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4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men

Date	2 August 1984
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Swim Stadium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Participants	99 from 23 countries

It had been 1962 since the world records was held by a nation other than the United States. The current world mark was set by the US team that won the 1982 World Championships, and with this history, there was little reason to expect a different conclusion. In the heats the USA sent out their B team, and unlike in other years, when they were good enough to qualify first, this time they placed only second to move on to the final. The Americans won once again, and bettered their own world record with a time of 3:19.03. But it was close this time. Australia placed second, only .65 seconds behind the gold medalists. The American team led through most of the race although Australia edged ahead at the end of the second leg, and on the anchor, Mark Stockwell passed the US’s Rowdy Gaines just before the final turn, forcing Gaines to claw back with a strong second lap to secure the gold.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	R1	Final
1	–	United States	USA	3:20.14 (2 h3)	3:19.03 (1)	Gold
	455	Chris Cavanaugh		–	–
	464	Mike Heath		–	–
	450	Matt Biondi		–	–
	461	Rowdy Gaines		–	–
	465	Tom Jager		–	–
	470	Robin Leamy		–	–
2	–	Australia	AUS	3:19.94 (1 h3)	3:19.68 (2)	Silver
	17	Greg Fasala		–	–
	10	Neil Brooks		–	–
	15	Michael Delany		–	–
	33	Mark Stockwell		–	–
	9	Graeme Brewer DNS		–	–
	14	Peter Dale DNS		–	–
	20	Mark Kerry DNS		–	–
3	–	Sweden	SWE	3:23.86 (1 h2)	3:22.69 (3)	Bronze
	430	Thomas Lejdström		–	–
	424	Bengt Baron		–	–
	432	Mikael Örn		–	–
	429	Per Johansson		–	–
	431	Rikard Milton		–	–
	434	Michael Söderlund		–	–
	435	Tom Werner DNS		–	–
4	–	West Germany	FRG	3:24.69 (1 h1)	3:22.98 (4)
	202	Dirk Korthals		–	–
	212	Andreas Schmidt		–	–
	213	Alexander Schowtka		–	–
	196	Michael Groß		–	–
	201	Nicolaj Klapkarek		–	–
	193	Thomas Fahrner DNS		–	–
5	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:24.59 (3 h3)	3:23.61 (5)
	230	David Lowe		–	–
	229	Roland Lee		–	–
	223	Paul Easter		–	–
	219	Richard Burrell		–	–
6	–	France	FRA	3:24.68 (2 h2)	3:24.63 (6)
	180	Stéphan Caron		–	–
	185	Laurent Neuville		–	–
	179	Dominique Bataille		–	–
	184	Bruno Lesaffre		–	–
7	–	Canada	CAN	3:25.94 (5 h3)	3:24.70 (7)
	78	Dave Churchill		–	–
	89	Blair Hicken		–	–
	73	Alex Baumann		–	–
	86	Sandy Goss		–	–
	93	Levente Mady		–	–
	101	Peter Szmidt DNS		–	–
8	–	Italy	ITA	3:25.37 (4 h3)	3:24.97 (8)
	316	Marcello Guarducci		–	–
	302	Marco Colombo		–	–
	326	Metello Savino		–	–
	323	Fabrizio Rampazzo		–	–
	–	Raffaele Franceschi		–	–
	311	Giovanni Franceschi DNS		–	–
	324	Paolo Revelli DNS		–	–
9	–	Switzerland	SUI	3:26.61 (2 h1)	–
	420	Dano Halsall		–	–
	423	Stéfan Voléry		–	–
	421	Thierry Jacot		–	–
	415	Roger Birrer		–	–
	417	François David DNS		–	–
10	–	Brazil	BRA	3:27.33 (3 h2)	–
	58	Cyro Delgado		–	–
	59	Jorge Fernandes		–	–
	62	Djan Madruga		–	–
	64	Ronald Menezes		–	–
11	–	Netherlands	NED	3:27.60 (4 h2)	–
	276	Edsard Schlingemann		–	–
	268	Peter Drost		–	–
	267	Frank Drost		–	–
	270	Hans Kroes		–	–
	281	Cees Vervoorn DNS		–	–
12	–	Venezuela	VEN	3:30.24 (3 h1)	–
	495	Alberto Mestre		–	–
	496	José Alberto Umaña		–	–
	497	Rafael Vidal		–	–
	491	Jean-Marie François		–	–
13	–	Japan	JPN	3:30.45 (5 h2)	–
	348	Hiroshi Sakamoto		–	–
	342	Shigeo Ogata		–	–
	347	Taihei Saka		–	–
	349	Satoshi Sumida		–	–
	336	Shinji Ito DNS		–	–
	343	Keisuke Okuno DNS		–	–
14	–	Puerto Rico	PUR	3:30.66 (6 h2)	–
	404	Fernando Canales		–	–
	406	Miguel Figueroa		–	–
	408	Tony Portela		–	–
	407	Rafael Gandarillas		–	–
15	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	3:30.82 (4 h1)	–
	122	Mulati		–	–
	113	Feng Dawei		–	–
	110	Chen Qin		–	–
	125	Shen Jianqiang		–	–
	121	Li Zhongyi DNS		–	–
16	–	Mexico	MEX	3:33.86 (5 h1)	–
	373	José Medina		–	–
	371	Ramiro Estrada		–	–
	379	César Sánchez		–	–
	378	Carlos Romo		–	–
17	–	Singapore	SGP	3:34.63 (6 h3)	–
	409	Ang Peng Siong		–	–
	412	Oon Jin Teik		–	–
	410	David Lim		–	–
	411	Oon Jin Gee		–	–
18	–	Jamaica	JAM	3:34.87 (6 h1)	–
	330	Andrew Phillips		–	–
	328	Deryck Marks		–	–
	329	Allan Marsh		–	–
	331	Gordon Scarlett		–	–
19	–	Turkey	TUR	3:36.54 (7 h3)	–
	447	Kemal Sadri Özün		–	–
	446	İhsan Sabri Özün		–	–
	445	Ahmet Nakkaş		–	–
	444	Gökhan Attaroğlu		–	–
20	–	United States Virgin Islands	ISV	3:43.49 (7 h1)	–
	295	Erik Rosskopf		–	–
	292	Brian Farlow		–	–
	296	Collier Woolard		–	–
	294	Scott Newkirk		–	–
	293	Keith Farlow DNS		–	–
	297	Harrell Woolard DNS		–	–
21	–	Guatemala	GUA	3:52.18 (8 h3)	–
	255	Rodrigo Leal		–	–
	256	Fernando Marroquín		–	–
	254	Roberto Granados		–	–
	253	Ernesto José Degenhart		–	–
22	–	Honduras	HON	3:55.87 (7 h2)	–
	282	Salvador Covelo		–	–
	284	Juan José Pino		–	–
	283	David Galo		–	–
	285	Rodolfo Torres		–	–
DQ	–	Egypt	EGY	– (DQ h2)	–
	147	Mohamed Youssef		–	–
	145	Sharif Nour		–	–
	140	Ahmed Ibrahim		–	–
	146	Ahmed Said		–	–
	144	Ayman Nadim DNS		–	–
DNS	–	Kuwait	KUW	–	–
	360	Khaled Al-Assaf DNS		–	–
	361	Adel Al-Ghaith DNS		–	–
	363	Sad Al-Harshani DNS		–	–
	364	Hasan Al-Shammari DNS		–	–
	365	Jamal Al-Shamari DNS		–	–

Round One

Date	2 August 1984 — 10:45
Format	Fastest 8 advanced to the final round.

Pos	Lane	Team	NOC	Time
1	5	Australia	AUS	3:19.94	QOR
2	4	United States	USA	3:20.14	Q
3	4	Sweden	SWE	3:23.86	QOR
4	6	Great Britain	GBR	3:24.59	Q
5	5	France	FRA	3:24.68	Q
6	4	West Germany	FRG	3:24.69	QOR
7	8	Italy	ITA	3:25.37	Q
8	3	Canada	CAN	3:25.94	Q
9	5	Switzerland	SUI	3:26.61
10	1	Brazil	BRA	3:27.33
11	3	Netherlands	NED	3:27.60
12	3	Venezuela	VEN	3:30.24
13	2	Japan	JPN	3:30.45
14	6	Puerto Rico	PUR	3:30.66
15	6	People's Republic of China	CHN	3:30.82
16	2	Mexico	MEX	3:33.86
17	2	Singapore	SGP	3:34.63
18	1	Jamaica	JAM	3:34.87
19	7	Turkey	TUR	3:36.54
20	7	United States Virgin Islands	ISV	3:43.49
21	1	Guatemala	GUA	3:52.18
22	8	Honduras	HON	3:55.87
DQ	7	Egypt	EGY	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Split	Exchange
1	4	West Germany	FRG	3:24.69	– (–)	– (–)	QOR
Lead-off	–	Dirk Korthals		–	51.31 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Alexander Schowtka		–	50.90 (2)	1:42.21 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Nicolaj Klapkarek		–	51.27 (1)	2:33.48 (1)
Anchor	–	Andreas Schmidt		–	51.21 (1)	– (–)
2	5	Switzerland	SUI	3:26.61	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Dano Halsall		–	51.68 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Stéfan Voléry		–	50.24 (1)	1:41.92 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Thierry Jacot		–	52.33 (2)	2:34.25 (2)
Anchor	–	Roger Birrer		–	52.36 (2)	– (–)
3	3	Venezuela	VEN	3:30.24	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Alberto Mestre		–	51.18 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	José Alberto Umaña		–	53.13 (5)	1:44.31 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Rafael Vidal		–	53.15 (4)	2:37.46 (3)
Anchor	–	Jean-Marie François		–	52.78 (4)	– (–)
4	6	People's Republic of China	CHN	3:30.82	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Mulati		–	52.21 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Feng Dawei		–	52.81 (4)	1:45.02 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Chen Qin		–	53.31 (5)	2:38.33 (4)
Anchor	–	Shen Jianqiang		–	52.49 (3)	– (–)
5	2	Mexico	MEX	3:33.86	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	José Medina		–	54.12 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Ramiro Estrada		–	52.39 (3)	1:46.51 (5)
3rd Leg	–	César Sánchez		–	54.05 (6)	2:40.56 (6)
Anchor	–	Carlos Romo		–	53.30 (5)	– (–)
6	1	Jamaica	JAM	3:34.87	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Andrew Phillips		–	52.97 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Deryck Marks		–	54.44 (6)	1:47.41 (6)
3rd Leg	–	Allan Marsh		–	52.97 (3)	2:40.38 (5)
Anchor	–	Gordon Scarlett		–	54.49 (6)	– (–)
7	7	United States Virgin Islands	ISV	3:43.49	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Erik Rosskopf		–	55.40 (7)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Brian Farlow		–	57.77 (7)	1:53.17 (7)
3rd Leg	–	Collier Woolard		–	55.76 (7)	2:48.93 (7)
Anchor	–	Scott Newkirk		–	54.56 (7)	– (–)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Split	Exchange
1	4	Sweden	SWE	3:23.86	– (–)	– (–)	QOR
Lead-off	–	Rikard Milton		–	51.80 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Michael Söderlund		–	50.98 (2)	1:42.78 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Mikael Örn		–	50.89 (1)	2:33.67 (2)
Anchor	–	Per Johansson		–	50.19 (1)	– (–)
2	5	France	FRA	3:24.68	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Stéphan Caron		–	50.83 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Laurent Neuville		–	50.84 (1)	1:41.67 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Dominique Bataille		–	51.77 (3)	2:33.44 (1)
Anchor	–	Bruno Lesaffre		–	51.24 (2)	– (–)
3	1	Brazil	BRA	3:27.33	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Cyro Delgado		–	52.10 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Jorge Fernandes		–	51.39 (3)	1:43.49 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Djan Madruga		–	52.44 (5)	2:35.93 (3)
Anchor	–	Ronald Menezes		–	51.40 (4)	– (–)
4	3	Netherlands	NED	3:27.60	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Edsard Schlingemann		–	51.94 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Peter Drost		–	52.69 (5)	1:44.63 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Frank Drost		–	51.59 (2)	2:36.22 (4)
Anchor	–	Hans Kroes		–	51.38 (3)	– (–)
5	2	Japan	JPN	3:30.45	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Hiroshi Sakamoto		–	52.31 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Shigeo Ogata		–	52.22 (4)	1:44.53 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Taihei Saka		–	52.85 (6)	2:37.38 (5)
Anchor	–	Satoshi Sumida		–	53.07 (5)	– (–)
6	6	Puerto Rico	PUR	3:30.66	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Fernando Canales		–	51.90 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Miguel Figueroa		–	53.63 (6)	1:45.53 (6)
3rd Leg	–	Tony Portela		–	51.92 (4)	2:37.45 (6)
Anchor	–	Rafael Gandarillas		–	53.21 (6)	– (–)
7	8	Honduras	HON	3:55.87	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Salvador Covelo		–	58.20 (7)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Juan José Pino		–	59.92 (7)	1:58.12 (7)
3rd Leg	–	David Galo		–	58.66 (7)	2:56.78 (7)
Anchor	–	Rodolfo Torres		–	59.09 (7)	– (–)
DQ	7	Egypt	EGY	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Mohamed Youssef		–	– (–)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Sharif Nour		–	– (–)	– (–)
3rd Leg	–	Ahmed Ibrahim		–	– (–)	– (–)
Anchor	–	Ahmed Said		–	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Split	Exchange
1	5	Australia	AUS	3:19.94	– (–)	– (–)	QOR
Lead-off	–	Neil Brooks		–	50.36 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Greg Fasala		–	50.35 (2)	1:40.71 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Michael Delany		–	50.03 (2)	2:30.74 (2)
Anchor	–	Mark Stockwell		–	49.20 (1)	– (–)
2	4	United States	USA	3:20.14	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Matt Biondi		–	50.50 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Chris Cavanaugh		–	49.94 (1)	1:40.44 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Tom Jager		–	49.89 (1)	2:30.33 (1)
Anchor	–	Robin Leamy		–	49.81 (2)	– (–)
3	6	Great Britain	GBR	3:24.59	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	David Lowe		–	51.51 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Roland Lee		–	51.37 (4)	1:42.88 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Paul Easter		–	51.03 (4)	2:33.91 (3)
Anchor	–	Richard Burrell		–	50.68 (3)	– (–)
4	8	Italy	ITA	3:25.37	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Marcello Guarducci		–	51.49 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Raffaele Franceschi		–	51.51 (5)	1:43.00 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Metello Savino		–	51.00 (3)	2:34.00 (4)
Anchor	–	Marco Colombo		–	51.37 (4)	– (–)
5	3	Canada	CAN	3:25.94	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Sandy Goss		–	51.82 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Alex Baumann		–	51.14 (3)	1:42.96 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Blair Hicken		–	51.23 (5)	2:34.19 (5)
Anchor	–	Levente Mady		–	51.75 (5)	– (–)
6	2	Singapore	SGP	3:34.63	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Ang Peng Siong		–	51.18 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Oon Jin Teik		–	54.53 (7)	1:45.71 (6)
3rd Leg	–	David Lim		–	54.70 (7)	2:40.41 (6)
Anchor	–	Oon Jin Gee		–	54.22 (6)	– (–)
7	7	Turkey	TUR	3:36.54	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Kemal Sadri Özün		–	53.50 (7)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	İhsan Sabri Özün		–	53.94 (6)	1:47.44 (7)
3rd Leg	–	Ahmet Nakkaş		–	54.59 (6)	2:42.03 (7)
Anchor	–	Gökhan Attaroğlu		–	54.51 (7)	– (–)
8	1	Guatemala	GUA	3:52.18	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Rodrigo Leal		–	58.39 (8)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Fernando Marroquín		–	58.33 (8)	1:56.72 (8)
3rd Leg	–	Roberto Granados		–	58.56 (8)	2:55.28 (8)
Anchor	–	Ernesto José Degenhart		–	56.90 (8)	– (–)

Final Round

Date	2 August 1984 — 17:15

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Split	Exchange
1	5	United States	USA	3:19.03	– (–)	– (–)	WR
Lead-off	–	Chris Cavanaugh		–	50.83 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Mike Heath		–	49.60 (2)	1:40.43 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Matt Biondi		–	49.67 (1)	2:30.10 (1)
Anchor	–	Rowdy Gaines		–	48.93 (1)	– (–)
2	4	Australia	AUS	3:19.68	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Greg Fasala		–	51.00 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Neil Brooks		–	49.36 (1)	1:40.36 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Michael Delany		–	50.26 (2)	2:30.62 (2)
Anchor	–	Mark Stockwell		–	49.06 (2)	– (–)
3	3	Sweden	SWE	3:22.69	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Thomas Lejdström		–	51.29 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Bengt Baron		–	50.83 (3)	1:42.12 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Mikael Örn		–	51.28 (=6)	2:33.40 (4)
Anchor	–	Per Johansson		–	49.29 (3)	– (–)
4	7	West Germany	FRG	3:22.98	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Dirk Korthals		–	51.11 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Andreas Schmidt		–	51.48 (8)	1:42.59 (6)
3rd Leg	–	Alexander Schowtka		–	50.91 (4)	2:33.50 (5)
Anchor	–	Michael Groß		–	49.48 (4)	– (–)
5	6	Great Britain	GBR	3:23.61	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	David Lowe		–	51.38 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Roland Lee		–	51.17 (5)	1:42.55 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Paul Easter		–	50.82 (3)	2:33.37 (3)
Anchor	–	Richard Burrell		–	50.24 (5)	– (–)
6	2	France	FRA	3:24.63	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Stéphan Caron		–	51.03 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Laurent Neuville		–	51.38 (7)	1:42.41 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Dominique Bataille		–	51.17 (5)	2:33.58 (6)
Anchor	–	Bruno Lesaffre		–	51.05 (8)	– (–)
7	8	Canada	CAN	3:24.70	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Dave Churchill		–	51.73 (8)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Blair Hicken		–	51.13 (4)	1:42.86 (8)
3rd Leg	–	Alex Baumann		–	51.28 (=6)	2:34.14 (7)
Anchor	–	Sandy Goss		–	50.56 (6)	– (–)
8	1	Italy	ITA	3:24.97	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Marcello Guarducci		–	51.53 (7)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Marco Colombo		–	51.21 (6)	1:42.74 (7)
3rd Leg	–	Metello Savino		–	51.54 (8)	2:34.28 (8)
Anchor	–	Fabrizio Rampazzo		–	50.69 (7)	– (–)