Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date23 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors49 from 33 nations
Winning time3:46.95 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Uwe Daßler Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Duncan Armstrong Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Artur Wojdat Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
←  1984
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The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 23 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 Poland.svg  Artur Wojdat  (POL)3:47.38 Orlando, United States 25 March 1988
Olympic recordFlag of Germany.svg  Thomas Fahrner  (FRG)3:50.91 Los Angeles, United States 2 August 1984

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
23 SeptemberHeat 5 Mariusz Podkościelny Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:49.51 OR
23 SeptemberFinal A Uwe Daßler Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 3:46.95 WR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). [2]

Note: All eight swimmers who qualified for the Olympic final swam faster than the Olympic record time.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Mariusz Podkościelny Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:49.51Q, OR
25 Stefan Pfeiffer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 3:49.52Q
37 Artur Wojdat Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:49.68Q
47 Uwe Daßler Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 3:49.90Q
56 Kevin Boyd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:50.01Q
66 Anders Holmertz Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:50.06Q
77 Duncan Armstrong Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:50.64Q
86 Matt Cetlinski Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:50.82Q
96 Ian Brown Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:51.09q
105 Rainer Henkel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 3:51.50q, WD
117 Dan Jorgensen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:52.64q
126 Giorgio Lamberti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:53.29q, WD
135 Valter Kalaus Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3:53.44q
145 Jörg Hoffmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 3:53.78q
156 Carlos Scanavino Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 3:54.86q
164 Salvador Vassallo Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 3:55.30q
177 Turlough O'Hare Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:55.35q
186 Zoltán Szilágyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3:56.29q
197 Roberto Gleria Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:56.33
205 Darjan Petrič Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 3:56.94
214 Henrik Jangvall Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:57.41
224 Daniel Serra Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:57.46
235 Cristiano Michelena Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 3:57.79
244 Tony Day Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:57.91
254 Alberto Bottini Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 3:57.92
265 Gary Vandermeulen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:57.99
277 Aleksandr Bazhanov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3:58.74
283 Igor Majcen Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 3:58.90
297 Jean-Marie Arnould Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3:59.91
306 Franck Iacono Flag of France.svg  France 4:00.04
314 Claus Christensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 4:00.46
324 Yoshiyuki Mizumoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4:02.02
333 David Castro Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 4:02.48
343 Ignacio Escamilla Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:03.16
353 Carlos Romo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:04.02
363 Jeffrey Ong Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 4:04.57
373 Ragnar Guðmundsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 4:05.12
384 Shigeo Ogata Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4:05.68
393 Yang Wook Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 4:05.81
402 Wu Ming-hsun Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 4:06.66
412 Jonathan Sakovich Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 4:06.89
423 Kwon Soon-kun Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 4:08.02
432 Richard Sam Bera Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 4:08.70
442 Desmond Koh Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 4:15.54
452 Arthur Li Kai Yien Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 4:18.50
462 Julian Bolling Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 4:18.88
471 Bassam Al-Ansari Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 4:39.36
481 Émile Lahoud Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 4:47.09
491 Mohamed Bin Abid Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 4:47.28

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
96 Jörg Hoffmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 3:52.13
103 Valter Kalaus Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3:53.24
111 Turlough O'Hare Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:54.33
122 Carlos Scanavino Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 3:54.36
134 Ian Brown Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:54.63
145 Dan Jorgensen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:55.34
157 Salvador Vassallo Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 3:55.39
168 Zoltán Szilágyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3:56.00

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg6 Uwe Daßler Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 3:46.95 WR
Silver medal icon.svg1 Duncan Armstrong Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:47.15 OC
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Artur Wojdat Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:47.34 NR
48 Matt Cetlinski Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:48.09
54 Mariusz Podkościelny Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:48.59
65 Stefan Pfeiffer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 3:49.96
72 Kevin Boyd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:50.16
87 Anders Holmertz Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:51.04

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References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference . Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988 . LA84 Foundation. pp. 403–404. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988 . LA84 Foundation. p. 404. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
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