Men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Seoul Olympic Stadium
Dates	30 September 1988 (1988-09-30) (heats) 1 October 1988 (1988-10-01) (semi-finals and final)
Competitors	126 from 29 nations
Teams	29
Winning time	38.19
Medalists
Soviet Union (URS)  Great Britain (GBR)  France (FRA)
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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
10,000 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
Wheelchair races
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These are the official results of the 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There were a total number of 29 nations competing.^[1]

U.S. team who was defending the gold medal won in Los Angeles was favored to win the event, but fumbled an exchange in a heat and was disqualified.

A French team, including three members of the bronze medal-winning team here, would claim the world record two years later.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Bryzhin Vladimir Krylov Vladimir Muravyov Vitaliy Savin	Great Britain (GBR) Elliot Bunney Linford Christie Mike McFarlane John Regis	France (FRA) Bruno Marie-Rose Max Morinière Gilles Quénéhervé Daniel Sangouma

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

• Held on Saturday October 1, 1988

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
	Soviet Union (URS)	• Viktor Bryzhin • Vladimir Krylov • Vladimir Muravyov • Vitaliy Savin	38.19
	Great Britain (GBR)	• Elliot Bunney • John Regis • Mike McFarlane • Linford Christie	38.28
	France (FRA)	• Bruno Marie-Rose • Daniel Sangouma • Gilles Quénéhervé • Max Morinière	38.40
4.	Jamaica (JAM)	• Christopher Faulknor • Gregory Meghoo • Clive Wright • John Mair	38.47
5.	Italy (ITA)	• Ezio Madonia • Sandro Floris • Pierfrancesco Pavoni • Stefano Tilli	38.54
6.	West Germany (FRG)	• Fritz Heer • Christian Haas • Peter Klein • Dirk Schweisfurth	38.55
7.	Canada (CAN)	• Desai Williams • Atlee Mahorn • Cyprian Enweani • Brian Morrison	38.93
8.	Hungary (HUN)	• György Bakos • Laszlo Karaffa • István Tatar • Attila Kovács	39.19

• Heat 1

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	France (FRA)	• Bruno Marie-Rose • Daniel Sangouma • Gilles Queneherve • Max Moriniere	38.49
2.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Elliot Bunney • John Regis • Mike McFarlane • Linford Christie	38.52
3.	Jamaica (JAM)	• Christopher Faulknor • Gregory Meghoo • Clive Wright • John Mair	38.75
4.	West Germany (FRG)	• Fritz Heer • Christian Haas • Peter Klein • Dirk Schweisfurth	38.75
5.	Japan (JPN)	• Shinji Aoto • Kenji Yamauchi • Koji Kurihara • Susumu Takano	38.90
6.	Nigeria (NGR)	• Victor Edet • Olapade Adeniken • Isiaq Adeyanju • Olatunji Olobia	39.05
7.	South Korea (KOR)	• Nak-Kun Sung • Duk-Sup Shim • Bock-Sup Kim • Jae-Keun Chang	39.05
8.	Qatar (QAT)	• Rashid Marzouq S. M. Al-Abdulla • Faraj Marzouqs. Abdulla • Saad Muftahmubarak • Talal Mansoor	41.19

• Heat 2

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	Soviet Union (URS)	• Viktor Bryzhin • Vladimir Krylov • Vladimir Muravyov • Vitaliy Savin	38.55
2.	Italy (ITA)	• Ezio Madonia • Sandro Floris • Pierfrancesco Pavoni • Stefano Tilli	38.65
3.	Hungary (HUN)	• György Bakos • Laszlo Karaffa • István Tatar • Attila Kovács	38.84
4.	Canada (CAN)	• Andrew Mowatt • Atlee Mahorn • Desai Williams • Brian Morrison	38.94
5.	Ghana (GHA)	• John Myles-Mills • Eric Akogyiram • Salaam Gariba • Nelson Boateng	39.46
6.	Kenya (KEN)	• Elkana Nyang'au • Kennedy Ondiek • Simon Kipkemboi • Peter Wekesa	39.47
—	China (CHN)	• Tao Li • Jianming Cai • Feng Li • Chen Zheng	DNF
—	Portugal (POR)	• Arnaldo Abrantes • Pedro Curvelo • Pedro Agostinho • Luis Barroso	DSQ

• Heat 1

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	France (FRA)	• Bruno Marie-Rose • Daniel Sangouma • Gilles Queneherve • Max Moriniere	38.87
2.	Nigeria (NGR)	• Victor Edet • Davison Ezinwa • Abdullahi Tetengi • Olatunji Olobia	39.15
3.	Italy (ITA)	• Ezio Madonia • Sandro Floris • Pierfrancesco Pavoni • Stefano Tilli	39.20
4.	South Korea (KOR)	• Seong Nak-gun • Sim Deok-seop • Kim Bok-seop • Jang Jae-geun	39.61
5.	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	• Cheng Hsin-Fu • Lee Shiunn-Long • Nai Hui-Fang • Wu Chin-jing	40.40
6.	Uganda (UGA)	• Moses Musonge • Joseph Ssali • John Goville • Mike Okot	41.39
7.	Maldives (MDV)	• Ismail Asif Waheed • Ibrahim Manik • Abdul Razzak Aboobakur • Mohamed Hanim	44.31

• Heat 2

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	Soviet Union (URS)	• Viktor Bryzhin • Vladimir Krylov • Vladimir Muravyov • Vitaliy Savin	38.82
2.	West Germany (FRG)	• Fritz Heer • Christian Haas • Peter Klein • Dirk Schweisfurth	39.01
3.	Ghana (GHA)	• John Myles-Mills • Eric Akogyiram • Salaam Gariba • Nelson Boateng	39.13
4.	China (CHN)	• Tao Li • Jianming Cai • Feng Li • Chen Zheng	39.67
5.	Qatar (QAT)	• Rashid Sheban Marzouk • Faraj Marzouqs. Abdulla • Saad Muftahmubarak • Talal Mansoor	40.05
6.	Republic of the Congo (CGO)	• Armand Biniakounou • Hygien-Nicaise Lombocko • Henri Ndinga • Pierre Ndinga	41.26
—	Senegal (SEN)	• Joseph Diaz • Amadou M'Baye • Babacar Pouye • Ibrahima Tamba	DSQ
—	Indonesia (INA)	• Mardi Lestari • Kresno Eko Pambudi • Elieser Wattebosi • Mohamed Yusuf	DNF

• Heat 3

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	Canada (CAN)	• Andrew Mowatt • Atlee Mahorn • Desai Williams • Brian Morrison	39.41
2.	Jamaica (JAM)	• Christopher Faulknor • Gregory Meghoo • Clive Wright • John Mair	39.53
3.	Japan (JPN)	• Kaoru Matsubara • Shinji Aoto • Koji Kurihara • Takahiro Kasahara	39.70
4.	Kenya (KEN)	• Elkana Nyang'au • Kennedy Ondiek • Simon Kipkemboi • Peter Wekesa	40.30
5.	Thailand (THA)	• Supas Tiprod • Visut Watanasin • Anuwat Sermsiri • Chainarong Wangganon	40.57
6.	Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)	• St. Clair Soleyne • Alfred Browne • Howard Lindsay • Larry Millers	41.18
7.	Sierra Leone (SLE)	• Francis Keita • Horace Dove-Edwin • Benjamin Grant • Felix Sandy	41.19
—	Spain (ESP)	• Florencio Gascón • Enrique Talavera • Valentín Rocandio • José Javier Arqués	DNF

• Heat 4

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	Hungary (HUN)	• György Bakos • László Karaffa • István Tatár • Attila Kovács	39.12
2.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Elliot Bunney • John Regis • Mike McFarlane • Linford Christie	39.17
3.	Portugal (POR)	• Arnaldo Abrantes • Pedro Curvelo • Pedro Agostinho • Luis Barroso	39.61
4.	Mexico (MEX)	• Herman Adam • Eduardo Nava • Antonio Ruíz • Miguel Elizondo	40.31
5.	Benin (BEN)	• Fortune Ogouchi • Patrice Mahoulikponto • Dossou Vignissy • Issa Alassane-Ousséni	41.52
6.	Bangladesh (BAN)	• Mohamed Shah Alam • Shahanuddin Choudhury • Mohamed Hossain Milzer • Mohamed Shah Jalal	41.78
—	United States (USA)	• Dennis Mitchell • Albert Robinson • Calvin Smith • Lee McNeill	DSQ

• 1986 Men's European Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Rome)
• 1990 Men's European Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Split)
• 1991 Men's World Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Tokyo)

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