Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
Men's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
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Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
Date | 23 September 1988 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 49 from 33 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 3:46.95 WR | ||||||||||||
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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.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Artur Wojdat (POL) | 3:47.38 | Orlando, United States | 25 March 1988 |
Olympic record | Thomas Fahrner (FRG) | 3:50.91 | Los Angeles, United States | 2 August 1984 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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23 September | Heat 5 | Mariusz Podkościelny | Poland | 3:49.51 | OR |
23 September | Final A | Uwe Daßler | 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).
Note: All eight swimmers who qualified for the Olympic final swam faster than the Olympic record time.
Finals
Final B
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 6 | Jörg Hoffmann | East Germany | 3:52.13 | |
10 | 3 | Valter Kalaus | Hungary | 3:53.24 | |
11 | 1 | Turlough O'Hare | Canada | 3:54.33 | |
12 | 2 | Carlos Scanavino | Uruguay | 3:54.36 | |
13 | 4 | Ian Brown | Australia | 3:54.63 | |
14 | 5 | Dan Jorgensen | United States | 3:55.34 | |
15 | 7 | Salvador Vassallo | Puerto Rico | 3:55.39 | |
16 | 8 | Zoltán Szilágyi | Hungary | 3:56.00 |
Final A
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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6 | Uwe Daßler | East Germany | 3:46.95 | WR | |
1 | Duncan Armstrong | Australia | 3:47.15 | OC | |
3 | Artur Wojdat | Poland | 3:47.34 | NR | |
4 | 8 | Matt Cetlinski | United States | 3:48.09 | |
5 | 4 | Mariusz Podkościelny | Poland | 3:48.59 | |
6 | 5 | Stefan Pfeiffer | West Germany | 3:49.96 | |
7 | 2 | Kevin Boyd | Great Britain | 3:50.16 | |
8 | 7 | Anders Holmertz | Sweden | 3:51.04 |