Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly
The final of the men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 3, 1984.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 3 August | Heat 5 | Michael Gross | | 1:58.72 | |
| 3 August | Final A | Jon Sieben | | 1:57.04 | |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A, while the next eight to final B.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Michael Gross | | 1:58.72 | Q, |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Rafael Vidal | | 1:59.15 | Q, AM |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Pablo Morales | | 1:59.19 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Jon Sieben | | 1:59.63 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Anthony Mosse | | 1:59.76 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 4 | Tom Ponting | | 1:59.78 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Peter Ward | | 1:59.99 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 4 | Patrick Kennedy | | 2:00.28 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | Paolo Revelli | | 2:00.38 | q |
| 10 | 2 | 4 | Ricardo Prado | | 2:00.59 | q, |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | Taihei Saka | | 2:00.66 | q |
| 12 | 1 | 5 | Gérard de Kort | | 2:00.83 | q |
| 13 | 2 | 5 | Frank Drost | | 2:01.18 | q |
| 14 | 5 | 6 | Nick Hodgson | | 2:01.64 | q |
| 15 | 5 | 3 | Filiberto Colon | | 2:01.80 | q |
| 16 | 3 | 6 | Harri Garmendia | | 2:02.37 | q |
| 17 | 1 | 3 | Philip Hubble | | 2:02.76 | q |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | Kristofer Stivenson | | 2:02.94 | |
| 19 | 4 | 2 | Shudo Kawawa | | 2:03.07 | |
| 20 | 1 | 6 | Théophile David | | 2:03.21 | |
| 21 | 2 | 3 | Thomas Lejdström | | 2:03.81 | |
| 22 | 2 | 2 | Yoram Kochavy | | 2:04.08 | |
| 23 | 5 | 7 | João Santos | | 2:04.72 | |
| 24 | 1 | 2 | Alberto José Umana | | 2:05.29 | |
| 25 | 2 | 6 | Andreas Behrend | | 2:06.06 | |
| 26 | 3 | 7 | Søren Østberg | | 2:06.12 | |
| 27 | 4 | 7 | İhsan Sabri Özün | | 2:07.45 | |
| 28 | 1 | 7 | Bang Jun-young | | 2:07.80 | |
| 29 | 2 | 7 | Tsang Yi Ming | | 2:08.44 | |
| 30 | 5 | 1 | Andrés Aguilar | | 2:08.74 | |
| 31 | 4 | 1 | Mohamed Youssef | | 2:08.88 | |
| 32 | 3 | 1 | Harry Wozniak | | 2:13.17 | |
| 33 | 1 | 1 | Roberto Granados | | 2:13.79 | |
| 34 | 3 | 8 | Juan José Piro | | 2:22.80 | |
| 35 | 5 | 8 | Juan Miranda Trejo | | 2:38.32 | |
| 2 | 1 | Ahmed Said | | | |
| 4 | 8 | Marcelo Jucá | | | |
| 5 | 2 | Fabrizio Rampazzo | | | |
Finals
Final B
Final A
