1988 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	4 x 100 meter relay
gender	Men
Attendees	126 athletes from 30 countries
Competition location	Seoul Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	September 30, 1988 (preliminary round) October 1, 1988 (semi-finals and final)
Medalist  URS  GBR  FRA

The men's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul was held on September 30 and October 1, 1988 in the Seoul Olympic Stadium. 126 athletes took part in thirty seasons.

The Olympic victory went to the season of the Soviet Union with the line-up of Viktor Bryshin , Wladimir Krylow , Wladimir Muravjow and Witali Sawin , ahead of Great Britain ( Elliot Bunney , John Regis , Mike McFarlane , Linford Christie - in the run-up also: Clarence Callender ) and France with Bruno Marie -Rose , Daniel Sangouma , Gilles Quenéhervé and Max Morinière reached the finish.
The runner used in the preliminary run for Great Britain also received the silver medal.

The season of the Federal Republic of Germany reached the final and came in sixth.
Relays from the GDR, Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current title holders

Olympic champion 1984	United States	37.83 s	Los Angeles 1984
World Champion 1987	United States	37.90 s	Rome 1987
European champion 1986	Soviet Union	38.29 s	Stuttgart 1986
Pan American Champion 1987	United States	38.41 s	Indianapolis 1987
Central America and Caribbean Champion 1987	Jamaica	39.45 s	Caracas 1987
South America Champion 1987	Brazil	40.17 s	São Paulo 1987
Asian champion 1987	Qatar	39.20 s	Singapore 1987
African Champion 1988	Nigeria	39.47 s	Annaba 1988

Existing records

World record	37.83 s	USA ( Sam Graddy , Ron Brown , Calvin Smith , Carl Lewis )	Los Angeles , USA	August 11, 1984
Olympic record			Los Angeles final , USA	August 11, 1984

Preliminary round

Date: September 30, 1988

The thirty seasons were drawn in four runs. The first three seasons of each run qualified for the semi-finals. In addition, the four fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified relays are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Forward 1

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	France	Bruno Marie-Rose Daniel Sangouma Gilles Quenéhervé Max Morinière	38.87 s
2	Nigeria	Victor Edet Davidson Ezinwa Abdullahi Tetengi Olatunji Olobia	39.15 s
3	Italy	Ezio Madonia Sandro Floris Pierfrancesco Pavoni Stefano Tilli	39.20 s
4th	South Korea	Sung Nak-kun Shim Duk-sup Kim Bock-sup Chang Jae-keun	39.61 s
5	Chinese Taipei	Hsin-Fu Cheng Shiunn-Long Lee Hai-Fung Nai Chin-Jing Wu	40.40 s
6th	Uganda	Moses Musonge Joseph Ssali John Goville Mike Okot	41.39 s
7th	Maldives	Ismail Asif Waheed Ibrahim Manik Abdul Razzak Aboobakur Mohamed Hanim	44.31 s

Forward 2

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	Soviet Union	Vladimir Krylov Vladimir Muravyov Viktor Bryshin Vitaly Savin	38.82 s
2	BR Germany	Christian Haas Fritz Heer Peter Klein Dirk Schweisfurth	39.01 s
3	Ghana	Eric Akogyiram Salaam Gariba John Myles-Mills Emmanuel Tuffour	39.13 s
4th	People's Republic of China	Cai Jianming Li Feng Li Tao Zheng Chen	39.67 s
5	Qatar	Rashid Sheban Marzouk Faraj Saad Marzouk Sayed Mubarak Al-Kuwari Talal Mansour	40.05 s
6th	People's Republic of the Congo	Armand Biniakounou Hygienic Nicaise Lombocko Henri Ndinga Pierre Ndinga	41.26 s
DNF	Indonesia	Afdiharto Lestari Kresno Eko Pambudi Elieser Wattebosi Mohamed Yusuf
DSQ	Senegal	Joseph Diaz Amadou M'Baye Babacar Pouye Ibrahima Tamba

Forward 3

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	Canada	Andrew Mowatt Atlee Mahorn Desai Williams Brian Morrison	39.41 s
2	Jamaica	Christopher Faulknor Greg Meghoo John Mair Clive Wright	39.53 s
3	Japan	Kaoru Matsubara Shinji Aoto Koji Kurihara Takahiro Kasahara	39.70 s
4th	Kenya	Elkana Nyangau Kennedy Ondiek Simon Kipkemboi Peter Wekesa	40.30 s
5	Thailand	Supas Tiprod Visut Watanasin Anuwat Sermsiri Chainarong Wangganont	40.57 s
6th	Antigua and Barbuda	St. Clair Soleyne Alfred Browne Howard Lindsay Larry Miller	41.18 s
7th	Sierra Leone	Francis Keita Horace Dove-Edwin Benjamin Grant Felix Sandy	41.19 s
DNF	Spain	Florencio Gascón Enrique Talavera Valentín Rocandio José Javier Arqués

Forward 4

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	Hungary	György Bakos László Karaffa István Tatár Attila Kovács	39.12 s
2	Great Britain	Elliot Bunney John Regis Mike McFarlane Clarence Callender	39.17 s
3	Portugal	Arnaldo Abrantes Pedro Miguel Curvelo Pedro Agostinho Luís Barroso	39.61 s
4th	Mexico	Herman Adam Eduardo Nava Antonio Ruíz Miguel Elizondo	40.31 s
5	Benin	Fortune Ogouchi Patrice Mahoulikponto Dossou Vignissy Issa Alassane-Ousséni	41.52 s
6th	Bangladesh	Mohamed Shah Alam Shahanuddin Choudhury Mohamed Hossain Milzer Mohamed Shah Jalal	41.78 s
DSQ	United States	Dennis Mitchell Albert Robinson Calvin Smith Lee McNeill	38.98 s	Change error

The US relay, which initially crossed the finish line first with 38.98 s, was subsequently disqualified due to a replacement error. Final runner Lee McNeill had taken over the baton outside the transition area from Calvin Smith.

Semifinals

Date: October 1, 1988

In each of the two semi-finals, the first four seasons (highlighted in light blue) qualified for the final.

Run 1

The following cast changes took place:
In the British season, Linford replaced Christie Clarence Callender.
In the Japanese season, Kaoru Matsubara was replaced by Kenji Yamauchi.
In the Nigerian season, Olapade Adeniken ran for Davidson Ezinwa and Iziaq Adeyanju for Abdullahi Tetengi.

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	France	Bruno Marie-Rose Daniel Sangouma Gilles Quenéhervé Max Morinière	38.49 s
2	Great Britain	Elliot Bunney John Regis Mike McFarlane Linford Christie	38.52 s
3	Jamaica	Christopher Faulknor Greg Meghoo Clive Wright John Mair	38.75 s
4th	BR Germany	Fritz Heer Christian Haas Peter Klein Dirk Schweisfurth	39.01 s
5	Japan	Shinji Aoto Kenji Yamauchi Koji Kurihara Takahiro Kasahara	38.90 s
6th	Nigeria	Victor Edet Olapade Adeniken Iziaq Adeyanju Olatunji Olobia	39.05 s
7th	South Korea	Sung Nak-kun Shim Duk-sup Kim Bock-sup Chang Jae-keun	39.43 s
8th	Qatar	Rashid Sheban Marzouk Faraj Saad Marzouk Sayed Mubarak Al-Kuwari Talal Mansour	41.19 s

Run 2

Nelson Boateng ran for Emmanuel Tuffour in the Ghanaian season.

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	Soviet Union	Viktor Bryshin Vladimir Krylov Vladimir Muravyov Vitaly Savin	38.55 s
2	Italy	Ezio Madonia Sandro Floris Pierfrancesco Pavoni Stefano Tilli	38.65 s
3	Hungary	György Bakos László Karaffa István Tatár Attila Kovács	38.84 s
4th	Canada	Andrew Mowatt Atlee Mahorn Desai Williams Brian Morrison	38.94 s
5	Ghana	John Myles-Mills Eric Akogyiram Salaam Gariba Nelson Boateng	39.46 s
6th	Kenya	Elkana Nyangau Kennedy Ondiek Simon Kipkemboi Peter Wekesa	39.47 s
DNF	People's Republic of China	Li Tao Cai Jianming Li Feng Zheng Chen
DSQ	Portugal	Arnaldo Abrantes Pedro Miguel Curvelo Pedro Agostinho Luís Barroso

final

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	Soviet Union	Viktor Bryshin Vladimir Krylov Vladimir Muravyov Vitaly Savin	38.19 s
2	Great Britain	Elliot Bunney John Regis Mike McFarlane Linford Christie in advance also: Clarence Callender	38.28 s
3	France	Bruno Marie-Rose Daniel Sangouma Gilles Quenéhervé Max Morinière	38.40 s
4th	Jamaica	Christopher Faulknor Greg Meghoo Clive Wright John Mair	38.47 s
5	Italy	Ezio Madonia Sandro Floris Pierfrancesco Pavoni Stefano Tilli	38.54 s
6th	BR Germany	Fritz Heer Christian Haas Peter Klein Dirk Schweisfurth	38.55 s
7th	Canada	Desai Williams Atlee Mahorn Cyprian Enweani Brian Morrison	38.93 s
8th	Hungary	György Bakos László Karaffa István Tatár Attila Kovács	39.19 s

Date: October 1, 1988

It was only for the third time after 1912 and 1980 that a final without US participation took place - the US season had been disqualified in its prelude due to an alternating error. The favorite role fell above all to the seasons from France, Great Britain and the Soviet Union. There was only one line-up change in the final. In the Canadian season, Cyprian Enweani ran for Andrew Mowatt.

Starting runner Wiktor Bryshin brought the Soviet team into the lead, which they could hold until the finish. At the beginning of the home stretch it was very tight. In second place was the German relay team, followed by France, Great Britain and Italy. The British final runner Linford Christie was the fastest of all relays and brought his team to silver about one meter behind the USSR. Bruno Marie-Rose won the bronze medal for France. Behind them Jamaica came fourth, ahead of Italy and the Federal Republic of Germany.

Web links

• SportsReference 4 × 100 m , accessed on January 24, 2018
• Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , athletics results: pp. 236–238, English / French (PDF; 25.6 MB), accessed on January 24, 2018

Video

• Men's 4x100m Relay Final at Seoul Olympics 1988 , published July 29, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed January 24, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 683 , accessed on January 24, 2018
2. ↑ Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , athletics results: p. 236f, English / French (PDF; 25.6 MB), accessed on January 24, 2018
3. ↑ Frank Litzky in the New York Times, October 1, 1988 , accessed January 24, 2018
4. ↑ ^{a b} Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , Athletics results: p. 238, English / French (PDF; 25.6 MB), accessed on January 24, 2018