Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

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Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date25 September 1988 (heats & final)
Competitors109 from 25 nations
Winning time3:36.93 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
David Berkoff, Richard Schroeder, Matt Biondi, Chris Jacobs, Jay Mortenson*, Tom Jager*
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)
Mark Tewksbury, Victor Davis, Tom Ponting, Sandy Goss
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Igor Polyansky, Dmitry Volkov, Vadim Yaroshchuk, Gennadiy Prigoda, Sergei Zabolotnov*, Valeriy Lozik*, Konstantin Petrov*, Nikolay Yevseyev*
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
  1984
1992  

The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 25 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea. [1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Rick Carey
John Moffet
Pablo Morales
Matt Biondi
3:38.28 Tokyo, Japan 18 August 1985
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Rick Carey (55.41)
Steve Lundquist (1:01.86)
Pablo Morales (52.87)
Rowdy Gaines (49.16)
3:39.30 Los Angeles, United States 4 August 1984

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
25 SeptemberFinal David Berkoff (54.56)
Richard Schroeder (1:01.64)
Matt Biondi (52.38)
Chris Jacobs (48.35)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:36.93 WR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q). [2]

RankHeatNationSwimmersTimeNotes
14Flag of the United States.svg  United States David Berkoff (55.69)
Richard Schroeder (1:01.64)
Jay Mortenson (54.46)
Tom Jager (51.21)
3:43.00Q
23Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Gary Binfield (57.89)
Adrian Moorhouse (1:02.33)
Andy Jameson (53.47)
Roland Lee (50.75)
3:44.44Q
32Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Mark Tewksbury (57.05)
Victor Davis (1:03.14)
Tom Ponting (54.12)
Sandy Goss (50.25)
3:44.56Q
44Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Frank Hoffmeister (57.04)
Mark Warnecke (1:03.80)
Michael Gross (54.41)
Björn Zikarsky (49.47)
3:44.72Q
53Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Sergei Zabolotnov (57.14)
Valeriy Lozik (1:02.80)
Konstantine Petrov (55.02)
Nikolay Yevseyev (50.33)
3:45.29Q
62Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Hans Kroes (58.11)
Ronald Dekker (1:02.42)
Frank Drost (54.50)
Patrick Dybiona (50.62)
3:45.65Q
74Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Daichi Suzuki (56.24)
Hironobu Nagahata (1:03.51)
Hiroshi Miura (55.65)
Shigeo Ogata (51.48)
3:46.88Q
82Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Carl Wilson (58.31)
Ian McAdam (1:05.17)
Jon Sieben (54.65)
Andrew Baildon (49.27)
3:47.40Q
93Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Patrick Ferland (58.27)
Étienne Dagon (1:04.61)
Dano Halsall (55.71)
Stéfan Voléry (49.50)
3:48.09
104Flag of France.svg  France Franck Schott (57.04)
David Leblanc (1:04.85)
Ludovic Depickère (56.37)
Bruno Gutzeit (50.38)
3:48.64
113Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Paul Kingsman (57.73)
Anthony Beks (1:05.43)
Anthony Mosse (54.03)
Ross Anderson (51.74)
3:48.93
124Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Martín López-Zubero (58.05)
Ramón Camallonga (1:04.67)
José Luis Ballester (55.66)
José Hernando (51.09)
3:49.47
132Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia Pavel Vokoun (59.25)
Radek Beinhauer (1:03.71)
Robert Wolf (56.23)
Petr Kladiva (50.71)
3:49.90
144Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Lars Sørensen (58.17)
Christian Toft (1:07.32)
Benny Nielsen (55.57)
Franz Mortensen (50.91)
3:51.97
153Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Valerio Giambalvo (59.70)
Gianni Minervini (1:05.06)
Leonardo Michelotti (56.76)
Roberto Gleria (50.54)
3:52.06
162Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Tamás Deutsch (58.52)
Károly Güttler (1:03.59)
Valter Kalaus (58.30)
Mihály-Richard Bodór (51.83)
3:52.24
174Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore David Lim Fong Jock (58.03)
Ng Yue Meng (1:05.89)
Ang Peng Siong (56.63)
Oon Jin Gee (52.31)
3:52.86
183Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil Rogério Romero (57.99)
Cícero Tortelli (1:06.54)
Eduardo de Poli (56.65)
Emanuel Nascimento (52.03)
3:53.21
192Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Lin Laijiu (59.32)
Chen Jianhong (1:04.73)
Zheng Jian (57.04)
Shen Jianqiang (53.09)
3:54.18
203Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Ernesto Vela (59.16)
Javier Careaga (1:06.07)
Urbano Zea (57.66)
Rodrigo González (51.32)
3:54.21
211Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea Park Dong-pil (1:01.38)
Yoon Joo-il (1:04.42)
Park Yeong-cheol (56.96)
Kwon Sang-won (54.18)
3:56.94
224Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong Yip Hor Man (1:03.23)
Watt Kam Sing (1:08.53)
Tsang Yi Ming (59.44)
Michael Wright (54.08)
4:05.28
232Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Ilias Malamas (59.88)
Nikolaos Fokianos (1:07.61)
Theodoros Griniazakis (1:01.09)
Charalambos Papanikolaou (59.13)
4:07.71
241Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands William Cleveland (1:05.06)
Kraig Singleton (1:13.73)
Kristan Singleton (1:01.93)
Hans Foerster (54.31)
4:15.03
251Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Mohamed Abdullah (1:08.35)
Obaid Al-Rumaithi (1:15.72)
Mohamed Bin Abid (1:06.57)
Ahmad Faraj (57.91)
4:28.55

Final

[3]

RankLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4Flag of the United States.svg  United States David Berkoff (54.56)
Richard Schroeder (1:01.64)
Matt Biondi (52.38)
Chris Jacobs (48.35)
3:36.93 WR
Silver medal icon.svg3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Mark Tewksbury (56.11)
Victor Davis (1:00.90)
Tom Ponting (53.52)
Sandy Goss (48.75)
3:39.28 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Igor Polyansky (55.35)
Dmitry Volkov (1:01.53)
Vadim Yaroshchuk (53.34)
Gennadiy Prigoda (49.74)
3:39.96
46Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Frank Hoffmeister (57.18)
Alexander Mayer (1:03.12)
Michael Gross (53.17)
Björn Zikarsky (49.51)
3:42.98
51Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Daichi Suzuki (55.87)
Hironobu Nagahata (1:02.75)
Hiroshi Miura (54.18)
Shigeo Ogata (51.56)
3:44.36 NR
68Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Carl Wilson (57.85)
Ian McAdam (1:05.01)
Jon Sieben (53.42)
Andrew Baildon (49.57)
3:45.85
77Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Hans Kroes (58.26)
Ronald Dekker (1:03.40)
Frank Drost (54.48)
Patrick Dybiona (50.41)
3:46.55
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Neil Harper
Adrian Moorhouse
Andy Jameson
Mark Foster
DSQ

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