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Swimming at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

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 record  Tamás Darnyi (HUN) 4:15.42 Strasbourg, France 19 August 1987
Olympic record  Alex Baumann (CAN) 4:17.41 Los Angeles, United States 30 July 1984

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nation Time Record
20 September Heat 5 Tamás Darnyi  Hungary 4:16.55 OR
21 September Final A Tamás Darnyi  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]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Tamás Darnyi  Hungary 4:16.55 Q, OR
2 3 Patrick Kühl  East Germany 4:18.60 Q
3 5 Stefano Battistelli  Italy 4:20.43 Q
4 4 David Wharton  United States 4:20.84 Q
5 4 József Szabó  Hungary 4:20.85 Q
6 4 Jens-Peter Berndt  West Germany 4:20.93 Q
7 5 Peter Bermel  West Germany 4:22.78 Q
8 5 Luca Sacchi  Italy 4:23.37 Q
9 3 Christophe Bordeau  France 4:23.46 q
10 3 Jeff Kostoff  United States 4:24.10 q
11 5 Jon Kelly  Canada 4:24.62 q
12 3 Robert Bruce  Australia 4:25.15 q
13 3 Mikhail Zubkov  Soviet Union 4:25.30 q
14 5 Rob Woodhouse  Australia 4:25.60 q
15 5 Charalambos Papanikolaou  Greece 4:26.72 q
16 4 Paul Brew  Great Britain 4:27.22 q
17 4 Yoshiyuki Mizumoto  Japan 4:28.11
18 3 Laurent Journet  France 4:29.03
19 2 Ondřej Bureš  Czechoslovakia 4:29.62
20 3 Salvador Vassallo  Puerto Rico 4:30.37
21 2 Javier Careaga  Mexico 4:30.71
22 2 Rui Borges  Portugal 4:30.79
23 5 Michael Meldrum  Canada 4:31.74
24 2 Renato Ramalho  Brazil 4:31.95
25 3 Takahiro Fujimoto  Japan 4:33.03
26 2 Diogo Madeira  Portugal 4:35.00
27 4 Martín López-Zubero  Spain 4:35.68
28 2 Lee Jae-soo  South Korea 4:40.46
29 1 Jonathan Sakovich  Guam 4:44.78
30 2 René Concepcion  Philippines 4:48.00
31 1 Sultan Al-Otaibi  Kuwait 4:50.16
32 1 Julian Bolling  Sri Lanka 4:53.61
2 Desmond Koh  Singapore DSQ
4 John Davey  Great Britain DSQ
4 Jan Bidrman  Sweden DNS

Finals

[3]

Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 5 Jeff Kostoff  United States 4:22.95
10 4 Christophe Bordeau  France 4:23.39
11 6 Robert Bruce  Australia 4:24.33
12 3 Jon Kelly  Canada 4:25.02
13 2 Mikhail Zubkov  Soviet Union 4:25.44
14 7 Rob Woodhouse  Australia 4:26.14
15 8 Paul Brew  Great Britain 4:26.77
16 1 Charalambos Papanikolaou  Greece 4:27.95

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Tamás Darnyi  Hungary 4:14.75 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 David Wharton  United States 4:17.36
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Stefano Battistelli  Italy 4:18.01
4 2 József Szabó  Hungary 4:18.15
5 5 Patrick Kühl  East Germany 4:18.44
6 7 Jens-Peter Berndt  West Germany 4:21.71
7 8 Luca Sacchi  Italy 4:23.23
8 1 Peter Bermel  West Germany 4:24.02

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Individual Medley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. pp. 412–413. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 413. Retrieved 27 March 2017.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_400_metre_individual_medley