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4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Men

Date 4 August 1984
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympic Swim Stadium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Participants94 from 21 countries

It had been 1970 since a nation other than the United States had held the world record in this event, that being East Germany. Except for 1980, when they were not present, the USA had never lost this race at the Olympics. This was the last event of the 1984 swimming program and the result was expected to be the same. The USA had won gold in world record times at the 1982 World Championships and the 1983 Pan American Games. On the opening leg of the final backstroker Rick Carey went out in 55.41, finally erasing John Naber’s Olympic record for the 100 back. That put the USA well in front, and the race was all but over. On each leg, the US swimmers opened up more of a lead, eventually winning by almost four seconds over Canada, setting a world record of 3:39.30 in the process. Australia won bronze, with West Germany trailing in fourth. As the pro-USA audience cheered their boys wildly, on the side of the pool, American breaststroker Steve Lundquist unfurled a towel, on which he had printed, “America … than you for a dream come true!”

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCR1Final
1–United StatesUSA3:44.33 (2 h3)3:39.30 (1)Gold
Backstroke454Rick Carey ––
Breaststroke472Steve Lundquist ––
Butterfly476Pablo Morales ––
Freestyle461Rowdy Gaines ––
Backstroke490Dave Wilson ––
Breaststroke481Rich Schroeder ––
Butterfly464Mike Heath ––
Freestyle465Tom Jager ––
2–CanadaCAN3:46.12 (1 h1)3:43.23 (2)Silver
Backstroke106Mike West ––
Breaststroke81Victor Davis ––
Butterfly96Tom Ponting ––
Freestyle86Sandy Goss ––
3–AustraliaAUS3:43.93 (1 h3)3:43.25 (3)Bronze
Backstroke20Mark Kerry ––
Breaststroke16Peter Evans ––
Butterfly12Glenn Buchanan ––
Freestyle33Mark Stockwell ––
Butterfly30Jon Sieben ––
Freestyle10Neil Brooks ––
4–West GermanyFRG3:49.75 (1 h2)3:44.26 (4)
Backstroke209Stefan Peter ––
Breaststroke205Gerald Mörken ––
Butterfly196Michael Groß ––
Freestyle202Dirk Korthals ––
Butterfly189Andreas Behrend ––
Freestyle213Alexander Schowtka ––
201Nicolaj Klapkarek DNS––
212Andreas Schmidt DNS––
203Peter Lang DNS––
5–SwedenSWE3:49.76 (4 h3)3:47.13 (5)
Backstroke424Bengt Baron ––
Breaststroke425Peter Berggren ––
Butterfly430Thomas Lejdström ––
Freestyle429Per Johansson ––
Backstroke434Michael Söderlund ––
6–Great BritainGBR3:49.86 (2 h2)3:47.39 (6)
Backstroke224Neil Harper ––
Breaststroke231Adrian Moorhouse ––
Butterfly228Andy Jameson ––
Freestyle219Richard Burrell ––
Freestyle230David Lowe ––
7–SwitzerlandSUI3:48.13 (3 h3)3:47.93 (7)
Backstroke419Patrick Ferland ––
Breaststroke416Étienne Dagon ––
Butterfly418Théophile David ––
Freestyle420Dano Halsall ––
423Stéfan Voléry DNS––
8–JapanJPN3:50.14 (5 h3)– (DQ)
Backstroke350Daichi Suzuki ––
Breaststroke352Shigehiro Takahashi ––
Butterfly347Taihei Saka ––
Freestyle348Hiroshi Sakamoto ––
338Shudo Kawawa DNS––
342Shigeo Ogata DNS––
349Satoshi Sumida DNS––
354Kenji Watanabe DNS––
9–New ZealandNZL3:50.56 (2 h1)–
Backstroke392Paul Kingsman ––
Breaststroke388Brett Austin ––
Butterfly394Anthony Mosse ––
Freestyle391Gary Hurring ––
10–FranceFRA3:50.75 (3 h1)–
Backstroke181Frédéric Delcourt ––
Breaststroke186Thierry Pata ––
Butterfly188Xavier Savin ––
Freestyle180Stéphan Caron ––
11–People's Republic of ChinaCHN3:51.71 (3 h2)–
Backstroke129Wang Hao ––
Breaststroke117Jin Pu ––
Butterfly133Zheng Jian ––
Freestyle122 Mulati ––
121Li Zhongyi DNS––
130Wang Lin DNS––
12–BrazilBRA3:53.49 (4 h2)–
Backstroke65Ricardo Prado ––
Breaststroke56Luiz Carvalho ––
Butterfly60Marcelo Jucá ––
Freestyle58Cyro Delgado ––
64Ronald Menezes DNS––
13–VenezuelaVEN3:55.12 (4 h1)–
Backstroke492Giovani Frigo ––
Breaststroke493Jorge Henao ––
Butterfly497Rafael Vidal ––
Freestyle495Alberto Mestre ––
14–MexicoMEX3:56.11 (5 h1)–
Backstroke380Ernesto Vela ––
Breaststroke375Eduardo Morillo ––
Butterfly378Carlos Romo ––
Freestyle371Ramiro Estrada ––
15–EgyptEGY3:59.31 (6 h3)–
Backstroke145Sharif Nour ––
Breaststroke144Ayman Nadim ––
Butterfly146Ahmed Said ––
Freestyle147Mohamed Youssef ––
16–SingaporeSGP4:00.07 (5 h2)–
Backstroke410David Lim ––
Breaststroke412Oon Jin Teik ––
Butterfly409Ang Peng Siong ––
Freestyle411Oon Jin Gee ––
17–JamaicaJAM4:05.35 (7 h3)–
Backstroke329Allan Marsh ––
Breaststroke330Andrew Phillips ––
Butterfly328Deryck Marks ––
Freestyle331Gordon Scarlett ––
18–United States Virgin IslandsISV4:16.18 (6 h2)–
Backstroke295Erik Rosskopf ––
Breaststroke297Harrell Woolard ––
Butterfly294Scott Newkirk ––
Freestyle296Collier Woolard ––
292Brian Farlow DNS––
293Keith Farlow DNS––
19–GuatemalaGUA4:16.94 (6 h1)–
Backstroke253Ernesto José Degenhart ––
Breaststroke256Fernando Marroquín ––
Butterfly254Roberto Granados ––
Freestyle255Rodrigo Leal ––
20–HondurasHON4:22.72 (7 h1)–
Backstroke282Salvador Covelo ––
Breaststroke283David Galo ––
Butterfly284Juan José Pino ––
Freestyle285Rodolfo Torres ––
DQ–ItalyITA– (DQ h2)–
Backstroke309Paolo Falchini ––
Breaststroke318Gianni Minervini ––
Butterfly323Fabrizio Rampazzo ––
Freestyle316Marcello Guarducci ––
DNS–Hong KongHKG– (DNS h3)–1
DNS–LebanonLBN– (DNS h2)–2
DNS–TurkeyTUR– (DNS h1)–3

Round One

Date4 August 1984 — 9:55
FormatFastest 8 advanced to the final round.
PosLaneTeamNOCTime
15AustraliaAUS3:43.93Q
24United StatesUSA3:44.33Q
34CanadaCAN3:46.12Q
43SwitzerlandSUI3:48.13Q
54West GermanyFRG3:49.75Q
68SwedenSWE3:49.76Q
75Great BritainGBR3:49.86Q
86JapanJPN3:50.14
91New ZealandNZL3:50.56
105FranceFRA3:50.75
116People's Republic of ChinaCHN3:51.71
121BrazilBRA3:53.49
133VenezuelaVEN3:55.12
146MexicoMEX3:56.11
152EgyptEGY3:59.31
162SingaporeSGP4:00.07
171JamaicaJAM4:05.35
187United States Virgin IslandsISV4:16.18
197GuatemalaGUA4:16.94
208HondurasHON4:22.72
DQ3ItalyITA–
DNS2TurkeyTUR–4
DNS8LebanonLBN–5
DNS7Hong KongHKG–6

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTimeSplitExchange
14CanadaCAN3:46.12– (–)– (–)Q
Backstroke–Mike West –58.11 (1)– (–)
Breaststroke–Victor Davis –1:02.54 (1)2:00.65 (1)
Butterfly–Tom Ponting –54.22 (1)2:54.87 (1)
Freestyle–Sandy Goss –51.25 (3)– (–)
21New ZealandNZL3:50.56– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Paul Kingsman –58.73 (2)– (–)
Breaststroke–Brett Austin –1:04.83 (2)2:03.56 (2)
Butterfly–Anthony Mosse –54.93 (2)2:58.49 (2)
Freestyle–Gary Hurring –52.07 (5)– (–)
35FranceFRA3:50.75– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Frédéric Delcourt –59.11 (3)– (–)
Breaststroke–Thierry Pata –1:04.91 (3)2:04.02 (3)
Butterfly–Xavier Savin –55.98 (4)3:00.00 (3)
Freestyle–Stéphan Caron –50.75 (1)– (–)
43VenezuelaVEN3:55.12– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Giovani Frigo –59.85 (4)– (–)
Breaststroke–Jorge Henao –1:08.54 (5)2:08.39 (5)
Butterfly–Rafael Vidal –55.51 (3)3:03.90 (4)
Freestyle–Alberto Mestre –51.22 (2)– (–)
56MexicoMEX3:56.11– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Ernesto Vela –1:01.08 (5)– (–)
Breaststroke–Eduardo Morillo –1:06.02 (4)2:07.10 (4)
Butterfly–Carlos Romo –57.13 (5)3:04.23 (5)
Freestyle–Ramiro Estrada –51.88 (4)– (–)
67GuatemalaGUA4:16.94– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Ernesto José Degenhart –1:05.10 (6)– (–)
Breaststroke–Fernando Marroquín –1:09.91 (6)2:15.01 (6)
Butterfly–Roberto Granados –1:03.35 (7)3:18.36 (6)
Freestyle–Rodrigo Leal –58.58 (6)– (–)
78HondurasHON4:22.72– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Salvador Covelo –1:08.53 (7)– (–)
Breaststroke–David Galo –1:12.56 (7)2:21.09 (7)
Butterfly–Juan José Pino –1:02.62 (6)3:23.71 (7)
Freestyle–Rodolfo Torres –59.01 (7)– (–)
DNS2TurkeyTUR–– (–)– (–)7

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTimeSplitExchange
14West GermanyFRG3:49.75– (–)– (–)Q
Backstroke–Stefan Peter –58.43 (1)– (–)
Breaststroke–Gerald Mörken –1:05.49 (3)2:03.92 (2)
Butterfly–Andreas Behrend –55.23 (2)2:59.15 (2)
Freestyle–Alexander Schowtka –50.60 (1)– (–)
25Great BritainGBR3:49.86– (–)– (–)Q
Backstroke–Neil Harper –59.12 (4)– (–)
Breaststroke–Adrian Moorhouse –1:04.95 (2)2:04.07 (3)
Butterfly–Andy Jameson –54.66 (1)2:58.73 (1)
Freestyle–David Lowe –51.13 (2)– (–)
36People's Republic of ChinaCHN3:51.71– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Wang Hao –58.87 (3)– (–)
Breaststroke–Jin Pu –1:04.74 (1)2:03.61 (1)
Butterfly–Zheng Jian –56.78 (3)3:00.39 (3)
Freestyle– Mulati –51.32 (4)– (–)
41BrazilBRA3:53.49– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Ricardo Prado –58.82 (2)– (–)
Breaststroke–Luiz Carvalho –1:06.21 (4)2:05.03 (4)
Butterfly–Marcelo Jucá –57.24 (4)3:02.27 (4)
Freestyle–Cyro Delgado –51.22 (3)– (–)
52SingaporeSGP4:00.07– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–David Lim –1:00.59 (5)– (–)
Breaststroke–Oon Jin Teik –1:08.25 (5)2:08.84 (5)
Butterfly–Ang Peng Siong –57.83 (5)3:06.67 (5)
Freestyle–Oon Jin Gee –53.40 (5)– (–)
67United States Virgin IslandsISV4:16.18– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Erik Rosskopf –1:03.71 (6)– (–)
Breaststroke–Harrell Woolard –1:13.50 (6)2:17.21 (6)
Butterfly–Scott Newkirk –1:02.70 (6)3:19.91 (6)
Freestyle–Collier Woolard –56.27 (6)– (–)
DQ3ItalyITA–– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Paolo Falchini –– (–)– (–)
Breaststroke–Gianni Minervini –– (–)– (–)
Butterfly–Fabrizio Rampazzo –– (–)– (–)
Freestyle–Marcello Guarducci –– (–)– (–)
DNS8LebanonLBN–– (–)– (–)8

Heat #3

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTimeSplitExchange
15AustraliaAUS3:43.93– (–)– (–)Q
Backstroke–Mark Kerry –57.41 (2)– (–)
Breaststroke–Peter Evans –1:02.67 (2)2:00.08 (2)
Butterfly–Jon Sieben –54.24 (1)2:54.32 (1)
Freestyle–Neil Brooks –49.61 (1)– (–)
24United StatesUSA3:44.33– (–)– (–)Q
Backstroke–Dave Wilson –57.06 (1)– (–)
Breaststroke–Rich Schroeder –1:02.66 (1)1:59.72 (1)
Butterfly–Mike Heath –54.60 (2)2:54.32 (1)
Freestyle–Tom Jager –50.01 (2)– (–)
33SwitzerlandSUI3:48.13– (–)– (–)Q
Backstroke–Patrick Ferland –58.68 (4)– (–)
Breaststroke–Étienne Dagon –1:03.87 (3)2:02.55 (4)
Butterfly–Théophile David –55.24 (4)2:57.79 (3)
Freestyle–Dano Halsall –50.34 (3)– (–)
48SwedenSWE3:49.76– (–)– (–)Q
Backstroke–Michael Söderlund –58.79 (5)– (–)
Breaststroke–Peter Berggren –1:05.22 (5)2:04.01 (5)
Butterfly–Bengt Baron –54.98 (3)2:58.99 (5)
Freestyle–Per Johansson –50.77 (4)– (–)
56JapanJPN3:50.14– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Daichi Suzuki –58.31 (3)– (–)
Breaststroke–Shigehiro Takahashi –1:04.05 (4)2:02.36 (3)
Butterfly–Taihei Saka –55.66 (5)2:58.02 (4)
Freestyle–Hiroshi Sakamoto –52.12 (5)– (–)
62EgyptEGY3:59.31– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Sharif Nour –59.09 (6)– (–)
Breaststroke–Ayman Nadim –1:09.53 (6)2:08.62 (6)
Butterfly–Ahmed Said –57.73 (6)3:06.35 (6)
Freestyle–Mohamed Youssef –52.96 (6)– (–)
71JamaicaJAM4:05.35– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Allan Marsh –1:00.53 (7)– (–)
Breaststroke–Andrew Phillips –1:09.63 (7)2:10.16 (7)
Butterfly–Deryck Marks –1:00.35 (7)3:10.51 (7)
Freestyle–Gordon Scarlett –54.84 (7)– (–)
DNS7Hong KongHKG–– (–)– (–)9

Final Round

Date4 August 1984 — 18:00
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTimeSplitExchange
15United StatesUSA3:39.30– (–)– (–)WR
Backstroke–Rick Carey –55.41 (1)– (–)IOR
Breaststroke–Steve Lundquist –1:01.86 (1)1:57.27 (1)
Butterfly–Pablo Morales –52.87 (2)2:50.14 (1)
Freestyle–Rowdy Gaines –49.16 (=1)– (–)
23CanadaCAN3:43.23– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Mike West –56.61 (2)– (–)
Breaststroke–Victor Davis –1:02.33 (3)1:58.94 (2)
Butterfly–Tom Ponting –54.01 (3)2:52.95 (2)
Freestyle–Sandy Goss –50.28 (6)– (–)
34AustraliaAUS3:43.25– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Mark Kerry –57.12 (3)– (–)
Breaststroke–Peter Evans –1:02.29 (2)1:59.41 (3)
Butterfly–Glenn Buchanan –54.68 (5)2:54.09 (3)
Freestyle–Mark Stockwell –49.16 (=1)– (–)
42West GermanyFRG3:44.26– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Stefan Peter –58.21 (5)– (–)
Breaststroke–Gerald Mörken –1:03.55 (4)2:01.76 (4)
Butterfly–Michael Groß –52.81 (1)2:54.57 (4)
Freestyle–Dirk Korthals –49.69 (3)– (–)
57SwedenSWE3:47.13– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Bengt Baron –57.16 (4)– (–)
Breaststroke–Peter Berggren –1:05.00 (7)2:02.16 (6)
Butterfly–Thomas Lejdström –54.98 (6)2:57.14 (6)
Freestyle–Per Johansson –49.99 (4)– (–)
61Great BritainGBR3:47.39– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Neil Harper –58.37 (6)– (–)
Breaststroke–Adrian Moorhouse –1:03.61 (5)2:01.98 (5)
Butterfly–Andy Jameson –54.10 (4)2:56.08 (5)
Freestyle–Richard Burrell –51.31 (7)– (–)
76SwitzerlandSUI3:47.93– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Patrick Ferland –58.64 (7)– (–)
Breaststroke–Étienne Dagon –1:03.70 (6)2:02.34 (7)
Butterfly–Théophile David –55.34 (7)2:57.68 (7)
Freestyle–Dano Halsall –50.25 (5)– (–)
DQ8JapanJPN–– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Daichi Suzuki –– (–)– (–)
Breaststroke–Shigehiro Takahashi –– (–)– (–)
Butterfly–Taihei Saka –– (–)– (–)
Freestyle–Hiroshi Sakamoto –– (–)– (–)