The final of the men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 30, 1984. 24 athletes participated in the heats, with the fastest eight qualifying for the final.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
Date Round Name Nation Time Record30 July Heat 3 Alex Baumann 4:22.46 30 July Final A Alex Baumann 4:17.41
Results
Heats Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Alex Baumann 4:22.46 Q, 2 3 5 Jeff Kostoff 4:22.55 Q 3 1 4 Giovanni Franceschi 4:23.03 Q 4 2 4 Ricardo Prado 4:23.31 Q 5 1 5 Maurizio Divano 4:23.61 Q 6 2 5 Jesse Vassallo 4:23.82 Q 7 3 3 Rob Woodhouse 4:24.85 Q, OC 8 3 6 Stephen Poulter 4:25.38 Q, NR 9 2 3 Ralf Diegel 4:28.10 q 10 2 6 Arne Borgstrøm 4:28.37 q 11 2 7 Andrew Phillips 4:29.43 q, NR 12 1 3 Peter Dobson 4:29.61 q 13 1 2 Shinji Ito 4:30.52 q 14 1 6 Stuart Willmott 4:32.90 q 15 2 2 Anders Peterson 4:32.93 q 16 3 7 Yoram Kochavy 4:35.70 q, NR 17 1 7 Scott Newkirk 4:48.15 18 2 1 Jairulla Jaitulla 4:51.24 19 3 1 Harry Wozniak 4:53.87 20 1 1 Ng Wing Hon 4:58.98 21 2 8 Julian Bolling 5:02.88 22 3 8 Wu Ming Hsun 5:02.94 23 1 8 Juan José Piro 5:15.68 3 2 Rafael Escalas
Finals
Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 1 Anders Peterson 4:27.95 NR 10 3 Andrew Phillips 4:27.98 NR 11 5 Arne Borgstrøm 4:28.20 12 4 Ralf Diegel 4:28.94 13 2 Shinji Ito 4:29.76 AS 14 6 Peter Dobson 4:30.09 15 7 Stuart Willmott 4:31.10 16 8 Yoram Kochavy 4:40.00
Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Alex Baumann 4:17.41 6 Ricardo Prado 4:18.45 SA 1 Rob Woodhouse 4:20.50 OC 4 7 Jesse Vassallo 4:21.46 5 2 Maurizio Divano 4:22.76 6 5 Jeff Kostoff 4:23.28 7 8 Stephen Poulter 4:25.80 8 3 Giovanni Franceschi 4:26.05
References
External links Official Report USA Swimming