Men 400m Freestyle Swimming XXIV Olympic Games 1988 Seoul, South Korea - Friday, 23rd September - Uwe Dassler, East Germany
Final time gapLY100m200m300m
1. Uwe DasslerGDR East Germany3:46.95WR 62155.30s1:53.172:51.40
2. Duncan ArmstrongAUS Australia3:47.15AR+0.20s12056.41s1:55.102:52.13
3. Artur WojdatPOL Poland3:47.34NR+0.39s32054.78s1:52.982:51.06
4. Matt CetlinskiUSA United States3:48.09 +1.14s82354.57s1:52.452:50.46
5. Mariusz PodkoscielnyPOL Poland3:48.59 +1.64s42055.34s1:53.522:51.65
6. Stefan PfeifferFRG West Germany3:49.96 +3.01s52256.17s1:54.222:52.19
7. Kevin BoydGBR Great Britain3:50.16 +3.21s22255.68s1:53.722:51.99
8. Anders HolmertzSWE Sweden3:51.04 +4.09s71954.48s1:52.322:51.08
49 Competitors from 33 Nations. Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool.
Men 400m Freestyle History1992 Men 400m Freestyle1984 Men 400m Freestyle
World Record: Artur Wojdat, Poland 3:47.38 Orlando, United States 25th March 1988
Olympic Record: Thomas Fahrner, West Germany 3:50.91 Los Angeles, United States 2nd August 1984
4:10.10 LCM-time done since Jan 1, 1987
4:00.20 SCM-time done since Sep 1, 1987
Final B time gapLY100m200m300m
9. Joerg HoffmannGDR East Germany3:52.13 61856.73s1:55.932:54.25
10.Walter KalausHUN Hungary3:53.24 +1.11s31856.61s1:56.062:55.61
11.Turlough O'HareCAN Canada3:54.33 +2.20s11956.81s1:56.452:56.15
12.Carlos ScanavinoURU Uruguay3:54.36 +2.23s22456.70s1:56.772:56.53
13.Ian BrownAUS Australia3:54.63 +2.50s42356.08s1:55.962:55.45
14.Dan JorgensenUSA United States3:55.34 +3.21s52056.11s1:56.062:55.94
15.Salvador VassalloPUR Puerto Rico3:55.39 +3.26s72056.99s1:56.262:56.17
16.Zoltan SzilagyiHUN Hungary3:56.00 +3.87s82157.03s1:56.932:57.01
Todor 66index Swimming OG
index Seoul 1988index Swimming Seoul 1988
Men 50m FreestyleWomen 50m Freestyle
Men 100m FreestyleWomen 100m Freestyle
Men 200m FreestyleWomen 200m Freestyle
Men 400m FreestyleWomen 400m Freestyle
Men 1500m FreestyleWomen 800m Freestyle
Men 100m BackstrokeWomen 100m Backstroke
Men 200m BackstrokeWomen 200m Backstroke
Men 100m BreaststrokeWomen 100m Breaststroke
Men 200m BreaststrokeWomen 200m Breaststroke
Men 100m ButterflyWomen 100m Butterfly
Men 200m ButterflyWomen 200m Butterfly
Men 200m MedleyWomen 200m Medley
Men 400m MedleyWomen 400m Medley
Men 4x100m Freestyle RelayWomen 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Men 4x100m Medley RelayWomen 4x100m Medley Relay
The Olympic record was 3:50.91, set by West German Thomas Fahrner in winning the B final in Los Angeles. The standard in Seoul was so high that to qualify for the final, one had to better that record, the biggest casualty being 1986 World Champion and 1987 European runner-up, West German Rainer Henkel, who barely made the B final and elected not to contest that race. The high standard of qualifying set the stage for a dramatic final.
The current world record holder was Poland's Artur Wojdat, who trained in the USA and had swum 3:48.38 earlier in 1988 at the US Nationals. In the final the early leader was Sweden's Anders Holmertz followed by American Matt Cetlinski, the 1987 Pan Pacific champion. Cetlinski took the lead at 300 metres, followed by Wojdat and Holmertz, with East German Uwe Dassler in fourth, and Australian Duncan Armstrong, already the winner of the 200 free in Seoul, moving up slightly, but still in seventh. Cetlinski continued to lead at 350 but he was dying, and Wojdat and Dassler moved ahead on the final lap. Armstrong, who swam the final 100 in 55.02, finished very quickly and moved up to the silver medal, passing Wojdat. But he could not catch Dassler, who finished in 55.55 for gold, as Cetlinski dropped off the podium to fourth.
Dassler finished in 3:46.95 to break Wojdat's world record. But Wojdat also bettered it in third, with 3:47.34, as did Armstrong in second with 3:47.15, and it took a world record time just to get on the podium. Wojdat called it "The Race of the Century" which was echoed by Terry Stoddard, his Mission Viejo coach, who said "Yes, definitely. It was the greatest race in history."

Heats - Friday, 23rd September

Heat 7 time gapLYRk100m200m300m
3. Artur WojdatPOL Poland3:49.68 +0.17s-201.55.66s1:54.382:53.30
4. Uwe DasslerGDR East Germany3:49.90 +0.39s-212.55.79s1:54.542:53.56
7. Duncan ArmstrongAUS Australia3:50.64 +1.13s-203.56.41s1:56.392:54.42
11.Dan JorgensenUSA United States3:52.64 +3.13s-204.56.45s1:55.922:54.70
17.Turlough O'HareCAN Canada3:55.35 +5.84s-195.56.96s1:56.892:56.23
19.Roberto GleriaITA Italy3:56.33 +6.82s-196.55.96s1:55.112:56.02
27.Aleksandr BazanovURS Soviet Union3:58.74 +9.23s-237.57.35s1:57.992:58.33
29.Jean-Marie ArnouldBEL Belgium3:59.91 +10.40s-228.57.33s1:57.262:58.89
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Heat 6 time gapLYRk100m200m300m
5. Kevin BoydGBR Great Britain3:50.01 +0.50s-221.56.27s1:54.302:51.98
6. Anders HolmertzSWE Sweden3:50.06 +0.55s-192.55.78s1:54.312:53.10
8. Matt CetlinskiUSA United States3:50.82 +1.31s-233.56.00s1:54.342:52.78
9. Ian BrownAUS Australia3:51.09 +1.58s-234.56.05s1:54.782:53.37
12.Giorgio LambertiITA Italy3:53.29 +3.78s-195.56.19s1:54.992:54.55
15.Carlos ScanavinoURU Uruguay3:54.86 +5.35s-246.57.01s1:56.632:56.33
18.Zoltan SzilagyiHUN Hungary3:56.29 +6.78s-217.56.57s1:55.702:55.40
30.Franck IaconoFRA France4:00.04 +10.53s-228.56.91s1:56.062:57.51
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Heat 5 time gapLYRk100m200m300m
1. Mariusz PodkoscielnyPOL Poland3:49.51OR -201.55.91s1:54.072:52.14
2. Stefan PfeifferFRG West Germany3:49.52 +0.01s-222.56.53s1:54.512:52.47
10.Rainer HenkelFRG West Germany3:51.50 +1.99s-243.55.62s1:53.632:52.52
13.Walter KalausHUN Hungary3:53.44 +3.93s-184.56.11s1:54.682:53.75
14.Joerg HoffmannGDR East Germany3:53.78 +4.27s-185.57.16s1:55.782:55.02
20.Darjan PetricYUG Yugoslavia3:56.94 +7.43s-246.57.11s1:56.292:56.51
23.Cristiano MichelenaBRA Brazil3:57.79 +8.28s-177.57.19s1:57.422:58.50
26.Gary Van Der MeulenCAN Canada3:57.99 +8.48s-238.57.44s1:57.102:57.73
31.Claus ChristensenDEN Denmark4:00.46 +10.95s-206.58.58s1:58.522:59.16
32.Yoshiyuki MizumotoJPN Japan4:02.02 +12.51s-197.59.07s2:00.153:01.22
38.Shigeo OgataJPN Japan4:05.68 +16.17s-198.57.42s1:58.403:01.39
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Heat 4 time gapLYRk100m200m300m
16.Salvador VassalloPUR Puerto Rico3:55.30 +5.79s-201.56.97s1:56.232:55.56
21.Henrik JangvallSWE Sweden3:57.41 +7.90s-212.58.24s1:57.862:57.86
22.Daniel SerraESP Spain3:57.46 +7.95s-203.57.66s1:57.952:57.95
24.John Anthony DayGBR Great Britain3:57.91 +8.40s-234.57.45s1:57.102:57.26
25.Alberto BottiniSUI Switzerland3:57.92 +8.41s-215.57.35s1:57.542:58.33
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Heat 3 time gapLYRk100m200m300m
28.Igor MajcenYUG Yugoslavia3:58.90 +9.39s-191.59.01s1:59.813:00.30
33.David CastroBRA Brazil4:02.48 +12.97s-242.58.45s2:00.173:01.89
34.Ignacio EscamillaMEX Mexico4:03.16 +13.65s-313.58.63s2:00.393:01.89
35.Carlos RomoMEX Mexico4:04.02 +14.51s-214.59.21s2:00.863:01.99
36.Jeff OngMAS Malaya4:04.57 +15.06s-165.57.79s2:00.763:03.63
37.Ragnar GudmundssonISL Iceland4:05.12 +15.61s-206.59.39s2:00.973:03.33
39.Wook YangKOR South Korea4:05.81 +16.30s-157.59.26s2:01.443:04.48
42.Soon-Kun KwonKOR South Korea4:08.02 +18.51s-198.58.75s2:01.463:04.70
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Heat 2 time gapLYRk100m200m300m
40.Ming-Sun WuTPE Taiwan4:06.66 +17.15s-201.59.702:01.993:04.74
41.Jonathan SakovichGUM Guam4:06.89 +17.38s-182.59.31s2:02.613:06.32
43.Richard BeraINA Indonesia4:08.70 +19.19s-163.59.09s2:02.573:05.84
44.Mun Kit KohSGP Singapore4:15.54 +26.03s-154.1:01.172:06.323:11.21
45.Arthur LiHKG Hong Kong4:18.50 +28.99s-165.59.88s2:04.163:11.27
46.Julian BollingSRI Sri Lanka4:18.88 +29.37s-226.1:01.152:06.283:13.07
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Heat 1 time gapLYRk100m200m300m
47.Bassam Al AnsariUAE UA Emirates4:39.36 +49.85s- 1.1:05.042:17.023:29.40
48.Emile LahoudLBN Lebanon4:47.09 +57.58s-132.1:07.942:21.733:35.88
49.Mohamed Bin AbidUAE UA Emirates4:47.28 +57.77s-193.1:02.982:15.693:29.58
Final time gapLY100m200m300m
1. Uwe DasslerGDR East Germany3:46.95WR 62155.30s1:53.172:51.40
2. Duncan ArmstrongAUS Australia3:47.15AR+0.20s12056.41s1:55.102:52.13
3. Artur WojdatPOL Poland3:47.34NR+0.39s32054.78s1:52.982:51.06
4. Matt CetlinskiUSA United States3:48.09 +1.14s82354.57s1:52.452:50.46
5. Mariusz PodkoscielnyPOL Poland3:48.59 +1.64s42055.34s1:53.522:51.65
6. Stefan PfeifferFRG West Germany3:49.96 +3.01s52256.17s1:54.222:52.19
7. Kevin BoydGBR Great Britain3:50.16 +3.21s22255.68s1:53.722:51.99
8. Anders HolmertzSWE Sweden3:51.04 +4.09s71954.48s1:52.322:51.08
Final B time gapLY100m200m300m
9. Joerg HoffmannGDR East Germany3:52.13 61856.73s1:55.932:54.25
10.Walter KalausHUN Hungary3:53.24 +1.11s31856.61s1:56.062:55.61
11.Turlough O'HareCAN Canada3:54.33 +2.20s11956.81s1:56.452:56.15
12.Carlos ScanavinoURU Uruguay3:54.36 +2.23s22456.70s1:56.772:56.53
13.Ian BrownAUS Australia3:54.63 +2.50s42356.08s1:55.962:55.45
14.Dan JorgensenUSA United States3:55.34 +3.21s52056.11s1:56.062:55.94
15.Salvador VassalloPUR Puerto Rico3:55.39 +3.26s72056.99s1:56.262:56.17
16.Zoltan SzilagyiHUN Hungary3:56.00 +3.87s82157.03s1:56.932:57.01
Heats time gapLY100m200m300m
1. Mariusz PodkoscielnyPOL Poland3:49.51OR -2055.91s1:54.072:52.14
2. Stefan PfeifferFRG West Germany3:49.52 +0.01s-2256.53s1:54.512:52.47
3. Artur WojdatPOL Poland3:49.68 +0.17s-2055.66s1:54.382:53.30
4. Uwe DasslerGDR East Germany3:49.90 +0.39s-2155.79s1:54.542:53.56
5. Kevin BoydGBR Great Britain3:50.01 +0.50s-2256.27s1:54.302:51.98
6. Anders HolmertzSWE Sweden3:50.06 +0.55s-1955.78s1:54.312:53.10
7. Duncan ArmstrongAUS Australia3:50.64 +1.13s-2056.41s1:56.392:54.42
8. Matt CetlinskiUSA United States3:50.82 +1.31s-2356.00s1:54.342:52.78
9. Ian BrownAUS Australia3:51.09 +1.58s-2356.05s1:54.782:53.37
10.Rainer HenkelFRG West Germany3:51.50 +1.99s-2455.62s1:53.632:52.52
11.Dan JorgensenUSA United States3:52.64 +3.13s-2056.45s1:55.922:54.70
12.Giorgio LambertiITA Italy3:53.29 +3.78s-1956.19s1:54.992:54.55
13.Walter KalausHUN Hungary3:53.44 +3.93s-1856.11s1:54.682:53.75
14.Joerg HoffmannGDR East Germany3:53.78 +4.27s-1857.16s1:55.782:55.02
15.Carlos ScanavinoURU Uruguay3:54.86 +5.35s-2457.01s1:56.632:56.33
16.Salvador VassalloPUR Puerto Rico3:55.30 +5.79s-2056.97s1:56.232:55.56
17.Turlough O'HareCAN Canada3:55.35 +5.84s-1956.96s1:56.892:56.23
18.Zoltan SzilagyiHUN Hungary3:56.29 +6.78s-2156.57s1:55.702:55.40
19.Roberto GleriaITA Italy3:56.33 +6.82s-1955.96s1:55.112:56.02
20.Darjan PetricYUG Yugoslavia3:56.94 +7.43s-2457.11s1:56.292:56.51
21.Henrik JangvallSWE Sweden3:57.41 +7.90s-2158.24s1:57.862:57.86
22.Daniel SerraESP Spain3:57.46 +7.95s-2057.66s1:57.952:57.95
23.Cristiano MichelenaBRA Brazil3:57.79 +8.28s-1757.19s1:57.422:58.50
24.John Anthony DayGBR Great Britain3:57.91 +8.40s-2357.45s1:57.102:57.26
25.Alberto BottiniSUI Switzerland3:57.92 +8.41s-2157.35s1:57.542:58.33
26.Gary Van Der MeulenCAN Canada3:57.99 +8.48s-2357.44s1:57.102:57.73
27.Aleksandr BazanovURS Soviet Union3:58.74 +9.23s-2357.35s1:57.992:58.33
28.Igor MajcenYUG Yugoslavia3:58.90 +9.39s-1959.01s1:59.813:00.30
29.Jean-Marie ArnouldBEL Belgium3:59.91 +10.40s-2257.33s1:57.262:58.89
30.Franck IaconoFRA France4:00.04 +10.53s-2256.91s1:56.062:57.51
31.Claus ChristensenDEN Denmark4:00.46 +10.95s-2058.58s1:58.522:59.16
32.Yoshiyuki MizumotoJPN Japan4:02.02 +12.51s-1959.07s2:00.153:01.22
33.David CastroBRA Brazil4:02.48 +12.97s-2458.45s2:00.173:01.89
34.Ignacio EscamillaMEX Mexico4:03.16 +13.65s-3158.63s2:00.393:01.89
35.Carlos RomoMEX Mexico4:04.02 +14.51s-2159.21s2:00.863:01.99
36.Jeff OngMAS Malaya4:04.57 +15.06s-1657.79s2:00.763:03.63
37.Ragnar GudmundssonISL Iceland4:05.12 +15.61s-2059.39s2:00.973:03.33
38.Shigeo OgataJPN Japan4:05.68 +16.17s-1957.42s1:58.403:01.39
39.Wook YangKOR South Korea4:05.81 +16.30s-1559.26s2:01.443:04.48
40.Ming-Sun WuTPE Taiwan4:06.66 +17.15s-2059.702:01.993:04.74
41.Jonathan SakovichGUM Guam4:06.89 +17.38s-1859.31s2:02.613:06.32
42.Soon-Kun KwonKOR South Korea4:08.02 +18.51s-1958.75s2:01.463:04.70
43.Richard BeraINA Indonesia4:08.70 +19.19s-1659.09s2:02.573:05.84
44.Mun Kit KohSGP Singapore4:15.54 +26.03s-151:01.172:06.323:11.21
45.Arthur LiHKG Hong Kong4:18.50 +28.99s-1659.88s2:04.163:11.27
46.Julian BollingSRI Sri Lanka4:18.88 +29.37s-221:01.152:06.283:13.07
47.Bassam Al AnsariUAE UA Emirates4:39.36 +49.85s- 1:05.042:17.023:29.40
48.Emile LahoudLBN Lebanon4:47.09 +57.58s-131:07.942:21.733:35.88
49.Mohamed Bin AbidUAE UA Emirates4:47.28 +57.77s-191:02.982:15.693:29.58
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