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

Event:	Women's 100 metre backstroke
Games:	1988 Summer
Venue:	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date:	22 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors:	41
Nations:	30
Gold:	Kristin Otto
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Krisztina Egerszegi
Silvernoc:	HUN
Bronze:	Cornelia Sirch
Bronzenoc:	GDR
Win Value:	1:00.89
Prev:	1984
Next:	1992

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 22 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	6			1:01.45	Q
2	5			1:01.63	Q
3	5			1:02.09	Q
4	6			1:02.63	Q
5	4			1:02.85	Q
6	5			1:03.21	Q, NR
7	6			1:03.26	Q
8	6			1:03.27	Q
9	4			1:03.29	q
10	5			1:03.72	q
11	4			1:03.96	q
12	5			1:04.29	q
13	5			1:04.39	q
14	5			1:04.58	q
15	6			1:04.62	q
16	4			1:04.69
	6
18	5			1:04.75
19	4			1:04.91
20	4			1:05.07
	4
22	6			1:05.10
23	3			1:05.15
24	6			1:05.38
25	4			1:05.81
26	3			1:06.14
27	3			1:06.22
28	3			1:06.51
29	3			1:06.73
30	3			1:08.33
31	3			1:08.58
32	3			1:09.56
33	2			1:10.10
34	2			1:10.37
35	2			1:10.50
36	2			1:12.14
37	1			1:13.48
38	1			1:14.42
39	2			1:15.56
40	1			1:15.86
41	2			1:21.58

Swimoff

Round 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			1:05.05
	4

Round 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			1:04.62	q
2	4			1:04.75

Finals

^[3]

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4			1:03.33
10	5			1:03.68
11	8			1:03.80
12	6			1:03.87
13	3			1:03.88
14	2			1:04.11
15	7			1:04.17
16	1			1:04.27

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			1:00.89
	3			1:01.56
	5			1:01.57
4	2			1:02.71
5	6			1:02.78
6	7			1:03.34
7	1			1:04.15
8	8			1:04.19

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162735/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/SWI/womens-100-metres-backstroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 1 April 2017 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Heats. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 422–423. 2 April 2017.
3. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Finals. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 423. 2 April 2017.