Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
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Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | |||||||||
Date | 25 September 1988 (heats & final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 109 from 25 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 3:36.93 WR | |||||||||
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The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 25 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 |
United States (USA) Rick Carey John Moffet Pablo Morales Matt Biondi |
3:38.28 | Tokyo, Japan | 18 August 1985 |
Olympic record |
United States (USA) Rick Carey (55.41) Steve Lundquist (1:01.86) Pablo Morales (52.87) Rowdy Gaines (49.16) |
3:39.30 | Los Angeles, United States | 4 August 1984 |
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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25 September | Final |
David Berkoff (54.56) Richard Schroeder (1:01.64) Matt Biondi (52.38) Chris Jacobs (48.35) |
United States | 3:36.93 | WR |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q).
Final
Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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4 | United States |
David Berkoff (54.56) Richard Schroeder (1:01.64) Matt Biondi (52.38) Chris Jacobs (48.35) |
3:36.93 | WR | |
3 | Canada |
Mark Tewksbury (56.11) Victor Davis (1:00.90) Tom Ponting (53.52) Sandy Goss (48.75) |
3:39.28 | NR | |
2 | Soviet Union |
Igor Polyansky (55.35) Dmitry Volkov (1:01.53) Vadim Yaroshchuk (53.34) Gennadiy Prigoda (49.74) |
3:39.96 | ||
4 | 6 | West Germany |
Frank Hoffmeister (57.18) Alexander Mayer (1:03.12) Michael Gross (53.17) Björn Zikarsky (49.51) |
3:42.98 | |
5 | 1 | Japan |
Daichi Suzuki (55.87) Hironobu Nagahata (1:02.75) Hiroshi Miura (54.18) Shigeo Ogata (51.56) |
3:44.36 | NR |
6 | 8 | Australia |
Carl Wilson (57.85) Ian McAdam (1:05.01) Jon Sieben (53.42) Andrew Baildon (49.57) |
3:45.85 | |
7 | 7 | Netherlands |
Hans Kroes (58.26) Ronald Dekker (1:03.40) Frank Drost (54.48) Patrick Dybiona (50.41) |
3:46.55 | |
5 | Great Britain |
Neil Harper Adrian Moorhouse Andy Jameson Mark Foster |
DSQ |