Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 800 metre freestyle
Games:	1988 Summer
Venue:	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date:	23 September 1988 (heats) 24 September 1988 (final)
Competitors:	27
Nations:	19
Gold:	Janet Evans
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Astrid Strauss
Silvernoc:	GDR
Bronze:	Julie McDonald
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Prev:	1984
Next:	1992

The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20–21 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).^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			8:28.07	Q
2	3			8:28.13	Q
3	4			8:29.68	Q
4	4			8:30.95	Q
5	2			8:31.57	Q
6	2			8:32.14	Q
7	4			8:34.56	Q
8	2			8:35.40	Q
9	3			8:36.24
10	4			8:38.33
11	4			8:39.55
12	2			8:40.63
13	2			8:41.64
14	3			8:41.95
15	4			8:43.19
16	3			8:44.64
17	2			8:49.31
18	4			8:50.82
19	4			8:50.84
20	3			8:51.22
21	1			8:51.95
22	2			8:53.67
23	3			8:56.37
24	2			8:57.22
25	1			9:00.04
26	4			9:00.81
27	1			9:04.62

Final

^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			8:20.20
	4			8:22.09
	3			8:22.93	OC
4	6			8:23.09
5	2			8:30.86
6	7			8:30.94
7	1			8:37.47
8	8			8:41.05

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162746/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/SWI/womens-800-metres-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 31 March 2017 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Heats. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 421–422. 2 April 2017.
3. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Finals. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 422. 2 April 2017.