Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | |||||||||
Date | 23 September 1988 (heats & final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 95 from 22 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 3:16.53 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 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 23 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | United States (USA) Chris Cavanaugh (50.83) Mike Heath (49.60) Matt Biondi (49.67) Rowdy Gaines (48.93) |
3:19.03 | Los Angeles, United States | 2 August 1984 |
Olympic record | United States (USA) Chris Cavanaugh (50.83) Mike Heath (49.60) Matt Biondi (49.67) Rowdy Gaines (48.93) |
3:19.03 | Los Angeles, United States | 2 August 1984 |
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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23 September | Final | Chris Jacobs (49.63) Troy Dalbey (49.75) Tom Jager (49.34) Matt Biondi (47.81) |
United States | 3:16.53 | WR |
Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q).
Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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4 | United States | Chris Jacobs (49.63) Troy Dalbey (49.75) Tom Jager (49.34) Matt Biondi (47.81) |
3:16.53 | WR | |
5 | Soviet Union | Gennadiy Prigoda (50.24) Iurie Başcatov (49.30) Nikolay Yevseyev (49.27) Volodymyr Tkachenko (49.52) |
3:18.33 | EU | |
3 | East Germany | Dirk Richter (50.25) Thomas Flemming (49.70) Lars Hinneburg (50.35) Steffen Zesner (49.52) |
3:19.82 | ||
4 | 6 | France | Stéphan Caron (49.97) Christophe Kalfayan (50.09) Laurent Neuville (50.04) Bruno Gutzeit (49.92) |
3:20.02 | NR |
5 | 2 | Sweden | Per Johansson (50.58) Tommy Werner (50.00) Joakim Holmquist (50.47) Göran Titus (50.02) |
3:21.07 | NR |
6 | 7 | West Germany | Michael Gross (50.66) Thomas Fahrner (50.00) Björn Zikarsky (50.40) Peter Sitt (50.59) |
3:21.65 | |
7 | 8 | Great Britain | Mike Fibbens (51.36) Mark Foster (50.20) Roland Lee (50.33) Andy Jameson (49.82) |
3:21.71 | NR |
8 | 1 | Italy | Roberto Gleria (50.51) Giorgio Lamberti (50.31) Fabrizio Rampazzo (51.19) Andrea Ceccarini (50.92) |
3:22.93 |