Swimming_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_100_metre_breaststroke
Quick Facts Men's 100 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, Venue ...
Men's 100 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 29 July 1984 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 52 from 37 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:01.65 WR | ||||||||||||
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The final of the men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 29, 1984.[1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | John Moffet (USA) | 1:02.13 | Indianapolis, United States | 25 June 1984 |
Olympic record | John Hencken (USA) | 1:03.11 | Montreal, Canada | 20 July 1976 |
The following records were established during the competition:
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Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
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29 July | Heat 7 | John Moffet | United States | 1:02.16 | OR |
29 July | Final A | Steve Lundquist | United States | 1:01.65 | WR |
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Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
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Finals
Final B
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Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 4 | Gianni Minervini | Italy | 1:03.99 | |
10 | 2 | Shigehiro Takahashi | Japan | 1:04.41 | |
11 | 5 | Peter Lang | West Germany | 1:04.43 | |
12 | 3 | Pablo Restrepo | Colombia | 1:04.79 | |
13 | 6 | Thomas Böhm | Austria | 1:04.99 | |
14 | 7 | Iain Campbell | Great Britain | 1:05.02 | |
15 | 1 | Brett Austin | New Zealand | 1:05.49 | |
16 | 8 | Peter Berggren | Sweden | 1:05.66 |
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Final A
More information Rank, Lane ...
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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2 | Steve Lundquist | United States | 1:01.65 | WR | |
7 | Victor Davis | Canada | 1:01.99 | NR | |
5 | Peter Evans | Australia | 1:02.97 | ||
4 | 1 | Adrian Moorhouse | Great Britain | 1:03.25 | |
5 | 4 | John Moffet | United States | 1:03.29 | |
6 | 3 | Brett Stocks | Australia | 1:03.49 | |
7 | 6 | Gerald Mörken | West Germany | 1:03.95 | |
8 | 8 | Raffaele Avagnano | Italy | 1:04.11 |
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- "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. p. 509. Retrieved March 8, 2017.