Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle
Appearance
Women's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
Date | 22 September 1988 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 30 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 4:03.85 WR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
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
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows;
World record | Janet Evans (USA) | 4:05.45 | Orlando, United States | 20 December 1987 |
Olympic record | Tiffany Cohen (USA) | 4:07.10 | Los Angeles, United States | 31 July 1984 |
The following records were established during the length of the competition;
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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22 September | Final A | Janet Evans | United States | 4:03.85 | WR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
[edit]Final B
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 5 | Sheridan Burge-Lopez | Australia | 4:10.21 | |
10 | 4 | Noemi Lung | Romania | 4:11.88 | |
11 | 1 | Stela Pura | Romania | 4:12.14 | |
12 | 3 | Antoaneta Strumenlieva | Bulgaria | 4:13.43 | |
13 | 8 | Patricia Noall | Canada | 4:14.70 | |
14 | 6 | Manuela Melchiorri | Italy | 4:14.90 | |
15 | 2 | Chikako Nakamori | Japan | 4:15.59 | |
16 | 7 | Cécile Prunier | France | 4:21.03 |
Final A
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Janet Evans | United States | 4:03.85 | WR | |
2 | Heike Friedrich | East Germany | 4:05.94 | EU | |
5 | Anke Möhring | East Germany | 4:06.62 | ||
4 | 3 | Tami Bruce | United States | 4:08.16 | |
5 | 6 | Janelle Elford | Australia | 4:10.64 | |
6 | 7 | Isabelle Arnould | Belgium | 4:11.73 | |
7 | 1 | Stephanie Ortwig | West Germany | 4:13.05 | |
8 | 8 | Natalia Trefilova | Soviet Union | 4:13.92 |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. pp. 420–421. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 421. Retrieved 31 March 2017.