The final of the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 1984. 24 teams participated in the heats, with the fastest eight qualifying for the final.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 4 August Final Rick Carey (55.41)Steve Lundquist (1:01.86)Pablo Morales (52.87)Rowdy Gaines (49.16) 3:39.30
Results
Heats Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q).
Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes 1 3 5 Mark Kerry (57.41)Peter Evans (1:02.67)Jon Sieben (54.24)Neil Brooks (49.61) 3:43.93 Q 2 3 4 Dave Wilson (57.06)Richard Schroeder (1:02.66)Mike Heath (54.60)Tom Jager (50.01) 3:44.33 Q 3 1 4 Mike West (58.11)Victor Davis (1:02.54)Tom Ponting (54.22)Sandy Goss (51.25) 3:46.12 Q 4 3 3 Patrick Ferland (58.68)Étienne Dagon (1:03.87)Théophile David (55.24)Dano Halsall (50.34) 3:48.13 Q 5 2 4 Stefan Peter (58.43)Gerald Mörken (1:05.49)Andreas Behrend (55.23)Alexander Schowtka (50.60) 3:49.75 Q 6 3 8 Michael Söderlund (58.79)Peter Berggren (1:05.22)Bengt Baron (54.98)Per Johansson (50.77) 3:49.76 Q 7 2 5 Neil Harper (59.12)Adrian Moorhouse (1:04.95)Andy Jameson (54.66)David Lowe (51.13) 3:49.86 Q 8 3 6 Daichi Suzuki (58.31)Shigehiro Takahashi (1:04.05)Taihei Saka (55.66)Hiroshi Sakamoto (52.12) 3:50.14 Q, NR 9 1 1 Paul Kingsman (58.73)Brett Austin (1:04.83)Anthony Mosse (54.93)Gary Hurring (52.07) 3:50.56 NR 10 1 5 Frédéric Delcourt (59.11)Thierry Pata (1:04.91)Xavier Savin (55.98)Stéphan Caron (50.75) 3:50.75 11 2 6 Wang Hao (58.87)Jin Fu (1:04.74)Zheng Jian (56.78)Mu Lat (51.32) 3:51.71 12 2 1 Ricardo Prado (58.82)Luiz Carvalho (1:06.21)Marcelo Jucá (57.24)Cyro Delgado (51.22) 3:53.49 13 1 3 Giovanni Frigo (59.85)Jorge Henão (1:08.54)Rafael Vidal (55.51)Alberto Mestre (51.22) 3:55.12 14 1 6 Ernesto Vela (1:01.08)Eduardo Morillo (1:06.02)Carlos Romo (57.13)Ramiro Estrada (51.88) 3:56.11 15 3 2 Sharif Nour (59.09)Ayman Nadim (1:09.53)Ahmed Said (57.73)Mohamed Youssef (52.96) 3:59.31 16 2 2 David Lim Fong Jock (1:00.59)Oon Jin Teik (1:08.25)Ang Peng Siong (57.83)Oon Jin Gee (53.40) 4:00.07 17 3 1 Allan Marsh (1:00.53)Andrew Phillips (1:09.63)Deryck Marks (1:00.35)Gordon Scarlett (54.84) 4:05.35 18 2 7 Erik Rosskopf (1:03.71)Harrell Woolard (1:13.50)Scott Newkirk (1:02.70)Collier Woolard (56.27) 4:16.18 19 1 7 Ernesto José Degenhart (1:05.10)Fernando Marroquin (1:09.91)Roberto Granados (1:03.35)Rodrigo Leal (58.58) 4:16.94 20 1 8 Salvador Covelo (1:08.53)David Palma (1:12.56)Juan José Piño (1:02.62)Rodolfo Torres (59.01) 4:22.72 2 3 Paolo Falchini (58.93)Gianni Minervini (1:03.78)Fabrizio Rampazzo (55.80)Marcello Guarducci 1 2 2 8 3 7
Final Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes 5 Rick Carey (55.41)Steve Lundquist (1:01.86)Pablo Morales (52.87)Rowdy Gaines (49.16) 3:39.30 3 Mike West (56.61)Victor Davis (1:02.33)Tom Ponting (54.01)Sandy Goss (50.28) 3:43.23 NR 4 Mark Kerry (57.12)Peter Evans (1:02.29)Glenn Buchanan (54.68)Mark Stockwell (49.16) 3:43.25 OC 4 2 Stefan Peter (58.21)Gerald Mörken (1:03.55)Michael Gross (52.81)Dirk Korthals (49.69) 3:44.26 NR 5 7 Bengt Baron (57.16)Peter Berggren (1:05.00)Thomas Lejdström (54.98)Per Johansson (49.99) 3:47.13 6 1 Neil Harper (58.37)Adrian Moorhouse (1:03.61)Andy Jameson (54.10)Richard Burrell (51.31) 3:47.39 NR 7 6 Patrick Ferland (58.64)Étienne Dagon (1:03.70)Théophile David (55.34)Dano Halsall (50.25) 3:47.93 NR 8 Daichi Suzuki (57.70) NRShigehiro Takahashi (1:03.70)Taihei Saka (55.35)Hiroshi Sakamoto
References
External links Official Report USA Swimming