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Host City: Los Angeles, United States
Location: Olympic Swim Stadium, Univ. of Southern California
Date Started: August 3, 1984
Date Finished: August 3, 1984
Format: Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final.
| Gold: | Rick Carey |
| Silver: | Dave Wilson |
| Bronze: | Mike West |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Orbell | 21 | Australia | AUS | 58.35 | QC |
| 2 | Giovanni Frigo | 20 | Venezuela | VEN | 59.34 | |
| 3 | Ernesto José Degenhart | 18 | Guatemala | GUA | 1:05.63 | |
| 4 | David Palma | Honduras | HON | 1:13.28 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Kerry | 24 | Australia | AUS | 57.15 | QU |
| 2 | Hans Kroes | 19 | Netherlands | NED | 57.48 | QU |
| 3 | Kristofer Stivenson | 19 | Greece | GRE | 58.76 | |
| 4 | Allan Marsh | 21 | Jamaica | JAM | 1:00.04 | |
| 5 | Hugo Goossen | Suriname | SUR | 1:03.77 | ||
| 6 | Salvador Salguero | 16 | El Salvador | ESA | 1:04.99 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandy Goss | 17 | Canada | CAN | 57.60 | QU |
| 2 | Neil Harper | 19 | Great Britain | GBR | 58.50 | |
| 3 | Patrick Ferland | 18 | Switzerland | SUI | 58.78 | |
| 4 | Sharif Nour | 20 | Egypt | EGY | 59.63 | |
| 5 | David Lim | 17 | Singapore | SIN | 1:00.65 | |
| 6 | Emad El-Shafei | 28 | Egypt | EGY | 1:02.04 | |
| 7 | Ibrahim El-Baba | Lebanon | LIB | 1:13.76 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bengt Baron | 22 | Sweden | SWE | 57.66 | QU |
| 2 | Nicolai Klapkarek | 19 | West Germany | FRG | 58.19 | QC |
| 3 | Frédéric Delcourt | 20 | France | FRA | 58.22 | QC |
| 4 | Paul Kingsman | 17 | New Zealand | NZL | 58.33 | QC |
| 5 | Luki Niode | 20 | Indonesia | INA | 58.77 | |
| 6 | Ernesto Vela | 15 | Mexico | MEX | 1:01.42 | |
| AC | Rami Kantari | 21 | Lebanon | LIB | DQ |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Hurring | 22 | New Zealand | NZL | 57.42 | QU |
| 2 | Mike West | 19 | Canada | CAN | 57.76 | QU |
| 3 | Daichi Suzuki | 17 | Japan | JPN | 58.37 | QC |
| 4 | Paolo Falchini | 20 | Italy | ITA | 58.65 | |
| 5 | Wang Hao | 21 | China | CHN | 59.13 | |
| 6 | Erik Rosskopf | 19 | United States Virgin Islands | ISV | 1:03.82 | |
| 7 | Pedro Cruz | 17 | Mozambique | MOZ | 1:10.86 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Wilson | 23 | United States | USA | 56.71 | QU |
| 2 | Hans Fredin | 18 | Sweden | SWE | 58.39 | QC |
| 3 | Ilias Malamas | 17 | Greece | GRE | 58.69 | |
| 4 | Fabrizio Bortolon | 19 | Italy | ITA | 59.27 | |
| 5 | Ian Collins | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | 1:00.08 | |
| 6 | Fernando Rodríguez | 21 | Peru | PER | 1:02.27 | |
| 7 | Collier Woolard | 15 | United States Virgin Islands | ISV | 1:06.86 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rick Carey | 21 | United States | USA | 55.74 | QU |
| 2T | Ricardo Aldabe | 19 | Spain | ESP | 57.90 | QC |
| 2T | Stefan Peter | 19 | West Germany | FRG | 57.90 | QC |
| 4 | Li Zhongyi | 21 | China | CHN | 1:00.66 | |
| 5 | Dave Morley | 18 | Bahamas | BAH | 1:01.29 | |
| 6 | Alejandro Alvisuri | 16 | Peru | PER | 1:02.63 | |
| 7 | Warren Sorby | 18 | Fiji | FIJ | 1:05.81 |