Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
| Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | |||||||||
| Date | 20 September 1988 (heats) 21 September 1988 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 73 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:12.51 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 4×200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20–21 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.[1]
Records[]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  West Germany (FRG)Peter Sitt (1:48.94) Rainer Henkel (1:48.71) Thomas Fahrner (1:48.64) Michael Gross (1:46.81) |
7:13.10 | Strasbourg, France | 19 August 1987 |
| Olympic record |  United States (USA)Mike Heath (1:48.67) David Larson (1:49.01) Jeff Float (1:49.60) Bruce Hayes (1:48.41) |
7:15.69 | Los Angeles, United States | 30 July 1984 |
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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| 21 September | Final | Troy Dalbey (1:49.37) Matt Cetlinski (1:48.44) Doug Gjertsen (1:48.26) Matt Biondi (1:46.44) |
United States |
7:12.51 | WR |
Results[]
Heats[]
Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q).[2]
| Rank | Heat | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 1 |  East Germany |
Uwe Daßler (1:49.47) Lars Hinneburg (1:49.64) Sven Lodziewski (1:48.87) Thomas Flemming (1:48.63) |
7:16.61 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | United States |
Craig Oppel (1:51.24) Dan Jorgensen (1:49.24) Matt Cetlinski (1:48.87) Doug Gjertsen (1:49.41) |
7:18.76 | Q |
| 3 | 2 |  West Germany |
Peter Sitt (1:50.31) Rainer Henkel (1:49.63) Stefan Pfeiffer (1:50.06) Erik Hochstein (1:49.38) |
7:19.38 | Q |
| 4 | 1 |  Australia |
Jason Plummer (1:51.44) Ian Brown (1:48.89) Martin Roberts (1:51.31) Tom Stachewicz (1:49.82) |
7:21.46 | Q |
| 5 | 1 |  Italy |
Massimo Trevisan (1:50.95) Fabrizio Rampazzo (1:51.47) Valerio Giambalvo (1:50.97) Roberto Gleria (1:48.46) |
7:21.85 | Q |
| 6 | 2 |  France |
Stéphan Caron (1:49.41) Michel Pou (1:51.01) Olivier Fougeroud (1:51.62) Laurent Neuville (1:50.99) |
7:23.03 | Q |
| 7 | 2 |  Sweden |
Tommy Werner (1:50.46) Christer Wallin (1:50.38) Henrik Jangvall (1:52.33) Michael Söderlund (1:50.65) |
7:23.82 | Q |
| 8 | 2 |  Canada |
Turlough O'Hare (1:51.59) Darren Ward (1:52.27) Donald Haddow (1:51.11) Gary Vandermeulen (1:51.31) |
7:26.28 | Q |
| 9 | 1 |  Great Britain |
Kevin Boyd (1:52.00) Paul Howe (1:51.58) Jonathan Broughton (1:52.81) Roland Lee (1:53.38) |
7:29.77 | |
| 10 | 2 |  Brazil |
Cristiano Michelena (1:51.38) Jorge Fernandes (1:53.34) Emanuel Nascimento (1:54.26) Júlio López (1:53.13) |
7:32.11 | |
| 11 | 1 |  Denmark |
Franz Mortensen (1:51.21) Claus Christensen (1:52.08) Jan Larsen (1:52.61) Peter Rohde (1:57.41) |
7:33.31 | |
| 12 | 1 |  South Korea |
Kwon Sang-won (1:57.08) Yang Wook (1:57.29) Song Kwang-sun (1:59.11) Kwon Soon-kun (1:59.45) |
7:52.93 | |
| 13 | 1 |  Virgin Islands |
Hans Foerster (2:01.34) Kraig Singleton (2:05.63) Ronald Pickard (2:07.66) William Cleveland (2:00.88) |
8:15.51 | |
| 14 | 2 |  United Arab Emirates |
Ahmad Faraj (2:15.64) Mohamed Abdullah (2:17.64) Bassam Al-Ansari (2:15.41) Mohamed Bin Abid (2:12.34) |
9:01.03 | |
| 2 |  Mexico |
Ignacio Escamilla Jorge Alarcón Carlos Romo Rodrigo González |
DSQ | ||
| 2 |  Soviet Union |
Sergey Kudryayev Aleksandr Bazhanov Nikolay Yevseyev Aleksey Kuznetsov |
DSQ |
Final[]
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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5 | United States |
Troy Dalbey (1:49.37) Matt Cetlinski (1:48.44) Doug Gjertsen (1:48.26) Matt Biondi (1:46.44) |
7:12.51 | WR |
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4 | East Germany |
Uwe Daßler (1:48.26) Sven Lodziewski (1:48.92) Thomas Flemming (1:48.07) Steffen Zesner (1:48.43) |
7:13.68 | NR |
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3 | West Germany |
Erik Hochstein (1:49.91) Thomas Fahrner (1:47.75) Rainer Henkel (1:49.42) Michael Gross (1:47.27) |
7:14.35 | |
| 4 | 6 | Australia |
Tom Stachewicz (1:48.99) Ian Brown (1:49.05) Jason Plummer (1:49.95) Duncan Armstrong (1:47.24) |
7:15.23 | OC |
| 5 | 2 | Italy |
Roberto Gleria (1:49.23) Giorgio Lamberti (1:47.29) Massimo Trevisan (1:49.66) Valerio Giambalvo (1:49.82) |
7:16.00 | NR |
| 6 | 1 | Sweden |
Anders Holmertz (1:48.06) Tommy Werner (1:49.41) Michael Söderlund (1:50.57) Christer Wallin (1:51.06) |
7:19.10 | |
| 7 | 7 | France |
Michel Pou (1:52.05) Franck Iacono (1:50.04) Olivier Fougeroud (1:52.14) Ludovic Depickère (1:50.46) |
7:24.69 | |
| 8 | 8 | Canada |
Turlough O'Hare (1:51.45) Sandy Goss (1:51.01) Donald Haddow (1:51.46) Gary Vandermeulen (1:50.99) |
7:24.91 |
References[]
- ^ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 4 × 200m Freestyle Relay Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. pp. 416–417. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 4 × 200m Freestyle Relay Final" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 417. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
External links[]
 Olympic champions in men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | |
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Categories:
- Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
- Men's events at the 1988 Summer Olympics