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Host City: Los Angeles, United States
Venue(s): Olympic Swim Stadium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Date Started: August 4, 1984
Date Finished: August 4, 1984
Format: Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final.
| Gold: | Alex Baumann |
| Silver: | Pablo Morales |
| Bronze: | Neil Cochran |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neil Cochran | 19 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:05.39 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Rob Woodhouse | 18 | Australia | AUS | 2:06.45 | QC |
| 3 | Arne Borgstrøm | 25 | Norway | NOR | 2:08.09 | QC |
| 4 | Andrés Aguilar | 23 | Costa Rica | CRC | 2:11.63 | |
| 5 | Luis Juncos | 21 | Argentina | ARG | 2:12.83 | |
| 6 | Emad El-Shafei | 28 | Egypt | EGY | 2:14.87 | |
| 7 | Warren Sorby | 18 | Fiji | FIJ | 2:22.74 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ricardo Prado | 19 | Brazil | BRA | 2:07.16 | QC |
| 2 | Peter Rohde | 19 | Denmark | DEN | 2:07.93 | QC |
| 3 | Rob Chernoff | 18 | Canada | CAN | 2:08.47 | |
| 4 | Glenn Beringen | 19 | Australia | AUS | 2:08.65 | |
| 5 | Dave Morley | 18 | Bahamas | BAH | 2:16.85 | |
| 6 | Tsang Yi Ming | 18 | Hong Kong | HKG | 2:17.75 | |
| 7 | Roberto Granados | 15 | Guatemala | GUA | 2:22.73 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robin Brew | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:04.13 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Pablo Morales | 19 | United States | USA | 2:04.32 | QU |
| 3 | Ralf Diegel | 20 | West Germany | FRG | 2:06.41 | QU |
| 4 | Feng Dawei | 18 | China | CHN | 2:11.30 | |
| 5 | Salvador Corelo | Honduras | HON | 2:22.29 | ||
| 6 | Harrell Woolard | 20 | United States Virgin Islands | ISV | 2:27.51 | |
| AC | Fernando Rodríguez | 21 | Peru | PER | DQ |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Lundquist | 23 | United States | USA | 2:06.10 | QU |
| 2 | Andrew Phillips | 22 | Jamaica | JAM | 2:06.43 | QU |
| 3 | Shinji Ito | 21 | Japan | JPN | 2:07.76 | QC |
| 4 | Pablo Restrepo | 24 | Colombia | COL | 2:08.12 | |
| 5 | Eduardo Morillo | 22 | Mexico | MEX | 2:09.87 | |
| 6 | Jairulla Jaitulla | 30 | Philippines | PHI | 2:12.82 | |
| 7 | Brian Farlow | 19 | United States Virgin Islands | ISV | 2:20.53 | |
| 8 | Michele Piva | 18 | San Marino | SMR | 2:29.81 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Baumann | 20 | Canada | CAN | 2:03.60 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Mikael Örn | 22 | Sweden | SWE | 2:07.56 | QC |
| 3 | Edsard Schlingemann | 17 | Netherlands | NED | 2:08.27 | |
| 4 | Harri Garmendia | 18 | Spain | ESP | 2:08.30 | |
| 5 | Yoram Kochavy | 21 | Israel | ISR | 2:11.81 | |
| 6 | Harry Wozniak | 20 | Barbados | BAR | 2:22.49 | |
| 7 | Pedro Cruz | 17 | Mozambique | MOZ | 2:35.99 | |
| AC | Manuel Gutiérrez | 19 | Panama | PAN | DQ |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicolai Klapkarek | 19 | West Germany | FRG | 2:06.07 | QU |
| 2 | Giovanni Franceschi | 21 | Italy | ITA | 2:06.76 | QC |
| 3 | Maurizio Divano | 22 | Italy | ITA | 2:07.19 | QC |
| 4 | Anders Peterson | 19 | Sweden | SWE | 2:08.35 | |
| 5 | Chen Qin | 21 | China | CHN | 2:10.30 | |
| 6 | Ng Wing Hon | 17 | Hong Kong | HKG | 2:18.64 | |
| 7 | Samuela Tupou | 29 | Fiji | FIJ | 2:19.79 | |
| AC | Gökhan Attaroğlu | 19 | Turkey | TUR | DQ |