Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

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Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date22 September 1988 (heats & final)
Competitors60 from 15 nations
Winning time3:40.63 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)
Kristin Otto, Katrin Meissner, Daniela Hunger, Manuela Stellmach, Sabina Schulze*, Heike Friedrich*
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
Marianne Muis, Mildred Muis, Conny van Bentum, Karin Brienesse, Diana van der Plaats*
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Mary Wayte, Mitzi Kremer, Laura Walker, Dara Torres, Paige Zemina*, Jill Sterkel*
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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1992  →

The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 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 East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)
Kristin Otto (54.73)
Manuela Stellmach (54.96)
Sabina Schulze (55.52)
Heike Friedrich (55.36)		3:40.57 Madrid, Spain 19 August 1986
Olympic recordFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)
Barbara Krause (54.90)
Caren Metschuck (55.61)
Ines Diers (55.90)
Sarina Hülsenbeck (56.30)		3:42.71 Moscow, Soviet Union 27 July 1980

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
22 SeptemberFinal Kristin Otto (55.11)
Katrin Meissner (54.73)
Daniela Hunger (55.69)
Manuela Stellmach (55.10)		Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 3:40.63 OR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q). [2]

RankHeatNationSwimmersTimeNotes
11Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Katrin Meissner (55.30)
Sabina Schulze (56.32)
Heike Friedrich (55.68)
Daniela Hunger (55.83)		3:43.13Q
22Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Conny van Bentum (56.34)
Marianne Muis (55.96)
Mildred Muis (55.85)
Diana van der Plaats (55.97)		3:44.12Q
32Flag of the United States.svg  United States Laura Walker (57.46)
Paige Zemina (56.51)
Jill Sterkel (56.07)
Mary Wayte (55.06)		3:45.10Q
41Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Inna Abramova (57.56)
Svetlana Isakova (56.55)
Yelena Dendeberova (56.02)
Svitlana Kopchykova (56.15)		3:46.28Q
52Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Xia Fujie (57.37)
Lou Yaping (57.23)
Yang Wenyi (55.86)
Zhuang Yong (55.90)		3:46.36Q
61Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Karin Seick (57.54)
Christiane Pielke (56.94)
Katja Ziliox (57.75)
Marion Aizpors (55.80)		3:48.03Q
72Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Mette Jacobsen (57.10)
Gitta Jensen (56.85)
Pia Sørensen (56.93)
Annette Jørgensen (57.95)		3:48.83Q
82Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Kathy Bald (57.29)
Kristin Topham (58.08)
Allison Higson (57.09)
Jane Kerr (56.74)		3:49.20Q
91Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Agneta Eriksson (58.31)
Karin Furuhed (57.31)
Suzanne Nilsson (57.59)
Eva Nyberg (57.29)		3:50.50
101Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Annabelle Cripps (57.87)
June Croft (57.70)
Linda Donnelly (58.01)
Joanna Coull (57.26)		3:50.84
112Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil Adriana Pereira (58.59)
Monica Rezende (59.37)
Patrícia Amorim (59.92)
Isabelle Vieira (58.41)		3:56.29
121Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Natasha Aguilar (1:01.45)
Marcela Cuesta (1:00.07)
Carolina Mauri (1:00.25)
Silvia Poll (57.90)		3:59.67
132Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea Kim Eun-jung (1:01.33)
Han Young-hee (1:00.37)
Park Joo-li (1:01.42)
Lee Hong-mi (1:00.06)		4:03.18
142Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong Hung Cee Kay (1:00.80)
Fenella Ng (1:01.15)
Tsang Wing Sze (1:03.67)
Annemarie Munk (1:02.96)		4:08.58
151Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Wang Chi (1:02.17)
Sabrina Lum (1:03.31)
Carwai Seto (1:01.82)
Chang Hui-chien (1:02.54)		4:09.84

Final

[3]

RankLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Kristin Otto (55.11)
Katrin Meissner (54.73)
Daniela Hunger (55.69)
Manuela Stellmach (55.10)		3:40.63 OR
Silver medal icon.svg5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Marianne Muis (56.26)
Mildred Muis (56.36)
Conny van Bentum (55.73)
Diana van der Plaats (55.04)		3:43.39 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg3Flag of the United States.svg  United States Mary Wayte (55.88)
Mitzi Kremer (55.68)
Laura Walker (56.71)
Dara Torres (55.98)		3:44.25
42Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Xia Fujie (57.78)
Yang Wenyi (55.38)
Lou Yaping (57.28)
Zhuang Yong (54.25)		3:44.69 NR
56Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Yelena Dendeberova (56.49)
Svetlana Isakova (56.20)
Natalia Trefilova (56.00)
Svitlana Kopchykova (56.30)		3:44.99
68Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Kathy Bald (57.01)
Patricia Noall (56.75)
Andrea Nugent (56.31)
Jane Kerr (56.68)		3:46.75
77Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Stephanie Ortwig (57.91)
Marion Aizpors (55.71)
Christiane Pielke (56.46)
Karin Seick (56.82)		3:46.90
81Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Gitta Jensen (56.93)
Pia Sørensen (57.28)
Mette Jacobsen (56.95)
Annette Jørgensen (58.09)		3:49.25

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References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference . Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 4 × 100m Freestyle Relay Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988 . LA84 Foundation. pp. 429–430. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 4 × 100m Freestyle Relay Final" (PDF). Seoul 1988 . LA84 Foundation. p. 430. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
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