Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley
The final of the men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 1984. 46 athletes competed 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.
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 4 August | Heat 5 | Alex Baumann | | 2:03.60 | |
| 4 August | Final A | Alex Baumann | | 2:01.42 | |
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 | Alex Baumann | | 2:03.60 | Q, |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Robin Brew | | 2:04.13 | Q, EU |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Pablo Morales | | 2:04.32 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Neil Cochran | | 2:05.39 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | Nicolai Klapkarek | | 2:06.07 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Steve Lundquist | | 2:06.10 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Ralf Diegel | | 2:06.41 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | Andrew Phillips | | 2:06.43 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 5 | Rob Woodhouse | | 2:06.45 | q |
| 10 | 6 | 4 | Giovanni Franceschi | | 2:06.76 | q |
| 11 | 2 | 4 | Ricardo Prado | | 2:07.16 | q, |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Maurizio Divano | | 2:07.19 | q |
| 13 | 5 | 5 | Mikael Örn | | 2:07.56 | q |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | Shinji Ito | | 2:07.76 | q |
| 15 | 2 | 6 | Peter Rohde | | 2:07.93 | q |
| 16 | 1 | 3 | Arne Borgstrøm | | 2:08.09 | q |
| 17 | 4 | 6 | Pablo Restrepo | | 2:08.12 | q |
| 18 | 5 | 3 | Edsard Schlingemann | | 2:08.27 | |
| 19 | 5 | 6 | Harri Garmendia | | 2:08.30 | |
| 20 | 6 | 5 | Anders Peterson | | 2:08.35 | |
| 21 | 2 | 5 | Rob Chernoff | | 2:08.47 | |
| 22 | 2 | 3 | Glenn Beringen | | 2:08.65 | |
| 23 | 4 | 2 | Eduardo Morillo | | 2:09.87 | |
| 24 | 6 | 2 | Chen Qin | | 2:10.30 | |
| 25 | 3 | 6 | Feng Dawei | | 2:11.30 | |
| 26 | 1 | 6 | Andrés Aguilar | | 2:11.63 | |
| 27 | 5 | 2 | Yoram Kochavy | | 2:11.81 | |
| 28 | 4 | 7 | Jairulla Jaitulla | | 2:12.82 | |
| 29 | 1 | 2 | Luis Juncos | | 2:12.83 | |
| 30 | 1 | 7 | Emad El-Shafei | | 2:14.87 | |
| 31 | 2 | 2 | David Morley | | 2:16.85 | |
| 32 | 2 | 7 | Tsang Yi Ming | | 2:17.75 | |
| 33 | 6 | 1 | Ng Wing Hon | | 2:18.64 | |
| 34 | 6 | 8 | Samuela Tupou | | 2:19.79 | |
| 35 | 4 | 1 | Brian Farlow | | 2:20.53 | |
| 36 | 3 | 8 | Salvador Corelo | | 2:22.29 | |
| 37 | 5 | 1 | Harry Wozniak | | 2:22.49 | |
| 38 | 2 | 1 | Roberto Granados | | 2:22.73 | |
| 39 | 1 | 1 | Warren Sorby | | 2:22.74 | |
| 40 | 3 | 1 | Harrell Woolard | | 2:27.51 | |
| 41 | 4 | 8 | Michele Piva | | 2:29.81 | |
| 42 | 5 | 8 | Joaquim Cruz | | 2:35.99 | |
| 3 | 7 | Fernando Rodríguez | | | |
| 5 | 7 | Manuel Gutiérrez | | | |
| 6 | 7 | Gökhan Attaroglu | | | |
| 3 | 2 | Alexander Pilhatsch | | | |
Finals
Final B
Final A
