Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay; at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date	25 September 1988 (heats & final)
Competitors	109 from 25 nations
Winning time	3:36.93 WR
Medalists
	← 1984 1992 →

The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 25 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	United States (USA) Rick Carey John Moffet Pablo Morales Matt Biondi	3:38.28	Tokyo, Japan	18 August 1985
Olympic record	United States (USA) Rick Carey (55.41) Steve Lundquist (1:01.86) Pablo Morales (52.87) Rowdy Gaines (49.16)	3:39.30	Los Angeles, United States	4 August 1984

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
25 September	Final	David Berkoff (54.56) Richard Schroeder (1:01.64) Matt Biondi (52.38) Chris Jacobs (48.35)	United States	3:36.93	WR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q).^[2]

Rank	Heat	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	4	United States	David Berkoff (55.69) Richard Schroeder (1:01.64) Jay Mortenson (54.46) Tom Jager (51.21)	3:43.00	Q
2	3	Great Britain	Gary Binfield (57.89) Adrian Moorhouse (1:02.33) Andy Jameson (53.47) Roland Lee (50.75)	3:44.44	Q
3	2	Canada	Mark Tewksbury (57.05) Victor Davis (1:03.14) Tom Ponting (54.12) Sandy Goss (50.25)	3:44.56	Q
4	4	West Germany	Frank Hoffmeister (57.04) Mark Warnecke (1:03.80) Michael Gross (54.41) Björn Zikarsky (49.47)	3:44.72	Q
5	3	Soviet Union	Sergei Zabolotnov (57.14) Valeriy Lozik (1:02.80) Konstantine Petrov (55.02) Nikolay Yevseyev (50.33)	3:45.29	Q
6	2	Netherlands	Hans Kroes (58.11) Ronald Dekker (1:02.42) Frank Drost (54.50) Patrick Dybiona (50.62)	3:45.65	Q
7	4	Japan	Daichi Suzuki (56.24) Hironobu Nagahata (1:03.51) Hiroshi Miura (55.65) Shigeo Ogata (51.48)	3:46.88	Q
8	2	Australia	Carl Wilson (58.31) Ian McAdam (1:05.17) Jon Sieben (54.65) Andrew Baildon (49.27)	3:47.40	Q
9	3	Switzerland	Patrick Ferland (58.27) Étienne Dagon (1:04.61) Dano Halsall (55.71) Stéfan Voléry (49.50)	3:48.09
10	4	France	Franck Schott (57.04) David Leblanc (1:04.85) Ludovic Depickère (56.37) Bruno Gutzeit (50.38)	3:48.64
11	3	New Zealand	Paul Kingsman (57.73) Anthony Beks (1:05.43) Anthony Mosse (54.03) Ross Anderson (51.74)	3:48.93
12	4	Spain	Martín López-Zubero (58.05) Ramón Camallonga (1:04.67) José Luis Ballester (55.66) José Hernando (51.09)	3:49.47
13	2	Czechoslovakia	Pavel Vokoun (59.25) Radek Beinhauer (1:03.71) Robert Wolf (56.23) Petr Kladiva (50.71)	3:49.90
14	4	Denmark	Lars Sørensen (58.17) Christian Toft (1:07.32) Benny Nielsen (55.57) Franz Mortensen (50.91)	3:51.97
15	3	Italy	Valerio Giambalvo (59.70) Gianni Minervini (1:05.06) Leonardo Michelotti (56.76) Roberto Gleria (50.54)	3:52.06
16	2	Hungary	Tamás Deutsch (58.52) Károly Güttler (1:03.59) Valter Kalaus (58.30) Mihály-Richard Bodór (51.83)	3:52.24
17	4	Singapore	David Lim Fong Jock (58.03) Ng Yue Meng (1:05.89) Ang Peng Siong (56.63) Oon Jin Gee (52.31)	3:52.86
18	3	Brazil	Rogério Romero (57.99) Cícero Tortelli (1:06.54) Eduardo de Poli (56.65) Emanuel Nascimento (52.03)	3:53.21
19	2	China	Lin Laijiu (59.32) Chen Jianhong (1:04.73) Zheng Jian (57.04) Shen Jianqiang (53.09)	3:54.18
20	3	Mexico	Ernesto Vela (59.16) Javier Careaga (1:06.07) Urbano Zea (57.66) Rodrigo González (51.32)	3:54.21
21	1	South Korea	Park Dong-pil (1:01.38) Yoon Joo-il (1:04.42) Park Yeong-cheol (56.96) Kwon Sang-won (54.18)	3:56.94
22	4	Hong Kong	Yip Hor Man (1:03.23) Watt Kam Sing (1:08.53) Tsang Yi Ming (59.44) Michael Wright (54.08)	4:05.28
23	2	Greece	Ilias Malamas (59.88) Nikolaos Fokianos (1:07.61) Theodoros Griniazakis (1:01.09) Charalambos Papanikolaou (59.13)	4:07.71
24	1	Virgin Islands	William Cleveland (1:05.06) Kraig Singleton (1:13.73) Kristan Singleton (1:01.93) Hans Foerster (54.31)	4:15.03
25	1	United Arab Emirates	Mohamed Abdullah (1:08.35) Obaid Al-Rumaithi (1:15.72) Mohamed Bin Abid (1:06.57) Ahmad Faraj (57.91)	4:28.55

Final

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Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	4	United States	David Berkoff (54.56) Richard Schroeder (1:01.64) Matt Biondi (52.38) Chris Jacobs (48.35)	3:36.93	WR
	3	Canada	Mark Tewksbury (56.11) Victor Davis (1:00.90) Tom Ponting (53.52) Sandy Goss (48.75)	3:39.28	NR
	2	Soviet Union	Igor Polyansky (55.35) Dmitry Volkov (1:01.53) Vadim Yaroshchuk (53.34) Gennadiy Prigoda (49.74)	3:39.96
4	6	West Germany	Frank Hoffmeister (57.18) Alexander Mayer (1:03.12) Michael Gross (53.17) Björn Zikarsky (49.51)	3:42.98
5	1	Japan	Daichi Suzuki (55.87) Hironobu Nagahata (1:02.75) Hiroshi Miura (54.18) Shigeo Ogata (51.56)	3:44.36	NR
6	8	Australia	Carl Wilson (57.85) Ian McAdam (1:05.01) Jon Sieben (53.42) Andrew Baildon (49.57)	3:45.85
7	7	Netherlands	Hans Kroes (58.26) Ronald Dekker (1:03.40) Frank Drost (54.48) Patrick Dybiona (50.41)	3:46.55
	5	Great Britain	Neil Harper Adrian Moorhouse Andy Jameson Mark Foster	DSQ