These are the official results of the 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There were a total number of 29 nations competing.[1]
| 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 (heats) 1 October 1988 (semi-finals and final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 126 from 29 nations | |||||||||
| Teams | 29 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 38.19 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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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
editRecords
editThese 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) | August 11, 1984 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 37.83 | Sam Graddy Ron Brown Calvin Smith Carl Lewis
|
Los Angeles (USA) | August 11, 1984 |
Final
edit- Held on Saturday October 1, 1988
| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
|
 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)
|
• Christopher Faulknor • Gregory Meghoo • Clive Wright • John Mair |
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)
|
• György Bakos • Laszlo Karaffa • István Tatar • Attila Kovács |
39.19 |
Semifinals
edit- Heat 1
| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | France (FRA)
|
• Bruno Marie-Rose • Daniel Sangouma • Gilles Queneherve • Max Moriniere |
38.49 |
| 2. | Great Britain (GBR)
|
• Elliot Bunney • John Regis • Mike McFarlane • Linford Christie |
38.52 |
| 3. | Jamaica (JAM)
|
• Christopher Faulknor • Gregory Meghoo • Clive Wright • John Mair |
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)
|
• Victor Edet • Olapade Adeniken • Isiaq Adeyanju • Olatunji Olobia |
39.05 |
| 7. |  South Korea (KOR)
|
• Nak-Kun Sung • Duk-Sup Shim • Bock-Sup Kim • Jae-Keun Chang |
39.05 |
| 8. |  Qatar (QAT)
|
• Rashid Marzouq S. M. Al-Abdulla • Faraj Marzouqs. Abdulla • Saad Muftahmubarak • Talal Mansoor |
41.19 |
- Heat 2
| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
|
• György Bakos • Laszlo Karaffa • 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)
|
• Elkana Nyang'au • Kennedy Ondiek • Simon Kipkemboi • Peter Wekesa |
39.47 |
| — |  China (CHN)
|
• Tao Li • Jianming Cai • Feng Li • Chen Zheng |
DNF |
| — |  Portugal (POR)
|
• Arnaldo Abrantes • Pedro Curvelo • Pedro Agostinho • Luis Barroso |
DSQ |
Qualifying heats
edit- Heat 1
| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | France (FRA)
|
• Bruno Marie-Rose • Daniel Sangouma • Gilles Queneherve • Max Moriniere |
38.87 |
| 2. | Nigeria (NGR)
|
• Victor Edet • Davison Ezinwa • Abdullahi Tetengi • Olatunji Olobia |
39.15 |
| 3. | Italy (ITA)
|
• Ezio Madonia • Sandro Floris • Pierfrancesco Pavoni • Stefano Tilli |
39.20 |
| 4. | South Korea (KOR)
|
• Seong Nak-gun • Sim Deok-seop • Kim Bok-seop • Jang Jae-geun |
39.61 |
| 5. |  Chinese Taipei (TPE)
|
• Cheng Hsin-Fu • Lee Shiunn-Long • 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
|
• Tao Li • Jianming Cai • Feng Li • Chen Zheng |
39.67 |
| 5. | Qatar (QAT)
|
• Rashid Sheban Marzouk • Faraj Marzouqs. Abdulla • Saad Muftahmubarak • Talal Mansoor |
40.05 |
| 6. |  Republic of the Congo (CGO)
|
• Armand Biniakounou • Hygien-Nicaise Lombocko • Henri Ndinga • Pierre Ndinga |
41.26 |
| — |  Senegal (SEN)
|
• Joseph Diaz • Amadou M'Baye • Babacar Pouye • Ibrahima Tamba |
DSQ |
| — |  Indonesia (INA)
|
• Mardi Lestari • Kresno Eko Pambudi • Elieser Wattebosi • Mohamed Yusuf |
DNF |
- Heat 3
| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Canada (CAN)
|
• Andrew Mowatt • Atlee Mahorn • Desai Williams • Brian Morrison |
39.41 |
| 2. | Jamaica (JAM)
|
• Christopher Faulknor • Gregory Meghoo • Clive Wright • John Mair |
39.53 |
| 3. | Japan (JPN)
|
• Kaoru Matsubara • Shinji Aoto • Koji Kurihara • Takahiro Kasahara |
39.70 |
| 4. | Kenya (KEN)
|
• Elkana Nyang'au • Kennedy Ondiek • Simon Kipkemboi • Peter Wekesa |
40.30 |
| 5. |  Thailand (THA)
|
• Supas Tiprod • Visut Watanasin • Anuwat Sermsiri • Chainarong Wangganon |
40.57 |
| 6. |  Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)
|
• St. Clair Soleyne • Alfred Browne • Howard Lindsay • 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
|
• Arnaldo Abrantes • Pedro Curvelo • Pedro Agostinho • 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)
|
• Dennis Mitchell • Albert Robinson • Calvin Smith • Lee McNeill |
DSQ |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.