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

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Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date23 September 1988 (heats & final)
Competitors95 from 22 nations
Winning time3:16.53 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Chris Jacobs, Troy Dalbey, Tom Jager, Matt Biondi, Brent Lang*, Doug Gjertsen*, Shaun Jordan*
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Gennadiy Prigoda, Iurie Başcatov, Nikolay Yevseyev, Volodymyr Tkachenko, Raimundas Mažuolis*, Oleksiy Boryslavskiy*
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)
Dirk Richter, Thomas Flemming, Lars Hinneburg, Steffen Zesner
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
←  1984
1992  →

The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 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 the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Chris Cavanaugh (50.83)
Mike Heath (49.60)
Matt Biondi (49.67)
Rowdy Gaines (48.93)		3:19.03 Los Angeles, United States 2 August 1984
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Chris Cavanaugh (50.83)
Mike Heath (49.60)
Matt Biondi (49.67)
Rowdy Gaines (48.93)		3:19.03 Los Angeles, United States 2 August 1984

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
23 SeptemberFinal Chris Jacobs (49.63)
Troy Dalbey (49.75)
Tom Jager (49.34)
Matt Biondi (47.81)		Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:16.53 WR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatNationSwimmersTimeNotes
13Flag of the United States.svg  United States Brent Lang (50.18)
Doug Gjertsen (49.64)
Shaun Jordan (50.19)
Troy Dalbey (49.51)		3:19.52Q
23Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Raimundas Mažuolis (50.90)
Oleksiy Boryslavskiy (49.95)
Nikolay Yevseyev (49.21)
Volodymyr Tkachenko (49.83)		3:19.89Q
33Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Dirk Richter (50.30)
Thomas Flemming (50.01)
Lars Hinneburg (50.11)
Steffen Zesner (50.05)		3:20.47Q
43Flag of France.svg  France Stéphan Caron (50.68)
Christophe Kalfayan (50.54)
Laurent Neuville (50.45)
Bruno Gutzeit (50.10)		3:21.77Q
51Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Tommy Werner (50.92)
Rikard Milton (51.38)
Joakim Holmquist (50.48)
Göran Titus (50.31)		3:23.09Q
62Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Björn Zikarsky (51.09)
Peter Sitt (51.02)
Thomas Fahrner (51.09)
Torsten Wiegel (49.99)		3:23.19Q
72Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Fabrizio Rampazzo (51.83)
Giorgio Lamberti (49.93)
Andrea Ceccarini (51.25)
Roberto Gleria (50.34)		3:23.35Q
82Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Andy Jameson (51.40)
Mark Foster (50.81)
Mike Fibbens (50.68)
Roland Lee (50.82)		3:23.71Q
91Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Mark Andrews (51.66)
Stephen Vandermeulen (50.90)
Vlastimil Černý (51.14)
Sandy Goss (50.15)		3:23.85
101Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Franz Mortensen (51.21)
Vagn Høgholm (50.97)
Benny Nielsen (51.73)
Peter Rohde (51.24)		3:25.15
111Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Frank Drost (51.52)
Patrick Dybiona (50.86)
Hans Kroes (51.57)
Ronald Dekker (51.31)		3:25.26
122Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil Emanuel Nascimento (52.13)
Cristiano Michelena (52.13)
Jorge Fernandes (52.05)
Júlio López (51.86)		3:28.17
132Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Rodrigo González (51.48)
Ignacio Escamilla (53.48)
Jorge Alarcón (52.51)
Urbano Zea (52.25)		3:29.72
141Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Mabílio Albuquerque (53.06)
Henrique Villaret (52.87)
Vasco Sousa (53.73)
Sérgio Esteves (53.65)		3:33.31
153Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Ang Peng Siong (52.28)
David Lim Fong Jock (53.01)
Oon Jin Gee (52.77)
Desmond Koh (56.48)		3:34.54
162Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong Michael Wright (53.74)
Li Khai Kam (52.79)
Arthur Li Kai Yien (53.48)
Tsang Yi Ming (54.77)		3:34.78
172Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea Kwon Sang-won (54.18)
Yang Wook (54.17)
Song Kwang-sun (54.25)
Kwon Soon-kun (55.45)		3:38.05
181Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands Hans Foerster (54.23)
Kraig Singleton (56.51)
Kristan Singleton (57.78)
William Cleveland (54.71)		3:43.23
193Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Ahmad Faraj (58.29)
Mohamed Abdullah (1:00.80)
Bassam Al-Ansari (1:00.92)
Mohamed Bin Abid (58.91)		3:58.92
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Shen Jianqiang
Li Tao
Xie Jun
Feng Qiangbiao 		DSQ
3Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Mohamed El-Azoul
Amin Amer
Mohamed Hassan
Moustafa Amer 		DSQ
3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Stefan Opatril
Markus Opatril
Alexander Placheta
Alexander Pilhatsch 		DSQ

Final

[3]

RankLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4Flag of the United States.svg  United States Chris Jacobs (49.63)
Troy Dalbey (49.75)
Tom Jager (49.34)
Matt Biondi (47.81)		3:16.53 WR
Silver medal icon.svg5Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Gennadiy Prigoda (50.24)
Iurie Başcatov (49.30)
Nikolay Yevseyev (49.27)
Volodymyr Tkachenko (49.52)		3:18.33 EU
Bronze medal icon.svg3Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Dirk Richter (50.25)
Thomas Flemming (49.70)
Lars Hinneburg (50.35)
Steffen Zesner (49.52)		3:19.82
46Flag of France.svg  France Stéphan Caron (49.97)
Christophe Kalfayan (50.09)
Laurent Neuville (50.04)
Bruno Gutzeit (49.92)		3:20.02 NR
52Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Per Johansson (50.58)
Tommy Werner (50.00)
Joakim Holmquist (50.47)
Göran Titus (50.02)		3:21.07 NR
67Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Michael Gross (50.66)
Thomas Fahrner (50.00)
Björn Zikarsky (50.40)
Peter Sitt (50.59)		3:21.65
78Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Mike Fibbens (51.36)
Mark Foster (50.20)
Roland Lee (50.33)
Andy Jameson (49.82)		3:21.71 NR
81Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Roberto Gleria (50.51)
Giorgio Lamberti (50.31)
Fabrizio Rampazzo (51.19)
Andrea Ceccarini (50.92)		3:22.93

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References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference . Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 4 × 100m Freestyle Relay Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988 . LA84 Foundation. pp. 415–416. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 4 × 100m Freestyle Relay Final" (PDF). Seoul 1988 . LA84 Foundation. p. 416. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
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