Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

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Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Seoul Olympic Stadium
Dates30 September 1988 (1988-09-30) (heats)
1 October 1988 (1988-10-01) (semi-finals and final)
Competitors126 from 29 nations
Teams29
Winning time38.19
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
  1984
1992  

These are the official results of the 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There were a total number of 29 nations competing. [1]

U.S. team who was defending the gold medal won in Los Angeles was favored to win the event, but fumbled an exchange in a heat and was disqualified.

A French team, including three members of the bronze medal-winning team here, would claim the world record two years later.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Viktor Bryzhin
Vladimir Krylov
Vladimir Muravyov
Vitaliy Savin
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Elliot Bunney
Linford Christie
Mike McFarlane
John Regis
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Bruno Marie-Rose
Max Morinière
Gilles Quénéhervé
Daniel Sangouma

Records

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record37.83 Flag of the United States.svg Sam Graddy
Flag of the United States.svg Ron Brown
Flag of the United States.svg Calvin Smith
Flag of the United States.svg Carl Lewis
Los Angeles (USA)August 11, 1984
Olympic Record37.83 Flag of the United States.svg Sam Graddy
Flag of the United States.svg Ron Brown
Flag of the United States.svg Calvin Smith
Flag of the United States.svg Carl Lewis
Los Angeles (USA)August 11, 1984

Final

RANKNATIONATHLETESTIME
Med 1.png Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)Viktor Bryzhin
Vladimir Krylov
Vladimir Muravyov
Vitaliy Savin
38.19
Med 2.png Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)Elliot Bunney
John Regis
Mike McFarlane
Linford Christie
38.28
Med 3.png Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)Bruno Marie-Rose
Daniel Sangouma
Gilles Quénéhervé
Max Morinière
38.40
4.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)Christopher Faulknor
Gregory Meghoo
Clive Wright
John Mair
38.47
5.Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)Ezio Madonia
Sandro Floris
Pierfrancesco Pavoni
Stefano Tilli
38.54
6.Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)Fritz Heer
Christian Haas
Peter Klein
Dirk Schweisfurth
38.55
7.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)Desai Williams
Atlee Mahorn
Cyprian Enweani
Brian Morrison
38.93
8.Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)György Bakos
Laszlo Karaffa
István Tatar
Attila Kovács
39.19

Semifinals

RANKNATIONATHLETESTIME
1.Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)Bruno Marie-Rose
Daniel Sangouma
Gilles Queneherve
Max Moriniere
38.49
2.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)Elliot Bunney
John Regis
Mike McFarlane
Linford Christie
38.52
3.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)Christopher Faulknor
Gregory Meghoo
Clive Wright
John Mair
38.75
4.Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)Fritz Heer
Christian Haas
Peter Klein
Dirk Schweisfurth
38.75
5.Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)Shinji Aoto
Kenji Yamauchi
Koji Kurihara
Susumu Takano
38.90
6.Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria  (NGR)Victor Edet
Olapade Adeniken
Isiaq Adeyanju
Olatunji Olobia
39.05
7.Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea  (KOR)Nak-Kun Sung
Duk-Sup Shim
Bock-Sup Kim
Jae-Keun Chang
39.05
8.Flag of Qatar (3-2).svg  Qatar  (QAT)Rashid Marzouq S. M. Al-Abdulla
Faraj Marzouqs. Abdulla
Saad Muftahmubarak
Talal Mansoor
41.19
RANKNATIONATHLETESTIME
1.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)Viktor Bryzhin
Vladimir Krylov
Vladimir Muravyov
Vitaliy Savin
38.55
2.Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)Ezio Madonia
Sandro Floris
Pierfrancesco Pavoni
Stefano Tilli
38.65
3.Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)György Bakos
Laszlo Karaffa
István Tatar
Attila Kovács
38.84
4.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)Andrew Mowatt
Atlee Mahorn
Desai Williams
Brian Morrison
38.94
5.Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana  (GHA)John Myles-Mills
Eric Akogyiram
Salaam Gariba
Nelson Boateng
39.46
6.Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)Elkana Nyang'au
Kennedy Ondiek
Simon Kipkemboi
Peter Wekesa
39.47
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)Tao Li
Jianming Cai
Feng Li
Chen Zheng
DNF
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)Arnaldo Abrantes
Pedro Curvelo
Pedro Agostinho
Luis Barroso
DSQ

Qualifying heats

RANKNATIONATHLETESTIME
1.Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)Bruno Marie-Rose
Daniel Sangouma
Gilles Queneherve
Max Moriniere
38.87
2.Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria  (NGR)Victor Edet
Davison Ezinwa
Abdullahi Tetengi
Olatunji Olobia
39.15
3.Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)Ezio Madonia
Sandro Floris
Pierfrancesco Pavoni
Stefano Tilli
39.20
4.Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea  (KOR)Seong Nak-gun
Sim Deok-seop
Kim Bok-seop
Jang Jae-geun
39.61
5.Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)Cheng Hsin-Fu
Lee Shiunn-Long
Nai Hui-Fang
Wu Chin-jing
40.40
6.Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)Moses Musonge
Joseph Ssali
John Goville
Mike Okot
41.39
7.Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives  (MDV)Ismail Asif Waheed
Ibrahim Manik
Abdul Razzak Aboobakur
Mohamed Hanim
44.31
RANKNATIONATHLETESTIME
1.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)Viktor Bryzhin
Vladimir Krylov
Vladimir Muravyov
Vitaliy Savin
38.82
2.Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)Fritz Heer
Christian Haas
Peter Klein
Dirk Schweisfurth
39.01
3.Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana  (GHA)John Myles-Mills
Eric Akogyiram
Salaam Gariba
Nelson Boateng
39.13
4.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)Tao Li
Jianming Cai
Feng Li
Chen Zheng
39.67
5.Flag of Qatar (3-2).svg  Qatar  (QAT)Rashid Sheban Marzouk
Faraj Marzouqs. Abdulla
Saad Muftahmubarak
Talal Mansoor
40.05
6.Flag of the People's Republic of Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo  (CGO)Armand Biniakounou
Hygien-Nicaise Lombocko
Henri Ndinga
Pierre Ndinga
41.26
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal  (SEN)Joseph Diaz
Amadou M'Baye
Babacar Pouye
Ibrahima Tamba
DSQ
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia  (INA)Mardi Lestari
Kresno Eko Pambudi
Elieser Wattebosi
Mohamed Yusuf
DNF
RANKNATIONATHLETESTIME
1.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)Andrew Mowatt
Atlee Mahorn
Desai Williams
Brian Morrison
39.41
2.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)Christopher Faulknor
Gregory Meghoo
Clive Wright
John Mair
39.53
3.Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)Kaoru Matsubara
Shinji Aoto
Koji Kurihara
Takahiro Kasahara
39.70
4.Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)Elkana Nyang'au
Kennedy Ondiek
Simon Kipkemboi
Peter Wekesa
40.30
5.Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)Supas Tiprod
Visut Watanasin
Anuwat Sermsiri
Chainarong Wangganon
40.57
6.Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda  (ANT)St. Clair Soleyne
Alfred Browne
Howard Lindsay
Larry Millers
41.18
7.Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone  (SLE)Francis Keita
Horace Dove-Edwin
Benjamin Grant
Felix Sandy
41.19
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)Florencio Gascón
Enrique Talavera
Valentín Rocandio
José Javier Arqués
DNF
RANKNATIONATHLETESTIME
1.Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)György Bakos
László Karaffa
István Tatár
Attila Kovács
39.12
2.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)Elliot Bunney
John Regis
Mike McFarlane
Linford Christie
39.17
3.Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)Arnaldo Abrantes
Pedro Curvelo
Pedro Agostinho
Luis Barroso
39.61
4.Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)Herman Adam
Eduardo Nava
Antonio Ruíz
Miguel Elizondo
40.31
5.Flag of Benin (1975-1990).svg  Benin  (BEN)Fortune Ogouchi
Patrice Mahoulikponto
Dossou Vignissy
Issa Alassane-Ousséni
41.52
6.Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh  (BAN)Mohamed Shah Alam
Shahanuddin Choudhury
Mohamed Hossain Milzer
Mohamed Shah Jalal
41.78
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)Dennis Mitchell
Albert Robinson
Calvin Smith
Lee McNeill
DSQ

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