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

The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 18–19 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.[1]

Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date18 September 1988 (heats)
19 September 1988 (finals)
Competitors58 from 36 nations
Winning time54.93
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kristin Otto  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zhuang Yong  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Catherine Plewinski  France
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Records

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

World record   Kristin Otto (GDR) 54.73 Madrid, Spain 19 August 1986
Olympic record   Barbara Krause (GDR) 54.79 Moscow, Soviet Union 21 July 1980

Results

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Heats

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Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 Catherine Plewinski   France 55.53 Q
2 8 Kristin Otto   East Germany 55.80 Q
3 6 Zhuang Yong   China 55.84 Q
4 7 Manuela Stellmach   East Germany 56.14 Q
5 8 Silvia Poll   Costa Rica 56.16 Q, NR
6 7 Karin Brienesse   Netherlands 56.29 Q
7 8 Dara Torres   United States 56.37 Q
8 7 Conny van Bentum   Netherlands 56.50 Q
9 6 Natalia Trefilova   Soviet Union 56.66 q
10 7 Luminița Dobrescu   Romania 56.67 q
11 7 Tamara Costache   Romania 56.79 q
12 6 Karen van Wirdum   Australia 56.84 q
13 6 Mitzi Kremer   United States 56.97 q
14 7 Svetlana Isakova   Soviet Union 57.17 q
15 8 Gitta Jensen   Denmark 57.28 q
16 5 Ayako Nakano   Japan 57.29 q
17 8 Andrea Nugent   Canada 57.33
18 8 Marie-Thérèse Armentero   Switzerland 57.35
19 8 Christiane Pielke   West Germany 57.47
20 6 Jane Kerr   Canada 57.55
21 5 Eva Nyberg   Sweden 57.57
22 4 Susie Baumer   Australia 57.76
23 6 Lou Yaping   China 57.79
24 7 Natasha Khristova   Bulgaria 57.80
25 5 Annabelle Cripps   Great Britain 57.81
26 6 Pia Sørensen   Denmark 57.82
27 5 Karin Furuhed   Sweden 57.97
28 5 June Croft   Great Britain 58.19
29 5 Jacqueline Delord   France 58.22
30 6 Silvia Persi   Italy 58.22
31 7 Katja Ziliox   West Germany 58.39
32 5 Kaori Sasaki   Japan 58.40
33 5 Senda Gharbi   Tunisia 58.51
34 4 Adriana Pereira   Brazil 58.53
35 4 Karen Dieffenthaler   Trinidad and Tobago 58.64
36 4 Patricia Kohlmann   Mexico 59.05
37 4 Isabelle Vieira   Brazil 59.15
38 4 María Rivera   Mexico 59.32
39 3 Akiko Thomson   Philippines 59.41
40 4 Bryndís Ólafsdóttir   Iceland 59.56
41 3 Carolina Mauri   Costa Rica 1:00.14
42 4 Hung Cee Kay   Hong Kong 1:00.18
43 3 Kim Eun-jung   South Korea 1:00.39
44 3 Ana Joselina Fortin   Honduras 1:01.11
45 3 Fenella Ng   Hong Kong 1:01.27
46 3 Han Young-hee   South Korea 1:01.55
47 3 Wang Chi   Chinese Taipei 1:01.72
48 2 Sabrina Lum   Chinese Taipei 1:02.11
49 2 Catherine Fogarty   Zimbabwe 1:02.47
50 2 Veronica Cummings   Guam 1:02.63
51 2 Angela Birch   Fiji 1:02.91
52 2 Cina Munch   Fiji 1:03.06
53 1 Carolina Araujo   Mozambique 1:05.11
54 1 Katerine Moreno   Bolivia 1:05.39
55 3 Elsa Freire   Angola 1:05.47
56 2 Nancy Khalaf   Lebanon 1:06.73
57 2 Carla Fernandes   Angola 1:08.15
1 Rita Jean Garay   Puerto Rico DNS

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Natalia Trefilova   Soviet Union 56.48
10 8 Ayako Nakano   Japan 56.72
11 5 Luminița Dobrescu   Romania 56.79
12 2 Mitzi Kremer   United States 56.83
13 1 Gitta Jensen   Denmark 57.02
14 6 Karen van Wirdum   Australia 57.04
15 7 Svetlana Isakova   Soviet Union 57.07
16 3 Tamara Costache   Romania 57.11

Final A

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Kristin Otto   East Germany 54.93
  3 Zhuang Yong   China 55.47
  4 Catherine Plewinski   France 55.49
4 6 Manuela Stellmach   East Germany 55.52
5 2 Silvia Poll   Costa Rica 55.90 NR
6 7 Karin Brienesse   Netherlands 56.15
7 1 Dara Torres   United States 56.25
8 8 Conny van Bentum   Netherlands 56.54

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. pp. 418–419. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 419. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
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