Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 400 metre relay

Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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
10000 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

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
Olympic Record	2:56.16	Vincent Matthews Ron Freeman Larry James Lee Evans	Mexico City (MEX)	October 20, 1968

Final

• Held on Saturday October 1, 1988

RANK	NATION	FINAL	TIME
	United States (USA)	• Danny Everett • Steve Lewis • Kevin Robinzine • Butch Reynolds	2:56.16
	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 Ugbisie • 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.	Côte d'Ivoire (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 Ugbisie • 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 Kühn • 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	3:05.963
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 • Simon Kipkemboi	3:05.21
3.	Nigeria (NGR)	• Sunday Uti • Moses Ugbisie • Henry Amike • Innocent Egbunike	3:06.59
4.	Senegal (SEN)	• Ousmane Diarra • Babacar Niang • Moussa Fall • Amadou Dia Ba	3:06.93
5.	Côte d'Ivoire (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 4x400m Relay (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships 4x400m Relay (Rome)
• 1990 Men's European Championships 4x400m Relay (Split)
• 1991 Men's World Championships 4x400m Relay (Tokyo)

References

• Official Report
• Results