Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
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Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
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Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | |||||||||||
Date | 23 September 1988 (heats & finals) | |||||||||||
Competitors | 49 from 33 nations | |||||||||||
Winning time | 3:46.95 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 freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 23 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 |
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3:47.38 | Orlando , United States | 25 March 1988 |
Olympic record |
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3:50.91 | Los Angeles , United States | 2 August 1984 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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23 September | Heat 5 | Mariusz Podkościelny |
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3:49.51 | OR |
23 September | Final A | Uwe Daßler |
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3:46.95 | WR |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). [2]
Note: All eight swimmers who qualified for the Olympic final swam faster than the Olympic record time.
Finals
Final B
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 6 | Jörg Hoffmann |
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3:52.13 | |
10 | 3 | Valter Kalaus |
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3:53.24 | |
11 | 1 | Turlough O'Hare |
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3:54.33 | |
12 | 2 | Carlos Scanavino |
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3:54.36 | |
13 | 4 | Ian Brown |
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3:54.63 | |
14 | 5 | Dan Jorgensen |
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3:55.34 | |
15 | 7 | Salvador Vassallo |
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3:55.39 | |
16 | 8 | Zoltán Szilágyi |
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3:56.00 |
Final A
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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6 | Uwe Daßler |
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3:46.95 | WR |
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1 | Duncan Armstrong |
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3:47.15 | OC |
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3 | Artur Wojdat |
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3:47.34 | NR |
4 | 8 | Matt Cetlinski |
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3:48.09 | |
5 | 4 | Mariusz Podkościelny |
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3:48.59 | |
6 | 5 | Stefan Pfeiffer |
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3:49.96 | |
7 | 2 | Kevin Boyd |
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3:50.16 | |
8 | 7 | Anders Holmertz |
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3:51.04 |
References
- ↑ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle" . Sports Reference . Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 . Retrieved 20 March 2017 .
- ↑ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Heats" ( PDF ) . Seoul 1988 . LA84 Foundation . pp. 403–404 . Retrieved 26 March 2017 .
- ↑ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Finals" ( PDF ) . Seoul 1988 . LA84 Foundation . p. 404 . Retrieved 26 March 2017 .
External links
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