Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle
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Swimming events at the 1988 Summer Olympics |
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Freestyle | ||||
50 m | men | women | ||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
800 m | women | |||
1500 m | men | |||
Backstroke | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
Breaststroke | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
Butterfly | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
Individual medley | ||||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
Freestyle relay | ||||
4×100 m | men | women | ||
4×200 m | men | |||
Medley relay | ||||
4×100 m | men | women |
The women's 100 freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics was contested on September 18 (prelims) and September 19 (finals).
Records
The existing World and Olympic records at the time of the event were:
World record | Kristin Otto (GDR) | 54.73 | Madrid, Spain | 19 August 1986 |
Olympic record | Barbara Krause (GDR) | 54.79 | Moscow, USSR | 21 July 1980 |
Finals
A Final
Place | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Kristin Otto | East Germany | 54.93 | ||
Zhuang Yong | China | 55.47 | ||
Catherine Plewinski | France | 55.49 | ||
4th | Manuela Stellmach | East Germany | 55.52 | |
5th | Silvia Poll | Costa Rica | 55.90 | |
6th | Karin Brienesse | Netherlands | 56.15 | |
7th | Dara Torres | United States | 56.25 | |
8th | Conny van Bentum | Netherlands | 56.54 |
B Final
Place | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9th | Natalia Trefilova | Soviet Union | 56.48 | |
10th | Ayako Nakano | Japan | 56.72 | |
11th | Liliana Dobrescu | Romania | 56.79 | |
12th | Mitzi Kremer | United States | 56.83 | |
13th | Gitta Jensen | Denmark | 57.02 | |
14th | Karen van Wirdum | Australia | 57.04 | |
15th | Svetlana Issakova | Soviet Union | 57.07 | |
16th | Tamara Costache | Romania | 57.11 |
Preliminary heats
References
- Swimming World Magazine, November 1988