Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke

Swimming events at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m				women
1500 m		men
Backstroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Breaststroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Butterfly
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Individual medley
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		men		women
4×200 m		men
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women

The final of the Men's 100 metres Backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 3, 1984.

Finals

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Rick Carey (USA)	55.79
	Dave Wilson (USA)	56.35
	Mike West (CAN)	56.49
4.	Gary Hurring (NZL)	56.90
5.	Mark Kerry (AUS)	57.18
6.	Bengt Baron (SWE)	57.34
7.	Sandy Goss (CAN)	57.46
8.	Hans Kroes (NED)	58.07

RANK	B-FINAL	TIME
9.	David Orbell (AUS)	58.05
10.	Paul Kingsman (NZL)	58.19
11.	Daichi Suzuki (JPN)	58.30
11.	Stefan Peter (FRG)	58.30
13.	Ricardo Aldabe (ESP)	58.31
13.	Hans Fredin (SWE)	58.31
15.	Nicolai Klapkarek (FRG)	58.56
–	Frédéric Delcourt (FRA)	DSQ

Non-Qualifiers

RANK	HEATS	TIME
17.	Neil Harper (GBR)	58.50
18.	Paolo Falchini (ITA)	58.65
19.	Ilias Malamas (GRE)	58.69
20.	Kristofer Stivenson (GRE)	58.76
21.	Lukman Niode (INA)	58.77
22.	Patrick Ferland (SUI)	58.78
23.	Wang Hao (CHN)	59.13
24.	Fabrizio Bortolon (ITA)	59.27
25.	22x20px Giovanni Frigo (VEN)	59.34
26.	22x20px Sharif Nour (EGY)	59.63
27.	Allan Marsh (JAM)	1:00.04
28.	Ian Collins (GBR)	1:00.08
29.	David Lim Fong Jock (SIN)	1:00.65
30.	Li Zhongyi (CHN)	1:00.66
31.	David Morley (BAH)	1:01.29
32.	Ernesto Vela (MEX)	1:01.42
33.	22x20px Emad El-Shafei (EGY)	1:02.04
34.	Fernando Rodríguez (PER)	1:02.27
35.	Alejandro Alvizuri (PER)	1:02.63
36.	Hugo Goossen (SUR)	1:03.77
37.	Erik Rosskopf (ISV)	1:03.82
38.	Salvado Salguero (ESA)	1:04.99
39.	Ernesto-José Degenhart (GUA)	1:05.63
40.	Warren Sorby (FIJ)	1:05.81
41.	Collier Woolard (ISV)	1:06.86
42.	Joaquim Cruz (MOZ)	1:10.86
43.	22x20px David Palma (HON)	1:13.28
44.	Ibrahim El-Baba (LIB)	1:13.76
–	Rami Kantari (LIB)	DSQ

References

• Official Report
• USA Swimming