Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres

The Men's 400 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea took place between 24 and 28 September 1988.[1] 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.

Men's 400 metres
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Athletics
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 24 (heats)
September 25 (quarter-finals)
September 26 (semi-finals)
September 28 (final)
Competitors75 from 55 nations
Winning time43.87
Medalists
Steve Lewis
 United States
Butch Reynolds
 United States
Danny Everett
 United States
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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.

Medalists
GoldSteve Lewis
 United States
SilverButch Reynolds
 United States
BronzeDanny Everett
 United States

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record 43.29 Butch Reynolds Zurich (SUI) August 17, 1988
Olympic Record 43.86 Lee Evans Mexico City (MEX) October 18, 1968

No records were broken.

Final
RANK FINAL TIME
 Steve Lewis (USA) 43.87
 Butch Reynolds (USA) 43.93
 Danny Everett (USA) 44.09
4.  Darren Clark (AUS) 44.55
5.  Innocent Egbunike (NGR) 44.72
6.  Bertland Cameron (JAM) 44.94
7.  Ian Morris (TRI) 44.95
8.  Mohamed Amer Al-Malki (OMA) 45.03

Semifinals
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Steve Lewis (USA) 44.35
2.  Danny Everett (USA) 44.36
3.  Darren Clark (AUS) 44.38
4.  Bertland Cameron (JAM) 44.50
5.  Susumu Takano (JPN) 44.90
6.  Jens Carlowitz (GDR) 45.08
7.  Gerson Souza (BRA) 45.27
8.  Tomasz Jędrusik (POL) 46.17


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Butch Reynolds (USA) 44.33
2.  Ian Morris (TRI) 44.60
3.  Mohamed Amer Al-Malki (OMA) 44.69
4.  Innocent Egbunike (NGR) 44.74
5.  Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) 44.90
6.  Howard Davis (JAM) 45.48
7.  Devon Morris (JAM) 45.68
8.  Brian Whittle (GBR) 46.07

Quarter-finals
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Ian Morris (TRI) 44.70
2.  Jens Carlowitz (GDR) 45.09
3.  Brian Whittle (GBR) 45.22
4.  Tomasz Jędrusik (POL) 45.27
5.  Sunday Uti (NGR) 45.33
6.  Miles Murphy (AUS) 45.93
7.  Dawda Jallow (GAM) 46.35
8.  Elvis Forde (BAR) 46.59


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Danny Everett (USA) 44.33
2.  Innocent Egbunike (NGR) 45.02
3.  Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) 45.09
4.  Bert Cameron (JAM) 45.16
5.  Simeon Kipkemboi (KEN) 45.44
6.  Todd Bennett (GBR) 45.96
7.  Ousmane Diarra (SEN) 46.23
8.  Troy Douglas (BER) 46.28


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Steve Lewis (USA) 44.41
2.  Darren Clark (AUS) 44.96
3.  Mohamed Amer Al-Malki (OMA) 45.01
4.  Devon Morris (JAM) 45.30
5.  Gaietà Cornet (ESP) 45.39
6.  Anton Skerritt (CAN) 46.08
7.  Elkana Nyangau (KEN) 46.09
8.  Takale Tuna (PNG) 47.48


RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Butch Reynolds (USA) 44.46
2.  Susumu Takano (JPN) 45.00
3.  Gérson de Souza (BRA) 45.35
4.  Howard Davis (JAM) 45.40
5.  Gabriel Tiacoh (CIV) 45.49
6.  Lucas Sang (KEN) 45.72
7.  Patrick Delice (TRI) 45.75
8.  Rob Stone (AUS) 46.04

Qualifying heats
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Todd Bennett (GBR) 46.37
2.  Miles Murphy (AUS) 46.38
3.  Anton Skerritt (CAN) 46.64
4.  Richard Louis (BAR) 46.80
5.  Felix Sandy (SLE) 46.82
6.  Gustavo Envela (GEQ) 48.11
7.  Joe Rodan (FIJ) 48.69
8.  Odiya Silweya (MAW) 49.73


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Brian Whittle (GBR) 46.07
2.  Gaietà Cornet (ESP) 46.16
3.  Butch Reynolds (USA) 46.28
4.  Seibert Straughn (BAR) 47.37
5.  Filipe Lombá (POR) 47.57
6.  Ali Faudet (CHA) 48.69
7.  Baptiste Firiam (VAN) 51.77


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Mohamed Amer Al-Malki (OMA) 46.79
2.  Lucas Sang (KEN) 46.85
3.  Ousmane Diarra (SEN) 46.86
4.  Douglas Kalembo (ZAM) 47.44
5.  Mohamed Hossain Milzer (BAN) 48.76
6.  Akossi Gnalo (TOG) 51.46
—  Sérgio de Menezes (BRA) DNF
—  William Taramai (COK) DNS


RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Ian Morris (TRI) 45.84
2.  Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) 47.07
3.  Sunday Uti (NGR) 47.08
4.  Lin Kuang-liang (TPE) 48.18
5.  Ernest Tché-Noubossie (CMR) 48.31
6.  Haji Bakr Al-Qahtani (KSA) 48.53
7.  Enock Musonda (ZAM) 49.21
8.  Ahmed Shageef (MDV) 50.61


RANK HEAT 5 TIME
1.  Steve Lewis (USA) 45.31
2.  Jens Carlowitz (GDR) 45.64
3.  Gabriel Tiacoh (CIV) 47.19
4.  Jean-Didiace Bémou (CGO) 48.46
5.  Abdullah Ali Ahmed (LBA) 48.89
6.  Jonathan Chipalo (ZAM) 48.97
7.  Maher Abbas (LIB) 51.29
8.  Carlton Usher (BIZ) 51.42


RANK HEAT 6 TIME
1.  Gérson de Souza (BRA) 45.90
2.  Howard Davis (JAM) 45.97
3.  Takale Tuna (PNG) 47.87
4.  Sunday Maweni (BOT) 47.97
5.  Sulaiman Juma Al-Habsi (OMA) 48.30
6.  Nordin Mohamed Jadi (MAS) 49.52
7.  Michael Williams (VIN) 51.22


RANK HEAT 7 TIME
1.  Darren Clark (AUS) 45.93
2.  Simeon Kipkemboi (KEN) 45.15
3.  Elvis Forde (BAR) 46.47
4.  Elijah Nkala (ZIM) 46.60
5.  Antonio Sánchez (ESP) 47.18
6.  Jaime Rodrigues (MOZ) 47.33
7.  Aouf Abdul Rahman Youssef (IRQ) 47.45
8.  Desai Wynter (ISV) 48.39


RANK HEAT 8 TIME
1.  Bert Cameron (JAM) 46.24
2.  Rob Stone (AUS) 46.52
3.  Dawda Jallow (GAM) 46.91
4.  Yun Nam-han (KOR) 47.02
5.  John Goville (UGA) 47.11
6.  Muhammad Fayyaz (PAK) 47.13
7.  Yaya Seyba (MLI) 48.83
8.  Alfred Browne (ANT) 48.92


RANK HEAT 9 TIME
1.  Danny Everett (USA) 45.63
2.  Devon Morris (JAM) 45.95
3.  Tomasz Jędrusik (POL) 46.12
4.  Patrick Delice (TRI) 46.14
5.  Slobodan Branković (YUG) 46.59
6.  Jorge Fidel Ponce (HON) 51.11
—  Mwana Bute Kasongo (ZAI) DSQ


RANK HEAT 10 TIME
1.  Susumu Takano (JPN) 45.42
2.  Troy Douglas (BER) 45.69
3.  Innocent Egbunike (NGR) 46.02
4.  Elkana Nyangau (KEN) 46.25
5.  Ismail Mačev (YUG) 46.37
6.  Elieser Wattebosi (INA) 47.10
7.  Willis Todman (IVB) 50.11

See also
  • 1987 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
  1. "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.
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