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

Event:	Women's 100 metre freestyle
Games:	1988 Summer
Venue:	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date:	18 September 1988 (heats) 19 September 1988 (finals)
Competitors:	58
Nations:	36
Gold:	Kristin Otto
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Zhuang Yong
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Catherine Plewinski
Bronzenoc:	FRA
Win Value:	54.93
Prev:	1984
Next:	1992

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.

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			55.53	Q
2	8			55.80	Q
3	6			55.84	Q
4	7			56.14	Q
5	8			56.16	Q, NR
6	7			56.29	Q
7	8			56.37	Q
8	7			56.50	Q
9	6			56.66	q
10	7			56.67	q
11	7			56.79	q
12	6			56.84	q
13	6			56.97	q
14	7			57.17	q
15	8			57.28	q
16	5			57.29	q
17	8			57.33
18	8			57.35
19	8			57.47
20	6			57.55
21	5			57.57
22	4			57.76
23	6			57.79
24	7			57.80
25	5			57.81
26	6			57.82
27	5			57.97
28	5			58.19
29	5			58.22
30	6			58.22
31	7			58.39
32	5			58.40
33	5			58.51
34	4			58.53
35	4			58.64
36	4			59.05
37	4			59.15
38	4			59.32
39	3			59.41
40	4			59.56
41	3			1:00.14
42	4			1:00.18
43	3			1:00.39
44	3			1:01.11
45	3			1:01.27
46	3			1:01.55
47	3			1:01.72
48	2			1:02.11
49	2			1:02.47
50	2			1:02.63
51	2			1:02.91
52	2			1:03.06
53	1			1:05.11
54	1			1:05.39
55	3			1:05.47
56	2			1:06.73
57	2			1:08.15
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Finals

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Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4			56.48
10	8			56.72
11	5			56.79
12	2			56.83
13	1			57.02
14	6			57.04
15	7			57.07
16	3			57.11

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			54.93
	3			55.47
	4			55.49
4	6			55.52
5	2			55.90	NR
6	7			56.15
7	1			56.25
8	8			56.54

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417082447/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/SWI/womens-100-metres-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 28 March 2017 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Heats. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 418–419. 29 March 2017.
3. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Finals. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 419. 29 March 2017.