Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle
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 | ||||||||||||
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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.
Records
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
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).
Finals
Final B
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
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 |