# 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.
| World record | Michael Gross (FRG) | 1:57.05 | Rome, Italy | 26 August 1983 |
| Olympic record | Mike Bruner (USA) | 1:59.23 | Montreal, Canada | 18 July 1976 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 3 August | Heat 5 | Michael Gross | West Germany | 1:58.72 | OR |
| 3 August | Final A | Jon Sieben | Australia | 1:57.04 | WR |

## Results
### Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Michael Gross | West Germany | 1:58.72 | Q, OR |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Rafael Vidal | Venezuela | 1:59.15 | Q, AM |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Pablo Morales | United States | 1:59.19 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Jon Sieben | Australia | 1:59.63 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Anthony Mosse | New Zealand | 1:59.76 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 4 | Tom Ponting | Canada | 1:59.78 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Peter Ward | Canada | 1:59.99 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 4 | Patrick Kennedy | United States | 2:00.28 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | Paolo Revelli | Italy | 2:00.38 | q |
| 10 | 2 | 4 | Ricardo Prado | Brazil | 2:00.59 | q, WD |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | Taihei Saka | Japan | 2:00.66 | q |
| 12 | 1 | 5 | Gérard de Kort | Netherlands | 2:00.83 | q |
| 13 | 2 | 5 | Frank Drost | Netherlands | 2:01.18 | q |
| 14 | 5 | 6 | Nick Hodgson | Great Britain | 2:01.64 | q |
| 15 | 5 | 3 | Filiberto Colon | Puerto Rico | 2:01.80 | q |
| 16 | 3 | 6 | Harri Garmendia | Spain | 2:02.37 | q |
| 17 | 1 | 3 | Philip Hubble | Great Britain | 2:02.76 | q |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | Kristofer Stivenson | Greece | 2:02.94 | |
| 19 | 4 | 2 | Shudo Kawawa | Japan | 2:03.07 | |
| 20 | 1 | 6 | Théophile David | Switzerland | 2:03.21 | |
| 21 | 2 | 3 | Thomas Lejdström | Sweden | 2:03.81 | |
| 22 | 2 | 2 | Yoram Kochavy | Israel | 2:04.08 | |
| 23 | 5 | 7 | João Santos | Portugal | 2:04.72 | |
| 24 | 1 | 2 | Alberto José Umana | Venezuela | 2:05.29 | |
| 25 | 2 | 6 | Andreas Behrend | West Germany | 2:06.06 | |
| 26 | 3 | 7 | Søren Østberg | Denmark | 2:06.12 | |
| 27 | 4 | 7 | İhsan Sabri Özün | Turkey | 2:07.45 | |
| 28 | 1 | 7 | Bang Jun-young | South Korea | 2:07.80 | |
| 29 | 2 | 7 | Tsang Yi Ming | Hong Kong | 2:08.44 | |
| 30 | 5 | 1 | Andrey Aguilar | Costa Rica | 2:08.74 | |
| 31 | 4 | 1 | Mohamed Youssef | Egypt | 2:08.88 | |
| 32 | 3 | 1 | Harry Wozniak | Barbados | 2:13.17 | |
| 33 | 1 | 1 | Roberto Granados | Guatemala | 2:13.79 | |
| 34 | 3 | 8 | Juan José Piro | Honduras | 2:22.80 | |
| 35 | 5 | 8 | Juan Miranda Trejo | El Salvador | 2:38.32 | |
| | 2 | 1 | Ahmed Said | Egypt | DNS | |
| | 4 | 8 | Marcelo Jucá | Brazil | DNS | |
| | 5 | 2 | Fabrizio Rampazzo | Italy | DNS | |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 5 | Taihei Saka | Japan | 2:00.31 | NR |
| 10 | 6 | Frank Drost | Netherlands | 2:01.23 | |
| 11 | 2 | Nick Hodgson | Great Britain | 2:01.24 | |
| 12 | 7 | Filiberto Colon | Puerto Rico | 2:01.27 | |
| 13 | 3 | Gérard de Kort | Netherlands | 2:01.30 | |
| 14 | 4 | Paolo Revelli | Italy | 2:01.58 | |
| 15 | 1 | Harri Garmendia | Spain | 2:01.82 | |
| 16 | 8 | Philip Hubble | Great Britain | 2:03.06 | |

#### Final A

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Jon Sieben | Australia | 1:57.04 | WR |
| | 4 | Michael Gross | West Germany | 1:57.40 | |
| | 5 | Rafael Vidal | Venezuela | 1:57.51 | AM |
| 4 | 3 | Pablo Morales | United States | 1:57.75 | NR |
| 5 | 2 | Anthony Mosse | New Zealand | 1:58.75 | NR |
| 6 | 7 | Tom Ponting | Canada | 1:59.37 | |
| 7 | 1 | Peter Ward | Canada | 2:00.39 | |
| 8 | 8 | Patrick Kennedy | United States | 2:01.03 | |