Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke
The final of the men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 31, 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 |
| 31 July | Heat 5 | Rick Carey | | 1:58.99 | |
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 | Rick Carey | | 1:58.99 | Q, |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Frédéric Delcourt | | 2:02.59 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Gary Hurring | | 2:03.29 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Cameron Henning | | 2:03.36 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Ricardo Aldabe | | 2:03.94 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | David Orbell | | 2:04.00 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Nicolai Klapkarek | | 2:04.45 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 4 | Ricardo Prado | | 2:04.46 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | Jesse Vassallo | | 2:04.51 | q, |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Paolo Falchini | | 2:04.59 | q, NR |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | Mike West | | 2:04.93 | q |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | Stefan Peter | | 2:05.22 | q |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Djan Madruga | | 2:05.23 | q |
| 14 | 4 | 6 | Neil Cochran | | 2:05.58 | q |
| 15 | 4 | 3 | Michael Söderlund | | 2:05.85 | q |
| 16 | 1 | 6 | Daichi Suzuki | | 2:06.24 | q |
| 17 | 3 | 6 | Fabrizio Bortolon | | 2:06.46 | q |
| 18 | 1 | 3 | Hans Fredin | | 2:06.50 | |
| 19 | 5 | 3 | Kim Terrell | | 2:06.56 | |
| 20 | 1 | 5 | Paul Kingsman | | 2:06.87 | |
| 21 | 3 | 2 | Giovanni Frigo | | 2:07.56 | NR |
| 22 | 4 | 2 | Patrick Ferland | | 2:08.31 | NR |
| 23 | 1 | 2 | Kristofer Stivenson | | 2:08.38 | NR |
| 24 | 5 | 6 | Neil Harper | | 2:09.48 | |
| 25 | 5 | 1 | Lukman Niode | | 2:09.79 | |
| 26 | 4 | 7 | Ernesto Vela | | 2:10.30 | |
| 27 | 3 | 7 | Allan Marsh | | 2:11.57 | |
| 28 | 5 | 2 | Wang Hao | | 2:12.28 | |
| 29 | 4 | 1 | Emad El-Shafei | | 2:12.90 | |
| 30 | 1 | 7 | Alejandro Alvizuri | | 2:13.30 | |
| 31 | 2 | 7 | David Morley | | 2:18.87 | |
| 32 | 4 | 8 | Salvador Salguero | | 2:21.75 | |
| 33 | 1 | 1 | Ernesto José Degenhart | | 2:24.08 | |
| 34 | 3 | 8 | Juan José Piro | | 2:32.48 | |
| 2 | 1 | Ng Wing Hon | | | |
| 3 | 1 | Sharif Nour | | | |
| 5 | 7 | Ilias Malamas | | | |
| 5 | 8 | Gordon Petersen | | | |
Finals
Final B
Final A
