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.[1]
Women's 100 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
Date | 22 September 1988 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 41 from 30 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:00.89 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Ina Kleber (GDR) | 1:00.59 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 24 August 1984 |
Olympic record | Rica Reinisch (GDR) | 1:00.86 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 23 July 1980 |
Results
editHeats
editRule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Swimoff
edit- Round 1
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Manuela Carosi | Italy | 1:05.05 | qSO |
4 | Karen Lord | Australia | qSO |
- Round 2
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Manuela Carosi | Italy | 1:04.62 | q |
2 | 4 | Karen Lord | Australia | 1:04.75 |
Finals
editFinal B
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 4 | Anca Pătrășcoiu | Romania | 1:03.33 | |
10 | 5 | Svenja Schlicht | West Germany | 1:03.68 | |
11 | 8 | Manuela Carosi | Italy | 1:03.80 | |
12 | 6 | Lori Melien | Canada | 1:03.87 | |
13 | 3 | Lorenza Vigarani | Italy | 1:03.88 | |
14 | 2 | Jolanda de Rover | Netherlands | 1:04.11 | |
15 | 7 | Sharon Musson | New Zealand | 1:04.17 | |
16 | 1 | Katherine Read | Great Britain | 1:04.27 |
Final A
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Kristin Otto | East Germany | 1:00.89 | ||
3 | Krisztina Egerszegi | Hungary | 1:01.56 | ||
5 | Cornelia Sirch | East Germany | 1:01.57 | ||
4 | 2 | Betsy Mitchell | United States | 1:02.71 | |
5 | 6 | Beth Barr | United States | 1:02.78 | |
6 | 7 | Silvia Poll | Costa Rica | 1:03.34 | |
7 | 1 | Nicole Livingstone | Australia | 1:04.15 | |
8 | 8 | Marion Aizpors | West Germany | 1:04.19 |
References
edit- ^ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. pp. 422–423. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 423. Retrieved 2 April 2017.