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Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games:
Men's 400 metres Individual Medley Round One
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Host City: Seoul, South Korea
Venue(s): Indoor Swimming Pool, Olympic Park, Seoul
Date Started: September 20, 1988
Date Finished: September 20, 1988
Format: Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final.
| Gold: |  Tamás Darnyi |
| Silver: |  Dave Wharton |
| Bronze: |  Stefano Battistelli |
Round One Heat One
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Sakovich | 18 | Guam | GUM | 4:44.78 | |
| 2 | Sultan Al-Otaibi | 18 | Kuwait | KUW | 4:50.16 | |
| 3 | Julian Bolling | 22 | Sri Lanka | SRI | 4:53.61 |
Round One Heat Two
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ondřej Bureš | 21 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 4:29.62 | |
| 2 | Javier Careaga | 20 | Mexico | MEX | 4:30.71 | |
| 3 | Rui Borges Borges | 21 | Portugal | POR | 4:30.79 | |
| 4 | Renato Ramalho | 21 | Brazil | BRA | 4:31.95 | |
| 5 | Diogo Madeira | 18 | Portugal | POR | 4:35.00 | |
| 6 | Lee Jae-Su | 20 | South Korea | KOR | 4:40.46 | |
| 7 | René Concepcion | 19 | Philippines | PHI | 4:48.00 | |
| AC | Desmond Koh | 15 | Singapore | SIN | DQ |
Round One Heat Three
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Kühl | 20 | East Germany | GDR | 4:18.60 | QU |
| 2 | Christophe Bordeau | 20 | France | FRA | 4:23.46 | QC |
| 3 | Jeff Kostoff | 23 | United States | USA | 4:24.10 | QC |
| 4 | Robert Bruce | 19 | Australia | AUS | 4:25.15 | QC |
| 5 | Mikhail Zubkov | 20 | Soviet Union | URS | 4:25.30 | QC |
| 6 | Laurent Journet | 18 | France | FRA | 4:29.03 | |
| 7 | Salvador Vassallo | 20 | Puerto Rico | PUR | 4:30.37 | |
| 8 | Takahiro Fujimoto | 18 | Japan | JPN | 4:33.03 |
Round One Heat Four
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Wharton | 19 | United States | USA | 4:20.84 | QU |
| 2 | József Szabó | 19 | Hungary | HUN | 4:20.85 | QU |
| 3 | Jens-Peter Berndt | 25 | West Germany | FRG | 4:20.93 | QU |
| 4 | Paul Brew | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:27.22 | QC |
| 5 | Yoshiyuki Mizumoto | 19 | Japan | JPN | 4:28.11 | |
| 6 | Martín López-Zubero | 19 | Spain | ESP | 4:35.68 | |
| AC | John Davey | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | DQ |
Round One Heat Five
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tamás Darnyi | 21 | Hungary | HUN | 4:16.55 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Stefano Battistelli | 18 | Italy | ITA | 4:20.43 | QU |
| 3 | Peter Bermel | 21 | West Germany | FRG | 4:22.78 | QU |
| 4 | Luca Sacchi | 20 | Italy | ITA | 4:23.37 | QU |
| 5 | Jon Kelly | 22 | Canada | CAN | 4:24.62 | QC |
| 6 | Rob Woodhouse | 22 | Australia | AUS | 4:25.60 | QC |
| 7 | Kharalambos Papanikolaou | 19 | Greece | GRE | 4:26.72 | QC |
| 8 | Michael Meldrum | 20 | Canada | CAN | 4:31.74 |