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

Event:	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Games:	1988 Summer
Venue:	Seoul Olympic Stadium
Dates:	(heats) (semi-finals and final)
Competitors:	126
Nations:	29
Teams:	29
Win Value:	38.19
Prev:	1984
Next:	1992

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]

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

Viktor Bryzhin Vladimir Krylov Vladimir Muravyov Vitaliy Savin

Elliot Bunney Linford Christie Mike McFarlane John Regis

Bruno Marie-Rose Max Morinière Gilles Quénéhervé Daniel Sangouma

Records

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

• Held on Saturday October 1, 1988

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
			38.19
			38.28
			38.40
4.			38.47
5.			38.54
6.			38.55
7.			38.93
8.			39.19

Semifinals

• Heat 1

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.			38.49
2.			38.52
3.			38.75
4.			38.75
5.			38.90
6.			39.05
7.			39.05
8.			41.19

• Heat 2

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.			38.55
2.			38.65
3.			38.84
4.			38.94
5.			39.46
6.			39.47
-			DNF
-			DSQ

Qualifying heats

• Heat 1

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.			38.87
2.			39.15
3.		• Ezio Madonia • Sandro Floris • Pierfrancesco Pavoni • Stefano Tilli	39.20
4.			39.61
5.			40.40
6.			41.39
7.			44.31

• Heat 2

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.			38.82
2.		• Fritz Heer • Christian Haas • Peter Klein • Dirk Schweisfurth	39.01
3.			39.13
4.			39.67
5.			40.05
6.			41.26
-			DSQ
-			DNF

• Heat 3

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.			39.41
2.			39.53
3.			39.70
4.			40.30
5.			40.57
6.			41.18
7.			41.19
-			DNF

• Heat 4

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.			39.12
2.			39.17
3.			39.61
4.			40.31
5.			41.52
6.			41.78
-			DSQ

See also

• 1986 Men's European Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Rome)
• 1990 Men's European Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Split)
• 1991 Men's World Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Tokyo)

External links

• Official Report
• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173812/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/mens-4-x-100-metres-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 20 August 2017 . sports-reference.com.