Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
Men's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
The men's 400 freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics, was contested on September 23, 1988, with both preliminaries and finals on the same day.
Records
The existing World and Olympic records at the time of the event were:
World record | Artur Wojdat (POL) | 3:47.38 | Orlando, FL, USA | 25 March 1988 |
Olympic record | Thomas Fahrner (FRG) | 3:50.91 | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 1984 |
Finals
A Final
Place | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Uwe Daßler | East Germany | 3:46.95 | WR | |
Duncan Armstrong | Australia | 3:47.15 | OC | |
Artur Wojdat | Poland | 3:47.34 | ||
4th | Matt Cetlinski | United States | 3:48.09 | |
5th | Mariusz Podkościelny | Poland | 3:48.59 | |
6th | Stefan Pfeiffer | West Germany | 3:49.96 | |
7th | Kevin Boyd | Great Britain | 3:50.16 | |
8th | Anders Holmertz | Sweden | 3:51.04 |
B final
Place | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9th | Jörg Hoffmann | East Germany | 3:52.13 | |
10th | Walter Kalaus | Hungary | 3:53.24 | |
11th | Turlough O'Hare | Canada | 3:54.33 | |
12th | Carlos Scanavino | Uruguay | 3:54.36 | |
13th | Ian Brown | Australia | 3:54.63 | |
14th | Dan Jorgensen | United States | 3:55.34 | |
15th | Salvador Vassallo | Puerto Rico | 3:55.39 | |
16th | Zoltán Szilágyi | Hungary | 3:56.00 |
Preliminary heats
References
- Swimming World Magazine, November 1988.