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

The women's 400 metre individual medley 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 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date18 September 1988 (heats)
19 September 1988 (finals)
Competitors31 from 21 nations
Winning time4:37.76
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Janet Evans  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Noemi Lung  Romania
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Daniela Hunger  East Germany
← 1984
1992 →

Records edit

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

World record   Petra Schneider (GDR) 4:36.10 Guayaquil, Ecuador 1 August 1982
Olympic record   Petra Schneider (GDR) 4:36.29 Moscow, Soviet Union 26 July 1980

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 3 Noemi Lung   Romania 4:41.96 Q
2 3 Kathleen Nord   East Germany 4:42.92 Q
3 4 Janet Evans   United States 4:43.04 Q
4 3 Jodie Clatworthy   Australia 4:44.26 Q, OC
5 4 Daniela Hunger   East Germany 4:44.85 Q
6 3 Yelena Dendeberova   Soviet Union 4:46.63 Q
7 2 Donna Procter   Australia 4:47.57 Q
8 3 Lin Li   China 4:48.89 Q
9 2 Yan Ming   China 4:49.04 q
10 4 Roberta Felotti   Italy 4:49.20 q
11 2 Erika Hansen   United States 4:50.03 q
12 2 Antoaneta Strumenlieva   Bulgaria 4:51.58 q
13 2 Christine Magnier   France 4:51.91 q
14 3 Birgit Lohberg-Schulz   West Germany 4:52.05 q
15 2 Anette Philipsson   Sweden 4:53.58 q
16 2 Annette Poulsen   Denmark 4:54.01 q
17 4 Anamarija Petričević   Yugoslavia 4:54.17
18 4 Suki Brownsdon   Great Britain 4:54.66
19 4 Yoshie Nishioka   Japan 4:55.31
20 3 Marianne Muis   Netherlands 4:56.31
21 3 Mildred Muis   Netherlands 4:56.89
22 4 Irene Dalby   Norway 4:58.14
23 1 Hiroyo Harada   Japan 5:00.92
24 2 Tracey Atkin   Great Britain 5:01.34
25 1 Michelle Smith   Ireland 5:01.84
26 1 Marlene Bruten   Mexico 5:03.69
27 1 Chang Hui-chien   Chinese Taipei 5:13.20
28 1 Valentina Aracil   Argentina 5:19.17
29 1 Annemarie Munk   Hong Kong 5:24.11
30 1 Kimberly Chen   Chinese Taipei 5:28.15
4 Yuliya Bogacheva   Soviet Union DNS

Finals edit

[3]

Final B edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 5 Roberta Felotti   Italy 4:49.53
10 7 Birgit Lohberg-Schulz   West Germany 4:50.54
11 3 Erika Hansen   United States 4:51.93
12 6 Antoaneta Strumenlieva   Bulgaria 4:52.33
13 1 Anette Philipsson   Sweden 4:52.77
14 2 Christine Magnier   France 4:53.29
15 8 Annette Poulsen   Denmark 4:54.40
16 4 Yan Ming   China 4:55.92

Final A edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Janet Evans   United States 4:37.76
  4 Noemi Lung   Romania 4:39.46
  2 Daniela Hunger   East Germany 4:39.76
4 7 Yelena Dendeberova   Soviet Union 4:40.44
5 5 Kathleen Nord   East Germany 4:41.64
6 6 Jodie Clatworthy   Australia 4:45.86
7 8 Lin Li   China 4:47.05
8 1 Donna Procter   Australia 4:47.51

References edit

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Individual Medley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 400m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 428. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 400m Individual Medley Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 428. Retrieved 2 April 2017.

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