The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20 and 21 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.
The following records were established during the competition:
Date Round Name Nation Time Record24 September Final A Janet Evans 8:20.20
Results
Heats Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q).
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Astrid Strauss 8:28.07 Q 2 3 Janet Evans 8:28.13 Q 3 4 Julie McDonald 8:29.68 Q 4 4 Anke Möhring 8:30.95 Q 5 2 Tami Bruce 8:31.57 Q 6 2 Janelle Elford 8:32.14 Q 7 4 Isabelle Arnould 8:34.56 Q 8 2 Antoaneta Strumenlieva 8:35.40 Q 9 3 Debby Wurzburger 8:36.24 10 4 Irene Dalby 8:38.33 11 4 Tomomi Hosoda 8:39.55 12 2 Manuela Melchiorri 8:40.63 13 2 Karyn Faure 8:41.64 14 3 Stephanie Ortwig 8:41.95 15 4 Natalia Trefilova 8:43.19 16 3 Karen Mellor 8:44.64 17 2 Alexandra Russ 8:49.31 18 4 Pernille Jensen 8:50.82 19 4 Nurul Huda Abdullah 8:50.84 20 3 Christelle Janssens 8:51.22 21 1 Patrícia Amorim 8:51.95 22 2 Eva Mortensen 8:53.67 23 3 Judit Csabai 8:56.37 24 2 Cécile Prunier 8:57.22 25 1 Tracey Atkin 9:00.04 26 4 Yan Ming 9:00.81 27 1 Rita Jean Garay 9:04.62
Final
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Janet Evans 8:20.20 4 Astrid Strauss 8:22.09 3 Julie McDonald 8:22.93 OC 4 6 Anke Möhring 8:23.09 5 2 Tami Bruce 8:30.86 6 7 Janelle Elford 8:30.94 7 1 Isabelle Arnould 8:37.47 8 8 Antoaneta Strumenlieva 8:41.05
References
External links Official Report USA Swimming