Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 22 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.[1]

Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date22 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors30 from 21 nations
Winning time4:03.85 WR
Medalists
Janet Evans  United States
Heike Friedrich  East Germany
Anke Möhring  East Germany

Records

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

World record Janet Evans (USA)4:05.45Orlando, United States20 December 1987
Olympic record Tiffany Cohen (USA)4:07.10Los Angeles, United States31 July 1984

The following records were established during the length of the competition;

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
22 SeptemberFinal AJanet Evans United States4:03.85WR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Janet Evans United States4:10.21Q
22Anke Möhring East Germany4:10.64Q
34Tami Bruce United States4:10.73Q
42Janelle Elford Australia4:11.07Q
53Heike Friedrich East Germany4:11.30Q
64Isabelle Arnould Belgium4:11.71Q
74Stephanie Ortwig West Germany4:12.18Q
82Natalia Trefilova Soviet Union4:12.20Q
93Noemi Lung Romania4:12.42q
103Sheridan Burge-Lopez Australia4:12.77q
112Antoaneta Strumenlieva Bulgaria4:13.25q
123Manuela Melchiorri Italy4:15.40q
131Chikako Nakamori Japan4:15.51q
143Cécile Prunier France4:15.63q
154Stela Pura Romania4:15.78q
164Patricia Noall Canada4:15.90q
173Irene Dalby Norway4:16.22
184Ruth Gilfillan Great Britain4:16.66
192Tomomi Hosoda Japan4:17.30
203Eva Mortensen Denmark4:18.06
213Yan Ming China4:18.58
224Alexandra Russ West Germany4:18.67
231Nurul Huda Abdullah Malaysia4:19.33
241Patrícia Amorim Brazil4:19.64
252Christelle Janssens Belgium4:19.95
261Pernille Jensen Denmark4:20.96
272June Croft Great Britain4:21.98
281Rita Jean Garay Puerto Rico4:24.84
292Judit Csabai Hungary4:25.52
301Senda Gharbi Tunisia4:34.67

Finals

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Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
95Sheridan Burge-Lopez Australia4:10.21
104Noemi Lung Romania4:11.88
111Stela Pura Romania4:12.14
123Antoaneta Strumenlieva Bulgaria4:13.43
138Patricia Noall Canada4:14.70
146Manuela Melchiorri Italy4:14.90
152Chikako Nakamori Japan4:15.59
167Cécile Prunier France4:21.03

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Janet Evans United States4:03.85WR
2Heike Friedrich East Germany4:05.94EU
5Anke Möhring East Germany4:06.62
43Tami Bruce United States4:08.16
56Janelle Elford Australia4:10.64
67Isabelle Arnould Belgium4:11.73
71Stephanie Ortwig West Germany4:13.05
88Natalia Trefilova Soviet Union4:13.92

References

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