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Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley

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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]

Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date20 September 1988 (heats)
21 September 1988 (finals)
Competitors35 from 25 nations
Winning time4:14.75 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tamás Darnyi  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) David Wharton  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stefano Battistelli  Italy
← 1984
1992 →

Records edit

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 edit

Heats edit

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 edit

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Final B edit

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 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Tamás Darnyi   Hungary 4:14.75 WR
  6 David Wharton   United States 4:17.36
  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 edit

  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.

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