Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly
Appearance
Men's 100 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 30 July 1984 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 53 from 39 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 53.08 WR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 |
The final of the men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 30, 1984.[1]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
53.38 | Indianapolis, United States | 26 June 1984 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
54.27 | Munich, West Germany | 31 August 1972 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
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30 July | Heat 7 | Pablo Morales | ![]() |
53.78 | OR |
30 July | Final A | Michael Gross | ![]() |
53.08 | WR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
[edit]Final B
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 4 | Tom Ponting | ![]() |
55.31 | |
10 | 8 | Théophile David | ![]() |
55.40 | |
11 | 5 | Dano Halsall | ![]() |
55.51 | |
12 | 3 | David López-Zubero | ![]() |
55.61 | |
6 | Kristofer Stivenson | ![]() |
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14 | 2 | Cees Vervoorn | ![]() |
55.75 | |
15 | 1 | Søren Østberg | ![]() |
56.04 | |
7 | Fabrizio Rampazzo | ![]() |
DNS |
Final A
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Michael Gross | ![]() |
53.08 | WR |
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4 | Pablo Morales | ![]() |
53.23 | AM |
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7 | Glenn Buchanan | ![]() |
53.85 | OC |
4 | 3 | Rafael Vidal | ![]() |
54.27 | NR |
5 | 6 | Andy Jameson | ![]() |
54.28 | NR |
6 | 1 | Anthony Mosse | ![]() |
54.93 | NR |
7 | 8 | Andreas Behrend | ![]() |
54.95 | |
8 | 2 | Bengt Baron | ![]() |
55.14 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- ^ "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. p. 511. Retrieved March 8, 2017.