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


The final of the men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 31, 1984.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
31 JulyFinal ARowdy Gaines49.80

Competition format

The competition used a new A/B final format. The competition consisted of two rounds: heats and finals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the A final, competing for medals through 8th place. The swimmers with the next 8 times in the semifinals competed in the B final for 9th through 16th place. Swim-offs were used as necessary to determine advancement.

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A, while the next eight to final B.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
164Mark Stockwell50.27Q
294Mike Heath50.39Q
384Rowdy Gaines50.41Q
453Per Johansson50.57Q
563Dano Halsall50.91Q
614Alberto Mestre50.99Q
723Dirk Korthals51.02Q
834Stéphan Caron51.13Q
975Hans Kroes51.19q
995Thomas Lejdström51.19q
1144Michael Delany51.22q,
1224Stéfan Voléry51.24q
1383Edsard Schlingemann50.41q
1465Peter Rohde51.40q, NR
1533Ang Peng Siong51.66q
1643David Lowe51.68q
1785Fabrizio Rampazzo51.71q
1835Cyro Delgado51.74
1974Fernando Cañales51.75
2073Alexander Schowtka51.78
2113Paul Easter51.83
2293David Churchill51.85
2366Ramiro Estrada52.07
2425Franz Mortensen52.22
2515Alexander Pilhatsch52.25
2686Marco Colombo52.34
2736Antonio Portela52.47NR
2845Ronald Menezes52.49
2955Blair Hicken52.74
3042Michael Miao52.76NR
3156Mu Lati52.82
3292Shen Jianqiang52.84
3346Shigeo Ogata52.96NR
3493Mohamed Youssef53.19NR
3562Kemal Sadri Özün53.39
3616Li Khai-kam53.48
3754Sean Nottage53.66
3882Fabián Ferrari53.69
3926Satoshi Sumida53.83
4032Hilton Woods53.92
4187Lukman Niode54.10
4212Oon Jin Gee54.17
4352Gökhan Attaroğlu54.22
4472Fernando Rodríguez54.61
4596Deryck Marks54.63
4527William Wilson54.63
4737Erik Rosskopf54.80
4877César Sánchez54.94
4967Anthony Nesty54.99
5057Ahmed Said55.01
5122Evert Johan Kroon55.20
5276Gordon Scarlett55.34
5347Collier Woolard55.67
5451Samuela Tupou55.85
5517Ingi Jónsson56.31
5671Jean-Luc Adorno56.38
5781Warren Sorby56.75
5831Rodrigo Leal56.80
5961Khaled Al-Assaf56.91
6041Ernesto-José Degenhart57.20
6188Hamad Bader58.16
6278Trevor Ncala58.22
6398Michele Piva59.26
6458Rodolfo Torres1:00.92
6568Domingos Chivavele1:01.38
6621Percy Sayegh1:01.88
6711Rami Kantari1:01.96
6891Daniel Mulumba1:07.86

Finals

Final B

Final A