| Event: | Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay |
| Games: | 1988 Summer |
| Venue: | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool |
| Date: | 23 September 1988 (heats & final) |
| Competitors: | 95 |
| Nations: | 22 |
| Gold: | Chris Jacobs, Troy Dalbey, Tom Jager, Matt Biondi, Brent Lang*, Doug Gjertsen*, Shaun Jordan* |
| Silver: | Gennadiy Prigoda, Iurie Başcatov, Nikolay Yevseyev, Volodymyr Tkachenko, Raimundas Mažuolis*, Oleksiy Boryslavskiy* |
| Bronze: | Dirk Richter, Thomas Flemming, Lars Hinneburg, Steffen Zesner *Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats. |
| Win Value: | 3:16.53 |
| Prev: | 1984 |
| Next: | 1992 |
The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 23 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.[1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q).[2]
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Chris Jacobs (49.63) Troy Dalbey (49.75) Tom Jager (49.34) Matt Biondi (47.81) | 3:16.53 | ||||
| 5 | Gennadiy Prigoda (50.24) Iurie Başcatov (49.30) Nikolay Yevseyev (49.27) Volodymyr Tkachenko (49.52) | 3:18.33 | EU | |||
| 3 | Dirk Richter (50.25) Thomas Flemming (49.70) Lars Hinneburg (50.35) Steffen Zesner (49.52) | 3:19.82 | ||||
| 4 | 6 | Stéphan Caron (49.97) Christophe Kalfayan (50.09) Laurent Neuville (50.04) Bruno Gutzeit (49.92) | 3:20.02 | NR | ||
| 5 | 2 | Per Johansson (50.58) Tommy Werner (50.00) Joakim Holmquist (50.47) Göran Titus (50.02) | 3:21.07 | NR | ||
| 6 | 7 | Michael Gross (50.66) Thomas Fahrner (50.00) Björn Zikarsky (50.40) Peter Sitt (50.59) | 3:21.65 | |||
| 7 | 8 | Mike Fibbens (51.36) Mark Foster (50.20) Roland Lee (50.33) Andy Jameson (49.82) | 3:21.71 | NR | ||
| 8 | 1 | Roberto Gleria (50.51) Giorgio Lamberti (50.31) Fabrizio Rampazzo (51.19) Andrea Ceccarini (50.92) | 3:22.93 |