Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Swimming
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
DatesSeptember 18 – September 25
Swimming events at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. The swimming competition, held from September 18 to September 25, was notable for the seven medals, including five golds, won by Matt Biondi, the six golds won by Kristin Otto, and the three individual golds won by Janet Evans. 633 participants from 77 countries were competing.[1]

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  East Germany (GDR) 11 8 9 28
2  United States (USA) 8 6 4 18
3  Hungary (HUN) 4 2 0 6
4  Soviet Union (URS) 2 2 5 9
5  Australia (AUS) 1 1 1 3
 Bulgaria (BUL) 1 1 1 3
 Great Britain (GBR) 1 1 1 3
 West Germany (FRG) 1 1 1 3
9  Japan (JPN) 1 0 0 1
 Suriname (SUR) 1 0 0 1
11  China (CHN) 0 3 1 4
12  Canada (CAN) 0 1 1 2
 Romania (ROU) 0 1 1 2
14  Costa Rica (CRC) 0 1 0 1
 Denmark (DEN) 0 1 0 1
 Netherlands (NED) 0 1 0 1
 Sweden (SWE) 0 1 0 1
18  France (FRA) 0 0 2 2
 New Zealand (NZL) 0 0 2 2
20  Italy (ITA) 0 0 1 1
 Poland (POL) 0 0 1 1
 Spain (ESP) 0 0 1 1

Events

The swimming program for 1988 included two new events, the men's and women's 50 m freestyle, bringing the total number of events to 31.

The following events were contested:

Competition schedule

All dates are in 1988.

date Morning session Afternoon session
Sept.18   no competition women's 100 freestyle (prelims)
men's 100 breaststroke (prelims)
women's 400 I.M. (prelims)
men's 200 freestyle (prelims)
Sept.19 women's 100 freestyle (finals)
men's 100 breaststroke (finals)
women's 400 I.M. (finals)
men's 200 freestyle (finals)
Sept.20 men's 100 butterfly (prelims)
women's 200 freestyle (prelims)
men's 400 I.M. (prelims)
women's 200 breaststroke (prelims)
men's 4x200 Freestyle Relay (prelims)
Sept.21 men's 100 butterfly (finals)
women's 200 freestyle (finals)
men's 400 I.M. (finals)
women's 200 breaststroke (finals)
men's 4x200 Freestyle Relay (finals)
Sept.22 women's 400 freestyle (prelims)
men's 100 freestyle (prelims)
women's 100 backstroke (prelims)
men's 200 backstroke (prelims)
women's 4x100 Free Relay
women's 400 freestyle (finals)
men's 100 freestyle (finals)
women's 100 backstroke (finals)
men's 200 backstroke (finals)
women's 4x100 Freestyle Relay (finals)
Sept.23 men's 400 freestyle (prelims)
women's 100 butterfly (prelims)
men's 200 breaststroke (prelims)
women's 100 breaststroke (prelims)
men's 4x100 Freestyle Relay (prelims)
women's 800 freestyle (prelims)
men's 400 freestyle (final)
women's 100 butterfly (finals)
men's 200 breaststroke (finals)
women's 100 breaststroke (finals)
men's 4x100 Freestyle Relay (finals)
Sept.24 men's 200 butterfly (prelims)
women's 200 I.M. (prelims)
men's 50 freestyle (prelims)
men's 100 backstroke (prelims)
women's 4x100 Medley Relay (prelims)
men's 1500 freestyle (prelims)
women's 200 I.M. (finals)
men's 200 butterfly (finals)
men's 50 freestyle (finals)
women's 800 freestyle (finals)
men's 100 backstroke (finals)
women's 4x100 Medley Relay (finals)
Sept.25 women's 200 butterfly (prelims)
men's 200 I.M. (prelims)
women's 50 freestyle (prelims)
men's 4x100 Medley Relay (prelims)
women's 200 backstroke (prelims)
men's 200 I.M. (finals)
women's 200 butterfly
women's 50 freestyle (finals)
men's 1500 freestyle (finals)
women's 200 backstroke (finals)
men's 4x100 Medley Relay (finals)

Medal summary

Men’s events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle Matt Biondi
 United States
22.14 (WR) Tom Jager
 United States
22.36 Gennadiy Prigoda
 Soviet Union
22.71
100 m freestyle Matt Biondi
 United States
48.63 (OR) Chris Jacobs
 United States
49.08 Stéphan Caron
 France
49.62
200 m freestyle Duncan Armstrong
 Australia
1:47.25 (WR) Anders Holmertz
 Sweden
1:47.89 Matt Biondi
 United States
1:47.99
400 m freestyle Uwe Daßler
 East Germany
3:46.95 (WR) Duncan Armstrong
 Australia
3:47.15 Artur Wojdat
 Poland
3:47.34
1500 m freestyle Vladimir Salnikov
 Soviet Union
15:00.40 Stefan Pfeiffer
 West Germany
15:02.69 Uwe Daßler
 East Germany
15:06.15
100 m backstroke Daichi Suzuki
 Japan
55.05 David Berkoff
 United States
55.18 Igor Polyansky
 Soviet Union
55.20
200 m backstroke Igor Polyansky
 Soviet Union
1:59.37 Frank Baltrusch
 East Germany
1:59.60 Paul Kingsman
 New Zealand
2:00.48
100 m breaststroke Adrian Moorhouse
 Great Britain
1:02.04 Károly Güttler
 Hungary
1:02.05 Dmitry Volkov
 Soviet Union
1:02.20
200 m breaststroke József Szabó
 Hungary
2:13.52 Nick Gillingham
 Great Britain
2:14.12 Sergio López Miró
 Spain
2:15.21
100 m butterfly Anthony Nesty
 Suriname
53.00 (OR) Matt Biondi
 United States
53.01 Andy Jameson
 Great Britain
53.30
200 m butterfly Michael Gross
 West Germany
1:56.94 (OR) Benny Nielsen
 Denmark
1:58.24 Anthony Mosse
 New Zealand
1:58.28
200 m individual medley Tamás Darnyi
 Hungary
2:00.17 (WR) Patrick Kühl
 East Germany
2:01.61 Vadim Yaroshchuk
 Soviet Union
2:02.40
400 m individual medley Tamás Darnyi
 Hungary
4:14.75 (WR) David Wharton
 United States
4:17.36 Stefano Battistelli
 Italy
4:18.01
4×100 m freestyle relay  United States (USA)
Chris Jacobs
Troy Dalbey
Tom Jager
Matt Biondi
Doug Gjertsen*
Brent Lang*
Shaun Jordan*
3:16.53  Soviet Union (URS)
Gennadiy Prigoda
Yuri Bashkatov
Nikolai Yevseyev
Vladimir Tkacenko
Raimundas Mažuolis*
Oleksiy Boryslavskiy*
3:18.33  East Germany (GDR)
Dirk Richter
Thomas Flemming
Lars Hinneburg
Steffen Zesner
3:19.82
4×200 m freestyle relay  United States (USA)
Troy Dalbey
Matt Cetlinski
Doug Gjertsen
Matt Biondi
Craig Oppel*
Dan Jorgensen*
7:12.51  East Germany (GDR)
Uwe Daßler
Sven Lodziewski
Thomas Flemming
Steffen Zesner
Lars Hinneburg*
7:13.68  West Germany (FRG)
Erik Hochstein
Thomas Fahrner
Rainer Henkel
Michael Gross
Peter Sitt*
Stefan Pfeiffer*
7:14.35
4×100 m medley relay  United States (USA)
David Berkoff
Richard Schroeder
Matt Biondi
Chris Jacobs
Jay Mortenson*
Tom Jager*
3:36.93  Canada (CAN)
Mark Tewksbury
Victor Davis
Tom Ponting
Sandy Goss
3:39.28  Soviet Union (URS)
Igor Polyansky
Dmitry Volkov
Vadim Yaroshchuk
Gennadiy Prigoda
Sergey Zabolotnov*
Valeriy Lozik*
Konstantin Petrov*
Nikolay Yevseyev*
3:39.96

* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women’s events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle Kristin Otto
 East Germany
25.49 (OR) Yang Wenyi
 China
25.64 Jill Sterkel
 United States
25.71
Katrin Meissner
 East Germany
100 m freestyle Kristin Otto
 East Germany
54.93 Zhuang Yong
 China
55.47 Catherine Plewinski
 France
55.49
200 m freestyle Heike Friedrich
 East Germany
1:57.65 (OR) Silvia Poll
 Costa Rica
1:58.67 Manuela Stellmach
 East Germany
1:59.01
400 m freestyle Janet Evans
 United States
4:03.85 (WR) Heike Friedrich
 East Germany
4:05.94 Anke Möhring
 East Germany
4:06.62
800 m freestyle Janet Evans
 United States
8:20.20 (OR) Astrid Strauß
 East Germany
8:22.09 Julie McDonald
 Australia
8:22.93
100 m backstroke Kristin Otto
 East Germany
1:00.89 Krisztina Egerszegi
 Hungary
1:01.56 Cornelia Sirch
 East Germany
1:01.57
200 m backstroke Krisztina Egerszegi
 Hungary
2:09.29 (OR) Katrin Zimmermann
 East Germany
2:10.61 Cornelia Sirch
 East Germany
2:11.45
100 m breaststroke Tanya Dangalakova
 Bulgaria
1:07.95 (OR) Antoaneta Frenkeva
 Bulgaria
1:08.74 Silke Hörner
 East Germany
1:08.83
200 m breaststroke Silke Hörner
 East Germany
2:26.71 (WR) Huang Xiaomin
 China
2:27.49 Antoaneta Frenkeva
 Bulgaria
2:28.34
100 m butterfly Kristin Otto
 East Germany
59.00 (OR) Birte Weigang
 East Germany
59.45 Hong Qian
 China
59.52
200 m butterfly Kathleen Nord
 East Germany
2:09.51 Birte Weigang
 East Germany
2:09.91 Mary T. Meagher
 United States
2:10.80
200 m individual medley Daniela Hunger
 East Germany
2:12.59 (OR) Yelena Dendeberova
 Soviet Union
2:13.31 Noemi Lung
 Romania
2:14.85
400 m individual medley Janet Evans
 United States
4:37.76 Noemi Lung
 Romania
4:39.46 Daniela Hunger
 East Germany
4:39.76
4×100 m freestyle relay  East Germany (GDR)
Kristin Otto
Katrin Meissner
Daniela Hunger
Manuela Stellmach
Sabina Schulze*
Heike Friedrich*
3:40.63  Netherlands (NED)
Marianne Muis
Mildred Muis
Conny van Bentum
Karin Brienesse
Diana van der Plaats*
3:43.39  United States (USA)
Mary Wayte
Mitzi Kremer
Laura Walker
Dara Torres
Paige Zemina*
Jill Sterkel*
3:44.25
4×100 m medley relay  East Germany (GDR)
Kristin Otto
Silke Hörner
Birte Weigang
Katrin Meissner
Cornelia Sirch*
Manuela Stellmach*
4:03.74  United States (USA)
Beth Barr
Tracey McFarlane
Janel Jorgensen
Mary Wayte
Betsy Mitchell*
Mary T. Meagher*
Dara Torres*
4:07.90  Canada (CAN)
Lori Melien
Allison Higson
Jane Kerr
Andrea Nugent
Keltie Duggan*
Patricia Noall*
4:10.49

* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Participating nations

633 swimmers from 77 nations competed.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
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