Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
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| Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics  |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 3000 m | women | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 20 km walk | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
| Wheelchair races | ||||
These are the official results of the Men's 4 x 400 metre relay event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There were a total number of 21 nations competing.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 United States (USA)Danny Everett Steve Lewis Butch Reynolds Kevin Robinzine |
 Jamaica (JAM)Bert Cameron Howard Davis Winthrop Graham Devon Morris |
 West Germany (FRG)Norbert Dobeleit Edgar Itt Ralf Lübke Jörg Vaihinger |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 2:56.16 |  Vincent Matthews Ron Freeman Larry James Lee Evans |
Mexico City (MEX) | October 20, 1968 |
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| Olympic Record | 2:56.16 | Vincent Matthews Ron Freeman Larry James Lee Evans |
Mexico City (MEX) | October 20, 1968 |
The United States equalled the world record in the final.
Final
- Held on Saturday October 1, 1988
| RANK | NATION | FINAL | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
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United States (USA) |
• Danny Everett • Steve Lewis • Kevin Robinzine • Butch Reynolds |
2:56.16 EWR |
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Jamaica (JAM) |
• Howard Davis • Devon Morris • Winthrop Graham • Bert Cameron |
3:00.30 |
 |
West Germany (FRG) |
• Norbert Dobeleit • Edgar Itt • Jörg Vaihinger • Ralf Lübke |
3:00.56 |
| 4. |  East Germany (GDR) |
• Jens Carlowitz • Mathias Schersing • Frank Möller • Thomas Schönlebe |
3:01.13 |
| 5. |  Great Britain (GBR) |
• Brian Whittle • Kriss Akabusi • Todd Bennett • Philip Brown |
3:02.00 |
| 6. |  Australia (AUS) |
• Robert Ballard • Mark Garner • Miles Murphy • Darren Clark |
3:02.49 |
| 7. |  Nigeria (NGR) |
• Sunday Uti • Moses Ugbusien • Henry Amike • Innocent Egbunike |
3:02.50 |
| 8. |  Kenya (KEN) |
• Tito Sawe • Lucas Sang • Paul Ereng • Simeon Kipkemboi |
3:04.69 |
Semifinals
- Held on Friday September 30, 1988
| RANK | NATION | HEAT 1 | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States (USA) |
• Andrew Valmon • Kevin Robinzine • Antonio McKay • Steve Lewis |
3:02.84 |
| 2. | Kenya (KEN) |
• Tito Sawe • Lucas Sang • Paul Ereng • Simeon Kipkemboi |
3:03.24 |
| 3. | Great Britain (GBR) |
• Brian Whittle • Kriss Akabusi • Todd Bennett • Philip Brown |
3:04.60 |
| 4. | Australia (AUS) |
• Miles Murphy • Mark Garner • Robert Ballard • Darren Clark |
3:06.63 |
| 5. |  Barbados (BAR) |
• Seibert Straughn • Richard Louis • Allan Ince • Elvis Forde |
3:06.93 |
| 6. |  Ivory Coast (CIV) |
• Akissi Kpidi • René Djédjémel Mélédjé • Kouadio Djetnan • Gabriel Tiacoh |
3:07.15 |
| 7. |  Portugal (POR) |
• Paulo Curvelo • Filipe Lomba • Antonio Abrantes • Alvaro Silva |
3:07.75 |
| 8. |  Canada (CAN) |
• John Graham • Carl Folkes • Paul Osland • Anton Skerritt |
3:09.48 |
| RANK | NATION | HEAT 2 | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | East Germany (GDR) |
• Jens Carlowitz • Frank Möller • Mathias Schersing • Thomas Schönlebe |
3:00.60 |
| 2. | West Germany (FRG) |
• Norbert Dobeleit • Mark Henrich • Jörg Vaihinger • Ralf Lübke |
3:00.66 |
| 3. | Jamaica (JAM) |
• Trevor Graham • Devon Morris • Bert Cameron • Howard Davis |
3:00.94 |
| 4. | Nigeria (NGR) |
• Sunday Uti • Moses Ugbusien • Henry Amike • Innocent Egbunike |
3:01.13 |
| 5. |  Yugoslavia (YUG) |
• Branislav Karaulić • Slobodan Popović • Slobodan Branković • Ismail Mačev |
3:01.59 |
| 6. |  Japan (JPN) |
• Hirofumi Koike • Kenji Yamauchi • Hiromi Kawasumi • Susumu Takano |
3:03.80 |
| 7. |  Senegal (SEN) |
• Ousmane Diarra • Babacar Niang • Moussa Fall • Amadou Dia Ba |
3:07.19 |
| 8. |  Pakistan (PAK) |
• Bashir Ahmed • Mohammad Sadaqat • Mohammad Afzal • Mohammad Fayyaz |
3:09.50 |
Heats
- Held on Friday September 30, 1988
| RANK | NATION | HEAT 1 | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | West Germany (FRG) |
• Bodo Kuhn • Mark Henrich • Jörg Vaihinger • Ralf Lübke |
3:03.90 |
| 2. | Great Britain (GBR) |
• Brian Whittle • Paul Harmsworth • Todd Bennett • Philip Brown |
3:04.18 |
| 3. | Japan (JPN) |
• Hirofumi Koike • Kenji Yamauchi • Hiromi Kawasumi • Susumu Takano |
3:05.93 |
| 4. | Australia (AUS) |
• Robert Ballard • Mark Garner • Leigh Miller • Miles Murphy |
3:05.93 |
| 5. | Barbados (BAR) |
• Seibert Straughn • Richard Louis • Allan Ince • Elvis Forde |
3:06.03 |
| 6. |  Sierra Leone (SLE) |
• Horace Dove-Edwin • Felix Sandy • Benjamin Grant • David Sawyer |
3:10.47 |
| 7. |  Oman (OMA) |
• Sulaiman Al-Habsi • Mohamed Amer Al-Malki • Abdullah Al-Khalidi • Mansoor Al-Bulushi |
3:12.89 |
| 8. |  South Korea (KOR) |
• Hwang Hong-Chul • Yoon Nam-Han • Ryu Tae-Keong • Cho Jin-Saeng |
3:14.71 |
| RANK | NATION | HEAT 2 | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jamaica (JAM) |
• Howard Burnett • Devon Morris • Trevor Graham • Howard Davis |
3:04.00 |
| 2. | Yugoslavia (YUG) |
• Branislav Karaulić • Slobodan Popović • Slobodan Branković • Ismail Mačev |
3:05.62 |
| 3. | Portugal (POR) |
• Paulo Curvelo • Filipe Lomba • Antonio Abrantes • Alvaro Silva |
3:07.75 |
| 4. | East Germany (GDR) |
• Jens Carlowitz • Michael Schimmer • Mathias Schersing • Thomas Schönlebe |
3:08.13 |
| 5. | Canada (CAN) |
• John Graham • Carl Folkes • Paul Osland • Anton Skerritt |
3:09.52 |
| 6. |  Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) |
• Howard Lindsay • Alfred Browne • Oral Selkridge • Larry Miller |
3:11.04 |
| RANK | NATION | HEAT 3 | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States (USA) |
• Andrew Valmon • Kevin Robinzine • Antonio McKay • Steve Lewis |
3:02.16 |
| 2. | Kenya (KEN) |
• Tito Sawe • Lucas Sang • Paul Ereng • Simeon Kipkemboi |
3:05.21 |
| 3. | Nigeria (NGR) |
• Sunday Uti • Moses Ugbusien • Henry Amike • Innocent Egbunike |
3:06.59 |
| 4. | Senegal (SEN) |
• Ousmane Diarra • Babacar Niang • Moussa Fall • Amadou Dia Ba |
3:06.93 |
| 5. | Ivory Coast (CIV) |
• Akissi Kpidi • Zongo Kuya • Lancine Fofana • Gabriel Tiacoh |
3:07.40 |
| 6. | Pakistan (PAK) |
• Bashir Ahmed • Mohammad Sadaqat • Mohammad Afzal • Mohammad Fayyaz |
3:08.54 |
| 7. |  Botswana (BOT) |
• Joseph Ramotshabi • Kebapetse Gaseitsiwe • Benny Kgarametso • Sunday Maweni |
3:13.16 |
See also
- 1986 Men's European Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Stuttgart)
- 1987 Men's World Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Rome)
- 1990 Men's European Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Split)
- 1991 Men's World Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Tokyo)
