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.
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 2 August | Final A | Victor Davis | | 2:13.34 | |
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 | 6 | 4 | Glenn Beringen | | 2:17.29 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | Victor Davis | | 2:18.20 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Marco Del Prete | | 2:18.90 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 7 | 5 | Étienne Dagon | | 2:18.95 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Richard Schroeder | | 2:19.23 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Ken Fitzpatrick | | 2:19.74 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Alexandre Yokochi | | 2:19.76 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | Pablo Restrepo | | 2:19.77 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 5 | Adrian Moorhouse | | 2:19.83 | q |
| 10 | 2 | 4 | Shigehiro Takahashi | | 2:19.98 | q |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Thierry Pata | | 2:20.04 | q |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Iain Campbell | | 2:20.78 | q |
| 13 | 1 | 4 | Peter Evans | | 2:21.21 | q, |
| 14 | 5 | 3 | Enrique Romero | | 2:21.25 | q |
| 15 | 4 | 6 | Thomas Böhm | | 2:22.17 | q |
| 16 | 6 | 3 | Kenji Watanabe | | 2:22.33 | q |
| 17 | 4 | 5 | Raffaele Avagnano | | 2:22.90 | q, |
| 18 | 5 | 4 | Gerald Mörken | | 2:22.99 | q, |
| 19 | 2 | 6 | Manuel Gutiérrez | | 2:23.02 | q |
| 20 | 1 | 3 | Eduardo Morillo | | 2:23.72 | |
| 21 | 2 | 5 | Christophe Deneuville | | 2:24.54 | |
| 22 | 7 | 6 | Peter Lang | | 2:24.60 | |
| 23 | 6 | 6 | Eyal Stigman | | 2:24.93 | |
| 24 | 2 | 3 | Jan-Erick Olsen | | 2:25.75 | |
| 25 | 2 | 2 | Francisco Guanco | | 2:26.12 | |
| 26 | 5 | 2 | Jin Fu | | 2:26.34 | |
| 27 | 1 | 2 | Martti Järventaus | | 2:26.96 | |
| 28 | 6 | 2 | Brett Austin | | 2:27.25 | |
| 29 | 4 | 2 | Andrés Aguilar | | 2:27.69 | |
| 30 | 1 | 6 | Gerhard Prohaska | | 2:27.85 | |
| 31 | 4 | 7 | Jorge Henao | | 2:28.03 | |
| 32 | 3 | 6 | Paul Newallo | | 2:28.88 | |
| 33 | 3 | 2 | Oscar Ortigosa | | 2:29.73 | |
| 34 | 7 | 2 | Julio César Falon | | 2:30.40 | |
| 35 | 5 | 7 | Jairulla Jaitulla | | 2:30.87 | |
| 36 | 7 | 7 | Victor Ruberry | | 2:31.48 | |
| 37 | 3 | 7 | Tryggvi Helgason | | 2:32.03 | |
| 38 | 6 | 7 | Watt Kam Sing | | 2:32.13 | |
| 39 | 7 | 1 | Ayman Nadim | | 2:33.17 | |
| 40 | 6 | 1 | Fernando Marroquin | | 2:35.21 | |
| 41 | 4 | 1 | Ahmad Al-Hahdoud | | 2:37.63 | |
| 42 | 1 | 1 | David Palma | | 2:37.65 | |
| 43 | 1 | 7 | Brian Farlow | | 2:37.87 | |
| 44 | 5 | 1 | Harrell Woolard | | 2:45.68 | |
| 2 | 1 | Luiz Carvalho | | | |
| 2 | 7 | Árni Sigurðsson | | | |
| 5 | 6 | Felix Morf | | | |
| 3 | 1 | Amine El-Domyati | | | |
| 3 | 4 | John Moffet | | | |
Finals
Final B
Final A
