Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

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
VenueSeoul Olympic Stadium
Dates30 September 1988 (1988-09-30) (heats)
1 October 1988 (1988-10-01) (semi-finals and final)
Competitors126 from 29 nations
Teams29
Winning time38.19
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union (URS)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Great Britain (GBR)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France (FRA)
← 1984
1992 →

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

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Gold Silver Bronze
  Soviet Union (URS)
Viktor Bryzhin
Vladimir Krylov
Vladimir Muravyov
Vitaliy Savin
  Great Britain (GBR)
Elliot Bunney
Linford Christie
Mike McFarlane
John Regis
  France (FRA)
Bruno Marie-Rose
Max Morinière
Gilles Quénéhervé
Daniel Sangouma

Records

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These 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "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.
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