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

Event:	Women's 100 metre butterfly
Games:	1988 Summer
Venue:	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date:	23 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors:	40
Nations:	28
Gold:	Kristin Otto
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Birte Weigang
Silvernoc:	GDR
Bronze:	Qian Hong
Bronzenoc:	CHN
Win Value:	59.00
Prev:	1984
Next:	1992

The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 23 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.

The following records were established during the competition:

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	5			59.34	Q, NR
2	4			59.97	Q
3	5			1:00.40	Q
4	4			1:00.66	Q
5	5			1:00.94	Q
6	3			1:00.97	Q
7	4			1:01.18	Q
8	3			1:01.48	Q
9	5			1:01.85	q
10	5			1:01.90	q
11	3			1:02.01	q
12	3			1:02.04	q
13	3			1:02.07	q
14	4			1:02.24	q
15	5			1:02.27	q
16	4			1:02.39	q
17	2			1:02.47
18	4			1:02.76
19	4			1:02.85
20	5			1:02.91
21	3			1:03.34
22	5			1:03.45
23	4			1:03.69
24	3			1:03.91
	3
26	2			1:04.36
27	2			1:04.60
28	2			1:05.02
29	2			1:05.37
30	2			1:06.14
31	2			1:06.94
32	2			1:07.36
33	1			1:07.66
34	1			1:07.96
35	1			1:07.99
36	1			1:08.35
37	1			1:10.51
38	1			1:12.03
39	1			1:12.27
40	1			1:12.84

Finals

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Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4			1:01.48
10	6			1:01.80
11	7			1:02.45
12	3			1:02.47
13	5			1:02.51
14	8			1:02.53
15	1			1:02.63
16	2			1:02.78

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			59.00
	5			59.45
	6			59.52
4	4			59.58
5	7			1:00.48
6	2			1:00.62
7	8			1:00.97
8	1			1:01.15

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Butterfly . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417112322/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/SWI/womens-100-metres-butterfly.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 2 April 2017 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Heats. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 425–426. 2 April 2017.
3. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Finals. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 426. 2 April 2017.