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.

Schedule All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+9)

DateTimeRound 22 September 1988 10:00 Heats22 September 1988 20:00 Final

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 6 Kristin Otto 1:01.45 Q 2 5 Cornelia Sirch 1:01.63 Q 3 5 Krisztina Egerszegi 1:02.09 Q 4 6 Beth Barr 1:02.63 Q 5 4 Betsy Mitchell 1:02.85 Q 6 5 Silvia Poll 1:03.21 Q, NR 7 6 Nicole Livingstone 1:03.26 Q 8 6 Marion Aizpors 1:03.27 Q 9 4 Anca Pătrășcoiu 1:03.29 q 10 5 Svenja Schlicht 1:03.72 q 11 4 Lorenza Vigarani 1:03.96 q 12 5 Lori Melien 1:04.29 q 13 5 Jolanda de Rover 1:04.39 q 14 5 Sharon Musson 1:04.58 q 15 6 Katherine Read 1:04.62 q 16 4 Manuela Carosi 1:04.69 6 Karen Lord 18 5 Sharon Page 1:04.75 19 4 Bistra Gospodinova 1:04.91 20 4 Laurence Guillou 1:05.07 4 Eva Gysling 22 6 Johanna Larsson 1:05.10 23 3 Wang Bolin 1:05.15 24 6 Satoko Morishita 1:05.38 25 4 Sylvia Hume 1:05.81 26 3 Tomoko Onogi 1:06.14 27 3 Michelle Smith 1:06.22 28 3 Akiko Thomson 1:06.51 29 3 Aileen Convery 1:06.73 30 3 Hong Ji-hee 1:08.33 31 3 Rita Jean Garay 1:08.58 32 3 Wang Chi 1:09.56 33 2 Ana Joselina Fortin 1:10.10 34 2 Tricia Duncan 1:10.37 35 2 Tsang Wing Sze 1:10.50 36 2 Sharon Pickering 1:12.14 37 1 Angela Birch 1:13.48 38 1 Katerine Moreno 1:14.42 39 2 Elsa Freire 1:15.56 40 1 Carolina Araujo 1:15.86 41 2 Carla Fernandes 1:21.58

Swimoff Round 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Manuela Carosi 1:05.05 4 Karen Lord

Round 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Manuela Carosi 1:04.62 q 2 4 Karen Lord 1:04.75

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Anca Pătrășcoiu 1:03.33 10 5 Svenja Schlicht 1:03.68 11 8 Manuela Carosi 1:03.80 12 6 Lori Melien 1:03.87 13 3 Lorenza Vigarani 1:03.88 14 2 Jolanda de Rover 1:04.11 15 7 Sharon Musson 1:04.17 16 1 Katherine Read 1:04.27

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Kristin Otto 1:00.89 3 Krisztina Egerszegi 1:01.56 5 Cornelia Sirch 1:01.57 4 2 Betsy Mitchell 1:02.71 5 6 Beth Barr 1:02.78 6 7 Silvia Poll 1:03.34 7 1 Nicole Livingstone 1:04.15 8 8 Marion Aizpors 1:04.19

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming