The final of the men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 2, 1984. The first eight swimmers qualified for the final, while the next eight qualified for the B-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 Record2 August Final B Thomas Fahrner 3:50.91

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 1 4 Stefan Pfeiffer 3:53.41 Q 2 4 4 John Mykkanen 3:53.43 Q 3 5 4 George DiCarlo 3:53.44 Q 4 2 4 Justin Lemberg 3:53.89 Q 5 4 5 Darjan Petrič 3:54.39 Q 6 1 5 Marco Dell'Uomo 3:55.00 Q, NR 7 4 3 Ron McKeon 3:55.06 Q 8 5 3 Franck Iacono 3:55.07 Q 9 3 4 Thomas Fahrner 3:55.26 q 10 3 6 Peter Szmidt 3:55.65 q 11 3 5 Carlos Scanavino 3:55.92 q, 12 1 3 Juan Enrique Escalas 3:55.93 q 13 2 3 Borut Petrič 3:56.07 q, 14 5 6 Stefano Grandi 3:56.23 q 15 2 5 Marcelo Jucá 3:57.43 q 16 4 6 Mike Davidson 3:57.88 q 5 5 Arne Borgstrøm q 18 3 3 Andrew Astbury 3:58.41 q 19 2 6 David Shemilt 3:58.43 20 2 7 Marc Van De Weghe 4:00.01 21 3 2 Anders Grillhammar 4:00.26 22 2 2 Shigeo Ogata 4:02.97 23 4 2 Jean-Marie François 4:03.08 24 1 6 Anders Holmertz 4:03.67 25 5 6 Paul Howe 4:04.07 26 3 7 Alejandro Lecot 4:05.74 27 5 1 Keisuke Okuno 4:06.31 28 3 1 William Wilson 4:06.86 29 4 1 Gökhan Attaroglu 4:07.07 30 1 7 Franz Mortensen 4:09.80 31 5 7 Evert Johan Kroon 4:11.97 32 1 2 Scott Newkirk 4:12.61 33 1 1 Wu Ming-hsun 4:13.11 34 2 1 Ahmet Nakkaş 4:16.49 35 5 8 Lin Chun-hong 4:20.65 36 4 8 Julian Bolling 4:23.42 4 7 Fabián Ferrari

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Thomas Fahrner 3:50.91 10 3 Juan Enrique Escalas 3:55.25 11 5 Peter Szmidt 3:56.99 12 6 Stefano Grandi 3:57.17 13 7 Arne Borgstrøm 3:57.46 14 8 Andrew Astbury 3:58.14 15 2 Marcelo Jucá 3:58.23 16 1 Mike Davidson 3:58.24

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 George DiCarlo 3:51.23 5 John Mykkanen 3:51.49 6 Justin Lemberg 3:51.79 OC 4 4 Stefan Pfeiffer 3:52.91 5 8 Franck Iacono 3:54.58 NR 6 2 Darjan Petrič 3:54.88 7 7 Marco Dell'Uomo 3:55.44 8 1 Ron McKeon 3:55.48

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming