Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle

Women's 50 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date 25 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors 50 from 33 nations
Winning time 25.49 OR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Kristin Otto  East Germany
2nd, silver medalist(s) Yang Wenyi  China
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Katrin Meissner  East Germany
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Jill Sterkel  United States

The inaugural women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 25 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 Yang Wenyi (CHN)24.98Guangzhou, China11 April 1988
Olympic recordInaugural event———

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
25 SeptemberHeat 7Yang Wenyi China25.67OR
25 SeptemberFinal AKristin Otto East Germany25.49OR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
17Yang Wenyi China25.67Q, OR
27Katrin Meissner East Germany25.77Q
36Kristin Otto East Germany25.85Q
45Leigh Ann Fetter United States25.91Q
56Catherine Plewinski France26.01Q, NR
67Jill Sterkel United States26.02Q
76Tamara Costache Romania26.06Q
87Karen van Wirdum Australia26.12Q, OC
97Marion Aizpors West Germany26.20q
107Inna Abramova Soviet Union26.27q
115Marie-Thérèse Armentero Switzerland26.32q
125Christiane Pielke West Germany26.33q
136Ayako Nakano Japan26.44q
144Diana van der Plaats Netherlands26.49q, NR
156Kristin Topham Canada26.50q
165Karin Brienesse Netherlands26.54q
174Adriana Pereira Brazil26.56
5Luminița Dobrescu Romania
196Andrea Nugent Canada26.60
205Gitta Jensen Denmark26.61
5Kaori Sasaki Japan
226Xia Fujie China26.66
237Helena Aberg Sweden26.67
246Karin Furuhed Sweden26.85
257Alison Sheppard Great Britain27.14
264María Rivera Mexico27.16
274Annabelle Cripps Great Britain27.17
284Karen Dieffenthaler Trinidad and Tobago27.27
295Senda Gharbi Tunisia27.34
304Akiko Thomson Philippines27.43
313Mônica Rezende Brazil27.44
324Patricia Kohlmann Mexico27.45
332Carolina Mauri Costa Rica27.96
343Han Young-hee South Korea28.02
353Hung Cee Kay Hong Kong28.15
363Park Joo-li South Korea28.20
372Bryndís Ólafsdóttir Iceland28.38
383Ana Joselina Fortin Honduras28.46
392Cina Munch Fiji28.55
402Catherine Fogarty Zimbabwe28.66
413Wang Chi Chinese Taipei28.73
422Sabrina Lum Chinese Taipei28.82
432Veronica Cummings Guam28.94
442Angela Birch Fiji29.01
453Tsang Wing Sze Hong Kong29.14
462Katerine Moreno Bolivia29.42
474Elsa Freire Angola29.54
481Carolina Araujo Mozambique29.64
493Ana Martins Angola29.74
501Nancy Khalaf Lebanon30.77

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94Marion Aizpors West Germany26.17
106Christiane Pielke West Germany26.22
113Marie-Thérèse Armentero Switzerland26.34
121Kristin Topham Canada26.45
2Ayako Nakano Japan
145Inna Abramova Soviet Union26.48
158Karin Brienesse Netherlands26.66
167Diana van der Plaats Netherlands26.80

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)3Kristin Otto East Germany25.49OR
2nd, silver medalist(s)4Yang Wenyi China25.64
3rd, bronze medalist(s)5Katrin Meissner East Germany25.71
7Jill Sterkel United States
56Leigh Ann Fetter United States25.78
61Tamara Costache Romania25.80
72Catherine Plewinski France25.90NR
88Karen van Wirdum Australia26.01OC

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 50 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. pp. 417–418. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 418. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
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