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VOOZH | about |
| Date | 29 July 1984 |
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| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Olympic Swim Stadium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California |
| Participants | 56 from 36 countries |
Michael GroΓ had been European Swimmer of the Year in 1982-83, and would win that as well in 1984-86, and was the 1982 World Champion in this event. He also held the world record, setting that twice in 1983, and better it again in June 1984 with 1:47.55 in Munich. At 202 cm (6-7Β½), with a huge wingspan, he was dubbed βThe Albatrossβ and was expected to win this event easily. He led the preliminary round with 1:48.03, but slowed dramatically in the final 100, and some wondered if perhaps he was not at his strongest. But that had simply been GroΓ saving himself for the final. American Mike Heath was close at 50 metres but that was it. GroΓ pulled away on each lap to win in 1:47.44, a new world record, and well ahead of Heath in second, with GroΓβs teammate Thomas Fahrner taking bronze, despite a fast finish that almost caught Heath.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | R1 | B Final | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 196 | Michael GroΓ | π Image FRG | 1:48.03 (1 h7) | β | 1:47.44 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 464 | Mike Heath | π Image USA | 1:49.87 (1 h6) | β | 1:49.10 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 193 | Thomas Fahrner | π Image FRG | 1:50.00 (1 h4) | β | 1:49.69 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 459 | Jeff Float | π Image USA | 1:50.95 (1 h5) | β | 1:50.18 (4) | |||
| 5 | 495 | Alberto Mestre | π Image VEN | 1:50.73 (1 h3) | β | 1:50.23 (5) | |||
| 6 | 267 | Frank Drost | π Image NED | 1:51.32 (2 h5) | β | 1:51.62 (6) | |||
| 7 | 307 | Marco Dell'Uomo | π Image ITA | 1:51.67 (2 h7) | β | 1:52.20 (7) | |||
| 8 | 14 | Peter Dale | π Image AUS | 1:51.42 (1 h1) | β | 1:53.84 (8) | |||
| 9 | 223 | Paul Easter | π Image GBR | 1:51.80 (1 h2) | 1:51.70 (1) | β | |||
| 10 | β | Juan Carlos Vallejo | π Image ESP | 1:51.97 (3 h5) | 1:51.77 (2) | β | |||
| 11 | 270 | Hans Kroes | π Image NED | 1:52.37 (2 h2) | 1:52.36 (3) | β | |||
| 12 | 428 | Anders Holmertz | π Image SWE | 1:51.70 (2 h4) | 1:52.44 (4) | β | |||
| 13 | 449 | Carlos Scanavino | π Image URU | 1:52.70 (3 h6) | 1:52.54 (5) | β | |||
| 14 | 101 | Peter Szmidt | π Image CAN | 1:52.48 (2 h1) | 1:52.56 (6) | β | |||
| 15 | β | Andy Astbury | π Image GBR | 1:52.01 (2 h3) | 1:53.02 (7) | β | |||
| 16 | 430 | Thomas LejdstrΓΆm | π Image SWE | 1:51.76 (2 h6) | 1:53.63 (8) | β | |||
| 17 | 73 | Alex Baumann | π Image CAN | 1:51.76 (3 h4) | β | β | 1 | ||
| 18 | 21 | Justin Lemberg | π Image AUS | 1:52.73 (4 h5) | β | β | |||
| 19 | 507 | Borut PetriΔ | π Image YUG | 1:52.74 (3 h7) | β | β | |||
| 20 | 59 | Jorge Fernandes | π Image BRA | 1:53.03 (3 h3) | β | β | |||
| 21 | β | Cyro Delgado | π Image BRA | 1:53.22 (3 h2) | β | β | |||
| 22 | β | Paolo Revelli | π Image ITA | 1:53.46 (4 h2) | β | β | |||
| 23 | 136 | Franz Mortensen | π Image DEN | 1:54.09 (3 h1) | β | β | |||
| 24 | β | Anthony Mosse | π Image NZL | 1:54.12 (4 h6) | β | β | |||
| 25 | 423 | StΓ©fan VolΓ©ry | π Image SUI | 1:54.19 (4 h1) | β | β | |||
| 26 | 348 | Hiroshi Sakamoto | π Image JPN | 1:54.71 (4 h7) | β | β | |||
| 27 | β | Michael Miao | π Image TPE | 1:55.01 (5 h1) | β | β | |||
| 28 | 163 | Javier Miralpeix | π Image ESP | 1:55.25 (4 h3) | β | β | |||
| 29 | 491 | Jean-Marie FranΓ§ois | π Image VEN | 1:55.28 (5 h6) | β | β | |||
| 30 | 508 | Darjan PetriΔ | π Image YUG | 1:55.68 (6 h1) | β | β | |||
| 31 | β | CΓ©sar SΓ‘nchez | π Image MEX | 1:55.82 (4 h4) | β | β | |||
| 32 | 444 | GΓΆkhan AttaroΔlu | π Image TUR | 1:55.92 (5 h3) | β | β | |||
| 33 | β | Shigeo Ogata | π Image JPN | 1:55.97 (5 h2) | β | β | |||
| 34 | 125 | Shen Jianqiang | π Image CHN | 1:56.08 (5 h7) | β | β | |||
| 35 | 389 | Mike Davidson | π Image NZL | 1:56.20 (5 h5) | β | β | |||
| 36 | 421 | Thierry Jacot | π Image SUI | 1:56.54 (6 h2) | β | β | |||
| 37 | 404 | Fernando Canales | π Image PUR | 1:56.60 (6 h7) | β | β | |||
| 38 | 1 | Evert Kroon | π Image AHO | 1:57.05 (6 h5) | β | β | |||
| 39 | 401 | William Wilson | π Image PHI | 1:57.18 (6 h3) | β | β | |||
| 40 | 44 | Sean Nottage | π Image BAH | 1:57.54 (7 h2) | β | β | |||
| 41 | 294 | Scott Newkirk | π Image ISV | 1:57.74 (6 h6) | β | β | |||
| 42 | 378 | Carlos Romo | π Image MEX | 1:58.77 (5 h4) | β | β | |||
| 43 | β | FabiΓ‘n Ferrari | π Image ARG | 1:59.39 (6 h4) | β | β | |||
| 44 | β | Mohamed Youssef | π Image EGY | 1:59.71 (7 h7) | β | β | |||
| 45 | 295 | Erik Rosskopf | π Image ISV | 2:02.04 (7 h4) | β | β | |||
| 46 | 175 | Samuela Tupou | π Image FIJ | 2:02.22 (8 h2) | β | β | |||
| 47 | 288 | Ingi JΓ³nsson | π Image ISL | 2:02.23 (7 h5) | β | β | |||
| 48 | 260 | Tsang Yi Ming | π Image HKG | 2:03.11 (7 h6) | β | β | |||
| 49 | β | Ng Wing Hon | π Image HKG | 2:03.66 (7 h3) | β | β | |||
| 50 | 254 | Roberto Granados | π Image GUA | 2:05.21 (8 h7) | β | β | |||
| 51 | 255 | Rodrigo Leal | π Image GUA | 2:05.96 (7 h1) | β | β | |||
| 52 | 284 | Juan JosΓ© Pino | π Image HON | 2:12.51 (8 h1) | β | β | |||
| 53 | 436 | Trevor Ncala | π Image SWZ | 2:15.30 (8 h3) | β | β | |||
| 54 | 413 | Michele Piva | π Image SMR | 2:15.39 (8 h4) | β | β | |||
| 55 | 370 | Percy Sayegh | π Image LBN | 2:20.76 (8 h5) | β | β | |||
| 56 | 369 | Rami Kantari | π Image LBN | 2:25.43 (8 h6) | β | β |
| Date | 29 July 1984 β 9:50 |
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| Format | Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final. |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | 50 m | 100 m | 150 m | 50-100 m | 100-150 m | 150-200 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Peter Dale | π Image AUS | 1:51.42 | ||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Peter Szmidt | π Image CAN | 1:52.48 | ||||||||
| 3 | 6 | Franz Mortensen | π Image DEN | 1:54.09 | ||||||||
| 4 | 2 | StΓ©fan VolΓ©ry | π Image SUI | 1:54.19 | ||||||||
| 5 | 7 | Michael Miao | π Image TPE | 1:55.01 | ||||||||
| 6 | 3 | Darjan PetriΔ | π Image YUG | 1:55.68 | ||||||||
| 7 | 1 | Rodrigo Leal | π Image GUA | 2:05.96 | ||||||||
| 8 | 8 | Juan JosΓ© Pino | π Image HON | 2:12.51 |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | 50 m | 100 m | 150 m | 50-100 m | 100-150 m | 150-200 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Paul Easter | π Image GBR | 1:51.80 | ||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Hans Kroes | π Image NED | 1:52.37 | ||||||||
| 3 | 8 | Cyro Delgado | π Image BRA | 1:53.22 | ||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Paolo Revelli | π Image ITA | 1:53.46 | ||||||||
| 5 | 6 | Shigeo Ogata | π Image JPN | 1:55.97 | ||||||||
| 6 | 2 | Thierry Jacot | π Image SUI | 1:56.54 | ||||||||
| 7 | 7 | Sean Nottage | π Image BAH | 1:57.54 | ||||||||
| 8 | 1 | Samuela Tupou | π Image FIJ | 2:02.22 |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | 50 m | 100 m | 150 m | 50-100 m | 100-150 m | 150-200 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Alberto Mestre | π Image VEN | 1:50.73 | ||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Andy Astbury | π Image GBR | 1:52.01 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Jorge Fernandes | π Image BRA | 1:53.03 | ||||||||
| 4 | 6 | Javier Miralpeix | π Image ESP | 1:55.25 | ||||||||
| 5 | 2 | GΓΆkhan AttaroΔlu | π Image TUR | 1:55.92 | ||||||||
| 6 | 7 | William Wilson | π Image PHI | 1:57.18 | ||||||||
| 7 | 1 | Ng Wing Hon | π Image HKG | 2:03.66 | ||||||||
| 8 | 8 | Trevor Ncala | π Image SWZ | 2:15.30 |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | 50 m | 100 m | 150 m | 50-100 m | 100-150 m | 150-200 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Thomas Fahrner | π Image FRG | 1:50.00 | ||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Anders Holmertz | π Image SWE | 1:51.70 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Alex Baumann | π Image CAN | 1:51.76 | ||||||||
| 4 | 7 | CΓ©sar SΓ‘nchez | π Image MEX | 1:55.82 | ||||||||
| 5 | 2 | Carlos Romo | π Image MEX | 1:58.77 | ||||||||
| 6 | 6 | FabiΓ‘n Ferrari | π Image ARG | 1:59.39 | ||||||||
| 7 | 1 | Erik Rosskopf | π Image ISV | 2:02.04 | ||||||||
| 8 | 8 | Michele Piva | π Image SMR | 2:15.39 |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | 50 m | 100 m | 150 m | 50-100 m | 100-150 m | 150-200 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Jeff Float | π Image USA | 1:50.95 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Frank Drost | π Image NED | 1:51.32 | ||||||||
| 3 | 6 | Juan Carlos Vallejo | π Image ESP | 1:51.97 | ||||||||
| 4 | 5 | Justin Lemberg | π Image AUS | 1:52.73 | ||||||||
| 5 | 2 | Mike Davidson | π Image NZL | 1:56.20 | ||||||||
| 6 | 7 | Evert Kroon | π Image AHO | 1:57.05 | ||||||||
| 7 | 1 | Ingi JΓ³nsson | π Image ISL | 2:02.23 | ||||||||
| 8 | 8 | Percy Sayegh | π Image LBN | 2:20.76 |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | 50 m | 100 m | 150 m | 50-100 m | 100-150 m | 150-200 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Mike Heath | π Image USA | 1:49.87 | ||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Thomas LejdstrΓΆm | π Image SWE | 1:51.76 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Carlos Scanavino | π Image URU | 1:52.70 | ||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Anthony Mosse | π Image NZL | 1:54.12 | ||||||||
| 5 | 6 | Jean-Marie FranΓ§ois | π Image VEN | 1:55.28 | ||||||||
| 6 | 7 | Scott Newkirk | π Image ISV | 1:57.74 | ||||||||
| 7 | 1 | Tsang Yi Ming | π Image HKG | 2:03.11 | ||||||||
| 8 | 8 | Rami Kantari | π Image LBN | 2:25.43 |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | 50 m | 100 m | 150 m | 50-100 m | 100-150 m | 150-200 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Michael GroΓ | π Image FRG | 1:48.03 | ||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Marco Dell'Uomo | π Image ITA | 1:51.67 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Borut PetriΔ | π Image YUG | 1:52.74 | ||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Hiroshi Sakamoto | π Image JPN | 1:54.71 | ||||||||
| 5 | 7 | Shen Jianqiang | π Image CHN | 1:56.08 | ||||||||
| 6 | 6 | Fernando Canales | π Image PUR | 1:56.60 | ||||||||
| 7 | 1 | Mohamed Youssef | π Image EGY | 1:59.71 | ||||||||
| 8 | 8 | Roberto Granados | π Image GUA | 2:05.21 |
| Date | 29 July 1984 β 17:05 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | 50 m | 100 m | 150 m | 50-100 m | 100-150 m | 150-200 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Paul Easter | π Image GBR | 1:51.70 | ||||||||
| 2 | 6 | Juan Carlos Vallejo | π Image ESP | 1:51.77 | ||||||||
| 3 | 7 | Hans Kroes | π Image NED | 1:52.36 | ||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Anders Holmertz | π Image SWE | 1:52.44 | ||||||||
| 5 | 8 | Carlos Scanavino | π Image URU | 1:52.54 | ||||||||
| 6 | 1 | Peter Szmidt | π Image CAN | 1:52.56 | ||||||||
| 7 | 2 | Andy Astbury | π Image GBR | 1:53.02 | ||||||||
| 8 | 5 | Thomas LejdstrΓΆm | π Image SWE | 1:53.63 |
| Date | 29 July 1984 β 16:55 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | 50 m | 100 m | 150 m | 50-100 m | 100-150 m | 150-200 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Michael GroΓ | π Image FRG | 1:47.44 | ||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Mike Heath | π Image USA | 1:49.10 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Thomas Fahrner | π Image FRG | 1:49.69 | ||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Jeff Float | π Image USA | 1:50.18 | ||||||||
| 5 | 6 | Alberto Mestre | π Image VEN | 1:50.23 | ||||||||
| 6 | 7 | Frank Drost | π Image NED | 1:51.62 | ||||||||
| 7 | 8 | Marco Dell'Uomo | π Image ITA | 1:52.20 | ||||||||
| 8 | 1 | Peter Dale | π Image AUS | 1:53.84 |