Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date22 September 1988 (heats & final)
Competitors60 from 15 nations
Winning time3:40.63 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  East Germany (GDR)
Kristin Otto, Katrin Meissner, Daniela Hunger, Manuela Stellmach, Sabina Schulze*, Heike Friedrich*
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Netherlands (NED)
Marianne Muis, Mildred Muis, Conny van Bentum, Karin Brienesse, Diana van der Plaats*
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States (USA)
Mary Wayte, Mitzi Kremer, Laura Walker, Dara Torres, Paige Zemina*, Jill Sterkel*
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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The women's 4×100 metre freestyle relay 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  East Germany (GDR)
Kristin Otto (54.73)
Manuela Stellmach (54.96)
Sabina Schulze (55.52)
Heike Friedrich (55.36)
3:40.57 Madrid, Spain 19 August 1986
Olympic record  East Germany (GDR)
Barbara Krause (54.90)
Caren Metschuck (55.61)
Ines Diers (55.90)
Sarina Hülsenbeck (56.30)
3:42.71 Moscow, Soviet Union 27 July 1980

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
22 September Final Kristin Otto (55.11)
Katrin Meissner (54.73)
Daniela Hunger (55.69)
Manuela Stellmach (55.10)
 East Germany 3:40.63 OR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q).

Rank Heat Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1 1  East Germany Katrin Meissner (55.30)
Sabina Schulze (56.32)
Heike Friedrich (55.68)
Daniela Hunger (55.83)
3:43.13 Q
2 2  Netherlands Conny van Bentum (56.34)
Marianne Muis (55.96)
Mildred Muis (55.85)
Diana van der Plaats (55.97)
3:44.12 Q
3 2  United States Laura Walker (57.46)
Paige Zemina (56.51)
Jill Sterkel (56.07)
Mary Wayte (55.06)
3:45.10 Q
4 1  Soviet Union Inna Abramova (57.56)
Svetlana Isakova (56.55)
Yelena Dendeberova (56.02)
Svitlana Kopchykova (56.15)
3:46.28 Q
5 2  China Xia Fujie (57.37)
Lou Yaping (57.23)
Yang Wenyi (55.86)
Zhuang Yong (55.90)
3:46.36 Q
6 1  West Germany Karin Seick (57.54)
Christiane Pielke (56.94)
Katja Ziliox (57.75)
Marion Aizpors (55.80)
3:48.03 Q
7 2  Denmark Mette Jacobsen (57.10)
Gitta Jensen (56.85)
Pia Sørensen (56.93)
Annette Jørgensen (57.95)
3:48.83 Q
8 2  Canada Kathy Bald (57.29)
Kristin Topham (58.08)
Allison Higson (57.09)
Jane Kerr (56.74)
3:49.20 Q
9 1  Sweden Agneta Eriksson (58.31)
Karin Furuhed (57.31)
Suzanne Nilsson (57.59)
Eva Nyberg (57.29)
3:50.50
10 1  Great Britain Annabelle Cripps (57.87)
June Croft (57.70)
Linda Donnelly (58.01)
Joanna Coull (57.26)
3:50.84
11 2  Brazil Adriana Pereira (58.59)
Monica Rezende (59.37)
Patrícia Amorim (59.92)
Isabelle Vieira (58.41)
3:56.29
12 1  Costa Rica Natasha Aguilar (1:01.45)
Marcela Cuesta (1:00.07)
Carolina Mauri (1:00.25)
Silvia Poll (57.90)
3:59.67
13 2  South Korea Kim Eun-jung (1:01.33)
Han Young-hee (1:00.37)
Park Joo-li (1:01.42)
Lee Hong-mi (1:00.06)
4:03.18
14 2  Hong Kong Hung Cee Kay (1:00.80)
Fenella Ng (1:01.15)
Tsang Wing Sze (1:03.67)
Annemarie Munk (1:02.96)
4:08.58
15 1  Chinese Taipei Wang Chi (1:02.17)
Sabrina Lum (1:03.31)
Carwai Seto (1:01.82)
Chang Hui-chien (1:02.54)
4:09.84

Final

Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4  East Germany Kristin Otto (55.11)
Katrin Meissner (54.73)
Daniela Hunger (55.69)
Manuela Stellmach (55.10)
3:40.63 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5  Netherlands Marianne Muis (56.26)
Mildred Muis (56.36)
Conny van Bentum (55.73)
Diana van der Plaats (55.04)
3:43.39 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3  United States Mary Wayte (55.88)
Mitzi Kremer (55.68)
Laura Walker (56.71)
Dara Torres (55.98)
3:44.25
4 2  China Xia Fujie (57.78)
Yang Wenyi (55.38)
Lou Yaping (57.28)
Zhuang Yong (54.25)
3:44.69 NR
5 6  Soviet Union Yelena Dendeberova (56.49)
Svetlana Isakova (56.20)
Natalia Trefilova (56.00)
Svitlana Kopchykova (56.30)
3:44.99
6 8  Canada Kathy Bald (57.01)
Patricia Noall (56.75)
Andrea Nugent (56.31)
Jane Kerr (56.68)
3:46.75
7 7  West Germany Stephanie Ortwig (57.91)
Marion Aizpors (55.71)
Christiane Pielke (56.46)
Karin Seick (56.82)
3:46.90
8 1  Denmark Gitta Jensen (56.93)
Pia Sørensen (57.28)
Mette Jacobsen (56.95)
Annette Jørgensen (58.09)
3:49.25

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