Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley
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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 | |||||||||||
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20 September 1988 (heats)
21 September 1988 (finals) |
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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
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record |
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4:15.42 | Strasbourg , France | 19 August 1987 |
Olympic record |
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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 |
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4:16.55 | OR |
21 September | Final A | Tamás Darnyi |
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4:14.75 | WR |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). [2]
Finals
Final B
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 5 | Jeff Kostoff |
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4:22.95 | |
10 | 4 | Christophe Bordeau |
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4:23.39 | |
11 | 6 | Robert Bruce |
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4:24.33 | |
12 | 3 | Jon Kelly |
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4:25.02 | |
13 | 2 | Mikhail Zubkov |
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4:25.44 | |
14 | 7 | Rob Woodhouse |
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4:26.14 | |
15 | 8 | Paul Brew |
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4:26.77 | |
16 | 1 | Charalambos Papanikolaou |
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4:27.95 |
Final A
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Tamás Darnyi |
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4:14.75 | WR |
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6 | David Wharton |
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4:17.36 | |
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3 | Stefano Battistelli |
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4:18.01 | |
4 | 2 | József Szabó |
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4:18.15 | |
5 | 5 | Patrick Kühl |
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4:18.44 | |
6 | 7 | Jens-Peter Berndt |
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4:21.71 | |
7 | 8 | Luca Sacchi |
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4:23.23 | |
8 | 1 | Peter Bermel |
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4:24.02 |
References
- ↑ "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 .
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