Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre freestyle

The women's 100 freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. The swimming competition, held from September 18 to September 25, was notable for the seven medals, including five golds, won by Matt Biondi, the six golds won by Kristin Otto, and the three individual golds won by Janet Evans...

was contested on September 18 (prelims) and September 19 (finals).

Records

The existing World

World record progression 100 metres freestyle

The first world record in the men's 100 metres freestyle in long course swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation in 1905...

and Olympic records at the time of the event were:

A Final

Place	Name	Nationality	Time
	Kristin Otto Kristin Otto Kristin Otto is a German Olympic swimming champion. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic games...	German Democratic Republic	54.93
	Zhuang Yong	People's Republic of China	55.47
	Catherine Plewinski Catherine Plewinski Catherine Plewinski is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from France, who won two bronze medals at the Summer Olympics. She first did so in Seoul at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 100 m freestyle...	France	55.49
4^th	Manuela Stellmach Manuela Stellmach Manuela Stellmach is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who was a member of the women's relay team that won the gold medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. At the same tournament she captured the bronze medal in the individual...	German Democratic Republic	55.52
5^th	Silvia Poll	Costa Rica	55.90
6^th	Karin Brienesse Karin Brienesse Karin Brienesse is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. There she won the silver medal with the Dutch 4×100 m freestyle relay team, behind East Germany...	Netherlands	56.15
7^th	Dara Torres Dara Torres Dara Grace Torres is an American international swimmer and a twelve-time Olympic medalist. Torres was the first swimmer from the United States to compete in five Olympic Games , and, at age 41, the oldest swimmer ever to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team...	United States	56.25
8^th	Conny van Bentum Conny van Bentum Cornelia van Bentum is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1980...	Netherlands	56.54

B Final

Place	Name	Nationality	Time
9^th	Natalia Trefilova Natalia Trefilova Natalia Trefilova , born 1 July 1971, is a former freestyle swimmer from the Soviet Union.Natalia competed at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea, in the 100, 200, 400, & 800 metre freestyles, & the 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay....	Soviet Union	56.48
10^th	Ayako Nakano	Japan	56.72
11^th	Liliana Dobrescu Liliana Dobrescu Liliana Dobrescu , born 19 April 1971, is a former freestyle swimmer from Romania.She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games, finishing third in the B Final of the 100 metres freestyle in a time of 56.79 seconds.-References:...		56.79
12^th	Mitzi Kremer Mitzi Kremer Mitzi Patricia Kremer is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who was a member of the women's team that won the bronze medal in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea...	United States	56.83
13^th	Gitta Jensen	Denmark	57.02
14^th	Karen van Wirdum Karen Van Wirdum Karen Tracey van Wirdum is a former freestyle swimmer from Australia, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988...	Australia	57.04
15^th	Svetlana Issakova	Soviet Union	57.07
16^th	Tamara Costache Tamara Costache Tamara Costache is a former freestyle swimmer from Romania.Costache may be considered the earliest pioneer of specialised 50 metre freestyle sprinting for women. She first held the world record for the 50 metre freestyle when competing at the Romanian National Championships in Bucharest on 16 July...		57.11

Preliminary heats

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Catherine Plewinski Catherine Plewinski Catherine Plewinski is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from France, who won two bronze medals at the Summer Olympics. She first did so in Seoul at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 100 m freestyle...	France	55.53	q-A
2	Kristin Otto Kristin Otto Kristin Otto is a German Olympic swimming champion. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic games...	German Democratic Republic	55.80	q-A
3	Zhuang Yong	People's Republic of China	55.84	q-A
4	Manuela Stellmach Manuela Stellmach Manuela Stellmach is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who was a member of the women's relay team that won the gold medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. At the same tournament she captured the bronze medal in the individual...	German Democratic Republic	56.14	q-A
5	Silvia Poll	Costa Rica	56.16	q-A
6	Karin Brienesse Karin Brienesse Karin Brienesse is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. There she won the silver medal with the Dutch 4×100 m freestyle relay team, behind East Germany...	Netherlands	56.29	q-A
7	Dara Torres Dara Torres Dara Grace Torres is an American international swimmer and a twelve-time Olympic medalist. Torres was the first swimmer from the United States to compete in five Olympic Games , and, at age 41, the oldest swimmer ever to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team...	United States	56.37	q-A
8	Conny van Bentum Conny van Bentum Cornelia van Bentum is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1980...	Netherlands	56.50	q-A
9	Natalia Trefilova Natalia Trefilova Natalia Trefilova , born 1 July 1971, is a former freestyle swimmer from the Soviet Union.Natalia competed at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea, in the 100, 200, 400, & 800 metre freestyles, & the 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay....	Soviet Union	56.66	q-B
10	Luminita Dobrescu		56.67	q-B
11	Tamara Costache Tamara Costache Tamara Costache is a former freestyle swimmer from Romania.Costache may be considered the earliest pioneer of specialised 50 metre freestyle sprinting for women. She first held the world record for the 50 metre freestyle when competing at the Romanian National Championships in Bucharest on 16 July...		56.79	q-B
12	Karen van Wirdum Karen Van Wirdum Karen Tracey van Wirdum is a former freestyle swimmer from Australia, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988...	Australia	56.84	q-B
13	Mitzi Kremer Mitzi Kremer Mitzi Patricia Kremer is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who was a member of the women's team that won the bronze medal in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea...	United States	56.97	q-B
14	Svetlana Issakova	Soviet Union	57.17	q-B
15	Gitta Jensen	Denmark	57.28	q-B
16	Ayako Nakano	Japan	57.29	q-B
17	Andrea Nugent Andrea Nugent Andrea Nugent is a former international butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Canada, who won the bronze medal with the Women's 4x100 Medley Relay Team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, together with Allison Higson, Jane Kerr and Lori Melien.-References:*...	Canada	57.33
18	Marie-Therese Armentero	Switzerland	57.35
19	Christiane Pielke	West Germany	57.47
20	Jane Kerr Jane Kerr Jane Louise Kerr Thompson is a former college and international swimmer from Canada. Kerr was a butterfly and freestyle specialist who was an Olympic bronze medalist.Kerr was born in Mississauga, Ontario....	Canada	57.55
21	Eva Nyberg Eva Nyberg Eva Karin Nyberg is a former Swedish Olympic freestyle swimmer. She competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Her best individual result is 19th place in the 100 m freestyle in 1992. She also swum a final with the 1992 4×100 m freestyle relay team finishing...	Sweden	57.57
22	Susie Baumer	Australia	57.76
23	Yaping Lou	People's Republic of China	57.79
24	Natasha Khristova	Bulgaria	57.80
25	Annabelle Cripps Annabelle Cripps Annabelle Cripps is a retired competitive swimmer from England, who specialised in the freestyle and butterfly events. She represented Great Britain at the 1984 and 1998 Summer Olympic Games.-References:* *...	United Kingdom	57.81
26	Pia Sorensen	Denmark	57.82
27	Karin Furuhed Karin Furuhed Karin Margareta Furuhed is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. She competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. Her best individual result is a 24th place in the 50 m freestyle .-References:*...	Sweden	57.97
28	June Croft June Croft June Alexandra Croft is a retired freestyle swimmer from the United Kingdom, who represented her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980...	United Kingdom	58.19
29	Jacqueline Delord	France	58.22
30	Silvia Persi	Italy	58.22
31	Katja Zillox	West Germany	58.39
32	Kaori Sasaki	Japan	58.40
33	Senda Gharbi	Tunisia	58.51
34	Adriana Pereira	Brazil	58.53
35	Karen Dieffenthaller	Trinidad and Tobago	58.64
36	Patricia Kohlmann Patricia Kohlmann Patricia Kohlmann is a former female freestyle and medley swimmer from Mexico, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1984...	Mexico	59.05
37	Isabelle Vieira	Brazil	59.15
38	Maria Rivera	Mexico	59.32
39	Akiko Thomson	Philippines	59.41
40	Bryndís Ólafsdóttir	Iceland	59.56
41	Carolina Mauri Carolina Mauri Carolina Mauri is a freestyle swimmer from Costa Rica, who won a total number of three medals with the women's relay team at the 1987 Pan American Games. She represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-References:...	Costa Rica	1:00.14
42	Cee Kay Hung		1:00.18
43	Eun-Jung Kim	South Korea	1:00.39
44	Ana Joselina Fortin	Honduras	1:01.11
45	Fenella Ng		1:01.27
46	Young-Hee Han	South Korea	1:01.55
47	Chi Wang	Chinese Taipei	1:01.72
48	Sabrina Lum	Chinese Taipei	1:02.11
49	Catherine Fogarty	Zimbabwe	1:02.47
50	Veronica Cummings	Guam	1:02.63
51	Angela Birch	Fiji	1:02.91
52	Cina Munch	Fiji	1:03.06
53	Carolina Araujo	Mozambique	1:05.11
54	Katerine Moreno Katerine Moreno Katerine Moreno de Quintanilla is a retired female swimmer from Bolivia. She competed in four Summer Olympics for her native South American country, starting in 1988.-References:*...	Bolivia	1:05.39
55	Elsa Freire	Angola	1:05.47
56	Nancy Khalaf	Lebanon	1:06.73
57	Carla Fernandes	Angola	1:08.15

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