| Event: | Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay |
| Games: | 1988 Summer |
| Venue: | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool |
| Date: | 20 September 1988 (heats) 21 September 1988 (final) |
| Competitors: | 73 |
| Nations: | 16 |
| Gold: | Troy Dalbey, Matt Cetlinski, Doug Gjertsen, Matt Biondi, Craig Oppel*, Dan Jorgensen* |
| Silver: | Uwe Daßler, Sven Lodziewski, Thomas Flemming, Steffen Zesner, Lars Hinneburg* |
| Bronze: | Erik Hochstein, Thomas Fahrner, Rainer Henkel, Michael Gross, Peter Sitt*, Stefan Pfeiffer* *Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats. |
| Win Value: | 7:12.51 |
| Prev: | 1984 |
| Next: | 1992 |
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]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q).[2]
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Troy Dalbey (1:49.37) Matt Cetlinski (1:48.44) Doug Gjertsen (1:48.26) Matt Biondi (1:46.44) | 7:12.51 | ||||
| 4 | Uwe Daßler (1:48.26) Sven Lodziewski (1:48.92) Thomas Flemming (1:48.07) Steffen Zesner (1:48.43) | 7:13.68 | NR | |||
| 3 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Turlough O'Hare (1:51.45) Sandy Goss (1:51.01) Donald Haddow (1:51.46) Gary Vandermeulen (1:50.99) | 7:24.91 |