Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke
Women's 100 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
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Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
Date | 22 September 1988 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 41 from 30 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:00.89 | ||||||||||||
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The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 22 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Ina Kleber (GDR) | 1:00.59 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 24 August 1984 |
Olympic record | Rica Reinisch (GDR) | 1:00.86 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 23 July 1980 |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).
Swimoff
- Round 1
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Manuela Carosi | Italy | 1:05.05 | qSO |
4 | Karen Lord | Australia | qSO |
- Round 2
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Manuela Carosi | Italy | 1:04.62 | q |
2 | 4 | Karen Lord | Australia | 1:04.75 |
Finals
Final B
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 4 | Anca Pătrășcoiu | Romania | 1:03.33 | |
10 | 5 | Svenja Schlicht | West Germany | 1:03.68 | |
11 | 8 | Manuela Carosi | Italy | 1:03.80 | |
12 | 6 | Lori Melien | Canada | 1:03.87 | |
13 | 3 | Lorenza Vigarani | Italy | 1:03.88 | |
14 | 2 | Jolanda de Rover | Netherlands | 1:04.11 | |
15 | 7 | Sharon Musson | New Zealand | 1:04.17 | |
16 | 1 | Katherine Read | Great Britain | 1:04.27 |
Final A
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Kristin Otto | East Germany | 1:00.89 | ||
3 | Krisztina Egerszegi | Hungary | 1:01.56 | ||
5 | Cornelia Sirch | East Germany | 1:01.57 | ||
4 | 2 | Betsy Mitchell | United States | 1:02.71 | |
5 | 6 | Beth Barr | United States | 1:02.78 | |
6 | 7 | Silvia Poll | Costa Rica | 1:03.34 | |
7 | 1 | Nicole Livingstone | Australia | 1:04.15 | |
8 | 8 | Marion Aizpors | West Germany | 1:04.19 |