Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueMcDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date2 August 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors99 from 23 nations
Winning time3:19.03 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States (USA)
Chris Cavanaugh, Mike Heath, Matt Biondi, Rowdy Gaines, Tom Jager*, Robin Leamy*
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia (AUS)
Greg Fasala, Neil Brooks, Michael Delany, Mark Stockwell
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sweden (SWE)
Thomas Lejdström, Bengt Baron, Mikael Örn, Per Johansson, Rikard Milton*, Michael Söderlund*
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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The final of the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in Los Angeles, California, on August 2, 1984.[1] 23 teams participated in the heats, with the eight fastest qualifying for the final.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  United States (USA)
Chris Cavanaugh (50.13)
Robin Leamy (50.10)
David McCagg (49.89)
Rowdy Gaines (49.14)		 3:19.26 Guayaquil, Ecuador 5 August 1982
Olympic record  United States (USA)
David Edgar (52.69)
John Murphy (52.04)
Jerry Heidenreich (50.78)
Mark Spitz (50.90)		 3:26.42 Munich, West Germany 28 August 1972

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
2 August Heat 3 Neil Brooks (50.36)
Greg Fasala (50.35)
Michael Delany (50.03)
Mark Stockwell (49.20)		  Australia 3:19.94 OR
2 August Final Chris Cavanaugh (50.83)
Mike Heath (49.60)
Matt Biondi (49.67)
Rowdy Gaines (48.93)		  United States 3:19.03 WR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1 3 5  Australia Neil Brooks (50.36)
Greg Fasala (50.35)
Michael Delany (50.03)
Mark Stockwell (49.20)		 3:19.94 Q, OR
2 3 4  United States Matt Biondi (50.50)
Chris Cavanaugh (49.94)
Tom Jager (49.89)
Robin Leamy (49.81)		 3:20.14 Q
3 2 4  Sweden Rikard Milton (51.80)
Michael Söderlund (50.98)
Mikael Örn (50.89)
Per Johansson (50.19)		 3:23.86 Q, NR
4 3 6  Great Britain David Lowe (51.51)
Roland Lee (51.37)
Paul Easter (51.03)
Richard Burrell (50.68)		 3:24.59 Q
5 2 5  France Stéphan Caron (50.83)
Laurent Neuville (50.84)
Dominique Bataille (51.77)
Bruno Lesaffre (51.24)		 3:24.68 Q, NR
6 1 4  West Germany Dirk Korthals (51.31)
Alexander Schowtka (50.90)
Nicolai Klapkarek (51.27)
Michael Gross (51.21)		 3:24.69 Q, NR
7 3 8  Italy Marcello Guarducci (51.49)
Raffaele Franceschi (51.51)
Metello Savino (51.00)
Marco Colombo (51.37)		 3:25.37 Q, NR
8 3 3  Canada Sandy Goss (51.82)
Alex Baumann (51.14)
Blair Hicken (51.23)
Levente Mady (51.75)		 3:25.94 Q
9 1 5  Switzerland Dano Halsall (51.68)
Stéfan Voléry (50.24)
Thierry Jacot (52.33)
Roger Birrer (52.36)		 3:26.61
10 2 1  Brazil Cyro Delgado (52.10)
Jorge Fernandes (51.39)
Djan Madruga (52.44)
Ronald Menezes (51.40)		 3:27.33
11 2 3  Netherlands Edsard Schlingemann (51.94)
Peter Drost (52.69)
Frank Drost (51.59)
Hans Kroes (51.38)		 3:27.60
12 1 3  Venezuela Alberto Mestre (51.18)
Alberto José Umana (53.13)
Rafael Vidal (53.15)
Jean-Marie François (52.78)		 3:30.24
13 2 2  Japan Hiroshi Sakamoto (52.31)
Shigeo Ogata (52.22)
Taihei Saka (52.85)
Satoshi Sumida (53.07)		 3:30.45
14 2 6  Puerto Rico Fernando Cañales (51.90)
Miguel Figueroa (53.63)
Antonio Portela (51.92)
Rafael Gandarillas (53.21)		 3:30.66
15 1 6  China Mu Lat (52.21)
Feng Dawei (52.81)
Chen Qin (53.31)
Shen Jianqiang (52.49)		 3:30.82
16 1 2  Mexico José Medina (54.12)
Ramiro Estrada (52.39)
César Sánchez (54.05)
Carlos Romo (53.30)		 3:33.86
17 3 2  Singapore Ang Peng Siong (51.18)
Oon Jin Teik (54.53)
David Lim Fong Jock (54.70)
Oon Jin Gee (54.22)		 3:34.63
18 1 1  Jamaica Andrew Phillips (52.97)
Deryck Marks (54.44)
Allan Marsh (52.97)
Gordon Scarlett (54.49)		 3:34.87
19 3 7  Turkey Kemal Sabri Özün (53.50)
İhsan Sabri Özün (53.94)
Ahmed Nakkas (54.59)
Gökhan Attaroglu (54.51)		 3:36.54
20 1 7  Virgin Islands Erik Rosskopf (55.40)
Brian Farlow (57.77)
Collier Woolard (55.76)
Scott Newkirk (54.56)		 3:43.49
21 3 1  Guatemala Rodrigo Leal (58.39)
Fernando Marroquin (58.33)
Roberto Granados (58.56)
Ernesto-José Degenhart (56.90)		 3:52.18
22 2 8  Honduras Salvador Corelo (58.20)
Juan José Piro (59.92)
David Palma (58.66)
Rodolfo Torres (59.09)		 3:55.87
2 7  Egypt Mohamed Youssef (53.23)
Sharif Nour (55.36)
Ahmed Eid
Ahmed Said		 DSQ

Final

Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5  United States Chris Cavanaugh (50.83)
Mike Heath (49.60)
Matt Biondi (49.67)
Rowdy Gaines (48.93)		 3:19.03 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4  Australia Greg Fasala (51.00)
Neil Brooks (49.36)
Michael Delany (50.26)
Mark Stockwell (49.06)		 3:19.68 OC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3  Sweden Thomas Lejdström (51.29)
Bengt Baron (50.83)
Mikael Örn (51.28)
Per Johansson (49.29)		 3:22.69 NR
4 7  West Germany Dirk Korthals (51.11)
Andreas Schmidt (51.48)
Alexander Schowtka (50.91)
Michael Gross (49.48)		 3:22.98 NR
5 6  Great Britain David Lowe (51.38)
Roland Lee (51.17)
Paul Easter (50.82)
Richard Burrell (50.24)		 3:23.61 NR
6 2  France Stéphan Caron (51.03)
Laurent Neuville (51.38)
Dominique Bataille (51.17)
Bruno Lesaffre (51.05)		 3:24.63 NR
7 8  Canada David Churchill (51.73)
Blair Hicken (51.13)
Alex Baumann (51.28)
Sandy Goss (50.56)		 3:24.70 NR
8 1  Italy Marcello Guarducci (51.53)
Marco Colombo (51.21)
Metello Savino (51.54)
Fabrizio Rampazzo (50.69)		 3:24.97 NR

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  2. ^ "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Men's 4 × 100m Freestyle Relay Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. pp. 515–517. Retrieved March 21, 2017.

External links

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  • USA Swimming
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Olympic champions in men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay