Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Seoul Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | 30 September 1988 1 October 1988 (semi-finals and final) | (heats)|||||||||
Competitors | 126 from 29 nations | |||||||||
Teams | 29 | |||||||||
Winning time | 38.19 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m | women | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | women |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
Wheelchair races | ||
These are the official results of the
Seoul, South Korea. There were a total number of 29 nations competing.[1]
U.S. team who was defending the gold medal won in Los Angeles was favored to win the event, but fumbled an exchange in a heat and was disqualified.
A French team, including three members of the bronze medal-winning team here, would claim the world record two years later.
Medalists
Records
These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 37.83 | Sam Graddy Ron Brown Calvin Smith Carl Lewis |
Los Angeles (USA )
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August 11, 1984 |
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Olympic Record | 37.83 | Sam Graddy Ron Brown Calvin Smith Carl Lewis |
Los Angeles (USA )
|
August 11, 1984 |
Final
- Held on Saturday October 1, 1988
RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
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Soviet Union (URS) | • Viktor Bryzhin • Vladimir Krylov • Vladimir Muravyov • Vitaliy Savin |
38.19 | |
Great Britain (GBR) | • Elliot Bunney • John Regis • Mike McFarlane • Linford Christie |
38.28 | |
France (FRA) | • Bruno Marie-Rose • Daniel Sangouma • Gilles Quénéhervé • Max Morinière |
38.40 | |
4. | Jamaica (JAM) | • | 38.47 |
5. | Italy (ITA) | • Ezio Madonia • Sandro Floris • Pierfrancesco Pavoni • Stefano Tilli |
38.54 |
6. | West Germany (FRG) | • Fritz Heer • Christian Haas • Peter Klein • Dirk Schweisfurth |
38.55 |
7. | Canada (CAN) | • Desai Williams • Atlee Mahorn • Cyprian Enweani • Brian Morrison |
38.93 |
8. | Hungary (HUN) | • István Tatar
• Attila Kovács |
39.19 |
Semifinals
- Heat 1
RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
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1. | France (FRA) | • Max Moriniere
|
38.49 |
2. | Great Britain (GBR) | • Elliot Bunney • John Regis • Mike McFarlane • Linford Christie |
38.52 |
3. | Jamaica (JAM) | • | 38.75 |
4. | West Germany (FRG) | • Fritz Heer • Christian Haas • Peter Klein • Dirk Schweisfurth |
38.75 |
5. | Japan (JPN) | • Shinji Aoto • Kenji Yamauchi • Koji Kurihara • Susumu Takano |
38.90 |
6. | Nigeria (NGR) | • Isiaq Adeyanju
• Olatunji Olobia |
39.05 |
7. | South Korea (KOR) | • Jae-Keun Chang
|
39.05 |
8. | Qatar (QAT) | • Talal Mansoor
|
41.19 |
- Heat 2
RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
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1. | Soviet Union (URS) | • Viktor Bryzhin • Vladimir Krylov • Vladimir Muravyov • Vitaliy Savin |
38.55 |
2. | Italy (ITA) | • Ezio Madonia • Sandro Floris • Pierfrancesco Pavoni • Stefano Tilli |
38.65 |
3. | Hungary (HUN) | • István Tatar
• Attila Kovács |
38.84 |
4. | Canada (CAN) | • Andrew Mowatt • Atlee Mahorn • Desai Williams • Brian Morrison |
38.94 |
5. | Ghana (GHA) | • John Myles-Mills • Eric Akogyiram • Salaam Gariba • Nelson Boateng |
39.46 |
6. | Kenya (KEN) | • Simon Kipkemboi
• Peter Wekesa |
39.47 |
— | China (CHN) | • Chen Zheng
|
DNF |
— | Portugal (POR) | • Luis Barroso
|
DSQ |
Qualifying heats
- Heat 1
RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
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1. | France (FRA) | • Max Moriniere
|
38.87 |
2. | Nigeria (NGR) | • | 39.15 |
3. | Italy (ITA) | • Ezio Madonia • Sandro Floris • Pierfrancesco Pavoni • Stefano Tilli |
39.20 |
4. | South Korea (KOR) | • Jang Jae-geun
|
39.61 |
5. | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | • Nai Hui-Fang
• Wu Chin-jing |
40.40 |
6. | Uganda (UGA) | • Moses Musonge • Joseph Ssali • John Goville • Mike Okot |
41.39 |
7. | Maldives (MDV) | • Ismail Asif Waheed • Ibrahim Manik • Abdul Razzak Aboobakur • Mohamed Hanim |
44.31 |
- Heat 2
RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
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1. | Soviet Union (URS) | • Viktor Bryzhin • Vladimir Krylov • Vladimir Muravyov • Vitaliy Savin |
38.82 |
2. | West Germany (FRG) | • Fritz Heer • Christian Haas • Peter Klein • Dirk Schweisfurth |
39.01 |
3. | Ghana (GHA) | • John Myles-Mills • Eric Akogyiram • Salaam Gariba • Nelson Boateng |
39.13 |
4. | China (CHN) | • Chen Zheng
|
39.67 |
5. | Qatar (QAT) | • Talal Mansoor
|
40.05 |
6. | Republic of the Congo (CGO) | • Armand Biniakounou • Hygien-Nicaise Lombocko • Henri Ndinga • Pierre Ndinga |
41.26 |
— | Senegal (SEN) | • | DSQ |
— | Indonesia (INA) | • Mardi Lestari • Kresno Eko Pambudi • Elieser Wattebosi • Mohamed Yusuf |
DNF |
- Heat 3
RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
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1. | Canada (CAN) | • Andrew Mowatt • Atlee Mahorn • Desai Williams • Brian Morrison |
39.41 |
2. | Jamaica (JAM) | • | 39.53 |
3. | Japan (JPN) | • Takahiro Kasahara
|
39.70 |
4. | Kenya (KEN) | • Simon Kipkemboi
• Peter Wekesa |
40.30 |
5. | Thailand (THA) | • Supas Tiprod • Visut Watanasin • Anuwat Sermsiri • Chainarong Wangganon |
40.57 |
6. | Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) | • Larry Millers
|
41.18 |
7. | Sierra Leone (SLE) | • Francis Keita • Horace Dove-Edwin • Benjamin Grant • Felix Sandy |
41.19 |
— | Spain (ESP) | • Florencio Gascón • Enrique Talavera • Valentín Rocandio • José Javier Arqués |
DNF |
- Heat 4
RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
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1. | Hungary (HUN) | • György Bakos • László Karaffa • István Tatár • Attila Kovács |
39.12 |
2. | Great Britain (GBR) | • Elliot Bunney • John Regis • Mike McFarlane • Linford Christie |
39.17 |
3. | Portugal (POR) | • Luis Barroso
|
39.61 |
4. | Mexico (MEX) | • Herman Adam • Eduardo Nava • Antonio Ruíz • Miguel Elizondo |
40.31 |
5. | Benin (BEN) | • Fortune Ogouchi • Patrice Mahoulikponto • Dossou Vignissy • Issa Alassane-Ousséni |
41.52 |
6. | Bangladesh (BAN) | • Mohamed Shah Alam • Shahanuddin Choudhury • Mohamed Hossain Milzer • Mohamed Shah Jalal |
41.78 |
— | United States (USA) | • Lee McNeill
|
DSQ |
See also
- 1986 Men's European Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Stuttgart)
- 1987 Men's World Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Rome)
- 1990 Men's European Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Split)
- 1991 Men's World Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Tokyo)
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2017.