Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 23 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.[1][2]

Women's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date23 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors44 from 28 nations
Winning time1:07.95 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tanya Dangalakova  Bulgaria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antoaneta Frenkeva  Bulgaria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Silke Hörner  East Germany
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Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record   Silke Hörner (GDR) 1:07.91 Strasbourg, France 21 August 1987
Olympic record   Petra van Staveren (NED) 1:09.88 Los Angeles, United States 2 August 1984

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
23 September Heat 4 Tanya Dangalakova   Bulgaria 1:08.35 OR
23 September Heat 5 Silke Hörner   East Germany 1:08.35 =OR
23 September Final A Tanya Dangalakova   Bulgaria 1:07.95 OR

Results edit

Heats edit

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[3]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Tanya Dangalakova   Bulgaria 1:08.35 Q, OR
6 Silke Hörner   East Germany Q, OR
3 6 Allison Higson   Canada 1:08.39 Q
4 4 Yelena Volkova   Soviet Union 1:09.86 Q
5 5 Antoaneta Frenkeva   Bulgaria 1:10.09 Q
6 4 Tracey McFarlane   United States 1:10.59 Q
7 5 Annett Rex   East Germany 1:10.61 Q
8 5 Huang Xiaomin   China 1:10.78 Q
9 5 Svetlana Kuzmina   Soviet Union 1:10.83 q
10 5 Keltie Duggan   Canada 1:10.95 q
11 6 Ingrid Lempereur   Belgium 1:11.00 q, NR
12 6 Susan Johnson   United States 1:11.08 q
13 6 Gabriella Csépe   Hungary 1:11.10 q
14 5 Manuela Dalla Valle   Italy 1:11.25 q
15 6 Lara Hooiveld   Australia 1:11.40 q
16 4 Suki Brownsdon   Great Britain 1:11.66 q
17 5 Linda Moes   Netherlands 1:11.84
18 3 Park Sung-won   South Korea 1:12.32
19 6 Dorota Chylak   Poland 1:12.38
20 5 Margaret Hohmann   Great Britain 1:12.67
21 3 Brigitte Becue   Belgium 1:12.90
22 4 Britta Dahm   West Germany 1:12.98
23 3 Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir   Iceland 1:13.01
24 4 Pascaline Louvrier   France 1:13.23
25 3 Yoshie Nishioka   Japan 1:13.36
26 3 Virginie Bojaryn   France 1:13.55
27 4 Chen Huiling   China 1:13.65
28 2 Karen Horning   Peru 1:14.03
29 3 Nancy Kemp-Arendt   Luxembourg 1:14.99
30 3 Patricia Brülhart   Switzerland 1:15.00
31 3 Kornelia Stawicka   Poland 1:15.41
32 2 Carwai Seto   Chinese Taipei 1:15.47
33 2 Alicia María Boscatto   Argentina 1:15.67
34 6 Hiroko Nagasaki   Japan 1:15.83
35 2 Sigrid Niehaus   Costa Rica 1:16.65
36 1 Montserrat Hidalgo   Costa Rica 1:18.42
37 2 Valentina Aracil   Argentina 1:19.60
38 2 Dipika Chanmugam   Sri Lanka 1:20.18
39 2 Kimberly Chen   Chinese Taipei 1:20.95
40 1 Katerine Moreno   Bolivia 1:22.52
41 1 Ana Martins   Angola 1:24.01
42 1 Nádia Cruz   Angola 1:24.46
2 Annemarie Munk   Hong Kong DNS
4 Heike Esser   West Germany DNS

Finals edit

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Final B edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Svetlana Kuzmina   Soviet Union 1:10.42
10 5 Keltie Duggan   Canada 1:10.58
11 3 Ingrid Lempereur   Belgium 1:10.86 NR
12 7 Manuela Dalla Valle   Italy 1:10.95
13 6 Susan Johnson   United States 1:11.08
14 2 Gabriella Csépe   Hungary 1:11.24
15 1 Lara Hooiveld   Australia 1:11.26
16 8 Suki Brownsdon   Great Britain 1:11.88

Final A edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Tanya Dangalakova   Bulgaria 1:07.95 OR
  2 Antoaneta Frenkeva   Bulgaria 1:08.74
  5 Silke Hörner   East Germany 1:08.83
4 3 Allison Higson   Canada 1:08.86
5 6 Yelena Volkova   Soviet Union 1:09.24
6 7 Tracey McFarlane   United States 1:09.60
7 8 Huang Xiaomin   China 1:10.53
8 1 Annett Rex   East Germany 1:10.67

References edit

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. ^ "100 meters Breaststroke, Women". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 25 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 424. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 425. Retrieved 2 April 2017.

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