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

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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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Swimming at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

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]

Records

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

Heats

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

[3]

Final B

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Kristin Otto  East Germany 54.93
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Zhuang Yong  China 55.47
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  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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