The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 18–19 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.

Results

Heats Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 8 Catherine Plewinski 55.53 Q 2 8 Kristin Otto 55.80 Q 3 6 Zhuang Yong 55.84 Q 4 7 Manuela Stellmach 56.14 Q 5 8 Silvia Poll 56.16 Q, NR 6 7 Karin Brienesse 56.29 Q 7 8 Dara Torres 56.37 Q 8 7 Conny van Bentum 56.50 Q 9 6 Natalia Trefilova 56.66 q 10 7 Luminița Dobrescu 56.67 q 11 7 Tamara Costache 56.79 q 12 6 Karen van Wirdum 56.84 q 13 6 Mitzi Kremer 56.97 q 14 7 Svetlana Isakova 57.17 q 15 8 Gitta Jensen 57.28 q 16 5 Ayako Nakano 57.29 q 17 8 Andrea Nugent 57.33 18 8 Marie-Thérèse Armentero 57.35 19 8 Christiane Pielke 57.47 20 6 Jane Kerr 57.55 21 5 Eva Nyberg 57.57 22 4 Susie Baumer 57.76 23 6 Lou Yaping 57.79 24 7 Natasha Khristova 57.80 25 5 Annabelle Cripps 57.81 26 6 Pia Sørensen 57.82 27 5 Karin Furuhed 57.97 28 5 June Croft 58.19 29 5 Jacqueline Delord 58.22 30 6 Silvia Persi 58.22 31 7 Katja Ziliox 58.39 32 5 Kaori Sasaki 58.40 33 5 Senda Gharbi 58.51 34 4 Adriana Pereira 58.53 35 4 Karen Dieffenthaler 58.64 36 4 Patricia Kohlmann 59.05 37 4 Isabelle Vieira 59.15 38 4 María Rivera 59.32 39 3 Akiko Thomson 59.41 40 4 Bryndís Ólafsdóttir 59.56 41 3 Carolina Mauri 1:00.14 42 4 Hung Cee Kay 1:00.18 43 3 Kim Eun-jung 1:00.39 44 3 Ana Joselina Fortin 1:01.11 45 3 Fenella Ng 1:01.27 46 3 Han Young-hee 1:01.55 47 3 Wang Chi 1:01.72 48 2 Sabrina Lum 1:02.11 49 2 Catherine Fogarty 1:02.47 50 2 Veronica Cummings 1:02.63 51 2 Angela Birch 1:02.91 52 2 Cina Munch 1:03.06 53 1 Carolina Araujo 1:05.11 54 1 Katerine Moreno 1:05.39 55 3 Elsa Freire 1:05.47 56 2 Nancy Khalaf 1:06.73 57 2 Carla Fernandes 1:08.15 1 Rita Jean Garay

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Natalia Trefilova 56.48 10 8 Ayako Nakano 56.72 11 5 Luminița Dobrescu 56.79 12 2 Mitzi Kremer 56.83 13 1 Gitta Jensen 57.02 14 6 Karen van Wirdum 57.04 15 7 Svetlana Isakova 57.07 16 3 Tamara Costache 57.11

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Kristin Otto 54.93 3 Zhuang Yong 55.47 4 Catherine Plewinski 55.49 4 6 Manuela Stellmach 55.52 5 2 Silvia Poll 55.90 NR 6 7 Karin Brienesse 56.15 7 1 Dara Torres 56.25 8 8 Conny van Bentum 56.54

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming