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

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Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date22 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors30 from 21 nations
Winning time4:03.85 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Janet Evans Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Heike Friedrich Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Anke Möhring Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
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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]

Records

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

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

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

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
22 SeptemberFinal A Janet Evans Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:03.85 WR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). [2]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Janet Evans Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:10.21Q
22 Anke Möhring Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:10.64Q
34 Tami Bruce Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:10.73Q
42 Janelle Elford Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:11.07Q
53 Heike Friedrich Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:11.30Q
64 Isabelle Arnould Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4:11.71Q
74 Stephanie Ortwig Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:12.18Q
82 Natalia Trefilova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:12.20Q
93 Noemi Lung Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 4:12.42q
103 Sheridan Burge-Lopez Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:12.77q
112 Antoaneta Strumenlieva Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 4:13.25q
123 Manuela Melchiorri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:15.40q
131 Chikako Nakamori Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4:15.51q
143 Cécile Prunier Flag of France.svg  France 4:15.63q
154 Stela Pura Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 4:15.78q
164 Patricia Noall Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:15.90q
173 Irene Dalby Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 4:16.22
184 Ruth Gilfillan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:16.66
192 Tomomi Hosoda Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4:17.30
203 Eva Mortensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 4:18.06
213 Yan Ming Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:18.58
224 Alexandra Russ Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:18.67
231 Nurul Huda Abdullah Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 4:19.33
241 Patrícia Amorim Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 4:19.64
252 Christelle Janssens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4:19.95
261 Pernille Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 4:20.96
272 June Croft Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:21.98
281 Rita Jean Garay Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 4:24.84
292 Judit Csabai Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:25.52
301 Senda Gharbi Pre-1999 Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 4:34.67

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
95 Sheridan Burge-Lopez Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:10.21
104 Noemi Lung Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 4:11.88
111 Stela Pura Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 4:12.14
123 Antoaneta Strumenlieva Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 4:13.43
138 Patricia Noall Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:14.70
146 Manuela Melchiorri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:14.90
152 Chikako Nakamori Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4:15.59
167 Cécile Prunier Flag of France.svg  France 4:21.03

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Janet Evans Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:03.85 WR
Silver medal icon.svg2 Heike Friedrich Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:05.94 EU
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Anke Möhring Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:06.62
43 Tami Bruce Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:08.16
56 Janelle Elford Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:10.64
67 Isabelle Arnould Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4:11.73
71 Stephanie Ortwig Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:13.05
88 Natalia Trefilova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:13.92

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References

  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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