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Uwe Daßler has competed for East Germany Uwe Daßler has won 1 gold medal at the Olympic Games Uwe Daßler has won 1 silver medal at the Olympic Games Uwe Daßler has won 1 bronze medal at the Olympic Games

Uwe Daßler is a swimmer who has competed for East Germany. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games.

Dassler arrived at his first Olympics as the world's top middle-distance freestyle swimmer. He entered the men's 400 metres freestyle final with a fourth-fastest time from the prelims. Coming from fourth at the 350-metre turn, Dassler edged past the leaders Matthew Cetlinski and Artur Wojdat to the front of the field for the gold with a new world record time of 3:46.95. As Duncan Armstrong and Wojdat locked the podium spots under the previous world record time, the final won by Dassler was billed the Race of the Century.

Dassler claimed a bronze behind the winner Vladimir Salnikov by six minutes in the 1500 metres freestyle final and also contributed to the East Germans' runner-up feat in the 4x200 metres freestyle relay, ending his Olympic career with a full set of medals.

After missing the selection on the German team for Barcelona 1992, Dassler retired from competitive swimming.

Olympic Results[]

Year Event Rank
1988 Men's 400m freestyle Gold
Men's 1500m freestyle Bronze
Men's 4x200m freestyle relay Silver

1988[]

Discipline Round Time
400 metres freestyle Heats 3:49.90
A Final 3:46.95 WR
1500 metres freestyle Heats 15:08.91
Final 15:06.15
4x200 metres freestyle relay Heats 7:16.61
(1:49.47 split)
Final 7:13.68
(1:48.26 split)
NR
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