1988 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m (men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 400 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 75 athletes from 55 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Seoul Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | September 24, 1988 (preliminary round) September 25, 1988 (quarter-finals) September 26, 1988 (semi-finals) September 27, 1988 (final) |
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The men's 400-meter run at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul was held on September 24, 25, 26 and 28, 1988 in the Seoul Olympic Stadium. 75 athletes took part.
The USA team celebrated a triple success. Olympic champion was Steve Lewis ahead of Harry Reynolds and Danny Everett .
Jens Carlowitz and Thomas Schönlebe started for the GDR . Both were eliminated in the semi-finals.
Runners from the Federal Republic of Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.
Current title holders
Olympic champion 1984 | Alonzo Babers ( USA ) | 44.27 s | Los Angeles 1984 |
World Champion 1987 | Thomas Schönlebe ( GDR ) | 44.33 s | Rome 1987 |
European champion 1986 | Roger Black ( Great Britain ) | 44.59 s | Stuttgart 1986 |
Pan American champion 1987 | Raymond Pierre ( USA ) | 44.60 s | Indianapolis 1987 |
Central America and Caribbean Champion 1987 | Elvis Forde ( Barbados ) | 45.63 s | Caracas 1987 |
South America Champion 1987 | Héctor Daley ( Panama ) | 45.80 s | São Paulo 1987 |
Asian champion 1987 | Mohamed Amer Al-Malky ( Oman ) | 45.77 s | Singapore 1987 |
African Champion 1988 | Innocent Egbunike ( Nigeria ) | 45.43 s | Annaba 1988 |
Existing records
World record | 43.29 s | Harry Reynolds ( USA ) | Zurich , Switzerland | 17th August 1988 |
Olympic record | 43.86 s | Lee Evans ( USA ) | Mexico City Final , Mexico | October 18, 1968 |
Preliminary round
Date: September 24, 1988
The athletes competed in a total of ten preliminary runs. The first three athletes per run qualified for the quarter-finals. In addition, the two fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.
Forward 1
At 37, Joe Rodan was the oldest starter in this discipline.
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Todd Bennett | Great Britain | 46.37 s | |
2 | MIles Murphy | Australia | 46.38 s | |
3 | Anton Skerritt | Canada | 46.64 s | |
4th | Richard Louis | Barbados | 46.80 s | |
5 | Felix Sandy | Sierra Leone | 46.82 s | |
6th | Gustavo Envela | Equatorial Guinea | 48.11 s | |
7th | Joe Rodan | Fiji | 48.69 s | |
8th | Odiya Silweya | Malawi | 49.73 s |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Brian Whittle | Great Britain | 46.07 s | |
2 | Cayetano Cornet | Spain | 46.16 s | |
3 | Harry Reynolds | United States | 46.28 s | |
4th | Seibert Straughn | Barbados | 47.37 s | |
5 | Felipe Lombá | Portugal | 47.57 s | |
6th | Aouf Abdul Rahman Youssef | Iraq | 21.88 s | |
7th | Ali Faudet | Chad | 48.69 s | |
8th | Baptiste Firiam | Vanuatu | 51.77 s |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Mohamed Amer Al-Malky | Oman | 46.79 s | |
2 | Lucas Sang | Kenya | 46.85 s | |
3 | Ousmane Diarra | Senegal | 46.86 s | |
4th | Douglas Kalembo | Zambia | 47.44 s | |
5 | Mohamed Hossain Milzer | Uganda | 21.79 s | |
6th | Akossi Gnalo | Togo | 51.46 s | |
DNF | Sérgio de Menezes | Brazil | ||
DNS | William Taramai | Cook Islands |
Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Ian Morris | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.84 s | |
2 | Thomas Schönlebe | GDR | 47.07 s | |
3 | Sunday Uti | Nigeria | 47.08 s | |
4th | Kuang-Liang Lin | Chinese Taipei | 48.18 s | |
5 | Ernest Tché-Noubossie | Cameroon | 48.31 s | |
6th | Hadi Bakr Al-Qahtani | Saudi Arabia | 48.53 s | |
7th | Enock Musonda | Zambia | 49.21 s | |
8th | Ahmed Shageef | Maldives | 50.61 s |
Forward 5
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Steve Lewis | United States | 45.31 s | |
2 | Jens Carlowitz | GDR | 45.64 s | |
3 | Gabriel Tiacoh | Ivory Coast | 47.19 s | |
4th | Jean-Didiace Bémou | People's Republic of the Congo | 48.46 s | |
5 | Abdullah Ali Ahmed | Libya | 48.89 s | |
6th | Jonathan Chipalo | Zambia | 48.97 s | |
7th | Maher Abbas | Lebanon | 51.29 s | |
8th | Carlton Usher | Belize | 51.42s |
Forward 6
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Gérson de Souza | Brazil | 45.90 s | |
2 | Howard Davis | Jamaica | 45.97 s | |
3 | Takale Tuna | Papua New Guinea | 47.87 s | |
4th | Sunday Maweni | Botswana | 47.97 s | |
5 | Sulaiman Juma Al-Habsi | Oman | 48.30 s | |
6th | Nordin Mohamed Jadi | Malaysia | 49.52 s | |
7th | Michael Williams | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 51.22 s | |
DNS | Derek Redmond | Great Britain |
Forward 7
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Darren Clark | Australia | 45.93 s | |
2 | Simon Kipkemboi | Kenya | 45.15 s | |
3 | Elvis Forde | Barbados | 46.47 s | |
4th | Elijah Nkala | Zimbabwe | 46.60 s | |
5 | Antonio Sánchez | Spain | 47.18 s | |
6th | Jaime Rodrigues | Mozambique | 47.33 s | |
7th | Aouf Abdul Rahman Youssef | Iraq | 47.45 s | |
8th | Desai Wynter | American Virgin Islands | 48.39 s |
Forward 8
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Bert Cameron | Jamaica | 46.24 s | |
2 | Robert Stone | Australia | 46.52 s | |
3 | Dawda Jallow | Gambia | 46.91 s | |
4th | Yun Nam-han | South Korea | 47.02 s | |
5 | John Goville | Uganda | 47.11 s | |
6th | Muhammad Fayyaz | Pakistan | 47.13 s | |
7th | Yaya Seyba | Mali | 48.83 s | |
8th | Alfred Browne | Antigua and Barbuda | 48.92 s |
Forward 9
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Danny Everett | United States | 45.63 s | |
2 | Devon Morris | Jamaica | 45.95 s | |
3 | Tomasz Jędrusik | Poland | 46.12 s | |
4th | Patrick Delice | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.14 s | |
5 | Slobodan Branković | Yugoslavia | 46.59 s | |
6th | Jorge Fidel Ponce | Honduras | 51.11 s | |
DSQ | Mwana Bute Kasongo | Zaire | ||
DNS | Luis Neto | Angola |
Forward 10
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Susumu Takano | Japan | 45.42 s | |
2 | Troy Douglas | Bermuda | 45.69 s | |
3 | Innocent Egbunike | Nigeria | 46.02 s | |
4th | Elkanah Nyangau | Kenya | 46.25 s | |
5 | Ismail Mačev | Yugoslavia | 46.37 s | |
6th | Elieser Wattebosi | Indonesia | 47.10 s | |
7th | Willis Todman | British Virgin Islands | 50.11 s | |
DNS | Porfirio Mendez | Paraguay |
Quarter finals
Date: September 25, 1988
The first four athletes (highlighted in light blue) from the four races qualified for the semi-finals.
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Ian Morris | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.70 s | |
2 | Jens Carlowitz | GDR | 45.09 s | |
3 | Brian Whittle | Great Britain | 45.22 s | |
4th | Tomasz Jędrusik | Poland | 45.27 s | |
5 | Sunday Uti | Nigeria | 45.33 s | |
6th | Miles Murphy | Australia | 45.93 s | |
7th | Dawda Jallow | Gambia | 46.35 s | |
8th | Elvis Forde | Barbados | 46.59 s |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Danny Everett | United States | 44.83 s | |
2 | Innocent Egbunike | Nigeria | 45.02 s | |
3 | Thomas Schönlebe | GDR | 45.09 s | |
4th | Bert Cameron | Jamaica | 45.16 s | |
5 | Simon Kipkemboi | Kenya | 45.44 s | |
6th | Todd Bennett | Great Britain | 45.96 s | |
7th | Ousmane Diarra | Senegal | 46.23 s | |
8th | Troy Douglas | Bermuda | 46.28 s |
Run 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Steve Lewis | United States | 44.41 s | |
2 | Darren Clark | Australia | 44.96 s | |
3 | Mohamed Amer Al-Malky | Oman | 45.02 s | |
4th | Devon Morris | Jamaica | 45.30 s | |
5 | Cayetano Cornet | Spain | 45.39 s | |
6th | Anton Skerritt | Canada | 46.08 s | |
7th | Elkanah Nyangau | Kenya | 46.09 s | |
8th | Takale Tuna | Papua New Guinea | 47.48 s |
Run 4
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Harry Reynolds | United States | 44.46 s | |
2 | Susumu Takano | Japan | 45.00 s | |
3 | Gérson de Souza | Brazil | 45.35 s | |
4th | Howard Davis | Jamaica | 45.40 s | |
5 | Gabriel Tiacoh | Ivory Coast | 45.49 s | |
6th | Lucas Sang | Kenya | 45.72 s | |
7th | Patrick Delice | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.75 s | |
8th | Robert Stone | Australia | 46.04 s |
Semifinals
Date: September 26, 1988
The first four athletes (highlighted in light blue) from both races qualified for the final.
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Steve Lewis | United States | 44.35 s | |
2 | Danny Everett | United States | 44.36 s | |
3 | Darren Clark | Australia | 44.38 s | |
4th | Bert Cameron | Jamaica | 44.50 s | |
5 | Susumu Takano | Japan | 44.90 s | |
6th | Jens Carlowitz | GDR | 45.08 s | |
7th | Gérson de Souza | Brazil | 45.27 s | |
8th | Tomasz Jędrusik | Poland | 46.17 s |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Harry Reynolds | United States | 44.33 s | |
2 | Ian Morris | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.60 s | |
3 | Mohamed Amer Al-Malky | Oman | 44.69 s | |
4th | Innocent Egbunike | Nigeria | 44.74 s | |
5 | Thomas Schönlebe | GDR | 44.90 s | |
6th | Howard Davis | Jamaica | 45.48 s | |
7th | Devon Morris | Jamaica | 45.68 s | |
8th | Brian Whittle | Great Britain | 46.07 s |
final
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Steve Lewis | United States | 43.87 s | |
2 | Harry Reynolds | United States | 43.93 s | |
3 | Danny Everett | United States | 44.09 s | |
4th | Darren Clark | Australia | 44.55 s | |
5 | Innocent Egbunike | Nigeria | 44.72 s | |
6th | Bert Cameron | Jamaica | 44.94 s | |
7th | Ian Morris | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.95 s | |
8th | Mohamed Amer Al-Malky | Oman | 45.03 s |
Date: September 28, 1988
All three US runners had qualified for the final. There was also one athlete from Nigeria, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Australia and Oman.
The favorite was the American Harry Reynolds, who shortly before the Olympic Games had broken the twenty-year-old world record of his compatriot Lee Evans by over half a second. But even at last year's World Championships , Reynolds was clearly the leader of the world's best list for the year and had to be content with bronze. One of his conquerors from this race, world champion Thomas Schönlebe from the GDR, did not qualify for the final here in Seoul . The Nigerian Innocent Egbunike, second in the World Cup in 1987, was again one of Reynolds' opponents, but no longer had the form of the previous year. Main competitors were therefore Reynolds compatriots Steve Lewis and Danny Everett.
In the final race, Everett accelerated the pace and was in the lead halfway through the race. Reynolds relied on his stamina and was well behind. At the corner of the corner, Lewis pulled past Everett. Now Reynolds came up strongly, was initially on the same level as Everett and at the beginning of the home straight was second behind Lewis. Reynolds was now getting closer and closer to Lewis, but Steve Lewis was able to save his unexpected victory across the finish line. Danny Everett won the bronze medal behind Harry Reynolds, making it a complete US success. With his winning time of 43.87 s, Lewis missed Lee Evans' 1968 Olympic record by just a hundredth of a second. The runners in ranks four to seven all undercut the 45-second mark, while eighth-placed Mohamed Amer Al-Malky only missed this limit by a very thin margin. Fourth went to Australian Darren Clark, fifth was Innocent Egbunike, sixth went to Bert Cameron from Jamaica, and seventh went to Ian Morris, Trinidad and Tobago.
In the 21st Olympic final, Steve Lewis won the 14th US gold medal. At the same time, it was the third triple success of the USA after 1904 and 1968 .
Web links
- SportsReference 400m , accessed January 22, 2018
- Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , athletics results: pp. 222–224, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 22, 2018
Video
- Men's 400m Final at Seoul Olympics 1988 , published July 29, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed January 22, 2018
Individual evidence
- ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 669 , accessed on January 22, 2018
- ↑ Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , athletics results: p. 222f, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 22, 2018
- ↑ Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , Athletics results: p. 223f, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 22, 2018
- ↑ a b Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , Athletics results: p. 224, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 22, 2018