Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley explained

The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20–21 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.

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	Record
20 September	Heat 5			4:16.55
21 September	Final A			4:14.75

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			4:16.55	Q,
2	3			4:18.60	Q
3	5			4:20.43	Q
4	4			4:20.84	Q
5	4			4:20.85	Q
6	4			4:20.93	Q
7	5			4:22.78	Q
8	5			4:23.37	Q
9	3			4:23.46	q
10	3			4:24.10	q
11	5			4:24.62	q
12	3			4:25.15	q
13	3			4:25.30	q
14	5			4:25.60	q
15	5			4:26.72	q
16	4			4:27.22	q
17	4			4:28.11
18	3			4:29.03
19	2			4:29.62
20	3			4:30.37
21	2			4:30.71
22	2			4:30.79
23	5			4:31.74
24	2			4:31.95
25	3			4:33.03
26	2			4:35.00
27	4			4:35.68
28	2			4:40.46
29	1			4:44.78
30	2			4:48.00
31	1			4:50.16
32	1			4:53.61
	2
	4
	4

Finals

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Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	5			4:22.95
10	4			4:23.39
11	6			4:24.33
12	3			4:25.02
13	2			4:25.44
14	7			4:26.14
15	8			4:26.77
16	1			4:27.95

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			4:14.75
	6			4:17.36
	3			4:18.01
4	2			4:18.15
5	5			4:18.44
6	7			4:21.71
7	8			4:23.23
8	1			4:24.02

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Individual Medley . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162732/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/SWI/mens-400-metres-individual-medley.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 26 March 2017 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 412–413. 27 March 2017.
3. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Finals. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 413. 27 March 2017.