	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Easter (GBR)	1:51.70
10.	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Juan Carlos Vallejo (ESP)	1:51.77
11.	Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hans Kroes (NED)	1:52.36
12.	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Holmertz (SWE)	1:52.44
13.	Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Carlos Scanavino (URU)	1:52.54
14.	Image:Flag of Canada.svg Peter Szmidt (CAN)	1:52.56
15.	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Astbury (GBR)	1:53.02
16.	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Lejdström (SWE)	1:53.63

[edit] Non-Qualifiers

RANK	HEATS	TIME
17.	Image:Flag of Canada.svg Alex Baumann (CAN)	1:51.76
18.	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Justin Lemberg (AUS)	1:52.73
19.	Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Borut Petrić (YUG)	1:52.74
20.	Image:Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Jorge Luiz Leite (BRA)	1:53.03
21.	Image:Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ciro Delgado (BRA)	1:53.22
22.	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Revelli (ITA)	1:53.46
23.	Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Franz Mortensen (DEN)	1:54.09
24.	Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg Anthony Mosse (NZL)	1:54.12
25.	Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Stéfan Voléry (SUI)	1:54.19
26.	Image:Flag of Japan - variant.svg Hiroshi Sakamoto (JPN)	1:54.71
27.	Image:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Miao Michael (TPE)	1:55.01
28.	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Javier Miralpeix (ESP)	1:55.25
29.	Image:Flag of Venezuela 1930-2006.svg Jean-Marie François (VEN)	1:55.28
30.	Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Darjan Petrić (YUG)	1:55.68
31.	Image:Flag of Mexico.svg César Sánchez (MEX)	1:55.82
32.	Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Gökhan Attaroglu (TUR)	1:55.92
33.	Image:Flag of Japan - variant.svg Shigeo Ogata (JPN)	1:55.97
34.	Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shen Jianqiang (CHN)	1:56.08
35.	Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg Mike Davidson (NZL)	1:56.20
36.	Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Thierry Jacot (SUI)	1:56.54
37.	Image:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Fernando Cañales (PUR)	1:56.60
38.	Image:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959-1986).svg Evert Johan Kroon (AHO)	1:57.05
39.	Image:Flag of the Philippines (light blue).svg William Wilson (PHI)	1:57.18
40.	Image:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Sean Nottage (BAH)	1:57.54
41.	Image:Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg Scott Newkirk (ISV)	1:57.74
42.	Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Carlos Romo (MEX)	1:58.77
43.	Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Fabian Ferrari (ARG)	1:59.39
44.	Image:Flag of Egypt 1972.svg Mohamed Youssef (EGY)	1:59.71
45.	Image:Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg Erik Rosskopf (ISV)	2:02.04
46.	Image:Flag of Fiji.svg Samuela Tupou (FIJ)	2:02.22
47.	Image:Flag of Iceland.svg Ingi Jónsson (ISL)	2:02.23
48.	Image:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Tsang Yi Ming (HKG)	2:03.11
49.	Image:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Ng Wing Hon (HKG)	2:03.66
50.	Image:Flag of Guatemala.svg Roberto Granados (GUA)	2:05.21
51.	Image:Flag of Guatemala.svg Rodrigo Leal (GUA)	2:05.96
52.	Image:Flag of Honduras.svg Juan José Piro (HON)	2:12.51
53.	Image:Flag of Swaziland.svg Trevor Ncala (SWZ)	2:15.30
54.	Image:Flag of San Marino.svg Michele Piva (SMR)	2:15.39
55.	Image:Flag of Lebanon.svg Percy Sayegh (LIB)	2:20.76
56.	Image:Flag of Lebanon.svg Rami Kantari (LIB)	2:25.43

[edit] References

Swimming events at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women