Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle
The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20–21 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.[1]
Women's 800 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
Date | 23 September 1988 (heats) 24 September 1988 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 27 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
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 |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Janet Evans (USA) | 8:17.12 | Orlando, United States | 22 March 1988 |
Olympic record | Tiffany Cohen (USA) | 8:24.96 | Los Angeles, United States | 3 August 1984 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
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24 September | Final A | Janet Evans | United States | 8:20.20 | OR |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q).[2]
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 3 | Astrid Strauss | East Germany | 8:28.07 | Q |
2 | 3 | Janet Evans | United States | 8:28.13 | Q |
3 | 4 | Julie McDonald | Australia | 8:29.68 | Q |
4 | 4 | Anke Möhring | East Germany | 8:30.95 | Q |
5 | 2 | Tami Bruce | United States | 8:31.57 | Q |
6 | 2 | Janelle Elford | Australia | 8:32.14 | Q |
7 | 4 | Isabelle Arnould | Belgium | 8:34.56 | Q |
8 | 2 | Antoaneta Strumenlieva | Bulgaria | 8:35.40 | Q |
9 | 3 | Debby Wurzburger | Canada | 8:36.24 | |
10 | 4 | Irene Dalby | Norway | 8:38.33 | |
11 | 4 | Tomomi Hosoda | Japan | 8:39.55 | |
12 | 2 | Manuela Melchiorri | Italy | 8:40.63 | |
13 | 2 | Karyn Faure | France | 8:41.64 | |
14 | 3 | Stephanie Ortwig | West Germany | 8:41.95 | |
15 | 4 | Natalia Trefilova | Soviet Union | 8:43.19 | |
16 | 3 | Karen Mellor | Great Britain | 8:44.64 | |
17 | 2 | Alexandra Russ | West Germany | 8:49.31 | |
18 | 4 | Pernille Jensen | Denmark | 8:50.82 | |
19 | 4 | Nurul Huda Abdullah | Malaysia | 8:50.84 | |
20 | 3 | Christelle Janssens | Belgium | 8:51.22 | |
21 | 1 | Patrícia Amorim | Brazil | 8:51.95 | |
22 | 2 | Eva Mortensen | Denmark | 8:53.67 | |
23 | 3 | Judit Csabai | Hungary | 8:56.37 | |
24 | 2 | Cécile Prunier | France | 8:57.22 | |
25 | 1 | Tracey Atkin | Great Britain | 9:00.04 | |
26 | 4 | Yan Ming | China | 9:00.81 | |
27 | 1 | Rita Jean Garay | Puerto Rico | 9:04.62 |
Final
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Janet Evans | United States | 8:20.20 | OR | |
4 | Astrid Strauss | East Germany | 8:22.09 | ||
3 | Julie McDonald | Australia | 8:22.93 | OC | |
4 | 6 | Anke Möhring | East Germany | 8:23.09 | |
5 | 2 | Tami Bruce | United States | 8:30.86 | |
6 | 7 | Janelle Elford | Australia | 8:30.94 | |
7 | 1 | Isabelle Arnould | Belgium | 8:37.47 | |
8 | 8 | Antoaneta Strumenlieva | Bulgaria | 8:41.05 |
References
- "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. pp. 421–422. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 422. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
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