These are the official results of the

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event at the

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. There were a total number of 29 nations competing. U.S. team who was defending the gold medal won in Los Angeles was favored to win the event, but fumbled an exchange in a heat and was disqualified. A French team, including three members of the bronze medal-winning team here, would claim the

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two years later.

Medalists

Records

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

Final

*Held on Saturday October 1, 1988

Semifinals

* Heat 1 * Heat 2

Qualifying heats

* Heat 1 * Heat 2 * Heat 3 * Heat 4

References

External links

Official Report

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