# Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The final of the men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 2, 1984.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Victor Davis (CAN) | 2:14.58 | Etobicoke, Canada | 17 June 1984 |
| Olympic record | David Wilkie (GBR) | 2:15.11 | Montreal, Canada | 24 July 1976 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 2 August | Final A | Victor Davis | Canada | 2:13.34 | 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 | 6 | 4 | Glenn Beringen | Australia | 2:17.29 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | Victor Davis | Canada | 2:18.20 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Marco Del Prete | Italy | 2:18.90 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 7 | 5 | Étienne Dagon | Switzerland | 2:18.95 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Richard Schroeder | United States | 2:19.23 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Ken Fitzpatrick | Canada | 2:19.74 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Alexandre Yokochi | Portugal | 2:19.76 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | Pablo Restrepo | Colombia | 2:19.77 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 5 | Adrian Moorhouse | Great Britain | 2:19.83 | q |
| 10 | 2 | 4 | Shigehiro Takahashi | Japan | 2:19.98 | q |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Thierry Pata | France | 2:20.14 | q, NR |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Iain Campbell | Great Britain | 2:20.78 | q |
| 13 | 1 | 4 | Peter Evans | Australia | 2:21.21 | q, WD |
| 14 | 5 | 3 | Enrique Romero | Spain | 2:21.25 | q |
| 15 | 4 | 6 | Thomas Böhm | Austria | 2:22.17 | q |
| 16 | 6 | 3 | Kenji Watanabe | Japan | 2:22.33 | q |
| 17 | 4 | 5 | Raffaele Avagnano | Italy | 2:22.90 | q, WD |
| 18 | 5 | 4 | Gerald Mörken | West Germany | 2:22.99 | q, WD |
| 19 | 2 | 6 | Manuel Gutiérrez | Panama | 2:23.02 | q |
| 20 | 1 | 3 | Eduardo Morillo | Mexico | 2:23.72 | |
| 21 | 2 | 5 | Christophe Deneuville | France | 2:24.54 | |
| 22 | 7 | 6 | Peter Lang | West Germany | 2:24.60 | |
| 23 | 6 | 6 | Eyal Stigman | Israel | 2:24.93 | |
| 24 | 2 | 3 | Jan-Erick Olsen | Norway | 2:25.75 | |
| 25 | 2 | 2 | Francisco Guanco | Philippines | 2:26.12 | |
| 26 | 5 | 2 | Jin Fu | China | 2:26.34 | |
| 27 | 1 | 2 | Martti Järventaus | Finland | 2:26.96 | |
| 28 | 6 | 2 | Brett Austin | New Zealand | 2:27.25 | |
| 29 | 4 | 2 | Andrey Aguilar | Costa Rica | 2:27.69 | |
| 30 | 1 | 6 | Gerhard Prohaska | Austria | 2:27.85 | |
| 31 | 4 | 7 | Jorge Henao | Venezuela | 2:28.03 | |
| 32 | 3 | 6 | Paul Newallo | Trinidad and Tobago | 2:28.88 | |
| 33 | 3 | 2 | Oscar Ortigosa | Peru | 2:29.73 | |
| 34 | 7 | 2 | Julio César Falon | Argentina | 2:30.40 | |
| 35 | 5 | 7 | Jairulla Jaitulla | Philippines | 2:30.87 | |
| 36 | 7 | 7 | Victor Ruberry | Bermuda | 2:31.48 | |
| 37 | 3 | 7 | Tryggvi Helgason | Iceland | 2:32.03 | |
| 38 | 6 | 7 | Watt Kam Sing | Hong Kong | 2:32.13 | |
| 39 | 7 | 1 | Ayman Nadim | Egypt | 2:33.17 | |
| 40 | 6 | 1 | Fernando Marroquin | Guatemala | 2:35.21 | |
| 41 | 4 | 1 | Ahmad Al-Hahdoud | Kuwait | 2:37.63 | |
| 42 | 1 | 1 | David Palma | Honduras | 2:37.65 | |
| 43 | 1 | 7 | Brian Farlow | Virgin Islands | 2:37.87 | |
| 44 | 5 | 1 | Harrell Woolard | Virgin Islands | 2:45.68 | |
| | 2 | 1 | Luiz Carvalho | Brazil | DSQ | |
| | 2 | 7 | Árni Sigurðsson | Iceland | DSQ | |
| | 5 | 6 | Felix Morf | Switzerland | DSQ | |
| | 3 | 1 | Amine El-Domyati | Lebanon | DNS | |
| | 3 | 4 | John Moffet | United States | DNS | |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 4 | Adrian Moorhouse | Great Britain | 2:18.83 | |
| 10 | 3 | Thierry Pata | France | 2:20.05 | NR |
| 11 | 6 | Iain Campbell | Great Britain | 2:20.62 | |
| 12 | 5 | Shigehiro Takahashi | Japan | 2:20.93 | |
| 13 | 2 | Enrique Romero | Spain | 2:21.19 | |
| 14 | 7 | Thomas Böhm | Austria | 2:22.09 | |
| 15 | 1 | Kenji Watanabe | Japan | 2:22.29 | |
| 16 | 8 | Manuel Gutiérrez | Panama | 2:23.13 | |

#### Final A

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Victor Davis | Canada | 2:13.34 | WR |
| | 4 | Glenn Beringen | Australia | 2:15.79 | OC |
| | 6 | Étienne Dagon | Switzerland | 2:17.41 | NR |
| 4 | 2 | Richard Schroeder | United States | 2:18.03 | |
| 5 | 7 | Ken Fitzpatrick | Canada | 2:18.86 | |
| 6 | 8 | Pablo Restrepo | Colombia | 2:18.96 | NR |
| 7 | 1 | Alexandre Yokochi | Portugal | 2:20.69 | |
| | 3 | Marco Del Prete | Italy | DSQ | |