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4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Men

Date	4 August 1984
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Swim Stadium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Participants	94 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!”

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	R1	Final
1	–	United States	USA	3:44.33 (2 h3)	3:39.30 (1)	Gold
Backstroke	454	Rick Carey		–	–
Breaststroke	472	Steve Lundquist		–	–
Butterfly	476	Pablo Morales		–	–
Freestyle	461	Rowdy Gaines		–	–
Backstroke	490	Dave Wilson		–	–
Breaststroke	481	Rich Schroeder		–	–
Butterfly	464	Mike Heath		–	–
Freestyle	465	Tom Jager		–	–
2	–	Canada	CAN	3:46.12 (1 h1)	3:43.23 (2)	Silver
Backstroke	106	Mike West		–	–
Breaststroke	81	Victor Davis		–	–
Butterfly	96	Tom Ponting		–	–
Freestyle	86	Sandy Goss		–	–
3	–	Australia	AUS	3:43.93 (1 h3)	3:43.25 (3)	Bronze
Backstroke	20	Mark Kerry		–	–
Breaststroke	16	Peter Evans		–	–
Butterfly	12	Glenn Buchanan		–	–
Freestyle	33	Mark Stockwell		–	–
Butterfly	30	Jon Sieben		–	–
Freestyle	10	Neil Brooks		–	–
4	–	West Germany	FRG	3:49.75 (1 h2)	3:44.26 (4)
Backstroke	209	Stefan Peter		–	–
Breaststroke	205	Gerald Mörken		–	–
Butterfly	196	Michael Groß		–	–
Freestyle	202	Dirk Korthals		–	–
Butterfly	189	Andreas Behrend		–	–
Freestyle	213	Alexander Schowtka		–	–
	201	Nicolaj Klapkarek DNS		–	–
	212	Andreas Schmidt DNS		–	–
	203	Peter Lang DNS		–	–
5	–	Sweden	SWE	3:49.76 (4 h3)	3:47.13 (5)
Backstroke	424	Bengt Baron		–	–
Breaststroke	425	Peter Berggren		–	–
Butterfly	430	Thomas Lejdström		–	–
Freestyle	429	Per Johansson		–	–
Backstroke	434	Michael Söderlund		–	–
6	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:49.86 (2 h2)	3:47.39 (6)
Backstroke	224	Neil Harper		–	–
Breaststroke	231	Adrian Moorhouse		–	–
Butterfly	228	Andy Jameson		–	–
Freestyle	219	Richard Burrell		–	–
Freestyle	230	David Lowe		–	–
7	–	Switzerland	SUI	3:48.13 (3 h3)	3:47.93 (7)
Backstroke	419	Patrick Ferland		–	–
Breaststroke	416	Étienne Dagon		–	–
Butterfly	418	Théophile David		–	–
Freestyle	420	Dano Halsall		–	–
	423	Stéfan Voléry DNS		–	–
8	–	Japan	JPN	3:50.14 (5 h3)	– (DQ)
Backstroke	350	Daichi Suzuki		–	–
Breaststroke	352	Shigehiro Takahashi		–	–
Butterfly	347	Taihei Saka		–	–
Freestyle	348	Hiroshi Sakamoto		–	–
	338	Shudo Kawawa DNS		–	–
	342	Shigeo Ogata DNS		–	–
	349	Satoshi Sumida DNS		–	–
	354	Kenji Watanabe DNS		–	–
9	–	New Zealand	NZL	3:50.56 (2 h1)	–
Backstroke	392	Paul Kingsman		–	–
Breaststroke	388	Brett Austin		–	–
Butterfly	394	Anthony Mosse		–	–
Freestyle	391	Gary Hurring		–	–
10	–	France	FRA	3:50.75 (3 h1)	–
Backstroke	181	Frédéric Delcourt		–	–
Breaststroke	186	Thierry Pata		–	–
Butterfly	188	Xavier Savin		–	–
Freestyle	180	Stéphan Caron		–	–
11	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	3:51.71 (3 h2)	–
Backstroke	129	Wang Hao		–	–
Breaststroke	117	Jin Fu		–	–
Butterfly	133	Zheng Jian		–	–
Freestyle	122	Mu Lati		–	–
	121	Li Zhongyi DNS		–	–
	130	Wang Lin DNS		–	–
12	–	Brazil	BRA	3:53.49 (4 h2)	–
Backstroke	65	Ricardo Prado		–	–
Breaststroke	56	Luiz Carvalho		–	–
Butterfly	60	Marcelo Jucá		–	–
Freestyle	58	Cyro Delgado		–	–
	64	Ronald Menezes DNS		–	–
13	–	Venezuela	VEN	3:55.12 (4 h1)	–
Backstroke	492	Giovanni Frigo		–	–
Breaststroke	493	Jorge Henao		–	–
Butterfly	497	Rafael Vidal		–	–
Freestyle	495	Alberto Mestre		–	–
14	–	Mexico	MEX	3:56.11 (5 h1)	–
Backstroke	380	Ernesto Vela		–	–
Breaststroke	375	Eduardo Morillo		–	–
Butterfly	378	Carlos Romo		–	–
Freestyle	371	Ramiro Estrada		–	–
15	–	Egypt	EGY	3:59.31 (6 h3)	–
Backstroke	145	Sharif Nour		–	–
Breaststroke	144	Ayman Nadim		–	–
Butterfly	146	Ahmed Said		–	–
Freestyle	147	Mohamed Youssef		–	–
16	–	Singapore	SGP	4:00.07 (5 h2)	–
Backstroke	410	David Lim		–	–
Breaststroke	412	Oon Jin Teik		–	–
Butterfly	409	Ang Peng Siong		–	–
Freestyle	411	Oon Jin Gee		–	–
17	–	Jamaica	JAM	4:05.35 (7 h3)	–
Backstroke	329	Allan Marsh		–	–
Breaststroke	330	Andrew Phillips		–	–
Butterfly	328	Deryck Marks		–	–
Freestyle	331	Gordon Scarlett		–	–
18	–	United States Virgin Islands	ISV	4:16.18 (6 h2)	–
Backstroke	295	Erik Rosskopf		–	–
Breaststroke	297	Harrell Woolard		–	–
Butterfly	294	Scott Newkirk		–	–
Freestyle	296	Collier Woolard		–	–
	292	Brian Farlow DNS		–	–
	293	Keith Farlow DNS		–	–
19	–	Guatemala	GUA	4:16.94 (6 h1)	–
Backstroke	253	Ernesto José Degenhart		–	–
Breaststroke	256	Fernando Marroquín		–	–
Butterfly	254	Roberto Granados		–	–
Freestyle	255	Rodrigo Leal		–	–
20	–	Honduras	HON	4:22.72 (7 h1)	–
Backstroke	282	Salvador Covelo		–	–
Breaststroke	283	David Galo		–	–
Butterfly	284	Juan José Pino		–	–
Freestyle	285	Rodolfo Torres		–	–
DQ	–	Italy	ITA	– (DQ h2)	–
Backstroke	309	Paolo Falchini		–	–
Breaststroke	318	Gianni Minervini		–	–
Butterfly	323	Fabrizio Rampazzo		–	–
Freestyle	316	Marcello Guarducci		–	–
DNS	–	Hong Kong	HKG	– (DNS h3)	–		1
DNS	–	Lebanon	LBN	– (DNS h2)	–		2
DNS	–	Turkey	TUR	– (DNS h1)	–		3

Round One

Date	4 August 1984 — 9:55
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Team	NOC	Time
1	–	Australia	AUS	3:43.93	Q
2	–	United States	USA	3:44.33	Q
3	–	Canada	CAN	3:46.12	Q
4	–	Switzerland	SUI	3:48.13	Q
5	–	West Germany	FRG	3:49.75	Q
6	–	Sweden	SWE	3:49.76	Q
7	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:49.86	Q
8	–	Japan	JPN	3:50.14
9	–	New Zealand	NZL	3:50.56
10	–	France	FRA	3:50.75
11	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	3:51.71
12	–	Brazil	BRA	3:53.49
13	–	Venezuela	VEN	3:55.12
14	–	Mexico	MEX	3:56.11
15	–	Egypt	EGY	3:59.31
16	–	Singapore	SGP	4:00.07
17	–	Jamaica	JAM	4:05.35
18	–	United States Virgin Islands	ISV	4:16.18
19	–	Guatemala	GUA	4:16.94
20	–	Honduras	HON	4:22.72
DQ	–	Italy	ITA	–
DNS	–	Turkey	TUR	–		4
DNS	–	Lebanon	LBN	–		5
DNS	–	Hong Kong	HKG	–		6

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	Canada	CAN	3:46.12	– (–)	– (–)	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)	– (–)
2	–	New Zealand	NZL	3:50.56	– (–)	– (–)
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)	– (–)
3	–	France	FRA	3:50.75	– (–)	– (–)
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)	– (–)
4	–	Venezuela	VEN	3:55.12	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Giovanni 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)	– (–)
5	–	Mexico	MEX	3:56.11	– (–)	– (–)
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)	– (–)
6	–	Guatemala	GUA	4:16.94	– (–)	– (–)
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)	– (–)
7	–	Honduras	HON	4:22.72	– (–)	– (–)
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)	– (–)
DNS	–	Turkey	TUR	–	– (–)	– (–)		7

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	West Germany	FRG	3:49.75	– (–)	– (–)	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)	– (–)
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:49.86	– (–)	– (–)	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)	– (–)
3	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	3:51.71	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Wang Hao		–	58.87 (3)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Jin Fu		–	1:04.74 (1)	2:03.61 (1)
Butterfly	–	Zheng Jian		–	56.78 (3)	3:00.39 (3)
Freestyle	–	Mu Lati		–	51.32 (4)	– (–)
4	–	Brazil	BRA	3:53.49	– (–)	– (–)
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)	– (–)
5	–	Singapore	SGP	4:00.07	– (–)	– (–)
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)	– (–)
6	–	United States Virgin Islands	ISV	4:16.18	– (–)	– (–)
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)	– (–)
DQ	–	Italy	ITA	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Paolo Falchini		–	– (–)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Gianni Minervini		–	– (–)	– (–)
Butterfly	–	Fabrizio Rampazzo		–	– (–)	– (–)
Freestyle	–	Marcello Guarducci		–	– (–)	– (–)
DNS	–	Lebanon	LBN	–	– (–)	– (–)		8

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	Australia	AUS	3:43.93	– (–)	– (–)	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)	– (–)
2	–	United States	USA	3:44.33	– (–)	– (–)	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)	– (–)
3	–	Switzerland	SUI	3:48.13	– (–)	– (–)	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)	– (–)
4	–	Sweden	SWE	3:49.76	– (–)	– (–)	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)	– (–)
5	–	Japan	JPN	3:50.14	– (–)	– (–)
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)	– (–)
6	–	Egypt	EGY	3:59.31	– (–)	– (–)
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)	– (–)
7	–	Jamaica	JAM	4:05.35	– (–)	– (–)
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)	– (–)
DNS	–	Hong Kong	HKG	–	– (–)	– (–)		9

Final Round

Date	4 August 1984 — 18:00

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	United States	USA	3:39.30	– (–)	– (–)	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)	– (–)
2	–	Canada	CAN	3:43.23	– (–)	– (–)
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)	– (–)
3	–	Australia	AUS	3:43.25	– (–)	– (–)
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)	– (–)
4	–	West Germany	FRG	3:44.26	– (–)	– (–)
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)	– (–)
5	–	Sweden	SWE	3:47.13	– (–)	– (–)
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)	– (–)
6	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:47.39	– (–)	– (–)
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)	– (–)
7	–	Switzerland	SUI	3:47.93	– (–)	– (–)
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)	– (–)
DQ	–	Japan	JPN	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Daichi Suzuki		–	– (–)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Shigehiro Takahashi		–	– (–)	– (–)
Butterfly	–	Taihei Saka		–	– (–)	– (–)
Freestyle	–	Hiroshi Sakamoto		–	– (–)	– (–)