Swimming at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

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]

Records

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

Heats

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

[3]

Final B

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Janet Evans  United States 4:37.76
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Noemi Lung  Romania 4:39.46
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  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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