Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

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Men's 200 metres
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
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Carl Lewis
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates6 August 1984 (heats and quarterfinals)
8 August 1984 (semifinals and finals)
Competitors76 from 58 nations
Winning time19.80 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Carl Lewis
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kirk Baptiste
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Thomas Jefferson
 United States
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The men's 200 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California 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 Carl Lewis of the United States, 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 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[]

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[]

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[]

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.

World record  Pietro Mennea (ITA) 19.72 Mexico City, Mexico 12 September 1979
Olympic record  Tommie Smith (USA) 19.83 Mexico City, Mexico 16 October 1968

In the final Carl Lewis set a new Olympic record with 19.80 seconds.

Schedule[]

All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)

Date Time Round
Monday, 6 August 1984 10:00
12:00		 Heats
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, 8 August 1984 16:00
18:30		 Semifinals
Final

Results[]

Heats[]

Heat 1[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Pietro Mennea  Italy 20.70 Q
2 Peter Van Miltenburg  Australia 21.06 Q
3 Robson da Silva  Brazil 21.08 Q
4 Georges Kablan Degnan  Ivory Coast 21.39
5 Earl Haley  Guyana 21.52
6 Inoke Bainimoli  Fiji 22.16
7 Saidur Rahman Dawn  Bangladesh 22.59
— Emmanuel Bitanga  Cameroon DNF

Heat 2[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Leroy Reid  Jamaica 20.62 Q
2 Ralf Lübke  West Germany 20.88 Q
3 Luke Watson  Great Britain 21.26 Q
4 Yu Zhuanghui  China 21.48
5 Nordin Mohamed Jadi  Malaysia 21.88
6 Gregory Simons  Bermuda 21.88
7 James Idun  Ghana 22.55
8 Glen Abrahams  Costa Rica 22.75

Heat 3[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Carlo Simionato  Italy 21.06 Q
2 Dudley Parker  Bahamas 21.12 Q
3 Jürgen Evers  West Germany 21.12 Q
4 Florencio Aguilar  Panama 21.50
5 Oumar Fye  The Gambia 21.56
6 Mohammad Mansha  Pakistan 22.04
7 Christian Nenepath  Indonesia 22.20
8 Clifford Sibusiso Mamba  Swaziland 22.76

Heat 4[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Thomas Jefferson  United States 20.63 Q
2 Desai Williams  Canada 20.70 Q
3 João Batista da Silva  Brazil 20.70 Q
4 Jamal Al-Abdullah  Qatar 21.10 q
5 Paul Narracott  Australia 21.20
6 Larry Millers  Antigua and Barbuda 21.93
7 Markus Büchel  Liechtenstein 22.14
8 Augustus Moulton  Liberia 22.94

Heat 5[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Patrick Barré  France 20.88 Q
2 Fred Martin  Australia 20.98 Q
3 Gus Young  Jamaica 21.14 Q
4 Alfred Nyambane  Kenya 21.35
5 Hiroki Fuwa  Japan 21.37
6 Henry Ngolwe  Zambia 21.58
7 Antoine Kiakouama  Republic of the Congo 21.64
8 Odiya Silweya  Malawi 22.46

Heat 6[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Don Quarrie  Jamaica 20.84 Q
2 Ade Mafe  Great Britain 21.24 Q
3 Tony Sharpe  Canada 21.31 Q
4 Sumet Promna  Thailand 21.53
5 Lindel Hodge  British Virgin Islands 22.28
6 Mohamed Al-Hashimi  Oman 22.83
7 Aldo Salandra  El Salvador 22.90
8 Jean-Yves Mallat  Lebanon 22.91

Heat 7[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Carl Lewis  United States 21.02 Q
2 Atlee Mahorn  Canada 21.42 Q
3 Julien Thode  Netherlands Antilles 21.62 Q
4 Manuel Ramírez  Colombia 21.71
5 Henrique Ferreira  Mozambique 21.87
6 Luís Barroso  Portugal 22.03
7 Christopher Madzokere  Zimbabwe 22.75
— Kgosiemang Khumoyarano  Botswana DNS

Heat 8[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Kirk Baptiste  United States 20.63 Q
2 Luis Morales  Puerto Rico 21.05 Q
3 Neville Hodge  Virgin Islands 21.12 Q
4 Ali Bakhta  Algeria 21.15 q
5 Arnaldo da Silva  Brazil 21.24
6 Lapule Tamean  Papua New Guinea 21.97
7 Gustavo Envela  Equatorial Guinea 22.14
8 Emilio Samayoa  Guatemala 22.19

Heat 9[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Stefano Tilli  Italy 20.72 Q
2 Jean-Jacques Boussemart  France 20.82 Q
3 Mohamed Purnomo  Indonesia 21.01 Q
4 David Sawyerr  Sierra Leone 21.29
5 Ivan Benjamin  Sierra Leone 21.54
6 Moussa Savadogo  Mali 21.72
7 Denis Rose  Seychelles 21.87
— Hasely Crawford  Trinidad and Tobago DNS

Heat 10[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jang Jae-Geun  South Korea 21.32 Q
2 John Goville  Uganda 21.59 Q
3 John Mayers  Barbados 21.70 Q
4 Nelson Erazo  Puerto Rico 21.72
5 Damel Flowers  Belize 21.72
6 Daniel André  Mauritius 22.16
— Allan Wells  Great Britain DNS
Christian Haas  West Germany DNS

Quarterfinals[]

Quarterfinal 1[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Carl Lewis  United States 20.48 Q
2 Stefano Tilli  Italy 20.64 Q
3 Atlee Mahorn  Canada 20.69 Q
4 Luis Morales  Puerto Rico 20.82 Q
5 Mohamed Purnomo  Indonesia 20.93
6 Patrick Barré  France 20.95
7 Dudley Parker  Bahamas 21.10
8 Ali Bakhta  Algeria 21.35

Quarterfinal 2[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Desai Williams  Canada 20.40 Q
2 Pietro Mennea  Italy 20.50 Q
3 Ade Mafe  Great Britain 20.55 Q
4 João Batista da Silva  Brazil 20.61 Q
5 Jürgen Evers  West Germany 20.95
6 Jang Jae-Keun  South Korea 20.14
7 John Mayers  Barbados 21.46
— Leroy Reid  Jamaica DNF

Quarterfinal 3[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Thomas Jefferson  United States 20.47 Q
2 Jean-Jacques Boussemart  France 20.54 Q
3 Donald Quarrie  Jamaica 20.57 Q
4 Robson da Silva  Brazil 20.88 Q
5 Julien Thode  Netherlands Antilles 21.45
6 Tony Sharpe  Canada 21.46
7 John Goville  Uganda 21.55
— Fred Martin  Australia DNS

Quarterfinal 4[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Kirk Baptiste  United States 20.48 Q
2 Ralf Lübke  West Germany 20.57 Q
3 Gus Young  Jamaica 20.75 Q
4 Carlo Simionato  Italy 20.86 Q
5 Peter Van Miltenburg  Australia 21.09
6 Luke Watson  Great Britain 21.14
7 Jamal Al-Abdulla  Qatar 21.44
— Neville Hodge  Virgin Islands DNS

Semifinals[]

Semifinal 1[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Kirk Baptiste  United States 20.29 Q
2 Thomas Jefferson  United States 20.40 Q
3 Pietro Mennea  Italy 20.47 Q
4 Jean-Jacques Boussemart  France 20.55 Q
5 Atlee Mahorn  Canada 20.77
6 Robson da Silva  Brazil 20.80
7 Gus Young  Jamaica 21.17
8 Luis Morales  Puerto Rico 21.22

Semifinal 2[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Carl Lewis  United States 20.27 Q
2 João Batista da Silva  Brazil 20.61 Q
3 Ade Mafe  Great Britain 20.63 Q
4 Ralf Lübke  West Germany 20.67 Q
5 Desai Williams  Canada 20.70
6 Stefano Tilli  Italy 20.72
7 Donald Quarrie  Jamaica 20.77
8 Carlo Simionato  Italy 20.92

Final[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Carl Lewis  United States 19.80 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kirk Baptiste  United States 19.96
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Thomas Jefferson  United States 20.26
4 João Batista da Silva  Brazil 20.30
5 Ralf Lübke  West Germany 20.51
6 Jean-Jacques Boussemart  France 20.55
7 Pietro Mennea  Italy 20.55
8 Ade Mafe  Great Britain 20.85

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b "200 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

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