Men 400m Medley Swimming XXIV Olympic Games 1988 Seoul, South Korea - Wednesday, 21st September

Men 400m Medley Swimming XXIV Olympic Games 1988 Seoul, South Korea - Wednesday, 21st September - Tamás Darnyi, Hungary

Final		time		gap	L	Y	Butter	Back	Breast
1. Tamás Darnyi	Hungary	4:14.75	WR		4	21	59.04s	2:01.76	3:15.96
2. Dave Wharton	United States	4:17.36		+2.61s	6	19	58.17s	2:04.27	3:19.58
3. Stefano Battistelli	Italy	4:18.01		+3.26s	3	18	1:00.96	2:06.06	3:19.98
4. Joszef Szabo	Hungary	4:18.15		+3.40s	2	19	59.56s	2:07.76	3:19.21
5. Patrick Kuhl	East Germany	4:18.44		+3.69s	5	20	58.40s	2:03.73	3:18.64
6. Jens-Peter Berndt	West Germany	4:21.71		+6.96s	7	25	59.80s	2:05.94	3:21.29
7. Luca Sacchi	Italy	4:23.23		+8.48s	8	20	1:00.35	2:07.20	3:22.05
8. Peter Bermel	West Germany	4:24.02		+9.27s	1	21	59.50s	2:06.69	3:22.10

35 Competitors from 25 Nations. Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool.
Men 400m Medley History	1992 Men 400m Medley	1984 Men 400m Medley

World Record: Tamás Darnyi, Hungary 4:15.42 Strasbourg, France 19th August 1987

Olympic Record: Alex Bauman, Canada 4:17.41 Los Angeles, United States 30th July 1984

4:43.20 LCM-time done since Jan 1, 1987

4:32.30 SCM-time done since Sep 1, 1987

Final B		time		gap	L	Y	Butter	Back	Breast
9. Jeff Kostoff	United States	4:22.95	&		5	23	59.76s	2:07.94	3:22.41
10.Christophe Bordeau	France	4:23.39		+0.44s	4	20	59.72s	2:08.00	3:23.65
11.Robert Bruce	Australia	4:24.33		+1.38s	6	19	1:00.37	2:07.35	3:23.74
12.Jon Kelly	Canada	4:25.02		+2.07s	3	22	59.23s	2:07.30	3:24.25
13.Mikhail Zubkov	Soviet Union	4:25.44		+2.49s	2	20	1:00.20	2:08.11	3:23.69
14.Rob Woodhouse	Australia	4:26.14		+3.19s	7	22	1:01.24	2:08.57	3:25.34
15.Paul Brew	Great Britain	4:26.77		+3.82s	8	22	1:00.78	2:08.94	3:26.79
16.Charalambos Papanikolaou	Greece	4:27.95		+5.00s	1	19	1:01.15	2:08.15	3:26.48

Todor 66	index Swimming OG
index Seoul 1988	index Swimming Seoul 1988


Men 50m Freestyle	Women 50m Freestyle
Men 100m Freestyle	Women 100m Freestyle
Men 200m Freestyle	Women 200m Freestyle
Men 400m Freestyle	Women 400m Freestyle
Men 1500m Freestyle	Women 800m Freestyle
Men 100m Backstroke	Women 100m Backstroke
Men 200m Backstroke	Women 200m Backstroke
Men 100m Breaststroke	Women 100m Breaststroke
Men 200m Breaststroke	Women 200m Breaststroke
Men 100m Butterfly	Women 100m Butterfly
Men 200m Butterfly	Women 200m Butterfly
Men 200m Medley	Women 200m Medley
Men 400m Medley	Women 400m Medley
Men 4x100m Freestyle Relay	Women 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Men 4x100m Medley Relay	Women 4x100m Medley Relay

Hungarian Tamas Darnyi was the favorite, having been the best in the world in the IMs since 1985. His biggest competition was expected to come from American Dave Wharton, who had broken the world record in August 1987, only to have Darnyi better that five days later at the European Championships. They were an interesting pair. Darnyi was legally blind in his left eye after an injury to it in a snowball fight as a teenager, while Wharton was born almost completely deaf.
In the final Wharton had a slight lead on the opening butterfly leg, but Darnyi then crushed the backstroke, outswimming Wharton by 3.38 seconds and opening up a 2 second lead. Wharton could never recover, although he would hang on to win the silver medal. Darnyi maintained his lead, finishing in 4:14.75 for a world record, over 2 seconds ahead of Wharton. The bronze went to Italy's Stefano Battistelli.
A few days later, Darnyi and Wharton were expected to meet again in the 200 IM, but Wharton swam poorly in prelims and did not qualify. Darnyi also won that gold medal, doubling in the IM, which he would repeat at Barcelona in 1992.

Heats - Tuesday, 20th September

Heat 5		time		gap	L	Y	Rk.	Butter	Back	Breast
1. Tamás Darnyi	Hungary	4:16.55	OR		-	21	1.	59.98s	1:03.70	1:14.14
3. Stefano Battistelli	Italy	4:20.43	Q	+3.88s	-	18	2.	1:00.85	2:05.95	3:19.68
7. Peter Bermel	West Germany	4:22.78	Q	+6.23s	-	21	3.	1:00.13	2:06.93	3:22.44
8. Luca Sacchi	Italy	4:23.37	Q	+6.82s	-	20	4.	1:00.92	2:07.29	3:21.95
11.Jon Kelly	Canada	4:24.62		+8.07s	-	22	5.	59.00s	2:07.74	3:23.82
14.Rob Woodhouse	Australia	4:25.60		+9.05s	-	22	6.	1:00.49	2:06.38	3:23.32
15.Charalambos Papanikolaou	Greece	4:26.72		+10.17s	-	19	7.	1:00.87	2:07.43	3:25.04
23.Mike Meldrum	Canada	4:31.74		+15.19s	-	20	8.	58.99s	2:07.72	3:27.66

Heat 4		time		gap	L	Y	Rk.	Butter	Back	Breast
4. Dave Wharton	United States	4:20.84	Q	+4.29s	-	19	1.	59.19s	2:06.61	3:22.08
5. Joszef Szabo	Hungary	4:20.85	Q	+4.30s	-	19	2.	59.76s	2:08.98	3:21.04
6. Jens-Peter Berndt	West Germany	4:20.93	Q	+4.38s	-	25	3.	59.52s	2:05.65	3:21.12
16.Paul Brew	Great Britain	4:27.22		+10.67s	-	22	4.	59.40s	2:07.50	3:26.91
17.Yoshiyuki Mizumoto	Japan	4:28.11		+11.56s	-	19	5.	1:00.69	2:09.74	3:28.49
27.Martin Lopez-Zubero	Spain	4:35.68		+19.13s	-	19	6.	59.75s	2:07.67	3:30.20
-. John Davey	Great Britain	DSQ			-	23
-. Jan Bidrman	Sweden	DNS			-	22

Heat 3		time		gap	L	Y	Rk.	Butter	Back	Breast
2. Patrick Kuhl	East Germany	4:18.60	Q	+2.05s	-	20	1.	58.48s	2:04.50	3:18.28
9. Christophe Bordeau	France	4:23.46		+6.91s	-	20	2.	1:00.42	2:08.18	3:23.04
10.Jeff Kostoff	United States	4:24.10		+7.55s	-	23	3.	1:01.06	2:09.80	3:24.09
12.Robert Bruce	Australia	4:25.15		+8.60s	-	19	4.	1:01.01	2:07.72	3:24.36
13.Mikhail Zubkov	Soviet Union	4:25.30		+8.75s	-	20	5.	1:00.40	2:08.08	3:23.77
18.Laurent Journet	France	4:29.03		+12.48s	-	18	6.	1:01.23	2:10.66	3:27.24
20.Salvador Vassallo	Puerto Rico	4:30.37		+13.82s	-	20	8.	1:00.20	2:07.41	3:28.78
25.Takahiro Fujimoto	Japan	4:33.03		+16.48s	-	18	3.	59.09s	2:08.18	2:27.44

Heat 2		time	gap	L	Y	Rk.	Butter	Back	Breast
19.Ondrej Bures	Czechoslovakia	4:29.62	+13.07s	-	21	1.	59.03s	2:07.82	3:25.52
21.Javier Careaga Taguena	Mexico	4:30.71	+14.16s	-	20	2.	1:00.00	2:11.81	3:26.76
22.Rui Borges	Portugal	4:30.79	+14.24s	-	21	3.	1:01.70	2:10.40	3:27.49
24.Renato Ramalho	Brazil	4:31.95	+15.40s	-	21	4.	1:01.89	2:10.64	3:30.09
26.Diogo Madeira	Portugal	4:35.00	+18.45s	-	18	5.	1:00.20	2:10.55	3:30.09
28.Jae-Soo Lee	South Korea	4:40.46	+23.91s	-	20	6.	1:01.35	2:15.33	3:36.22
30.Rene Concepcion	Philippines	4:48.00	+31.45s	-	19	7.	1:03.14	2:19.97	3:41.05
-. Mun Kit Koh	Singapore	DSQ		-	15

Heat 1		time	gap	L	Y	Rk.	Butter	Back	Breast
29.Jonathan Sakovich	Guam	4:44.78	+28.23s	-	18	1.	1:04.74	2:19.63	3:43.11
31.Sultan Al-Otaibi	Kuwait	4:50.16	+33.61s	-	18	2.	1:02.82	2:19.18	3:42.17
32.Julian Bolling	Sri Lanka	4:53.61	+37.06s	-	22	3.	1:03.80	2:18.60	3:46.96

Final		time		gap	L	Y	Butter	Back	Breast
1. Tamás Darnyi	Hungary	4:14.75	WR		4	21	59.04s	2:01.76	3:15.96
2. Dave Wharton	United States	4:17.36		+2.61s	6	19	58.17s	2:04.27	3:19.58
3. Stefano Battistelli	Italy	4:18.01		+3.26s	3	18	1:00.96	2:06.06	3:19.98
4. Joszef Szabo	Hungary	4:18.15		+3.40s	2	19	59.56s	2:07.76	3:19.21
5. Patrick Kuhl	East Germany	4:18.44		+3.69s	5	20	58.40s	2:03.73	3:18.64
6. Jens-Peter Berndt	West Germany	4:21.71		+6.96s	7	25	59.80s	2:05.94	3:21.29
7. Luca Sacchi	Italy	4:23.23		+8.48s	8	20	1:00.35	2:07.20	3:22.05
8. Peter Bermel	West Germany	4:24.02		+9.27s	1	21	59.50s	2:06.69	3:22.10
Final B		time		gap	L	Y	Butter	Back	Breast
9. Jeff Kostoff	United States	4:22.95	&		5	23	59.76s	2:07.94	3:22.41
10.Christophe Bordeau	France	4:23.39		+0.44s	4	20	59.72s	2:08.00	3:23.65
11.Robert Bruce	Australia	4:24.33		+1.38s	6	19	1:00.37	2:07.35	3:23.74
12.Jon Kelly	Canada	4:25.02		+2.07s	3	22	59.23s	2:07.30	3:24.25
13.Mikhail Zubkov	Soviet Union	4:25.44		+2.49s	2	20	1:00.20	2:08.11	3:23.69
14.Rob Woodhouse	Australia	4:26.14		+3.19s	7	22	1:01.24	2:08.57	3:25.34
15.Paul Brew	Great Britain	4:26.77		+3.82s	8	22	1:00.78	2:08.94	3:26.79
16.Charalambos Papanikolaou	Greece	4:27.95		+5.00s	1	19	1:01.15	2:08.15	3:26.48
Heats		time		gap	L	Y	Butter	Back	Breast
1. Tamás Darnyi	Hungary	4:16.55	OR		-	21	59.98s	1:03.70	1:14.14
2. Patrick Kuhl	East Germany	4:18.60	Q	+2.05s	-	20	58.48s	2:04.50	3:18.28
3. Stefano Battistelli	Italy	4:20.43	Q	+3.88s	-	18	1:00.85	2:05.95	3:19.68
4. Dave Wharton	United States	4:20.84	Q	+4.29s	-	19	59.19s	2:06.61	3:22.08
5. Joszef Szabo	Hungary	4:20.85	Q	+4.30s	-	19	59.76s	2:08.98	3:21.04
6. Jens-Peter Berndt	West Germany	4:20.93	Q	+4.38s	-	25	59.52s	2:05.65	3:21.12
7. Peter Bermel	West Germany	4:22.78	Q	+6.23s	-	21	1:00.13	2:06.93	3:22.44
8. Luca Sacchi	Italy	4:23.37	Q	+6.82s	-	20	1:00.92	2:07.29	3:21.95
9. Christophe Bordeau	France	4:23.46		+6.91s	-	20	1:00.42	2:08.18	3:23.04
10.Jeff Kostoff	United States	4:24.10		+7.55s	-	23	1:01.06	2:09.80	3:24.09
11.Jon Kelly	Canada	4:24.62		+8.07s	-	22	59.00s	2:07.74	3:23.82
12.Robert Bruce	Australia	4:25.15		+8.60s	-	19	1:01.01	2:07.72	3:24.36
13.Mikhail Zubkov	Soviet Union	4:25.30		+8.75s	-	20	1:00.40	2:08.08	3:23.77
14.Rob Woodhouse	Australia	4:25.60		+9.05s	-	22	1:00.49	2:06.38	3:23.32
15.Charalambos Papanikolaou	Greece	4:26.72		+10.17s	-	19	1:00.87	2:07.43	3:25.04
16.Paul Brew	Great Britain	4:27.22		+10.67s	-	22	59.40s	2:07.50	3:26.91
17.Yoshiyuki Mizumoto	Japan	4:28.11		+11.56s	-	19	1:00.69	2:09.74	3:28.49
18.Laurent Journet	France	4:29.03		+12.48s	-	18	1:01.23	2:10.66	3:27.24
19.Ondrej Bures	Czechoslovakia	4:29.62		+13.07s	-	21	59.03s	2:07.82	3:25.52
20.Salvador Vassallo	Puerto Rico	4:30.37		+13.82s	-	20	1:00.20	2:07.41	3:28.78
21.Javier Careaga Taguena	Mexico	4:30.71		+14.16s	-	20	1:00.00	2:11.81	3:26.76
22.Rui Borges	Portugal	4:30.79		+14.24s	-	21	1:01.70	2:10.40	3:27.49
23.Mike Meldrum	Canada	4:31.74		+15.19s	-	20	58.99s	2:07.72	3:27.66
24.Renato Ramalho	Brazil	4:31.95		+15.40s	-	21	1:01.89	2:10.64	3:30.09
25.Takahiro Fujimoto	Japan	4:33.03		+16.48s	-	18	59.09s	2:08.18	2:27.44
26.Diogo Madeira	Portugal	4:35.00		+18.45s	-	18	1:00.20	2:10.55	3:30.09
27.Martin Lopez-Zubero	Spain	4:35.68		+19.13s	-	19	59.75s	2:07.67	3:30.20
28.Jae-Soo Lee	South Korea	4:40.46		+23.91s	-	20	1:01.35	2:15.33	3:36.22
29.Jonathan Sakovich	Guam	4:44.78		+28.23s	-	18	1:04.74	2:19.63	3:43.11
30.Rene Concepcion	Philippines	4:48.00		+31.45s	-	19	1:03.14	2:19.97	3:41.05
31.Sultan Al-Otaibi	Kuwait	4:50.16		+33.61s	-	18	1:02.82	2:19.18	3:42.17
32.Julian Bolling	Sri Lanka	4:53.61		+37.06s	-	22	1:03.80	2:18.60	3:46.96
-. John Davey	Great Britain	DSQ			-	23
-. Mun Kit Koh	Singapore	DSQ			-	15
-. Jan Bidrman	Sweden	DNS			-	22

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