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1988 Olympic Games Seoul - Men's 4 x 100 m

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Host City: Seoul, South Korea

Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Date Started: September 30, 1988

Format: Top three in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the semi-final.

Date Finished: October 1, 1988

(Competitors: 127; Countries: 30; Finalists: 32/8)

Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul

Overview by IAAF

The Soviet Union (38.82), France (38.87) and USA (38.98) were the only teams under 39 in the heats, but the Americans, running in bizarrelooking space age suits botched the final exchange when Lee McNeill failed to take the baton cleanly from the experienced Calvin Smith. They were disqualified for passing the stick beyond the exchange zone. France (38.49) and the Soviets (38.55) were the semi-final winners, with Britain (38.52) just behind the French. Bryzgin led off well for the Soviets in the final, giving them a metre lead, and excellent baton passing gave anchorman Savin a slight lead over the quick French team, which the Kazakh built upon. Behind him, 100m silver medallist Christie gained 2m to move Britain from fourth to second with a sub-9 anchor leg. The winning team, a Ukrainian/Kazakstan combination included Muravyov, who became the fourth man to win a second gold medal in the sprint relay (the others being Loren Murchison, Frank Wykoff (3), and Harrison Dillard).

Summary by Sports-reference.com

With Carl Lewis back as anchorman, the US was the favorite but he never got to run in the event. In the first round, the US badly botched the final changeover and they were disqualified. The final was then thought to be between France and the USSR. Viktor Bryzgin led off for the Soviets and put them in the lead. At the final exchange the USSR led France by about a metre, and Vitaly Savin protected that for the gold medal. Britain’s Linford Christie ran a sub-nine anchor leg to pull Great Britain ahead of France for the silver medal.

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

		Results

*4 x 100 m*	Men	Final	1 October

Rank	Mark	Team	Country	NOC	Records
1	38.19	Viktor Bryzgin UKR, Vladimir Krylov RUS, Vladimir Muravyov KAZ, Vitaliy Savin KAZ	Soviet Union	URS
2	38.28	Elliott Bunney, John Regis, Mike McFarlane, Linford Christie	Great Britain	GBR
3	38.40	Bruno Marie-Rose, Daniel Sangouma, Gilles Quénéhervé, Max Morinière	France	FRA
4	38.47	Chris Faulknor, Greg Meghoo, Clive Wright, John Mair	Jamaica	JAM
5	38.54	Ezio Madonia, Sandro Floris, Pierfrancesco Pavoni, Stefano Tilli	Italy	ITA
6	38.55	Fritz-Werner Heer GER, Christian Haas GER, Peter Klein GER, Dirk Schweisfurth GER	West Germany	FRG
7	38.93	Desai Williams, Atlee Mahorn, Cyprean Enweani, Brian Morrison	Canada	CAN
8	39.19	György Bakos, László Karaffa, István Tatár, Attila Kovács	Hungary	HUN
*4 x 100 m*	Men	Semifinal 1	1 October

Rank	Mark	Team	Country	NOC	Records
1	38.49	Bruno Marie-Rose, Daniel Sangouma, Gilles Quénéhervé, Max Morinière	France	FRA
2	38.52	Elliott Bunney, John Regis, Mike McFarlane, Linford Christie	Great Britain	GBR
3	38.75	Chris Faulknor, Greg Meghoo, Clive Wright, John Mair	Jamaica	JAM
4	38.85	Fritz-Werner Heer GER, Christian Haas GER, Peter Klein GER, Dirk Schweisfurth GER	West Germany	FRG
5	38.90	Shinji Aoto, Kenji Yamauchi, Koji Kurihara, Susumu Takano	Japan	JPN
6	39.05	Victor Edet, Olapade Adeniken, Iziak Adeyanju, Olatunji Olobia	Nigeria	NGR
7	39.43	Sung Nak-Kun, Shim Duk-Sub, Kim Bok-Sub, Jang Jae-Keun	South Korea	KOR
8	41.19	Rasheed Sheban Marzouk, Faraj Marzouk, Saad Muftah Mubarak, Talal Mansoor	Qatar	QAT
*4 x 100 m*	Men	Semifinal 2	1 October

Rank	Mark	Team	Country	NOC	Records
1	38.55	Viktor Bryzgin UKR, Vladimir Krylov RUS, Vladimir Muravyov KAZ, Vitaliy Savin KAZ	Soviet Union	URS
2	38.65	Ezio Madonia, Sandro Floris, Pierfrancesco Pavoni, Stefano Tilli	Italy	ITA
3	38.84	György Bakos, László Karaffa, István Tatár, Attila Kovács	Hungary	HUN
4	38.94	Desai Williams, Atlee Mahorn, Cyprean Enweani, Brian Morrison	Canada	CAN
5	39.47	John Myles-Mills, Eric Akogyiram, Salaam Gariba, Nelson Boateng	Ghana	GHA
	DNF	Li Tao, Cai Jianming, Li Feng, Cheng Chen	China	CHN
	DQ	Arnaldo Abrantes, Pedro Curvelo, Pedro Agostinho, Luís Barroso	Portugal	POR
*4 x 100 m*	Men	Heat 1	30 September

Rank	Mark	Team	Country	NOC	Records
1	38.87	Bruno Marie-Rose, Daniel Sangouma, Gilles Quénéhervé, Max Morinière	France	FRA
2	39.15	Victor Edet, Davidson Ezinwa, Abdullah Tetengi, Olatunji Olobia	Nigeria	NGR
3	39.20	Ezio Madonia, Sandro Floris, Pierfrancesco Pavoni, Stefano Tilli	Italy	ITA
4	39.61	Sung Nak-Kun, Shim Duk-Sub, Kim Bok-Sub, Jang Jae-Keun	South Korea	KOR
5	40.40	Cheng Hsin-Fu, Lee Shiunn-Long, Nai Hui-Fang, Wu Ching-Chin	Chinese Taipei	TPE
6	41.39	Moses Musonge, Joseph Ssali, John Goville, Mike Okot	Uganda	UGA
7	44.31	Ismail Mohamed Waheed, Ibrahim Manik, Abdul Abubakar, Mohamed Hanim	Maldives	MDV
*4 x 100 m*	Men	Heat 2	30 September

Rank	Mark	Team	Country	NOC	Records
1	38.82	Viktor Bryzgin UKR, Vladimir Krylov RUS, Vladimir Muravyov KAZ, Vitaliy Savin KAZ	Soviet Union	URS
2	39.01	Fritz-Werner Heer GER, Christian Haas GER, Peter Klein GER, Dirk Schweisfurth GER	West Germany	FRG
3	39.13	Eric Akogyiram, Salaam Gariba, John Myles-Mills, Emmanuel Tuffour	Ghana	GHA
4	39.67	Li Tao, Cai Jianming, Li Feng, Cheng Chen	China	CHN
5	40.05	Rasheed Sheban Marzouk, Faraj Marzouk, Saad Muftah Mubarak, Talal Mansoor	Qatar	QAT
6	41.26	Armand Biniakounou, Hygien-Nicaise Lombocko, Henri Ndinga, Pierre Ndinga	Congo	CGO
	DQ	Joseph Dias, Amadou Mbaye, Babacar Pouye, Ibrahim Tamba	Senegal	SEN
	DNF	Mardi Lestari, Eko Kresno Pambudi, Elieser Wettebosi, Mohamed Yusuf	Indonesia	INA
*4 x 100 m*	Men	Heat 3	30 September

Rank	Mark	Team	Country	NOC	Records
1	39.41	Andy Mowatt, Atlee Mahorn, Brian Morrison, Desai Williams	Canada	CAN
2	39.53	Chris Faulknor, Greg Meghoo, Clive Wright, John Mair	Jamaica	JAM
3	39.70	Kaoru Matsubara, Shinji Aoto, Koji Kurihara, Takahiro Kasahara	Japan	JPN
4	40.30	Elkana Nyangau, Kennedy Ondiek, Simon Kipkemboi, Peter Wekesa	Kenya	KEN
5	40.57	Supas Tiprod, Visut Watanasin, Anuwat Sermsiri, Chainarong Wangganont	Thailand	THA
6	41.18	Claire Soleyne, Alfred Browne, Howard Lindsay, Lawrence Miller	Antigua and Barbuda	ANT
7	41.19	Francis Keita, Horace Dove-Edwin, Benjamin Grant, Felix Sandy	Sierra Leone	SLE
	DNF	Florencio Gascón, Enrique Talavera, Valentín Rocandio, José Javier Arques	Spain	ESP
*4 x 100 m*	Men	Heat 4	30 September

Rank	Mark	Team	Country	NOC	Records
1	39.12	György Bakos, László Karaffa, István Tatár, Attila Kovács	Hungary	HUN
2	39.17	Elliott Bunney, John Regis, Mike McFarlane, Clarence Callender	Great Britain	GBR
3	39.61	Arnaldo Abrantes, Pedro Curvelo, Pedro Agostinho, Luís Barroso	Portugal	POR
4	40.31	Herman Adam, Eduardo Nava, Antonio Ruiz, Miguel Elizondo	Mexico	MEX
5	41.52	Fortune Ogouchi, Patrice Mahoulikponto, Dossou Vignissy, Issa Alassane Ousseni	Benin	BEN
6	41.78	Mohamed Alam, Shahanuddin Chowdhury, Hossain Milzer, Mohamed Jalal	Bahamas	BAN
	DQ	Dennis Mitchell, Albert Robinson, Calvin Smith, Lee McNeill	United States	USA