Date | 24 – 28 September 1988 |
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Status | Olympic |
Location | Ol-lim-pik Ju-gyeong-gi-jang, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul |
Participants | 75 from 55 countries |
In early August 1988, at the Weltklasse Meet in Zürich, Harry “Butch” Reynolds broke Lee Evans’s vaunted world record of 43.86 from the 1968 Olympics, running 43.29. He was a heavy favorite in Seoul, and had also won the US Olympic Trials from Danny Joe Everett. The third US qualifier was a youngster, Everett’s 19-year-old UCLA teammate, Steve Lewis. In the first two rounds at Seoul, Lewis had the fastest times. The two semis were won by Reynolds and Lewis, with 1987 World Champion Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) failing to qualify. In the final, Everett opened up early and led to 200 metres. Lewis then took the lead but Reynolds was closing. His last 100 was the fastest but he narrowly missed catching Lewis, who won the gold. Everett held on to complete the US sweep.
Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | R1 | QF | SF | Final | |||
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1 | 1103 | Steve Lewis | USA | 45.31 (1 h5) | 44.41 (1 h3) | 44.35 (1 h1) | 43.87 (1) | Gold | ||
2 | 1124 | Butch Reynolds | USA | 46.28 (3 h2) | 44.46 (1 h4) | 44.33 (1 h2) | 43.93 (2) | Silver | ||
3 | 1088 | Danny Everett | USA | 45.63 (1 h9) | 44.83 (1 h2) | 44.36 (2 h1) | 44.09 (3) | Bronze | ||
4 | 36 | Darren Clark | AUS | 45.93 (1 h7) | 44.96 (2 h3) | 44.38 (3 h1) | 44.55 (4) | |||
5 | 791 | Innocent Egbunike | NGR | 46.02 (3 h10) | 45.02 (2 h2) | 44.74 (4 h2) | 44.72 (5) | |||
6 | 613 | Bert Cameron | JAM | 46.24 (1 h8) | 45.16 (4 h2) | 44.50 (4 h1) | 44.94 (6) | |||
7 | 1010 | Ian Morris | TTO | 45.84 (1 h4) | 44.70 (1 h1) | 44.60 (2 h2) | 44.95 (7) | |||
8 | 825 | Mohamed Al-Malky | OMA | 46.79 (1 h3) | 45.02 (3 h3) | 44.69 (3 h2) | 45.03 (8) | |||
5 h1 r3/4 | 641 | Susumu Takano | JPN | 45.42 (1 h10) | 45.00 (2 h4) | 44.90 (5 h1) | – | |||
5 h2 r3/4 | 480 | Thomas Schönlebe | GDR | 47.07 (2 h4) | 45.09 (3 h2) | 44.90 (5 h2) | – | |||
6 h1 r3/4 | 462 | Jens Carlowitz | GDR | 45.64 (2 h5) | 45.09 (2 h1) | 45.08 (6 h1) | – | |||
6 h2 r3/4 | 614 | Howard Davis | JAM | 45.97 (2 h6) | 45.40 (4 h4) | 45.48 (6 h2) | – | |||
7 h1 r3/4 | 126 | Gérson de Souza | BRA | 45.90 (1 h6) | 45.35 (3 h4) | 45.27 (7 h1) | – | |||
7 h2 r3/4 | 620 | Devon Morris | JAM | 45.95 (2 h9) | 45.30 (4 h3) | 45.68 (7 h2) | – | |||
8 h1 r3/4 | 846 | Tomasz Jędrusik | POL | 46.12 (3 h9) | 45.27 (4 h1) | 46.17 (8 h1) | – | |||
8 h2 r3/4 | 459 | Brian Whittle | GBR | 46.07 (1 h2) | 45.22 (3 h1) | 46.07 (8 h2) | – | |||
5 h1 r2/4 | 803 | Sunday Uti | NGR | 47.08 (3 h4) | 45.33 (5 h1) | – | – | |||
5 h2 r2/4 | 655 | Simeon Kipkemboi | KEN | 46.15 (2 h7) | 45.44 (5 h2) | – | – | |||
5 h3 r2/4 | 259 | Gaietà Cornet | ESP | 46.16 (2 h2) | 45.39 (5 h3) | – | – | |||
5 h4 r2/4 | 217 | Gabriel Tiacoh | CIV | 47.19 (3 h5) | 45.49 (5 h4) | – | – | |||
6 h1 r2/4 | 45 | Miles Murphy | AUS | 46.38 (2 h1) | 45.93 (6 h1) | – | – | |||
6 h2 r2/4 | 404 | Todd Bennett | GBR | 46.37 (1 h1) | 45.96 (6 h2) | – | – | |||
6 h3 r2/4 | 176 | Anton Skerritt | CAN | 46.64 (3 h1) | 46.08 (6 h3) | – | – | |||
6 h4 r2/4 | 670 | Lucas Sang | KEN | 46.85 (2 h3) | 45.72 (6 h4) | – | – | |||
7 h1 r2/4 | 399 | Dawda Jallow | GAM | 46.91 (3 h8) | 46.35 (7 h1) | – | – | |||
7 h2 r2/4 | 900 | Ousmane Diarra | SEN | 46.86 (3 h3) | 46.23 (7 h2) | – | – | |||
7 h3 r2/4 | 665 | Elkana Nyangau | KEN | 46.25 (4 h10) | 46.09 (7 h3) | – | – | |||
7 h4 r2/4 | 1009 | Patrick Delice | TTO | 46.14 (4 h9) | 45.75 (7 h4) | – | – | |||
8 h1 r2/4 | 76 | Elvis Forde | BAR | 46.47 (3 h7) | 46.59 (8 h1) | – | – | |||
8 h2 r2/4 | 94 | Troy Douglas | BER | 45.69 (2 h10) | 46.28 (8 h2) | – | – | |||
8 h3 r2/4 | 808 | Takale Tuna | PNG | 47.87 (3 h6) | 47.48 (8 h3) | – | – | |||
8 h4 r2/4 | 49 | Rob Stone | AUS | 46.52 (2 h8) | 46.04 (8 h4) | – | – | |||
4 h1 r1/4 | 78 | Richard Louis | BAR | 46.80 (4 h1) | – | – | – | |||
4 h2 r1/4 | 80 | Seibert Straughn | BAR | 47.37 (4 h2) | – | – | – | |||
4 h3 r1/4 | 1168 | Douglas Kalembo | ZAM | 47.44 (4 h3) | – | – | – | |||
4 h4 r1/4 | 1006 | Lin Kuang-Liang | TPE | 48.18 (4 h4) | – | – | – | |||
4 h5 r1/4 | 1183 | Jean-Didace Bémou | CGO | 48.46 (4 h5) | – | – | – | |||
4 h6 r1/4 | 109 | Sunday Maweni | BOT | 47.97 (4 h6) | – | – | – | |||
4 h7 r1/4 | 1175 | Elijah Nkala | ZIM | 46.60 (4 h7) | – | – | – | |||
4 h8 r1/4 | 704 | Yun Nam-Han | KOR | 47.02 (4 h8) | – | – | – | |||
5 h1 r1/4 | 922 | Felix Sandy | SLE | 46.82 (5 h1) | – | – | – | |||
5 h2 r1/4 | 869 | Filipe Lombá | POR | 47.57 (5 h2) | – | – | – | |||
5 h3 r1/4 | 71 | Mohamed Hossain Milzer | BAN | 48.76 (5 h3) | – | – | – | |||
5 h4 r1/4 | 220 | Ernest Tché-Noubossie | CMR | 48.31 (5 h4) | – | – | – | |||
5 h5 r1/4 | 723 | Abdullah Ali Ahmed | LBA | 48.89 (5 h5) | – | – | – | |||
5 h6 r1/4 | 823 | Sulaiman Juma Al-Habsi | OMA | 48.30 (5 h6) | – | – | – | |||
5 h7 r1/4 | 283 | Antonio Sánchez | ESP | 47.18 (5 h7) | – | – | – | |||
5 h8 r1/4 | 1017 | John Goville | UGA | 47.11 (5 h8) | – | – | – | |||
5 h9 r1/4 | 1155 | Slobodan Branković | YUG | 46.59 (5 h9) | – | – | – | |||
5 h10 r1/4 | 1159 | Ismail Mačev | YUG | 46.37 (5 h10) | – | – | – | |||
6 h1 r1/4 | 489 | Gustavo Envela | GEQ | 48.11 (6 h1) | – | – | – | |||
6 h2 r1/4 | 185 | Ali Faudet | CHA | 48.69 (6 h2) | – | – | – | |||
6 h3 r1/4 | 1000 | Akossi Gnalo | TOG | 51.46 (6 h3) | – | – | – | |||
6 h4 r1/4 | 709 | Haji Bakr Al-Qahtani | KSA | 48.53 (6 h4) | – | – | – | |||
6 h5 r1/4 | 1167 | Jonathan Chipalo | ZAM | 48.97 (6 h5) | – | – | – | |||
6 h6 r1/4 | 732 | Nordin Mohamed Jadi | MAS | 49.52 (6 h6) | – | – | – | |||
6 h7 r1/4 | 775 | Jaime Rodrigues | MOZ | 47.33 (6 h7) | – | – | – | |||
6 h8 r1/4 | 831 | Muhammad Fayyaz | PAK | 47.13 (6 h8) | – | – | – | |||
6 h9 r1/4 | 519 | Jorge Fidel Ponce | HON | 51.11 (6 h9) | – | – | – | |||
6 h10 r1/4 | 543 | Elieser Wattebosi | INA | 47.10 (6 h10) | – | – | – | |||
7 h1 r1/4 | 296 | Joe Rodan | FIJ | 48.69 (7 h1) | – | – | – | |||
7 h2 r1/4 | 1138 | Baptiste Firiam | VAN | 51.77 (7 h2) | – | – | – | |||
7 h4 r1/4 | 1170 | Enock Musonda | ZAM | 49.21 (7 h4) | – | – | – | |||
7 h5 r1/4 | 727 | Maher Abbas | LBN | 51.29 (7 h5) | – | – | – | |||
7 h6 r1/4 | 1146 | Michael Williams | VIN | 51.22 (7 h6) | – | – | – | |||
7 h7 r1/4 | 562 | Aouf Abdul Rahman Youssef | IRQ | 47.45 (7 h7) | – | – | – | |||
7 h8 r1/4 | 772 | Yaya Seyba | MLI | 48.83 (7 h8) | – | – | – | |||
7 h10 r1/4 | 609 | Willis Todman | IVB | 50.11 (7 h10) | – | – | – | |||
8 h1 r1/4 | 745 | Odiya Silweya | MAW | 49.73 (8 h1) | – | – | – | |||
8 h4 r1/4 | 752 | Ahmed Shageef | MDV | 50.61 (8 h4) | – | – | – | |||
8 h5 r1/4 | 103 | Carlton Usher | BIZ | 51.42 (8 h5) | – | – | – | |||
8 h7 r1/4 | 574 | Desai Wynter | ISV | 48.39 (8 h7) | – | – | – | |||
8 h8 r1/4 | 21 | Alfred Browne | ANT | 48.92 (8 h8) | – | – | – | |||
AC h3 r1/4 | 118 | Sérgio de Menezes | BRA | – (DNF h3) | – | – | – | |||
AC h9 r1/4 | 1163 | Mwana Bute Kasongo | COD | – (DQ h9) | – | – | – | |||
18 | Luis Neto | ANG | – (DNS h9) | – | – | – | ||||
221 | William Taramai | COK | – (DNS h3) | – | – | – | ||||
446 | Derek Redmond | GBR | – (DNS h6) | – | – | – | ||||
840 | Porfirio Méndez | PAR | – (DNS h10) | – | – | – |
Top three in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.
Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
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1 | 2 | Todd Bennett | GBR | 46.37 | |||
2 | 7 | Miles Murphy | AUS | 46.38 | |||
3 | 3 | Anton Skerritt | CAN | 46.64 | |||
4 | 4 | Richard Louis | BAR | 46.80 | |||
5 | 8 | Felix Sandy | SLE | 46.82 | |||
6 | 5 | Gustavo Envela | GEQ | 48.11 | |||
7 | 6 | Joe Rodan | FIJ | 48.69 | |||
8 | 1 | Odiya Silweya | MAW | 49.73 |
Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 7 | Brian Whittle | GBR | 46.07 | |||
2 | 6 | Gaietà Cornet | ESP | 46.16 | |||
3 | 3 | Butch Reynolds | USA | 46.28 | |||
4 | 4 | Seibert Straughn | BAR | 47.37 | |||
5 | 1 | Filipe Lombá | POR | 47.57 | |||
6 | 5 | Ali Faudet | CHA | 48.69 | |||
7 | 2 | Baptiste Firiam | VAN | 51.77 |
Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | Mohamed Al-Malky | OMA | 46.79 | |||
2 | 6 | Lucas Sang | KEN | 46.85 | |||
3 | 2 | Ousmane Diarra | SEN | 46.86 | |||
4 | 4 | Douglas Kalembo | ZAM | 47.44 | |||
5 | 8 | Mohamed Hossain Milzer | BAN | 48.76 | |||
6 | 1 | Akossi Gnalo | TOG | 51.46 | |||
7 | Sérgio de Menezes | BRA | – | ||||
5 | William Taramai | COK | – |
Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Ian Morris | TTO | 45.84 | |||
2 | 4 | Thomas Schönlebe | GDR | 47.07 | |||
3 | 2 | Sunday Uti | NGR | 47.08 | |||
4 | 3 | Lin Kuang-Liang | TPE | 48.18 | |||
5 | 8 | Ernest Tché-Noubossie | CMR | 48.31 | |||
6 | 7 | Haji Bakr Al-Qahtani | KSA | 48.53 | |||
7 | 6 | Enock Musonda | ZAM | 49.21 | |||
8 | 5 | Ahmed Shageef | MDV | 50.61 |
Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 7 | Steve Lewis | USA | 45.31 | |||
2 | 6 | Jens Carlowitz | GDR | 45.64 | |||
3 | 3 | Gabriel Tiacoh | CIV | 47.19 | |||
4 | 5 | Jean-Didace Bémou | CGO | 48.46 | |||
5 | 2 | Abdullah Ali Ahmed | LBA | 48.89 | |||
6 | 4 | Jonathan Chipalo | ZAM | 48.97 | |||
7 | 1 | Maher Abbas | LBN | 51.29 | |||
8 | 8 | Carlton Usher | BIZ | 51.42 |
Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 | Gérson de Souza | BRA | 45.90 | |||
2 | 2 | Howard Davis | JAM | 45.97 | |||
3 | 8 | Takale Tuna | PNG | 47.87 | |||
4 | 7 | Sunday Maweni | BOT | 47.97 | |||
5 | 5 | Sulaiman Juma Al-Habsi | OMA | 48.30 | |||
6 | 3 | Nordin Mohamed Jadi | MAS | 49.52 | |||
7 | 1 | Michael Williams | VIN | 51.22 | |||
4 | Derek Redmond | GBR | – |
Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 7 | Darren Clark | AUS | 45.93 | |||
2 | 5 | Simeon Kipkemboi | KEN | 46.15 | |||
3 | 3 | Elvis Forde | BAR | 46.47 | |||
4 | 4 | Elijah Nkala | ZIM | 46.60 | |||
5 | 1 | Antonio Sánchez | ESP | 47.18 | |||
6 | 6 | Jaime Rodrigues | MOZ | 47.33 | |||
7 | 2 | Aouf Abdul Rahman Youssef | IRQ | 47.45 | |||
8 | 8 | Desai Wynter | ISV | 48.39 |
Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | Bert Cameron | JAM | 46.24 | |||
2 | 2 | Rob Stone | AUS | 46.52 | |||
3 | 6 | Dawda Jallow | GAM | 46.91 | |||
4 | 8 | Yun Nam-Han | KOR | 47.02 | |||
5 | 1 | John Goville | UGA | 47.11 | |||
6 | 5 | Muhammad Fayyaz | PAK | 47.13 | |||
7 | 7 | Yaya Seyba | MLI | 48.83 | |||
8 | 4 | Alfred Browne | ANT | 48.92 |
Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Danny Everett | USA | 45.63 | |||
2 | 3 | Devon Morris | JAM | 45.95 | |||
3 | 2 | Tomasz Jędrusik | POL | 46.12 | |||
4 | 6 | Patrick Delice | TTO | 46.14 | |||
5 | 5 | Slobodan Branković | YUG | 46.59 | |||
6 | 7 | Jorge Fidel Ponce | HON | 51.11 | |||
8 | Mwana Bute Kasongo | COD | – | ||||
4 | Luis Neto | ANG | – |
Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | Susumu Takano | JPN | 45.42 | |||
2 | 7 | Troy Douglas | BER | 45.69 | |||
3 | 4 | Innocent Egbunike | NGR | 46.02 | |||
4 | 6 | Elkana Nyangau | KEN | 46.25 | |||
5 | 3 | Ismail Mačev | YUG | 46.37 | |||
6 | 8 | Elieser Wattebosi | INA | 47.10 | |||
7 | 2 | Willis Todman | IVB | 50.11 | |||
1 | Porfirio Méndez | PAR | – |
Top four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.
Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 | Ian Morris | TTO | 44.70 | |||
2 | 3 | Jens Carlowitz | GDR | 45.09 | |||
3 | 4 | Brian Whittle | GBR | 45.22 | |||
4 | 5 | Tomasz Jędrusik | POL | 45.27 | |||
5 | 7 | Sunday Uti | NGR | 45.33 | |||
6 | 2 | Miles Murphy | AUS | 45.93 | |||
7 | 1 | Dawda Jallow | GAM | 46.35 | |||
8 | 8 | Elvis Forde | BAR | 46.59 |
Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | Danny Everett | USA | 44.83 | |||
2 | 6 | Innocent Egbunike | NGR | 45.02 | |||
3 | 7 | Thomas Schönlebe | GDR | 45.09 | |||
4 | 8 | Bert Cameron | JAM | 45.16 | |||
5 | 3 | Simeon Kipkemboi | KEN | 45.44 | |||
6 | 2 | Todd Bennett | GBR | 45.96 | |||
7 | 1 | Ousmane Diarra | SEN | 46.23 | |||
8 | 4 | Troy Douglas | BER | 46.28 |
Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | Steve Lewis | USA | 44.41 | |||
2 | 3 | Darren Clark | AUS | 44.96 | |||
3 | 8 | Mohamed Al-Malky | OMA | 45.02 | |||
4 | 6 | Devon Morris | JAM | 45.30 | |||
5 | 4 | Gaietà Cornet | ESP | 45.39 | |||
6 | 2 | Anton Skerritt | CAN | 46.08 | |||
7 | 1 | Elkana Nyangau | KEN | 46.09 | |||
8 | 7 | Takale Tuna | PNG | 47.48 |
Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Butch Reynolds | USA | 44.46 | |||
2 | 3 | Susumu Takano | JPN | 45.00 | |||
3 | 5 | Gérson de Souza | BRA | 45.35 | |||
4 | 6 | Howard Davis | JAM | 45.40 | |||
5 | 7 | Gabriel Tiacoh | CIV | 45.49 | |||
6 | 8 | Lucas Sang | KEN | 45.72 | |||
7 | 4 | Patrick Delice | TTO | 45.75 | |||
8 | 2 | Rob Stone | AUS | 46.04 |
Top four in each heat advanced to the final.
Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | Steve Lewis | USA | 44.35 | |||
2 | 5 | Danny Everett | USA | 44.36 | |||
3 | 6 | Darren Clark | AUS | 44.38 | |||
4 | 8 | Bert Cameron | JAM | 44.50 | |||
5 | 4 | Susumu Takano | JPN | 44.90 | |||
6 | 2 | Jens Carlowitz | GDR | 45.08 | |||
7 | 7 | Gérson de Souza | BRA | 45.27 | |||
8 | 1 | Tomasz Jędrusik | POL | 46.17 |
Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 | Butch Reynolds | USA | 44.33 | |||
2 | 3 | Ian Morris | TTO | 44.60 | |||
3 | 5 | Mohamed Al-Malky | OMA | 44.69 | |||
4 | 4 | Innocent Egbunike | NGR | 44.74 | |||
5 | 2 | Thomas Schönlebe | GDR | 44.90 | |||
6 | 1 | Howard Davis | JAM | 45.48 | |||
7 | 8 | Devon Morris | JAM | 45.68 | |||
8 | 7 | Brian Whittle | GBR | 46.07 |
Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 | Steve Lewis | USA | 43.87 | |||
2 | 3 | Butch Reynolds | USA | 43.93 | |||
3 | 4 | Danny Everett | USA | 44.09 | |||
4 | 5 | Darren Clark | AUS | 44.55 | |||
5 | 7 | Innocent Egbunike | NGR | 44.72 | |||
6 | 2 | Bert Cameron | JAM | 44.94 | |||
7 | 8 | Ian Morris | TTO | 44.95 | |||
8 | 1 | Mohamed Al-Malky | OMA | 45.03 |