Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

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Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date20 September 1988 (heats)
21 September 1988 (final)
Competitors73 from 16 nations
Winning time7:12.51 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Troy Dalbey, Matt Cetlinski, Doug Gjertsen, Matt Biondi, Craig Oppel*, Dan Jorgensen*
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)
Uwe Daßler, Sven Lodziewski, Thomas Flemming, Steffen Zesner, Lars Hinneburg*
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)
Erik Hochstein, Thomas Fahrner, Rainer Henkel, Michael Gross, Peter Sitt*, Stefan Pfeiffer*
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
  1984
1992  

The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20–21 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 Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)
Peter Sitt (1:48.94)
Rainer Henkel (1:48.71)
Thomas Fahrner (1:48.64)
Michael Gross (1:46.81)
7:13.10 Strasbourg, France 19 August 1987
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Mike Heath (1:48.67)
David Larson (1:49.01)
Jeff Float (1:49.60)
Bruce Hayes (1:48.41)
7:15.69 Los Angeles, United States 30 July 1984

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
21 SeptemberFinal Troy Dalbey (1:49.37)
Matt Cetlinski (1:48.44)
Doug Gjertsen (1:48.26)
Matt Biondi (1:46.44)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:12.51 WR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatNationSwimmersTimeNotes
11Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Uwe Daßler (1:49.47)
Lars Hinneburg (1:49.64)
Sven Lodziewski (1:48.87)
Thomas Flemming (1:48.63)
7:16.61Q
21Flag of the United States.svg  United States Craig Oppel (1:51.24)
Dan Jorgensen (1:49.24)
Matt Cetlinski (1:48.87)
Doug Gjertsen (1:49.41)
7:18.76Q
32Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Peter Sitt (1:50.31)
Rainer Henkel (1:49.63)
Stefan Pfeiffer (1:50.06)
Erik Hochstein (1:49.38)
7:19.38Q
41Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Jason Plummer (1:51.44)
Ian Brown (1:48.89)
Martin Roberts (1:51.31)
Tom Stachewicz (1:49.82)
7:21.46Q
51Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Massimo Trevisan (1:50.95)
Fabrizio Rampazzo (1:51.47)
Valerio Giambalvo (1:50.97)
Roberto Gleria (1:48.46)
7:21.85Q
62Flag of France.svg  France Stéphan Caron (1:49.41)
Michel Pou (1:51.01)
Olivier Fougeroud (1:51.62)
Laurent Neuville (1:50.99)
7:23.03Q
72Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Tommy Werner (1:50.46)
Christer Wallin (1:50.38)
Henrik Jangvall (1:52.33)
Michael Söderlund (1:50.65)
7:23.82Q
82Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Turlough O'Hare (1:51.59)
Darren Ward (1:52.27)
Donald Haddow (1:51.11)
Gary Vandermeulen (1:51.31)
7:26.28Q
91Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Kevin Boyd (1:52.00)
Paul Howe (1:51.58)
Jonathan Broughton (1:52.81)
Roland Lee (1:53.38)
7:29.77
102Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil Cristiano Michelena (1:51.38)
Jorge Fernandes (1:53.34)
Emanuel Nascimento (1:54.26)
Júlio López (1:53.13)
7:32.11
111Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Franz Mortensen (1:51.21)
Claus Christensen (1:52.08)
Jan Larsen (1:52.61)
Peter Rohde (1:57.41)
7:33.31
121Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea Kwon Sang-won (1:57.08)
Yang Wook (1:57.29)
Song Kwang-sun (1:59.11)
Kwon Soon-kun (1:59.45)
7:52.93
131Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands Hans Foerster (2:01.34)
Kraig Singleton (2:05.63)
Ronald Pickard (2:07.66)
William Cleveland (2:00.88)
8:15.51
142Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Ahmad Faraj (2:15.64)
Mohamed Abdullah (2:17.64)
Bassam Al-Ansari (2:15.41)
Mohamed Bin Abid (2:12.34)
9:01.03
2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Ignacio Escamilla
Jorge Alarcón
Carlos Romo
Rodrigo González
DSQ
2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Sergey Kudryayev
Aleksandr Bazhanov
Nikolay Yevseyev
Aleksey Kuznetsov
DSQ

Final

[3]

RankLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5Flag of the United States.svg  United States Troy Dalbey (1:49.37)
Matt Cetlinski (1:48.44)
Doug Gjertsen (1:48.26)
Matt Biondi (1:46.44)
7:12.51 WR
Silver medal icon.svg4Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Uwe Daßler (1:48.26)
Sven Lodziewski (1:48.92)
Thomas Flemming (1:48.07)
Steffen Zesner (1:48.43)
7:13.68 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg3Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Erik Hochstein (1:49.91)
Thomas Fahrner (1:47.75)
Rainer Henkel (1:49.42)
Michael Gross (1:47.27)
7:14.35
46Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Tom Stachewicz (1:48.99)
Ian Brown (1:49.05)
Jason Plummer (1:49.95)
Duncan Armstrong (1:47.24)
7:15.23 OC
52Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Roberto Gleria (1:49.23)
Giorgio Lamberti (1:47.29)
Massimo Trevisan (1:49.66)
Valerio Giambalvo (1:49.82)
7:16.00 NR
61Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Anders Holmertz (1:48.06)
Tommy Werner (1:49.41)
Michael Söderlund (1:50.57)
Christer Wallin (1:51.06)
7:19.10
77Flag of France.svg  France Michel Pou (1:52.05)
Franck Iacono (1:50.04)
Olivier Fougeroud (1:52.14)
Ludovic Depickère (1:50.46)
7:24.69
88Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Turlough O'Hare (1:51.45)
Sandy Goss (1:51.01)
Donald Haddow (1:51.46)
Gary Vandermeulen (1:50.99)
7:24.91

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