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
Kristin Otto  East Germany
Zhuang Yong  China
Catherine Plewinski  France

Records

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

World record Kristin Otto (GDR)54.73Madrid, Spain19 August 1986
Olympic record Barbara Krause (GDR)54.79Moscow, Soviet Union21 July 1980

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
18Catherine Plewinski France55.53Q
28Kristin Otto East Germany55.80Q
36Zhuang Yong China55.84Q
47Manuela Stellmach East Germany56.14Q
58Silvia Poll Costa Rica56.16Q, NR
67Karin Brienesse Netherlands56.29Q
78Dara Torres United States56.37Q
87Conny van Bentum Netherlands56.50Q
96Natalia Trefilova Soviet Union56.66q
107Luminița Dobrescu Romania56.67q
117Tamara Costache Romania56.79q
126Karen van Wirdum Australia56.84q
136Mitzi Kremer United States56.97q
147Svetlana Isakova Soviet Union57.17q
158Gitta Jensen Denmark57.28q
165Ayako Nakano Japan57.29q
178Andrea Nugent Canada57.33
188Marie-Thérèse Armentero Switzerland57.35
198Christiane Pielke West Germany57.47
206Jane Kerr Canada57.55
215Eva Nyberg Sweden57.57
224Susie Baumer Australia57.76
236Lou Yaping China57.79
247Natasha Khristova Bulgaria57.80
255Annabelle Cripps Great Britain57.81
266Pia Sørensen Denmark57.82
275Karin Furuhed Sweden57.97
285June Croft Great Britain58.19
295Jacqueline Delord France58.22
306Silvia Persi Italy58.22
317Katja Ziliox West Germany58.39
325Kaori Sasaki Japan58.40
335Senda Gharbi Tunisia58.51
344Adriana Pereira Brazil58.53
354Karen Dieffenthaler Trinidad and Tobago58.64
364Patricia Kohlmann Mexico59.05
374Isabelle Vieira Brazil59.15
384María Rivera Mexico59.32
393Akiko Thomson Philippines59.41
404Bryndís Ólafsdóttir Iceland59.56
413Carolina Mauri Costa Rica1:00.14
424Hung Cee Kay Hong Kong1:00.18
433Kim Eun-jung South Korea1:00.39
443Ana Joselina Fortin Honduras1:01.11
453Fenella Ng Hong Kong1:01.27
463Han Young-hee South Korea1:01.55
473Wang Chi Chinese Taipei1:01.72
482Sabrina Lum Chinese Taipei1:02.11
492Catherine Fogarty Zimbabwe1:02.47
502Veronica Cummings Guam1:02.63
512Angela Birch Fiji1:02.91
522Cina Munch Fiji1:03.06
531Carolina Araujo Mozambique1:05.11
541Katerine Moreno Bolivia1:05.39
553Elsa Freire Angola1:05.47
562Nancy Khalaf Lebanon1:06.73
572Carla Fernandes Angola1:08.15
1Rita Jean Garay Puerto RicoDNS

Finals

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Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94Natalia Trefilova Soviet Union56.48
108Ayako Nakano Japan56.72
115Luminița Dobrescu Romania56.79
122Mitzi Kremer United States56.83
131Gitta Jensen Denmark57.02
146Karen van Wirdum Australia57.04
157Svetlana Isakova Soviet Union57.07
163Tamara Costache Romania57.11

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Kristin Otto East Germany54.93
3Zhuang Yong China55.47
4Catherine Plewinski France55.49
46Manuela Stellmach East Germany55.52
52Silvia Poll Costa Rica55.90NR
67Karin Brienesse Netherlands56.15
71Dara Torres United States56.25
88Conny van Bentum Netherlands56.54

References

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