Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 50 metre freestyle
Games:	1988 Summer
Venue:	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date:	25 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors:	50
Nations:	33
Gold:	Kristin Otto
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Yang Wenyi
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Katrin Meissner
Bronzenoc:	GDR
Bronze2:	Jill Sterkel
Bronzenoc2:	USA
Win Value:	25.49
Next:	1992

The inaugural women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 25 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:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
25 September	Heat 7			25.67
25 September	Final A			25.49

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	7			25.67	Q,
2	7			25.77	Q
3	6			25.85	Q
4	5			25.91	Q
5	6			26.01	Q, NR
6	7			26.02	Q
7	6			26.06	Q
8	7			26.12	Q, OC
9	7			26.20	q
10	7			26.27	q
11	5			26.32	q
12	5			26.33	q
13	6			26.44	q
14	4			26.49	q, NR
15	6			26.50	q
16	5			26.54	q
17	4			26.56
	5
19	6			26.60
20	5			26.61
	5
22	6			26.66
23	7			26.67
24	6			26.85
25	7			27.14
26	4			27.16
27	4			27.17
28	4			27.27
29	5			27.34
30	4			27.43
31	3			27.44
32	4			27.45
33	2			27.96
34	3			28.02
35	3			28.15
36	3			28.20
37	2			28.38
38	3			28.46
39	2			28.55
40	2			28.66
41	3			28.73
42	2			28.82
43	2			28.94
44	2			29.01
45	3			29.14
46	2			29.42
47	4			29.54
48	1			29.64
49	3			29.74
50	1			30.77

Finals

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Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4			26.17
10	6			26.22
11	3			26.34
12	1			26.45
	2
14	5			26.48
15	8			26.66
16	7			26.80

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			25.49
	4			25.64
	5			25.71
	7
5	6			25.78
6	1			25.80
7	2			25.90	NR
8	8			26.01	OC

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 50 metres Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162741/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/SWI/womens-50-metres-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 27 March 2017 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heats. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 417–418. 29 March 2017.
3. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Finals. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 418. 29 March 2017.