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

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The Men's 400m at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea always promised to be a classic. The clear favourite was the legendary American Harry "Butch" Reynolds. He had set a new world record of 43.29sec only a few months before. Reynolds breezed through the heats and into the final.

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 amzing time of 43.87sec. With Reynolds second and Danny Everett third for an American clean sweep! The same trio was also involved with Kevin Robinzine in winning the 4x400m 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 4x400m relay.

1 Final
2 Semi Finals
3 See also
4 Reference

[edit] Final

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	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

[edit] Semi Finals

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	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 Jedrusik	POL	46.17

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	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