Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres
April 09, 2024
The men's 400 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea took place between 24 and 28 September 1988.[1] Seventy-five athletes from 55 nations competed.[2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Steve Lewis of the United States, the second in what would ultimately be 7 consecutive American victories stretching from 1984 to 2008. The United States swept the podium in the event for the third time, having previously done so in 1904 and 1968.
It always promised to be a classic. The clear favourite was the legendary American Harry "Butch" Reynolds. He had set a new world record of 43.29 seconds only a few months before. Reynolds breezed through the heats and into the final.
The final, ran on Thursday September 28, 1988, started somewhat as expected, with Reynolds holding back and saving himself for his normal strong finish. To the surprise of most watching a young American Steve Lewis went out strong from the start and gave Reynolds a run for his money. Entering the home straight Lewis was leading and Reynolds charging back at him but Reynolds left it too late and the 19yr old Lewis hung on for victory in an amazing time of 43.87sec. Reynolds finished second and Danny Everett third for an American sweep. The same trio was also involved with Kevin Robinzine in winning the 4 × 400 m relay.
The career of Lewis was blighted by injury although he did compete in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, placing 2nd in 400m and being part of the American quartet who took gold in 4 × 400 m relay.
Backgroundedit
This was the 21st appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. None of the Americans from 1984 returned, but all five non-American finalists did: silver medalist Gabriel Tiacoh of the Ivory Coast, fourth-place finisher Darren Clark of Australia, sixth-place finisher Sunday Uti and seventh-place finisher Innocent Egbunike of Nigeria, and Bert Cameron of Jamaica (who had qualified for but did not start the Los Angeles final due to injury). The new American team was favored, however; Butch Reynolds had just broken the 20-year-old world record, and Danny Everett and Steve Lewis were strong contenders. The 1987 world champion, Thomas Schönlebe of East Germany, was also a significant challenger.[2]
Bangladesh, Honduras, Indonesia, the Maldives, Mali, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South Korea, Vanuatu, the (U.S.) Virgin Islands, and Zaire appeared in this event for the first time; the Republic of China had previously competed, but now appeared as Chinese Taipei for the first time. The United States made its 20th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.
Competition formatedit
The competition retained the basic four-round format from 1920. The "fastest loser" system, introduced in 1964, was used for the first round. There were 10 first-round heats, each with 7 or 8 runners. The top three runners in each heat advanced, along with the next two fastest overall. The 32 quarterfinalists were divided into 4 quarterfinals with 8 runners each; the top four athletes in each quarterfinal heat advanced to the semifinals, with no "fastest loser" spots. The semifinals featured 2 heats of 8 runners each. The top four runners in each semifinal heat advanced, making an eight-man final.[2]
Recordsedit
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics.
^. sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
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The men s 400 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul South Korea took place between 24 and 28 September 1988 1 Seventy five athletes from 55 nations competed 2 The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress The event was won by Steve Lewis of the United States the second in what would ultimately be 7 consecutive American victories stretching from 1984 to 2008 The United States swept the podium in the event for the third time having previously done so in 1904 and 1968 Men s 400 metresat the Games of the XXIV OlympiadAthleticsVenueOlympic StadiumDatesSeptember 24 heats September 25 quarter finals September 26 semi finals September 28 final Competitors75 from 55 nationsWinning time43 87MedalistsSteve Lewis United StatesButch Reynolds United StatesDanny Everett United States 19841992 Contents 1 Summary 2 Background 3 Competition format 4 Records 5 Schedule 6 Results 6 1 Round 1 6 1 1 Heat 1 6 1 2 Heat 2 6 1 3 Heat 3 6 1 4 Heat 4 6 1 5 Heat 5 6 1 6 Heat 6 6 1 7 Heat 7 6 1 8 Heat 8 6 1 9 Heat 9 6 1 10 Heat 10 6 2 Quarterfinals 6 2 1 Quarterfinal 1 6 2 2 Quarterfinal 2 6 2 3 Quarterfinal 3 6 2 4 Quarterfinal 4 6 3 Semifinals 6 3 1 Semifinal 1 6 3 2 Semifinal 2 6 4 Final 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksSummary editIt always promised to be a classic The clear favourite was the legendary American Harry Butch Reynolds He had set a new world record of 43 29 seconds only a few months before Reynolds breezed through the heats and into the final The final ran on Thursday September 28 1988 started somewhat as expected with Reynolds holding back and saving himself for his normal strong finish To the surprise of most watching a young American Steve Lewis went out strong from the start and gave Reynolds a run for his money Entering the home straight Lewis was leading and Reynolds charging back at him but Reynolds left it too late and the 19yr old Lewis hung on for victory in an amazing time of 43 87sec Reynolds finished second and Danny Everett third for an American sweep The same trio was also involved with Kevin Robinzine in winning the 4 400 m relay The career of Lewis was blighted by injury although he did compete in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Spain placing 2nd in 400m and being part of the American quartet who took gold in 4 400 m relay Background editThis was the 21st appearance of the event which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics None of the Americans from 1984 returned but all five non American finalists did silver medalist Gabriel Tiacoh of the Ivory Coast fourth place finisher Darren Clark of Australia sixth place finisher Sunday Uti and seventh place finisher Innocent Egbunike of Nigeria and Bert Cameron of Jamaica who had qualified for but did not start the Los Angeles final due to injury The new American team was favored however Butch Reynolds had just broken the 20 year old world record and Danny Everett and Steve Lewis were strong contenders The 1987 world champion Thomas Schonlebe of East Germany was also a significant challenger 2 Bangladesh Honduras Indonesia the Maldives Mali Saint Vincent and the Grenadines South Korea Vanuatu the U S Virgin Islands and Zaire appeared in this event for the first time the Republic of China had previously competed but now appeared as Chinese Taipei for the first time The United States made its 20th appearance most of any nation having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games Competition format editThe competition retained the basic four round format from 1920 The fastest loser system introduced in 1964 was used for the first round There were 10 first round heats each with 7 or 8 runners The top three runners in each heat advanced along with the next two fastest overall The 32 quarterfinalists were divided into 4 quarterfinals with 8 runners each the top four athletes in each quarterfinal heat advanced to the semifinals with no fastest loser spots The semifinals featured 2 heats of 8 runners each The top four runners in each semifinal heat advanced making an eight man final 2 Records editThese were the standing world and Olympic records in seconds prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics World record nbsp Butch Reynolds USA 43 29 Zurich Switzerland 17 August 1988Olympic record nbsp Lee Evans USA 43 86 Mexico City Mexico 18 October 1968No world or Olympic records were set during this event Schedule editFollowing the 1984 schedule the event was held on four separate days with each round being on a different day All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings UTC 10 Date Time RoundSaturday 24 September 1988 9 30 Round 1Sunday 25 September 1988 12 20 QuarterfinalsMonday 26 September 1988 15 45 SemifinalsWednesday 28 September 1988 12 55 FinalResults editRound 1 edit Heat 1 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 2 Todd Bennett nbsp Great Britain 46 37 Q2 7 Miles Murphy nbsp Australia 46 38 Q3 3 Anton Skerritt nbsp Canada 46 64 Q4 4 Richard Louis nbsp Barbados 46 805 8 Felix Sandy nbsp Sierra Leone 46 826 5 Gustavo Envela nbsp Equatorial Guinea 48 117 6 Joe Rodan nbsp Fiji 48 698 1 Odiya Silweya nbsp Malawi 49 73Heat 2 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 7 Brian Whittle nbsp Great Britain 46 07 Q2 6 Gaieta Cornet nbsp Spain 46 16 Q3 3 Butch Reynolds nbsp United States 46 28 Q4 4 Seibert Straughn nbsp Barbados 47 375 1 Filipe Lomba nbsp Portugal 47 576 5 Ali Faudet nbsp Chad 48 697 2 Baptiste Firiam nbsp Vanuatu 51 77Heat 3 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 3 Mohamed Amer Al Malki nbsp Oman 46 79 Q2 6 Lucas Sang nbsp Kenya 46 85 Q3 2 Ousmane Diarra nbsp Senegal 46 86 Q4 4 Douglas Kalembo nbsp Zambia 47 445 8 Mohamed Hossain Milzer nbsp Bangladesh 48 766 1 Akossi Gnalo nbsp Togo 51 46 7 Sergio de Menezes nbsp Brazil DNF William Taramai nbsp Cook Islands DNSHeat 4 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 1 Ian Morris nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 45 84 Q2 4 Thomas Schonlebe nbsp East Germany 47 07 Q3 2 Sunday Uti nbsp Nigeria 47 08 Q4 3 Lin Kuang liang nbsp Chinese Taipei 48 185 8 Ernest Tche Noubossie nbsp Cameroon 48 316 7 Haji Bakr Al Qahtani nbsp Saudi Arabia 48 537 6 Enock Musonda nbsp Zambia 49 218 5 Ahmed Shageef nbsp Maldives 50 61Heat 5 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 7 Steve Lewis nbsp United States 45 31 Q2 6 Jens Carlowitz nbsp East Germany 45 64 Q3 3 Gabriel Tiacoh nbsp Ivory Coast 47 19 Q4 5 Jean Didiace Bemou nbsp Republic of the Congo 48 465 2 Abdullah Ali Ahmed nbsp Libya 48 896 4 Jonathan Chipalo nbsp Zambia 48 977 1 Maher Abbas nbsp Lebanon 51 298 8 Carlton Usher nbsp Belize 51 42Heat 6 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 6 Gerson de Souza nbsp Brazil 45 90 Q2 2 Howard Davis nbsp Jamaica 45 97 Q3 8 Takale Tuna nbsp Papua New Guinea 47 87 Q4 7 Sunday Maweni nbsp Botswana 47 975 5 Sulaiman Juma Al Habsi nbsp Oman 48 306 3 Nordin Mohamed Jadi nbsp Malaysia 49 527 1 Michael Williams nbsp Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 51 22Heat 7 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 7 Darren Clark nbsp Australia 45 93 Q2 5 Simeon Kipkemboi nbsp Kenya 45 15 Q3 3 Elvis Forde nbsp Barbados 46 47 Q4 4 Elijah Nkala nbsp Zimbabwe 46 605 1 Antonio Sanchez nbsp Spain 47 186 6 Jaime Rodrigues nbsp Mozambique 47 337 2 Aouf Abdul Rahman Youssef nbsp Iraq 47 458 8 Desai Wynter nbsp Virgin Islands 48 39Heat 8 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 3 Bert Cameron nbsp Jamaica 46 24 Q2 2 Rob Stone nbsp Australia 46 52 Q3 6 Dawda Jallow nbsp The Gambia 46 91 Q4 8 Yun Nam han nbsp South Korea 47 025 1 John Goville nbsp Uganda 47 116 5 Muhammad Fayyaz nbsp Pakistan 47 137 7 Yaya Seyba nbsp Mali 48 838 4 Alfred Browne nbsp Antigua and Barbuda 48 92Heat 9 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 1 Danny Everett nbsp United States 45 63 Q2 3 Devon Morris nbsp Jamaica 45 95 Q3 2 Tomasz Jedrusik nbsp Poland 46 12 Q4 6 Patrick Delice nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 46 14 q5 5 Slobodan Brankovic nbsp Yugoslavia 46 596 7 Jorge Fidel Ponce nbsp Honduras 51 11 8 Mwana Bute Kasongo nbsp Zaire DSQHeat 10 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 5 Susumu Takano nbsp Japan 45 42 Q2 7 Troy Douglas nbsp Bermuda 45 69 Q3 4 Innocent Egbunike nbsp Nigeria 46 02 Q4 6 Elkana Nyangau nbsp Kenya 46 25 q5 3 Ismail Macev nbsp Yugoslavia 46 376 8 Elieser Wattebosi nbsp Indonesia 47 107 2 Willis Todman nbsp British Virgin Islands 50 11Quarterfinals edit Quarterfinal 1 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 6 Ian Morris nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 44 70 Q2 3 Jens Carlowitz nbsp East Germany 45 09 Q3 4 Brian Whittle nbsp Great Britain 45 22 Q4 5 Tomasz Jedrusik nbsp Poland 45 27 Q5 7 Sunday Uti nbsp Nigeria 45 336 2 Miles Murphy nbsp Australia 45 937 1 Dawda Jallow nbsp The Gambia 46 358 8 Elvis Forde nbsp Barbados 46 59Quarterfinal 2 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 5 Danny Everett nbsp United States 44 33 Q2 6 Innocent Egbunike nbsp Nigeria 45 02 Q3 7 Thomas Schonlebe nbsp East Germany 45 09 Q4 8 Bert Cameron nbsp Jamaica 45 16 Q5 3 Simeon Kipkemboi nbsp Kenya 45 446 2 Todd Bennett nbsp Great Britain 45 967 1 Ousmane Diarra nbsp Senegal 46 238 4 Troy Douglas nbsp Bermuda 46 28Quarterfinal 3 edit Rank Time Athlete Nation Time Notes1 5 Steve Lewis nbsp United States 44 41 Q2 3 Darren Clark nbsp Australia 44 96 Q3 8 Mohamed Amer Al Malki nbsp Oman 45 01 Q4 6 Devon Morris nbsp Jamaica 45 30 Q5 4 Gaieta Cornet nbsp Spain 45 396 2 Anton Skerritt nbsp Canada 46 087 1 Elkana Nyangau nbsp Kenya 46 098 7 Takale Tuna nbsp Papua New Guinea 47 48Quarterfinal 4 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 1 Butch Reynolds nbsp United States 44 46 Q2 3 Susumu Takano nbsp Japan 45 00 Q3 5 Gerson de Souza nbsp Brazil 45 35 Q4 6 Howard Davis nbsp Jamaica 45 40 Q5 7 Gabriel Tiacoh nbsp Ivory Coast 45 496 8 Lucas Sang nbsp Kenya 45 727 4 Patrick Delice nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 45 758 2 Rob Stone nbsp Australia 46 04Semifinals edit Semifinal 1 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 3 Steve Lewis nbsp United States 44 35 Q2 5 Danny Everett nbsp United States 44 36 Q3 6 Darren Clark nbsp Australia 44 38 Q4 8 Bertland Cameron nbsp Jamaica 44 50 Q5 4 Susumu Takano nbsp Japan 44 906 2 Jens Carlowitz nbsp East Germany 45 087 7 Gerson Souza nbsp Brazil 45 278 1 Tomasz Jedrusik nbsp Poland 46 17Semifinal 2 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 6 Butch Reynolds nbsp United States 44 33 Q2 3 Ian Morris nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 44 60 Q3 5 Mohamed Amer Al Malki nbsp Oman 44 69 Q4 4 Innocent Egbunike nbsp Nigeria 44 74 Q5 2 Thomas Schonlebe nbsp East Germany 44 906 1 Howard Davis nbsp Jamaica 45 487 8 Devon Morris nbsp Jamaica 45 688 7 Brian Whittle nbsp Great Britain 46 07Final edit Lewis winning margin of 0 06 seconds remains the smallest winning margin in the history of the event Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time nbsp 6 Steve Lewis nbsp United States 43 87 nbsp 3 Butch Reynolds nbsp United States 43 93 nbsp 4 Danny Everett nbsp United States 44 094 5 Darren Clark nbsp Australia 44 555 7 Innocent Egbunike nbsp Nigeria 44 726 2 Bertland Cameron nbsp Jamaica 44 947 8 Ian Morris nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 44 958 1 Mohamed Amer Al Malki nbsp Oman 45 03See also edit1987 Men s World Championships 400 metres Rome 1990 Men s European Championships 400 metres Split 1991 Men s World Championships 400 metres Tokyo 1992 Men s Olympic 400 metres Barcelona References edit Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games Men s 400 metres sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 4 August 2017 a b c 400 metres Men Olympedia Retrieved 4 August 2020 External links edit in English Official Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics Men 27s 400 metres amp oldid 1195089263, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
