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4 × 100 metres Relay, Men

Date30 September – 1 October 1988
StatusOlympic
LocationOl-lim-pik Ju-gyeong-gi-jang, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Participants127 from 30 countries

With Carl Lewis back as anchorman, the US was the favorite but he never got to run in the event. In the first round, the US badly botched the final changeover and they were disqualified. The final was then thought to be between France and the USSR. Viktor Bryzgin led off for the Soviets and put them in the lead. At the final exchange the USSR led France by about a metre, and Vitaly Savin protected that for the gold medal. Britain’s Linford Christie ran a sub-9 second leg to pull Great Britain ahead of France for the silver medal.

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCR1SFFinal
1–Soviet UnionURS38.82 (1 h2)38.55 (1 h2)38.19 (1)Gold
Viktor Bryzgin • Vladimir Krylov • Vladimir Muravyov • Vitaly Savin • Leonid Voloshin (DNS)
2–Great BritainGBR39.17 (2 h4)38.52 (2 h1)38.28 (2)Silver
Elliot Bunney • John Regis • Mike McFarlane • Linford Christie • Clarence Callender • Andy Carrott (DNS)
3–FranceFRA38.87 (1 h1)38.49 (1 h1)38.40 (3)Bronze
Bruno Marie-Rose • Daniel Sangouma • Gilles Quénéhervé • Max Morinière • Thierry Lauret (DNS) • Jean-Charles Trouabal (DNS)
4–JamaicaJAM39.53 (2 h3)38.75 (3 h1)38.47 (4)
Chris Faulknor • Greg Meghoo • Clive Wright • John Mair • Andrew Smith (DNS) • Ray Stewart (DNS)
5–ItalyITA39.20 (3 h1)38.65 (2 h2)38.54 (5)
Ezio Madonia • Sandro Floris • Pier-Francesco Pavoni • Stefano Tilli • Michele Lazazzera (DNS) • Antonio Ullo (DNS)
6–West GermanyFRG39.01 (2 h2)38.75 (4 h1)38.55 (6)
Fritz Heer • Christian Haas • Peter Klein • Dirk Schweisfurth
7–CanadaCAN39.41 (1 h3)38.94 (4 h2)38.93 (7)
Desai Williams • Atlee Mahorn • Cyprian Enweani • Brian Morrison • Andrew Mowatt • Ben Johnson (DNS) • Mark McKoy (DNS)
8–HungaryHUN39.12 (1 h4)38.84 (3 h2)39.19 (8)
György Bakos • László Karaffa • István Tatár • Attila Kovács • György Fetter (DNS) • Endre Havas (DNS)
5 h1 r2/3–JapanJPN39.70 (3 h3)38.90 (5 h1)–
Shinji Aoto • Kenji Yamauchi • Koji Kurihara • Susumu Takano • Takahiko Kasahara • Kaoru Matsubara • Tomohiro Osawa (DNS)
5 h2 r2/3–GhanaGHA39.13 (3 h2)39.46 (5 h2)–
John Myles-Mills • Eric Akogyiram • Salaam Gariba • Nelson Boateng • Emmanuel Tuffour
6 h1 r2/3–NigeriaNGR39.15 (2 h1)39.05 (6 h1)–
Victor Edet • Olapade Adeniken • Isiaq Adeyanju • Olatunji Olobia • Davidson Ezinwa • Abdullahi Tetengi • Chidi Imoh (DNS)
6 h2 r2/3–KenyaKEN40.30 (4 h3)39.47 (6 h2)–
Elkana Nyangau • Kennedy Ondiek • Simeon Kipkemboi • Peter Wekesa • Joseph Sainah (DNS) • Tito Sawe (DNS)
7 h1 r2/3–Republic of KoreaKOR39.61 (4 h1)39.43 (7 h1)–
Seong Nak-Gun • Sim Deok-Seop • Kim Bok-Seop • Jang Jae-Geun • Hwang Hong-Cheol (DNS) • Kim Jong-Il (DNS)
8 h1 r2/3–QatarQAT40.05 (5 h2)41.19 (8 h1)–
Rashid Sheban Marzouk 1 • Faraj Saad Marzouk • Sayed Mubarak Al-Kuwari • Talal Mansour • Abdullah Mohamed Al-Sheib (DNS)
AC h2 r2/3–People's Republic of ChinaCHN39.67 (4 h2)– (DNF h2)–
Li Tao • Cai Jianming • Li Feng • Zheng Chen • Chen Zunrong (DNS) • Pang Yan (DNS)
AC h2 r2/3–PortugalPOR39.61 (3 h4)– (DQ h2)–
Arnaldo Abrantes • Pedro Curvelo • Pedro Agostinho • Luís Barroso • Luís Cunha (DNS) • Paulo Curvelo (DNS)
4 h4 r1/3–MexicoMEX40.31 (4 h4)––
Hermán Adam • Eduardo Nava • Antonio Ruiz • Miguel Elizondo
5 h1 r1/3–Chinese TaipeiTPE40.40 (5 h1)––
Cheng Hsin-Fu • Lee Shiunn-Long • Nai Hui-Fang • Wu Chin-Jing • Lee Fu-An (DNS) • Lin Kuang-Liang (DNS)
5 h3 r1/3–ThailandTHA40.57 (5 h3)––
Supas Tiprod • Visut Watanasin • Anuwat Sermsiri • Chainarong Wangganon • Pongsak Wacharakupt (DNS) • Somchai Youcharoen (DNS)
5 h4 r1/3–BeninBEN41.52 (5 h4)––
Fortune Ogouchi • Patrice Mahoulikponto • Dossou Vignissy • Issa Alassane-Ousséni • José de Souza (DNS)
6 h1 r1/3–UgandaUGA41.39 (6 h1)––
Moses Musonge • Joseph Ssali • John Goville • Mike Okot • Sunday Olweny (DNS)
6 h2 r1/3–CongoCGO41.26 (6 h2)––
Armand Biniakounou • Hygien-Nicaise Lombocko • Henri Ndinga • Pierre Ndinga • Théophile Nkounkou (DNS)
6 h3 r1/3–Antigua and BarbudaANT41.18 (6 h3)––
St. Clair Soleyne • Alfred Browne • Howard Lindsay • Larry Miller • James Browne (DNS) • Evans Jones (DNS)
6 h4 r1/3–BangladeshBAN41.78 (6 h4)––
Mohamed Shah Alam • Shahanuddin Choudhury • Mohamed Hossain Milzer • Mohamed Shah Jalal
7 h1 r1/3–MaldivesMDV44.31 (7 h1)––
Ismail Asif Waheed • Ibrahim Manik • Abdul Razzak Aboobakur • Mohamed Hanim • Ahmed Shageef (DNS)
7 h3 r1/3–Sierra LeoneSLE41.19 (7 h3)––
Francis Keita • Horace Dove-Edwin • Benjamin Grant • Felix Sandy • David Sawyerr (DNS)
AC h2 r1/3–IndonesiaINA– (DNF h2)––
Mardi Lestari • Kresno Eko Pambudi • Elieser Wattebosi • Mohamed Yusuf
AC h2 r1/3–SenegalSEN– (DQ h2)––
Joseph Diaz • Amadou M'Baye • Babacar Pouye • Ibrahima Tamba • Charles-Louis Seck (DNS)
AC h3 r1/3–SpainESP– (DNF h3)––
Florencio Gascón • Enrique Talavera • Valentín Rocandio • Javier Arqués • Carlos Sala (DNS) • Carles Turró (DNS)
AC h4 r1/3–United StatesUSA[38.98] (DQ h4)––
Dennis Mitchell • Albert Robinson • Calvin Smith • Lee McNeill • Joe DeLoach (DNS) • Mike Marsh (DNS) • Emmit King (DNS)

Round One

Date30 September 1988
FormatTop three in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the semi-finals.
PosTeamNOCTime (automatic)
1Soviet UnionURS38.82Q
2FranceFRA38.87Q
3West GermanyFRG39.01Q
4HungaryHUN39.12Q
5GhanaGHA39.13Q
6NigeriaNGR39.15Q
7Great BritainGBR39.17Q
8ItalyITA39.20Q
9CanadaCAN39.41Q
10JamaicaJAM39.53Q
=11Republic of KoreaKOR39.61q
=11PortugalPOR39.61Q
13People's Republic of ChinaCHN39.67q
14JapanJPN39.70Q
15QatarQAT40.05q
16KenyaKEN40.30q
17MexicoMEX40.31
18Chinese TaipeiTPE40.40
19ThailandTHA40.57
20Antigua and BarbudaANT41.18
21Sierra LeoneSLE41.19
22CongoCGO41.26
23UgandaUGA41.39
24BeninBEN41.52
25BangladeshBAN41.78
26MaldivesMDV44.31
DNFIndonesiaINA–
DNFSpainESP–
DQUnited StatesUSA[38.98]
DQSenegalSEN–

Heat #1

Time13:25
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Split Time
1–FranceFRA38.87–Q
Lead-Off339Bruno Marie-Rose ––
2nd Leg349Daniel Sangouma ––
3rd Leg328Gilles Quénéhervé ––
Anchor341Max Morinière –9.38
2–NigeriaNGR39.15–Q
Lead-Off790Victor Edet ––
2nd Leg792Davidson Ezinwa ––
3rd Leg801Abdullahi Tetengi ––
Anchor798Olatunji Olobia –9.55
3–ItalyITA39.20–Q
Lead-Off590Ezio Madonia ––
2nd Leg587Sandro Floris ––
3rd Leg596Pier-Francesco Pavoni ––
Anchor604Stefano Tilli –9.57
4–Republic of KoreaKOR39.61–q
Lead-Off702Seong Nak-Gun ––
2nd Leg701Sim Deok-Seop ––
3rd Leg686Kim Bok-Seop ––
Anchor679Jang Jae-Geun –9.93
5–Chinese TaipeiTPE40.40–
Lead-Off1003Cheng Hsin-Fu ––
2nd Leg1005Lee Shiunn-Long ––
3rd Leg1007Nai Hui-Fang ––
Anchor1008Wu Chin-Jing –10.09
6–UgandaUGA41.39–
Lead-Off1019Moses Musonge ––
2nd Leg1024Joseph Ssali ––
3rd Leg1017John Goville ––
Anchor1021Mike Okot –10.26
7–MaldivesMDV44.31–
Lead-Off748Ismail Asif Waheed ––
2nd Leg751Ibrahim Manik ––
3rd Leg747Abdul Razzak Aboobakur ––
Anchor750Mohamed Hanim –10.88

Heat #2

Time13:30
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Split Time
1–Soviet UnionURS38.82–Q
Lead-Off1044Vladimir Krylov ––
2nd Leg1049Vladimir Muravyov ––
3rd Leg1194Viktor Bryzgin ––
Anchor1059Vitaly Savin –9.50
2–West GermanyFRG39.01–Q
Lead-Off366Christian Haas ––
2nd Leg369Fritz Heer ––
3rd Leg373Peter Klein ––
Anchor390Dirk Schweisfurth –9.43
3–GhanaGHA39.13–Q
Lead-Off491Eric Akogyiram ––
2nd Leg494Salaam Gariba ––
3rd Leg495John Myles-Mills ––
Anchor496Emmanuel Tuffour –9.34
4–People's Republic of ChinaCHN39.67–q
Lead-Off196Cai Jianming ––
2nd Leg203Li Feng ––
3rd Leg204Li Tao ––
Anchor210Zheng Chen –9.75
5–QatarQAT40.05–q
Lead-Off889Rashid Sheban Marzouk ––2
2nd Leg888Faraj Saad Marzouk ––
3rd Leg890Sayed Mubarak Al-Kuwari ––
Anchor886Talal Mansour –9.41
6–CongoCGO41.26–
Lead-Off1184Armand Biniakounou ––
2nd Leg1187Hygien-Nicaise Lombocko ––
3rd Leg1188Henri Ndinga ––
Anchor1189Pierre Ndinga –9.88
DQ–SenegalSEN––
Lead-Off902Joseph Diaz ––
2nd Leg904Amadou M'Baye ––
3rd Leg908Babacar Pouye ––
Anchor911Ibrahima Tamba ––
DNF–IndonesiaINA––
Lead-Off540Mardi Lestari ––
2nd Leg542Kresno Eko Pambudi ––
3rd Leg543Elieser Wattebosi ––
Anchor544Mohamed Yusuf ––

Heat #3

Time13:35
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Split Time
1–CanadaCAN39.41–Q
Lead-Off172Andrew Mowatt ––
2nd Leg166Atlee Mahorn ––
3rd Leg181Desai Williams ––
Anchor171Brian Morrison –9.61
2–JamaicaJAM39.53–Q
Lead-Off615Chris Faulknor ––
2nd Leg619Greg Meghoo ––
3rd Leg618John Mair ––
Anchor624Clive Wright –9.32
3–JapanJPN39.70–Q
Lead-Off633Kaoru Matsubara ––
2nd Leg626Shinji Aoto ––
3rd Leg632Koji Kurihara ––
Anchor628Takahiko Kasahara –9.57
4–KenyaKEN40.30–q
Lead-Off665Elkana Nyangau ––
2nd Leg666Kennedy Ondiek ––
3rd Leg655Simeon Kipkemboi ––
Anchor676Peter Wekesa –9.56
5–ThailandTHA40.57–
Lead-Off995Supas Tiprod ––
2nd Leg997Visut Watanasin ––
3rd Leg994Anuwat Sermsiri ––
Anchor996Chainarong Wangganon –9.85
6–Antigua and BarbudaANT41.18–
Lead-Off29St. Clair Soleyne ––
2nd Leg21Alfred Browne ––
3rd Leg25Howard Lindsay ––
Anchor26Larry Miller –9.96
7–Sierra LeoneSLE41.19–
Lead-Off918Francis Keita ––
2nd Leg913Horace Dove-Edwin ––
3rd Leg915Benjamin Grant ––
Anchor922Felix Sandy –9.80
DNF–SpainESP––
Lead-Off264Florencio Gascón ––
2nd Leg286Enrique Talavera ––
3rd Leg281Valentín Rocandio ––
Anchor257Javier Arqués ––

Heat #4

Time13:40
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Split Time
1–HungaryHUN39.12–Q
Lead-Off522György Bakos ––
2nd Leg528László Karaffa ––
3rd Leg536István Tatár ––
Anchor529Attila Kovács –9.27
2–Great BritainGBR39.17–Q
Lead-Off410Elliot Bunney ––
2nd Leg447John Regis ––
3rd Leg439Mike McFarlane ––
Anchor411Clarence Callender –9.39
3–PortugalPOR39.61–Q
Lead-Off856Arnaldo Abrantes ––
2nd Leg866Pedro Curvelo ––
3rd Leg857Pedro Agostinho ––
Anchor858Luís Barroso –9.52
4–MexicoMEX40.31–
Lead-Off753Hermán Adam ––
2nd Leg767Eduardo Nava ––
3rd Leg769Antonio Ruiz ––
Anchor761Miguel Elizondo –9.78
5–BeninBEN41.52–
Lead-Off92Fortune Ogouchi ––
2nd Leg91Patrice Mahoulikponto ––
3rd Leg93Dossou Vignissy ––
Anchor89Issa Alassane-Ousséni –9.68
6–BangladeshBAN41.78–
Lead-Off72Mohamed Shah Alam ––
2nd Leg74Shahanuddin Choudhury ––
3rd Leg71Mohamed Hossain Milzer ––
Anchor73Mohamed Shah Jalal –10.03
DQ–United StatesUSA[38.98]–
Lead-Off1112Dennis Mitchell ––
2nd Leg1125Albert Robinson ––
3rd Leg1130Calvin Smith ––
Anchor1111Lee McNeill ––

Semi-Finals

Date1 October 1988
FormatTop four in each heat advanced to the final.
PosTeamNOCTime (automatic)
1FranceFRA38.49Q
2Great BritainGBR38.52Q
3Soviet UnionURS38.55Q
4ItalyITA38.65Q
5JamaicaJAM38.75Q
6West GermanyFRG38.75Q
7HungaryHUN38.84Q
8JapanJPN38.90
9CanadaCAN38.94Q
10NigeriaNGR39.05
11Republic of KoreaKOR39.43
12GhanaGHA39.46
13KenyaKEN39.47
14QatarQAT41.19
DNFPeople's Republic of ChinaCHN–
DQPortugalPOR–

Heat #1

Time12:35
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Split Time
1–FranceFRA38.49–Q
Lead-Off339Bruno Marie-Rose ––
2nd Leg349Daniel Sangouma ––
3rd Leg328Gilles Quénéhervé ––
Anchor341Max Morinière –9.37
2–Great BritainGBR38.52–Q
Lead-Off410Elliot Bunney ––
2nd Leg447John Regis ––
3rd Leg439Mike McFarlane ––
Anchor413Linford Christie –9.17
3–JamaicaJAM38.75–Q
Lead-Off615Chris Faulknor ––
2nd Leg619Greg Meghoo ––
3rd Leg624Clive Wright ––
Anchor618John Mair –9.36
4–West GermanyFRG38.75–Q
Lead-Off369Fritz Heer ––
2nd Leg366Christian Haas ––
3rd Leg373Peter Klein ––
Anchor390Dirk Schweisfurth –9.51
5–JapanJPN38.90–
Lead-Off626Shinji Aoto ––
2nd Leg644Kenji Yamauchi ––
3rd Leg632Koji Kurihara ––
Anchor641Susumu Takano –9.56
6–NigeriaNGR39.05–
Lead-Off790Victor Edet ––
2nd Leg786Olapade Adeniken ––
3rd Leg787Isiaq Adeyanju ––
Anchor798Olatunji Olobia –9.40
7–Republic of KoreaKOR39.43–
Lead-Off702Seong Nak-Gun ––
2nd Leg701Sim Deok-Seop ––
3rd Leg686Kim Bok-Seop ––
Anchor679Jang Jae-Geun –9.55
8–QatarQAT41.19–
Lead-Off889Rashid Sheban Marzouk ––3
2nd Leg888Faraj Saad Marzouk ––
3rd Leg890Sayed Mubarak Al-Kuwari ––
Anchor886Talal Mansour –10.11

Heat #2

Time12:40
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Split Time
1–Soviet UnionURS38.55–Q
Lead-Off1194Viktor Bryzgin ––
2nd Leg1044Vladimir Krylov ––
3rd Leg1049Vladimir Muravyov ––
Anchor1059Vitaly Savin –9.32
2–ItalyITA38.65–Q
Lead-Off590Ezio Madonia ––
2nd Leg587Sandro Floris ––
3rd Leg596Pier-Francesco Pavoni ––
Anchor604Stefano Tilli –9.36
3–HungaryHUN38.84–Q
Lead-Off522György Bakos ––
2nd Leg528László Karaffa ––
3rd Leg536István Tatár ––
Anchor529Attila Kovács –9.33
4–CanadaCAN38.94–Q
Lead-Off172Andrew Mowatt ––
2nd Leg166Atlee Mahorn ––
3rd Leg181Desai Williams ––
Anchor171Brian Morrison –9.66
5–GhanaGHA39.46–
Lead-Off495John Myles-Mills ––
2nd Leg491Eric Akogyiram ––
3rd Leg494Salaam Gariba ––
Anchor492Nelson Boateng –9.93
6–KenyaKEN39.47–
Lead-Off665Elkana Nyangau ––
2nd Leg666Kennedy Ondiek ––
3rd Leg655Simeon Kipkemboi ––
Anchor676Peter Wekesa –9.43
DQ–PortugalPOR––
Lead-Off856Arnaldo Abrantes ––
2nd Leg866Pedro Curvelo ––
3rd Leg857Pedro Agostinho ––
Anchor858Luís Barroso ––
DNF–People's Republic of ChinaCHN––
Lead-Off204Li Tao ––
2nd Leg196Cai Jianming ––
3rd Leg203Li Feng ––
Anchor210Zheng Chen ––

Final Round

Date1 October 1988 — 14:15
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Split Time
1–Soviet UnionURS38.19–
Lead-Off1194Viktor Bryzgin ––
2nd Leg1044Vladimir Krylov ––
3rd Leg1049Vladimir Muravyov ––
Anchor1059Vitaly Savin –9.12
2–Great BritainGBR38.28–
Lead-Off410Elliot Bunney ––
2nd Leg447John Regis ––
3rd Leg439Mike McFarlane ––
Anchor413Linford Christie –8.95
3–FranceFRA38.40–
Lead-Off339Bruno Marie-Rose ––
2nd Leg349Daniel Sangouma ––
3rd Leg328Gilles Quénéhervé ––
Anchor341Max Morinière –9.26
4–JamaicaJAM38.47–
Lead-Off615Chris Faulknor ––
2nd Leg619Greg Meghoo ––
3rd Leg624Clive Wright ––
Anchor618John Mair –9.10
5–ItalyITA38.54–
Lead-Off590Ezio Madonia ––
2nd Leg587Sandro Floris ––
3rd Leg596Pier-Francesco Pavoni ––
Anchor604Stefano Tilli –9.16
6–West GermanyFRG38.55–
Lead-Off369Fritz Heer ––
2nd Leg366Christian Haas ––
3rd Leg373Peter Klein ––
Anchor390Dirk Schweisfurth –9.34
7–CanadaCAN38.93–
Lead-Off181Desai Williams ––
2nd Leg166Atlee Mahorn ––
3rd Leg150Cyprian Enweani ––
Anchor171Brian Morrison –9.55
8–HungaryHUN39.19–
Lead-Off522György Bakos ––
2nd Leg528László Karaffa ––
3rd Leg536István Tatár ––
Anchor529Attila Kovács –9.32