Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle
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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]
Women's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
Date | 18 September 1988 (heats) 19 September 1988 (finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 58 from 36 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 54.93 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Kristin Otto (GDR) | 54.73 | Madrid, Spain | 19 August 1986 |
Olympic record | Barbara Krause (GDR) | 54.79 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 21 July 1980 |
Results
editHeats
editRule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
editFinal B
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 4 | Natalia Trefilova | Soviet Union | 56.48 | |
10 | 8 | Ayako Nakano | Japan | 56.72 | |
11 | 5 | Luminița Dobrescu | Romania | 56.79 | |
12 | 2 | Mitzi Kremer | United States | 56.83 | |
13 | 1 | Gitta Jensen | Denmark | 57.02 | |
14 | 6 | Karen van Wirdum | Australia | 57.04 | |
15 | 7 | Svetlana Isakova | Soviet Union | 57.07 | |
16 | 3 | Tamara Costache | Romania | 57.11 |
Final A
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Kristin Otto | East Germany | 54.93 | ||
3 | Zhuang Yong | China | 55.47 | ||
4 | Catherine Plewinski | France | 55.49 | ||
4 | 6 | Manuela Stellmach | East Germany | 55.52 | |
5 | 2 | Silvia Poll | Costa Rica | 55.90 | NR |
6 | 7 | Karin Brienesse | Netherlands | 56.15 | |
7 | 1 | Dara Torres | United States | 56.25 | |
8 | 8 | Conny van Bentum | Netherlands | 56.54 |
References
edit- ^ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. pp. 418–419. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 419. Retrieved 29 March 2017.