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

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Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date20 September 1988 (heats)
21 September 1988 (finals)
Competitors35 from 25 nations
Winning time4:14.75 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tamás Darnyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg David Wharton Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Stefano Battistelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  1984
1992  

The men's 400 metre individual medley 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 Hungary.svg  Tamás Darnyi  (HUN)4:15.42 Strasbourg, France 19 August 1987
Olympic recordFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Alex Baumann  (CAN)4:17.41 Los Angeles, United States 30 July 1984

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
20 SeptemberHeat 5 Tamás Darnyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:16.55 OR
21 SeptemberFinal A Tamás Darnyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:14.75 WR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Tamás Darnyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:16.55Q, OR
23 Patrick Kühl Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:18.60Q
35 Stefano Battistelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:20.43Q
44 David Wharton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:20.84Q
54 József Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:20.85Q
64 Jens-Peter Berndt Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:20.93Q
75 Peter Bermel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:22.78Q
85 Luca Sacchi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:23.37Q
93 Christophe Bordeau Flag of France.svg  France 4:23.46q
103 Jeff Kostoff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:24.10q
115 Jon Kelly Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:24.62q
123 Robert Bruce Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:25.15q
133 Mikhail Zubkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:25.30q
145 Rob Woodhouse Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:25.60q
155 Charalambos Papanikolaou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4:26.72q
164 Paul Brew Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:27.22q
174 Yoshiyuki Mizumoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4:28.11
183 Laurent Journet Flag of France.svg  France 4:29.03
192 Ondřej Bureš Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 4:29.62
203 Salvador Vassallo Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 4:30.37
212 Javier Careaga Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:30.71
222 Rui Borges Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 4:30.79
235 Michael Meldrum Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:31.74
242 Renato Ramalho Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 4:31.95
253 Takahiro Fujimoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4:33.03
262 Diogo Madeira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 4:35.00
274 Martín López-Zubero Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:35.68
282 Lee Jae-soo Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 4:40.46
291 Jonathan Sakovich Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 4:44.78
302 René Concepcion Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 4:48.00
311 Sultan Al-Otaibi Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 4:50.16
321 Julian Bolling Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 4:53.61
2 Desmond Koh Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore DSQ
4 John Davey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain DSQ
4 Jan Bidrman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNS

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
95 Jeff Kostoff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:22.95
104 Christophe Bordeau Flag of France.svg  France 4:23.39
116 Robert Bruce Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:24.33
123 Jon Kelly Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:25.02
132 Mikhail Zubkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:25.44
147 Rob Woodhouse Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:26.14
158 Paul Brew Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:26.77
161 Charalambos Papanikolaou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4:27.95

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Tamás Darnyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:14.75 WR
Silver medal icon.svg6 David Wharton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:17.36
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Stefano Battistelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:18.01
42 József Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:18.15
55 Patrick Kühl Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:18.44
67 Jens-Peter Berndt Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:21.71
78 Luca Sacchi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:23.23
81 Peter Bermel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:24.02

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References

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  3. "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988 . LA84 Foundation. p. 413. Retrieved 27 March 2017.