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Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 22 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.[1]

Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date22 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors30 from 21 nations
Winning time4:03.85 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Janet Evans  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Heike Friedrich  East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anke Möhring  East Germany
← 1984
1992 →

Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows;

World record   Janet Evans (USA) 4:05.45 Orlando, United States 20 December 1987
Olympic record   Tiffany Cohen (USA) 4:07.10 Los Angeles, United States 31 July 1984

The following records were established during the length of the competition;

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
22 September Final A Janet Evans   United States 4:03.85 WR

Results edit

Heats edit

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 4 Janet Evans   United States 4:10.21 Q
2 2 Anke Möhring   East Germany 4:10.64 Q
3 4 Tami Bruce   United States 4:10.73 Q
4 2 Janelle Elford   Australia 4:11.07 Q
5 3 Heike Friedrich   East Germany 4:11.30 Q
6 4 Isabelle Arnould   Belgium 4:11.71 Q
7 4 Stephanie Ortwig   West Germany 4:12.18 Q
8 2 Natalia Trefilova   Soviet Union 4:12.20 Q
9 3 Noemi Lung   Romania 4:12.42 q
10 3 Sheridan Burge-Lopez   Australia 4:12.77 q
11 2 Antoaneta Strumenlieva   Bulgaria 4:13.25 q
12 3 Manuela Melchiorri   Italy 4:15.40 q
13 1 Chikako Nakamori   Japan 4:15.51 q
14 3 Cécile Prunier   France 4:15.63 q
15 4 Stela Pura   Romania 4:15.78 q
16 4 Patricia Noall   Canada 4:15.90 q
17 3 Irene Dalby   Norway 4:16.22
18 4 Ruth Gilfillan   Great Britain 4:16.66
19 2 Tomomi Hosoda   Japan 4:17.30
20 3 Eva Mortensen   Denmark 4:18.06
21 3 Yan Ming   China 4:18.58
22 4 Alexandra Russ   West Germany 4:18.67
23 1 Nurul Huda Abdullah   Malaysia 4:19.33
24 1 Patrícia Amorim   Brazil 4:19.64
25 2 Christelle Janssens   Belgium 4:19.95
26 1 Pernille Jensen   Denmark 4:20.96
27 2 June Croft   Great Britain 4:21.98
28 1 Rita Jean Garay   Puerto Rico 4:24.84
29 2 Judit Csabai   Hungary 4:25.52
30 1 Senda Gharbi   Tunisia 4:34.67

Finals edit

[3]

Final B edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 5 Sheridan Burge-Lopez   Australia 4:10.21
10 4 Noemi Lung   Romania 4:11.88
11 1 Stela Pura   Romania 4:12.14
12 3 Antoaneta Strumenlieva   Bulgaria 4:13.43
13 8 Patricia Noall   Canada 4:14.70
14 6 Manuela Melchiorri   Italy 4:14.90
15 2 Chikako Nakamori   Japan 4:15.59
16 7 Cécile Prunier   France 4:21.03

Final A edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Janet Evans   United States 4:03.85 WR
  2 Heike Friedrich   East Germany 4:05.94 EU
  5 Anke Möhring   East Germany 4:06.62
4 3 Tami Bruce   United States 4:08.16
5 6 Janelle Elford   Australia 4:10.64
6 7 Isabelle Arnould   Belgium 4:11.73
7 1 Stephanie Ortwig   West Germany 4:13.05
8 8 Natalia Trefilova   Soviet Union 4:13.92

References edit

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. pp. 420–421. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 421. Retrieved 31 March 2017.

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