Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley
Appearance
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Men's 400 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
Date | 20 September 1988 (heats) 21 September 1988 (finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 35 from 25 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 4:14.75 WR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
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
[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 |
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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]
Finals
[edit]Final B
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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 |
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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]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. pp. 412–413. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 413. Retrieved 27 March 2017.