Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres
Men's 200 metres at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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![]() Carl Lewis | ||||||||||
Venue | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | |||||||||
Dates | 6 August 1984 (heats and quarterfinals) 8 August 1984 (semifinals and finals) | |||||||||
Competitors | 76 from 58 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 19.80 OR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m | women | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
Wheelchair races | ||
The men's 200 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States had an entry list of 76 competitors from 58 nations, with ten qualifying heats (76), four quarterfinals (32), and two semifinals (16) before the final (8) took off on Wednesday August 8, 1984.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by 0.16 seconds by Carl Lewis of the United States (clocking the then-third fastest time in history), the nation's first victory in the men's 200 metres since 1968 and 13th overall. It was the third gold medal of the Games for Lewis, who was attempting to match Jesse Owens in winning the 100, 200, long jump, and 4x100 relay; his victory in this event left only the relay to go, in which the United States was heavily favored. The American team competed in a medal sweep in this event, the first since 1956 and the fifth overall for the United States, with Kirk Baptiste earning silver and Thomas Jefferson taking bronze.
Background
[edit]This was the 19th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Olympics in 1896 but has been on the program ever since. Two of the eight finalists from the 1980 Games returned: gold medalist (and 1972 bronze medalist and 1976 finalist) Pietro Mennea of Italy and bronze medalist (and 1976 gold medalist) Don Quarrie of Jamaica. The favorite was Carl Lewis of the United States, attempting to win four golds, with his teammates Kirk Baptiste and Thomas Jefferson his biggest challengers. The Soviet-led boycott had little effect on this event, with none of the top 200 metres runners in 1984 being from boycotting nations.[2]
Algeria, Bangladesh, the British Virgin Islands, the People's Republic of China, Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, The Gambia, Indonesia, Mali, Mauritius, the Netherlands Antilles, Oman, Qatar, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 18th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.
Competition format
[edit]The competition used the four round format introduced in 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The "fastest loser" system introduced in 1960 was used in the heats.
There were 10 heats of 8 runners each (before withdrawals), with the top 3 men in each advancing to the quarterfinals along with the next 2 fastest overall. The quarterfinals consisted of 4 heats of 8 athletes each (again, before withdrawals); the 4 fastest men in each heat advanced to the semifinals. There were 2 semifinals, each with 8 runners. Again, the top 4 athletes advanced. The final had 8 runners. The races were run on a 400 metre track.[2]
Records
[edit]These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.
World record | ![]() |
19.72 | Mexico City, Mexico | 12 September 1979 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
19.83 | Mexico City, Mexico | 16 October 1968 |
In the final Carl Lewis set a new Olympic record with 19.80 seconds.
Schedule
[edit]All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)
Date | Time | Round |
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Monday, 6 August 1984 | 10:00 12:00 |
Heats Quarterfinals |
Wednesday, 8 August 1984 | 16:00 18:30 |
Semifinals Final |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Heat 1
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Pietro Mennea | ![]() |
20.70 | Q |
2 | Peter Van Miltenburg | ![]() |
21.06 | Q |
3 | Robson da Silva | ![]() |
21.08 | Q |
4 | Georges Kablan Degnan | ![]() |
21.39 | |
5 | Earl Haley | ![]() |
21.52 | |
6 | Inoke Bainimoli | ![]() |
22.16 | |
7 | Saidur Rahman Dawn | ![]() |
22.59 | |
— | Emmanuel Bitanga | ![]() |
DNF |
Heat 2
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Leroy Reid | ![]() |
20.62 | Q |
2 | Ralf Lübke | ![]() |
20.88 | Q |
3 | Luke Watson | ![]() |
21.26 | Q |
4 | Yu Zhuanghui | ![]() |
21.48 | |
5 | Nordin Mohamed Jadi | ![]() |
21.88 | |
6 | Gregory Simons | ![]() |
21.88 | |
7 | James Idun | ![]() |
22.55 | |
8 | Glen Abrahams | ![]() |
22.75 |
Heat 3
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Carlo Simionato | ![]() |
21.06 | Q |
2 | Dudley Parker | ![]() |
21.12 | Q |
3 | Jürgen Evers | ![]() |
21.12 | Q |
4 | Florencio Aguilar | ![]() |
21.50 | |
5 | Oumar Fye | ![]() |
21.56 | |
6 | Mohammad Mansha | ![]() |
22.04 | |
7 | Christian Nenepath | ![]() |
22.20 | |
8 | Clifford Sibusiso Mamba | ![]() |
22.76 |
Heat 4
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Thomas Jefferson | ![]() |
20.63 | Q |
2 | Desai Williams | ![]() |
20.70 | Q |
3 | João Batista da Silva | ![]() |
20.70 | Q |
4 | Jamal Al-Abdullah | ![]() |
21.10 | q |
5 | Paul Narracott | ![]() |
21.20 | |
6 | Larry Millers | ![]() |
21.93 | |
7 | Markus Büchel | ![]() |
22.14 | |
8 | Augustus Moulton | ![]() |
22.94 |
Heat 5
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Patrick Barré | ![]() |
20.88 | Q |
2 | Fred Martin | ![]() |
20.98 | Q |
3 | Gus Young | ![]() |
21.14 | Q |
4 | Alfred Nyambane | ![]() |
21.35 | |
5 | Hiroki Fuwa | ![]() |
21.37 | |
6 | Henry Ngolwe | ![]() |
21.58 | |
7 | Antoine Kiakouama | ![]() |
21.64 | |
8 | Odiya Silweya | ![]() |
22.46 |
Heat 6
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Don Quarrie | ![]() |
20.84 | Q |
2 | Ade Mafe | ![]() |
21.24 | Q |
3 | Tony Sharpe | ![]() |
21.31 | Q |
4 | Sumet Promna | ![]() |
21.53 | |
5 | Lindel Hodge | ![]() |
22.28 | |
6 | Mohamed Al-Hashimi | ![]() |
22.83 | |
7 | Aldo Salandra | ![]() |
22.90 | |
8 | Jean-Yves Mallat | ![]() |
22.91 |
Heat 7
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Carl Lewis | ![]() |
21.02 | Q |
2 | Atlee Mahorn | ![]() |
21.42 | Q |
3 | Julien Thode | ![]() |
21.62 | Q |
4 | Manuel Ramírez | ![]() |
21.71 | |
5 | Henrique Ferreira | ![]() |
21.87 | |
6 | Luís Barroso | ![]() |
22.03 | |
7 | Christopher Madzokere | ![]() |
22.75 | |
— | Kgosiemang Khumoyarano | ![]() |
DNS |
Heat 8
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Kirk Baptiste | ![]() |
20.63 | Q |
2 | Luis Morales | ![]() |
21.05 | Q |
3 | Neville Hodge | ![]() |
21.12 | Q |
4 | Ali Bakhta | ![]() |
21.15 | q |
5 | Arnaldo da Silva | ![]() |
21.24 | |
6 | Lapule Tamean | ![]() |
21.97 | |
7 | Gustavo Envela | ![]() |
22.14 | |
8 | Emilio Samayoa | ![]() |
22.19 |
Heat 9
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Stefano Tilli | ![]() |
20.72 | Q |
2 | Jean-Jacques Boussemart | ![]() |
20.82 | Q |
3 | Mohamed Purnomo | ![]() |
21.01 | Q |
4 | David Sawyerr | ![]() |
21.29 | |
5 | Ivan Benjamin | ![]() |
21.54 | |
6 | Moussa Savadogo | ![]() |
21.72 | |
7 | Denis Rose | ![]() |
21.87 | |
— | Hasely Crawford | ![]() |
DNS |
Heat 10
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jang Jae-Geun | ![]() |
21.32 | Q |
2 | John Goville | ![]() |
21.59 | Q |
3 | John Mayers | ![]() |
21.70 | Q |
4 | Nelson Erazo | ![]() |
21.72 | |
5 | Damel Flowers | ![]() |
21.72 | |
6 | Daniel André | ![]() |
22.16 | |
— | Allan Wells | ![]() |
DNS | |
Christian Haas | ![]() |
DNS |
Quarterfinals
[edit]Quarterfinal 1
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Carl Lewis | ![]() |
20.48 | Q |
2 | Stefano Tilli | ![]() |
20.64 | Q |
3 | Atlee Mahorn | ![]() |
20.69 | Q |
4 | Luis Morales | ![]() |
20.82 | Q |
5 | Mohamed Purnomo | ![]() |
20.93 | |
6 | Patrick Barré | ![]() |
20.95 | |
7 | Dudley Parker | ![]() |
21.10 | |
8 | Ali Bakhta | ![]() |
21.35 |
Quarterfinal 2
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Desai Williams | ![]() |
20.40 | Q |
2 | Pietro Mennea | ![]() |
20.50 | Q |
3 | Ade Mafe | ![]() |
20.55 | Q |
4 | João Batista da Silva | ![]() |
20.61 | Q |
5 | Jürgen Evers | ![]() |
20.95 | |
6 | Jang Jae-Keun | ![]() |
20.14 | |
7 | John Mayers | ![]() |
21.46 | |
— | Leroy Reid | ![]() |
DNF |
Quarterfinal 3
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Thomas Jefferson | ![]() |
20.47 | Q |
2 | Jean-Jacques Boussemart | ![]() |
20.54 | Q |
3 | Donald Quarrie | ![]() |
20.57 | Q |
4 | Robson da Silva | ![]() |
20.88 | Q |
5 | Julien Thode | ![]() |
21.45 | |
6 | Tony Sharpe | ![]() |
21.46 | |
7 | John Goville | ![]() |
21.55 | |
— | Fred Martin | ![]() |
DNS |
Quarterfinal 4
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Kirk Baptiste | ![]() |
20.48 | Q |
2 | Ralf Lübke | ![]() |
20.57 | Q |
3 | Gus Young | ![]() |
20.75 | Q |
4 | Carlo Simionato | ![]() |
20.86 | Q |
5 | Peter Van Miltenburg | ![]() |
21.09 | |
6 | Luke Watson | ![]() |
21.14 | |
7 | Jamal Al-Abdulla | ![]() |
21.44 | |
— | Neville Hodge | ![]() |
DNS |
Semifinals
[edit]Semifinal 1
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Kirk Baptiste | ![]() |
20.29 | Q |
2 | Thomas Jefferson | ![]() |
20.40 | Q |
3 | Pietro Mennea | ![]() |
20.47 | Q |
4 | Jean-Jacques Boussemart | ![]() |
20.55 | Q |
5 | Atlee Mahorn | ![]() |
20.77 | |
6 | Robson da Silva | ![]() |
20.80 | |
7 | Gus Young | ![]() |
21.17 | |
8 | Luis Morales | ![]() |
21.22 |
Semifinal 2
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Carl Lewis | ![]() |
20.27 | Q |
2 | João Batista da Silva | ![]() |
20.61 | Q |
3 | Ade Mafe | ![]() |
20.63 | Q |
4 | Ralf Lübke | ![]() |
20.67 | Q |
5 | Desai Williams | ![]() |
20.70 | |
6 | Stefano Tilli | ![]() |
20.72 | |
7 | Donald Quarrie | ![]() |
20.77 | |
8 | Carlo Simionato | ![]() |
20.92 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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Carl Lewis | ![]() |
19.80 | OR |
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Kirk Baptiste | ![]() |
19.96 | |
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Thomas Jefferson | ![]() |
20.26 | |
4 | João Batista da Silva | ![]() |
20.30 | |
5 | Ralf Lübke | ![]() |
20.51 | |
6 | Jean-Jacques Boussemart | ![]() |
20.55 | |
7 | Pietro Mennea | ![]() |
20.55 | |
8 | Ade Mafe | ![]() |
20.85 |
See also
[edit]- 1980 Men's Olympic 200 metres (Moscow)
- 1982 Men's European Championships 200 metres (Athens)
- 1983 Men's World Championships 200 metres (Helsinki)
- 1984 Friendship Games 200 metres (Moscow)
- 1986 Men's European Championships 200 metres (Stuttgart)
- 1987 Men's World Championships 200 metres (Rome)
- 1988 Men's Olympic 200 metres (Seoul)
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Games: Men's 200 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ a b "200 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
External links
[edit]- (in English) Results