Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle
The final of the men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 29, 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 |
| 29 July | Heat 7 | Michael Gross | | 1:48.03 | |
| 29 July | Final A | Michael Gross | | 1:47.44 | |
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 | 7 | 4 | Michael Gross | | 1:48.03 | Q, |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Mike Heath | | 1:49.87 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Thomas Fahrner | | 1:50.00 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Alberto Mestre | | 1:50.73 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | Jeff Float | | 1:50.95 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Frank Drost | | 1:51.32 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Peter Dale | | 1:51.42 | Q, NR |
| 8 | 7 | 5 | Marco Dell'Uomo | | 1:51.67 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | Anders Holmertz | | 1:51.70 | q |
| 10 | 6 | 5 | Thomas Lejdström | | 1:51.76 | q |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Alex Baumann | | 1:51.76 | q, |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | Paul Easter | | 1:51.80 | q |
| 13 | 5 | 6 | Juan Carlos Vallejo | | 1:51.97 | q, NR |
| 14 | 3 | 5 | Andrew Astbury | | 1:52.01 | q |
| 15 | 2 | 5 | Hans Kroes | | 1:52.37 | q |
| 16 | 1 | 4 | Peter Szmidt | | 1:52.48 | q |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Carlos Scanavino | | 1:52.70 | q |
| 18 | 5 | 5 | Justin Lemberg | | 1:52.73 | |
| 19 | 7 | 5 | Borut Petrič | | 1:52.74 | |
| 20 | 3 | 3 | Jorge Fernandes | | 1:53.03 | |
| 21 | 2 | 8 | Cyro Delgado | | 1:53.22 | |
| 22 | 2 | 4 | Paolo Revelli | | 1:53.46 | |
| 23 | 1 | 6 | Franz Mortensen | | 1:54.09 | NR |
| 24 | 6 | 2 | Anthony Mosse | | 1:54.12 | NR |
| 25 | 1 | 2 | Stéfan Voléry | | 1:54.19 | NR |
| 26 | 7 | 2 | Hiroshi Sakamoto | | 1:54.71 | |
| 27 | 1 | 7 | Michael Miao | | 1:55.01 | NR |
| 28 | 3 | 6 | Javier Miralpeix | | 1:55.25 | |
| 29 | 6 | 6 | Jean-Marie François | | 1:55.28 | |
| 30 | 1 | 3 | Darjan Petrič | | 1:55.68 | |
| 31 | 4 | 7 | César Sánchez | | 1:55.82 | |
| 32 | 3 | 2 | Gökhan Attaroglu | | 1:55.92 | |
| 33 | 2 | 6 | Shigeo Ogata | | 1:55.97 | |
| 34 | 7 | 7 | Shen Jianqiang | | 1:56.08 | |
| 35 | 5 | 2 | Mike Davidson | | 1:56.20 | |
| 36 | 2 | 2 | Thierry Jacot | | 1:56.54 | |
| 37 | 7 | 6 | Fernando Cañales | | 1:56.60 | |
| 38 | 5 | 7 | Evert Johan Kroon | | 1:57.05 | |
| 39 | 3 | 7 | William Wilson | | 1:57.18 | |
| 40 | 2 | 7 | Sean Nottage | | 1:57.54 | |
| 41 | 6 | 7 | Scott Newkirk | | 1:57.74 | |
| 42 | 4 | 2 | Carlos Romo | | 1:58.77 | |
| 43 | 4 | 6 | Fabián Ferrari | | 1:59.39 | |
| 44 | 7 | 1 | Mohamed Youssef | | 1:59.71 | |
| 45 | 4 | 1 | Erik Rosskopf | | 2:02.04 | |
| 46 | 2 | 1 | Samuela Tupou | | 2:02.22 | |
| 47 | 5 | 1 | Ingi Jónsson | | 2:02.23 | |
| 48 | 6 | 1 | Tsang Yi Ming | | 2:03.11 | |
| 49 | 3 | 1 | Ng Wing Hon | | 2:03.66 | |
| 50 | 7 | 8 | Roberto Granados | | 2:05.21 | |
| 51 | 1 | 1 | Rodrigo Leal | | 2:05.96 | |
| 52 | 1 | 8 | Juan José Piro | | 2:12.51 | |
| 53 | 3 | 8 | Trevor Ncala | | 2:15.30 | |
| 54 | 4 | 8 | Michele Piva | | 2:15.39 | |
| 55 | 5 | 8 | Percy Sayegh | | 2:20.76 | |
| 56 | 6 | 8 | Rami Kantari | | 2:25.43 | |
Finals
Final B
Final A
