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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	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	B Final	Final
1	73	Alex Baumann	CAN	2:03.60 (1 h5)	–	2:01.42 (1)	Gold
2	476	Pablo Morales	USA	2:04.32 (2 h3)	–	2:03.05 (2)	Silver
3	221	Neil Cochran	GBR	2:05.39 (1 h1)	–	2:04.38 (3)	Bronze
4	218	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	330	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	191	Ralf Diegel	FRG	2:06.41 (3 h3)	–	2:06.66 (8)
9	38	Rob Woodhouse	AUS	2:06.45 (2 h1)	2:04.86 (1)	–
10	336	Shinji Ito	JPN	2:07.76 (3 h4)	2:06.07 (2)	–
11	311	Giovanni Franceschi	ITA	2:06.76 (2 h6)	2:06.10 (3)	–
12	308	Maurizio Divano	ITA	2:07.19 (3 h6)	2:06.72 (4)	–
13	138	Peter Rohde	DEN	2:07.93 (2 h2)	2:07.10 (5)	–
14	385	Arne Borgstrøm	NOR	2:08.09 (3 h1)	2:08.03 (6)	–
15	134	Pablo Restrepo	COL	2:08.12 (4 h4)	2:08.35 (7)	–
16	432	Mikael Örn	SWE	2:07.56 (2 h5)	2:11.79 (8)	–
17	65	Ricardo Prado	BRA	2:07.16 (1 h2)	–	–		1
18	276	Edsard Schlingemann	NED	2:08.27 (3 h5)	–	–
19	161	Harri Garmendia	ESP	2:08.30 (4 h5)	–	–
20	433	Anders Peterson	SWE	2:08.35 (4 h6)	–	–
21	77	Rob Chernoff	CAN	2:08.47 (3 h2)	–	–
22	8	Glenn Beringen	AUS	2:08.65 (4 h2)	–	–
23	375	Eduardo Morillo	MEX	2:09.87 (5 h4)	–	–
24	110	Chen Qin	CHN	2:10.30 (5 h6)	–	–
25	113	Feng Dawei	CHN	2:11.30 (4 h3)	–	–
26	135	Andrey Aguilar	CRC	2:11.63 (4 h1)	–	–
27	290	Yoram Kochavy	ISR	2:11.81 (5 h5)	–	–
28	400	Jairulla Jaitulla	PHI	2:12.82 (6 h4)	–	–
29	5	Luis Juncos	ARG	2:12.83 (5 h1)	–	–
30	141	Emad El-Shafei	EGY	2:14.87 (6 h1)	–	–
31	43	Dave Morley	BAH	2:16.85 (5 h2)	–	–
32	260	Tsang Yi Ming	HKG	2:17.75 (6 h2)	–	–
33	–	Ng Wing Hon	HKG	2:18.64 (6 h6)	–	–
34	175	Samuela Tupou	FIJ	2:19.79 (7 h6)	–	–
35	–	Brian Farlow	ISV	2:20.53 (7 h4)	–	–
36	282	Salvador Covelo	HON	2:22.29 (5 h3)	–	–
37	45	Harry Wozniak	BAR	2:22.49 (6 h5)	–	–
38	254	Roberto Granados	GUA	2:22.73 (7 h2)	–	–
39	174	Warren Sorby	FIJ	2:22.74 (7 h1)	–	–
40	–	Harrell Woolard	ISV	2:27.51 (6 h3)	–	–
41	413	Michele Piva	SMR	2:29.81 (8 h4)	–	–
42	384	Pedro Cruz	MOZ	2:35.99 (7 h5)	–	–
DQ	395	Manuel Gutiérrez	PAN	– (DQ h5)	–	–
DQ	–	Fernando Rodríguez	PER	– (DQ h3)	–	–
DQ	444	Gökhan Attaroğlu	TUR	– (DQ h6)	–	–
DNS	41	Alexander Pilhatsch	AUT	– (DNS h3)	–	–

Round One

Date	4 August 1984 — 8:30
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final.

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

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Neil Cochran	GBR	2:05.39	26.91 (1)	58.03 (1)	1:35.57 (1)	31.12 (1)	37.54 (3)	29.82 (2)	QOR
2	–	Rob Woodhouse	AUS	2:06.45	28.09 (3)	1:00.28 (2)	1:37.25 (2)	32.19 (2)	36.97 (1)	29.20 (1)	q
3	–	Arne Borgstrøm	NOR	2:08.09	28.13 (4)	1:01.15 (3)	1:38.25 (3)	33.02 (3)	37.10 (2)	29.84 (3)	q
4	–	Andrey Aguilar	CRC	2:11.63	28.16 (5)	1:02.52 (4)	1:40.09 (4)	34.36 (5)	37.57 (4)	31.54 (4)
5	–	Luis Juncos	ARG	2:12.83	27.70 (2)	1:03.18 (6)	1:40.87 (5)	35.48 (6)	37.69 (5)	31.96 (6)
6	–	Emad El-Shafei	EGY	2:14.87	29.18 (6)	1:02.67 (5)	1:43.10 (6)	33.49 (4)	40.43 (6)	31.77 (5)
7	–	Warren Sorby	FIJ	2:22.74	29.32 (7)	1:05.17 (7)	1:49.72 (7)	35.85 (7)	44.55 (7)	33.02 (7)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Ricardo Prado	BRA	2:07.16	28.25 (3)	59.05 (1)	1:37.35 (2)	30.80 (1)	38.30 (4)	29.81 (1)	q
2	–	Peter Rohde	DEN	2:07.93	27.16 (1)	59.87 (2)	1:38.05 (4)	32.71 (2)	38.18 (3)	29.88 (2)	q
3	–	Rob Chernoff	CAN	2:08.47	27.56 (2)	1:01.05 (3)	1:37.01 (1)	33.49 (3)	35.96 (2)	31.46 (4)
4	–	Glenn Beringen	AUS	2:08.65	28.43 (4)	1:02.19 (4)	1:38.02 (3)	33.76 (4)	35.83 (1)	30.63 (3)
5	–	Dave Morley	BAH	2:16.85	28.98 (6)	1:03.09 (5)	1:44.75 (5)	34.11 (5)	41.66 (6)	32.10 (6)
6	–	Tsang Yi Ming	HKG	2:17.75	28.52 (5)	1:04.27 (6)	1:46.01 (6)	35.75 (6)	41.74 (7)	31.74 (5)
7	–	Roberto Granados	GUA	2:22.73	30.07 (7)	1:08.48 (7)	1:50.03 (7)	38.41 (7)	41.55 (5)	32.70 (7)

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Robin Brew	GBR	2:04.13	27.05 (2)	58.51 (2)	1:34.29 (1)	31.46 (1)	35.78 (1)	29.84 (3)	QOR
2	–	Pablo Morales	USA	2:04.32	25.36 (1)	57.67 (1)	1:34.57 (2)	32.31 (3)	36.90 (2)	29.75 (2)	Q
3	–	Ralf Diegel	FRG	2:06.41	27.29 (3)	59.09 (3)	1:37.32 (3)	31.80 (2)	38.23 (3)	29.09 (1)	Q
4	–	Feng Dawei	CHN	2:11.30	28.07 (4)	1:01.75 (4)	1:40.33 (4)	33.68 (4)	38.58 (4)	30.97 (4)
5	–	Salvador Covelo	HON	2:22.29	29.19 (5)	1:07.02 (5)	1:48.38 (5)	37.83 (5)	41.36 (5)	33.91 (5)
6	–	Harrell Woolard	ISV	2:27.51	29.84 (6)	1:08.80 (6)	1:52.60 (6)	38.96 (6)	43.80 (6)	34.91 (6)
DQ	–	Fernando Rodríguez	PER	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–
DNS	–	Alexander Pilhatsch	AUT	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Steve Lundquist	USA	2:06.10	27.15 (2)	1:00.65 (3)	1:35.87 (1)	33.50 (3)	35.22 (1)	30.23 (3)	Q
2	–	Andrew Phillips	JAM	2:06.43	27.90 (3)	59.82 (1)	1:37.01 (2)	31.92 (1)	37.19 (4)	29.42 (1)	Q
3	–	Shinji Ito	JPN	2:07.76	26.92 (1)	59.95 (2)	1:37.98 (4)	33.03 (2)	38.03 (6)	29.78 (2)	q
4	–	Pablo Restrepo	COL	2:08.12	28.56 (5)	1:02.41 (4)	1:37.70 (3)	33.85 (4)	35.29 (2)	30.42 (4)
5	–	Eduardo Morillo	MEX	2:09.87	27.97 (4)	1:02.59 (5)	1:39.16 (5)	34.62 (6)	36.57 (3)	30.71 (5)
6	–	Jairulla Jaitulla	PHI	2:12.82	29.57 (6)	1:04.17 (6)	1:41.69 (6)	34.60 (5)	37.52 (5)	31.13 (6)
7	–	Brian Farlow	ISV	2:20.53	29.95 (7)	1:05.01 (7)	1:46.75 (7)	35.06 (7)	41.74 (7)	33.78 (7)
8	–	Michele Piva	SMR	2:29.81	33.16 (8)	1:10.51 (8)	1:54.38 (8)	37.35 (8)	43.87 (8)	35.43 (8)

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Alex Baumann	CAN	2:03.60	28.04 (4)	59.22 (1)	1:34.83 (1)	31.18 (1)	35.61 (1)	28.77 (1)	QOR
2	–	Mikael Örn	SWE	2:07.56	27.13 (1)	1:00.31 (3)	1:37.22 (2)	33.18 (3)	36.91 (3)	30.34 (3)	q
3	–	Edsard Schlingemann	NED	2:08.27	27.18 (2)	59.76 (2)	1:37.49 (3)	32.58 (2)	37.73 (4)	30.78 (4)
4	–	Harri Garmendia	ESP	2:08.30	27.93 (3)	1:02.00 (4)	1:38.78 (4)	34.07 (5)	36.78 (2)	29.52 (2)
5	–	Yoram Kochavy	ISR	2:11.81	28.40 (5)	1:02.13 (5)	1:41.02 (5)	33.73 (4)	38.89 (5)	30.79 (5)
6	–	Harry Wozniak	BAR	2:22.49	29.00 (6)	1:05.15 (6)	1:48.07 (6)	36.15 (6)	42.92 (6)	34.42 (6)
7	–	Pedro Cruz	MOZ	2:35.99	32.64 (7)	1:12.56 (7)	1:57.83 (7)	39.92 (7)	45.27 (7)	38.16 (7)
DQ	–	Manuel Gutiérrez	PAN	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Heat #6

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Nicolaj Klapkarek	FRG	2:06.07	27.58 (2)	59.89 (2)	1:37.17 (3)	32.31 (2)	37.28 (4)	28.90 (1)	Q
2	–	Giovanni Franceschi	ITA	2:06.76	27.44 (1)	59.06 (1)	1:36.28 (1)	31.62 (1)	37.22 (3)	30.48 (3)	q
3	–	Maurizio Divano	ITA	2:07.19	28.53 (5)	1:00.86 (4)	1:37.13 (2)	32.33 (3)	36.27 (1)	30.06 (2)	q
4	–	Anders Peterson	SWE	2:08.35	28.28 (4)	1:01.06 (5)	1:37.61 (4)	32.78 (5)	36.55 (2)	30.74 (4)
5	–	Chen Qin	CHN	2:10.30	27.80 (3)	1:00.52 (3)	1:39.23 (5)	32.72 (4)	38.71 (5)	31.07 (5)
6	–	Ng Wing Hon	HKG	2:18.64	30.27 (7)	1:05.87 (7)	1:46.03 (6)	35.60 (6)	40.16 (6)	32.61 (6)
7	–	Samuela Tupou	FIJ	2:19.79	29.70 (6)	1:05.83 (6)	1:47.11 (7)	36.13 (7)	41.28 (7)	32.68 (7)
DQ	–	Gökhan Attaroğlu	TUR	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

B Final

Date	4 August 1984 — 17:10

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Rob Woodhouse	AUS	2:04.86	27.98 (5)	1:00.11 (4)	1:36.34 (1)	32.13 (2)	36.23 (3)	28.52 (1)
2	–	Shinji Ito	JPN	2:06.07	27.50 (4)	59.60 (1)	1:37.08 (3)	32.10 (1)	37.48 (6)	28.99 (2)
3	–	Giovanni Franceschi	ITA	2:06.10	27.30 (2)	59.85 (3)	1:36.74 (2)	32.55 (4)	36.89 (5)	29.36 (5)
4	–	Maurizio Divano	ITA	2:06.72	28.67 (8)	1:01.51 (6)	1:37.42 (5)	32.84 (5)	35.91 (2)	29.30 (=3)
5	–	Peter Rohde	DEN	2:07.10	27.33 (3)	59.62 (2)	1:37.29 (4)	32.29 (3)	37.67 (7)	29.81 (6)
6	–	Arne Borgstrøm	NOR	2:08.03	28.30 (6)	1:01.98 (7)	1:38.73 (7)	33.68 (6)	36.75 (4)	29.30 (=3)
7	–	Pablo Restrepo	COL	2:08.35	28.56 (7)	1:02.72 (8)	1:38.48 (6)	34.16 (8)	35.76 (1)	29.87 (7)
8	–	Mikael Örn	SWE	2:11.79	27.28 (1)	1:01.14 (5)	1:39.30 (8)	33.86 (7)	38.16 (8)	32.49 (8)

Final Round

Date	4 August 1984 — 17:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Alex Baumann	CAN	2:01.42	27.81 (7)	58.25 (2)	1:33.28 (1)	30.44 (1)	35.03 (1)	28.14 (1)	WR
2	–	Pablo Morales	USA	2:03.05	25.33 (1)	57.35 (1)	1:33.68 (2)	32.02 (5)	36.33 (4)	29.37 (5)
3	–	Neil Cochran	GBR	2:04.38	27.31 (5)	58.59 (3)	1:35.57 (5)	31.28 (2)	36.98 (6)	28.81 (2)
4	–	Robin Brew	GBR	2:04.52	27.52 (6)	58.88 (4)	1:35.02 (3)	31.36 (3)	36.14 (3)	29.50 (7)
5	–	Steve Lundquist	USA	2:04.91	26.48 (2)	59.77 (7)	1:35.09 (4)	33.29 (8)	35.32 (2)	29.82 (8)
6	–	Andrew Phillips	JAM	2:05.60	27.88 (8)	59.46 (6)	1:36.13 (6)	31.58 (4)	36.67 (5)	29.47 (6)
7	–	Nicolaj Klapkarek	FRG	2:05.88	27.18 (4)	59.32 (5)	1:36.95 (7)	32.14 (6)	37.63 (7)	28.93 (4)
8	–	Ralf Diegel	FRG	2:06.66	27.15 (3)	1:00.16 (8)	1:37.84 (8)	33.01 (7)	37.68 (8)	28.82 (3)