Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Dates	July 29 – August 4, 1984
No. of events	29
Competitors	494 from 67 nations

The swimming competitions of the 1984 Summer Olympics were held at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium, located on the University of Southern California (USC) campus. There were a total of 494 participants from 67 countries competing.[1][2]

This was the first Olympic Games at which only two swimmers per country, per event, were permitted; previously, three swimmers were allowed and many countries would sweep the medal stand. In addition, the 200-metre individual medley for both men and women returned to the program from a twelve-year absence, following a proposal by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC).[3][4][5][6]

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	21	13	0	34
2	Canada (CAN)	4	3	3	10
3	West Germany (FRG)	2	3	6	11
4	Netherlands (NED)	2	1	3	6
5	Australia (AUS)	1	5	6	12
6	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	4	5
7	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
8	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	0	1
9	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2
10	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
	Romania (ROM)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
	Venezuela (VEN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		30	28	29	87

Medal summary

Men's events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Rowdy Gaines  United States	49.80 OR	Mark Stockwell  Australia	50.24	Per Johansson  Sweden	50.31
200 m freestyle details	Michael Gross  West Germany	1:47.44 WR	Mike Heath  United States	1:49.10	Thomas Fahrner  West Germany	1:49.69
400 m freestyle details	George DiCarlo  United States	3:51.23	John Mykkanen  United States	3:51.49	Justin Lemberg  Australia	3:51.79
1500 m freestyle details	Mike O'Brien  United States	15:05.20	George DiCarlo  United States	15:10.59	Stefan Pfeiffer  West Germany	15:12.11
100 m backstroke details	Rick Carey  United States	55.79	Dave Wilson  United States	56.35	Mike West  Canada	56.49
200 m backstroke details	Rick Carey  United States	2:00.23	Frédéric Delcourt  France	2:01.75	Cameron Henning  Canada	2:02.37
100 m breaststroke details	Steve Lundquist  United States	1:01.65 WR	Victor Davis  Canada	1:01.99	Peter Evans  Australia	1:02.97
200 m breaststroke details	Victor Davis  Canada	2:13.34 WR	Glenn Beringen  Australia	2:15.79	Étienne Dagon  Switzerland	2:17.41
100 m butterfly details	Michael Gross  West Germany	53.08 WR	Pablo Morales  United States	53.23	Glenn Buchanan  Australia	53.85
200 m butterfly details	Jon Sieben  Australia	1:57.04 WR	Michael Gross  West Germany	1:57.40	Rafael Vidal  Venezuela	1:57.51
200 m individual medley details	Alex Baumann  Canada	2:01.42 WR	Pablo Morales  United States	2:03.05	Neil Cochran  Great Britain	2:04.38
400 m individual medley details	Alex Baumann  Canada	4:17.41 WR	Ricardo Prado  Brazil	4:18.45	Rob Woodhouse  Australia	4:20.50
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	United States (USA) Chris Cavanaugh Mike Heath Matt Biondi Rowdy Gaines Tom Jager* Robin Leamy*	3:19.03 WR	Australia (AUS) Greg Fasala Neil Brooks Michael Delany Mark Stockwell	3:19.68	Sweden (SWE) Thomas Lejdström Per Johansson Bengt Baron Mikael Örn Rikard Milton* Michael Söderlund*	3:22.69
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	United States (USA) Mike Heath David Larson Jeff Float Bruce Hayes Geoff Gaberino* Richard Saeger*	7:15.69 WR	West Germany (FRG) Thomas Fahrner Dirk Korthals Alexander Schowtka Michael Gross Rainer Henkel*	7:15.73	Great Britain (GBR) Neil Cochran Paul Easter Paul Howe Andrew Astbury	7:24.78
4 × 100 m medley relay details	United States (USA) Rick Carey Steve Lundquist Pablo Morales Rowdy Gaines Dave Wilson* Richard Schroeder* Mike Heath* Tom Jager*	3:39.30 WR	Canada (CAN) Mike West Victor Davis Tom Ponting Sandy Goss	3:43.23	Australia (AUS) Mark Kerry Peter Evans Glenn Buchanan Mark Stockwell Jon Sieben* Neil Brooks*	3:43.25

* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women's events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Carrie Steinseifer  United States	55.92	none awarded		Annemarie Verstappen  Netherlands	56.08
	Nancy Hogshead  United States
200 m freestyle details	Mary Wayte  United States	1:59.23	Cynthia Woodhead  United States	1:59.50	Annemarie Verstappen  Netherlands	1:59.69
400 m freestyle details	Tiffany Cohen  United States	4:07.10 OR	Sarah Hardcastle  Great Britain	4:10.29	June Croft  Great Britain	4:11.49
800 m freestyle details	Tiffany Cohen  United States	8:24.95 OR	Michele Richardson  United States	8:30.73	Sarah Hardcastle  Great Britain	8:32.60
100 m backstroke details	Theresa Andrews  United States	1:02.55	Betsy Mitchell  United States	1:02.63	Jolanda de Rover  Netherlands	1:02.91
200 m backstroke details	Jolanda de Rover  Netherlands	2:12.38	Amy White  United States	2:13.04	Anca Patrascoiu  Romania	2:13.29
100 m breaststroke details	Petra van Staveren  Netherlands	1:09.88 OR	Anne Ottenbrite  Canada	1:10.69	Catherine Poirot  France	1:10.70
200 m breaststroke details	Anne Ottenbrite  Canada	2:30.38	Susan Rapp  United States	2:31.15	Ingrid Lempereur  Belgium	2:31.40
100 m butterfly details	Mary T. Meagher  United States	59.26	Jenna Johnson  United States	1:00.19	Karin Seick  West Germany	1:01.36
200 m butterfly details	Mary T. Meagher  United States	2:06.90 OR	Karen Phillips  Australia	2:10.56	Ina Beyermann  West Germany	2:11.91
200 m individual medley details	Tracy Caulkins  United States	2:12.64 OR	Nancy Hogshead  United States	2:15.17	Michelle Pearson  Australia	2:15.92
400 m individual medley details	Tracy Caulkins  United States	4:39.24	Suzanne Landells  Australia	4:48.30	Petra Zindler  West Germany	4:48.57
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	United States (USA) Jenna Johnson Carrie Steinseifer Dara Torres Nancy Hogshead Jill Sterkel* Mary Wayte*	3:43.43	Netherlands (NED) Annemarie Verstappen Desi Reijers Elles Voskes Conny van Bentum Wilma van Velsen*	3:44.40	West Germany (FRG) Iris Zscherpe Susanne Schuster Christiane Pielke Karin Seick	3:45.56
4 × 100 m medley relay details	United States (USA) Theresa Andrews Tracy Caulkins Mary T. Meagher Nancy Hogshead Betsy Mitchell* Susan Rapp* Jenna Johnson* Carrie Steinseifer*	4:08.34	West Germany (FRG) Svenja Schlicht Ute Hasse Ina Beyermann Karin Seick	4:11.97	Canada (CAN) Reema Abdo Anne Ottenbrite Michelle MacPherson Pamela Rai	4:12.98

*Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Participating nations

494 swimmers from 67 nations competed.[1]

Argentina (6)  Australia (31)  Austria (6)  Bahamas (2)  Bahrain (2)  Barbados (1)  Belgium (4)  Bermuda (1)  Brazil (7)  Canada (37)  China (14)  Chinese Taipei (5)  Colombia (1)  Costa Rica (1)

Denmark (3)  Egypt (8)  El Salvador (2)  Fiji (3)  Finland (2)  France (16)  Great Britain (33)  Greece (3)  Guatemala (6)  Honduras (6)  Hong Kong (8)  Iceland (4)  Indonesia (1)

Ireland (2)  Israel (3)  Italy (26)  Jamaica (4)  Japan (22)  Kuwait (5)  Lebanon (4)  Malaysia (1)  Mexico (12)  Monaco (1)  Mozambique (2)  Netherlands (16)  Netherlands Antilles (3)

New Zealand (8)  Norway (3)  Panama (1)  Peru (5)  Philippines (4)  Portugal (2)  Puerto Rico (5)  Romania (2)  San Marino (2)  Singapore (4)  South Korea (3)  Spain (8)  Sri Lanka (1)

Suriname (2)  Swaziland (1)  Sweden (24)  Switzerland (13)  Trinidad and Tobago (1)  Tunisia (1)  Turkey (4)  Uganda (1)  United States (43)  Virgin Islands (7)  Uruguay (2)  Venezuela (6)  West Germany (24)  Yugoslavia (3)

See also

• Swimming at the Friendship Games

References

1. "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
2. "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
3. "Los Angeles 1984 Synchronized Swimming - Olympic Results by Discipline".
4. Sports Reference
5. Bean, Dawn Pawson (4 March 2005). Synchronized Swimming: An American History. McFarland. ISBN 9780786419487.
6. Sports Reference

External links

• 1984 Summer Olympics history: swimming from http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/; retrieved 2015-06-22.