Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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The 1988 Summer Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

 took place in Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

. The swimming competition
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

, held from September 18 to September 25, was notable for the seven medals, including five golds, won by Matt Biondi
Matt Biondi
Matthew Nicholas Biondi is a three-time U.S. Olympic swimmer in the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Summer Olympics, winning a total of 11 medals...

, the six golds won by Kristin Otto
Kristin Otto
Kristin Otto is a German Olympic swimming champion. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic games...

, and the three individual golds won by Janet Evans
Janet Evans
Janet Beth Evans is a American competitive swimmer who specializes in distance freestyle. She recently announced her comeback to the sport with intentions to swim in the 2012 Olympic Trials.-Biography:...

. There was a total of 633 participants from 77 countries competing.

Medal table

1 11 8 9 28
2 8 6 4 18
3 4 2 0 6
4 2 2 5 9
5 1 1 1 3
1 1 1 3
1 1 1 3
1 1 1 3
9 1 0 0 1
1 0 0 1
11 0 3 1 4
12 0 1 1 2
0 1 1 2
14 0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
18 0 0 2 2
0 0 2 2
20 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1

Events

The swimming program for 1988 was expanded from 1984, with the addition of the 50 m freestyle, bringing the total number of events to 31. The following events were contested:
  • Freestyle
    Freestyle swimming
    Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...

    : 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m (women), 1500 m (men),
  • Backstroke
    Backstroke
    The backstroke, also sometimes called the back crawl, is one of the four swimming styles regulated by FINA, and the only regulated style swum on the back. This has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. It is also the only...

    : 100 m, 200 m
  • Breaststroke
    Breaststroke
    The breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on his or her chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to its stability and the ability to keep the head out of the water a large portion of the time. In most swimming classes, beginners learn...

    : 100 m, 200 m
  • Butterfly
    Butterfly stroke
    The butterfly is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. The butterfly kick was developed separately, and is also known as the "dolphin kick"...

    : 100 m, 200 m
  • Individual Medley
    Medley swimming
    Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley or by four swimmers as a medley relay...

    : 200 m, 400 m
  • Relay: 4×100 m free, 4×200 m free; 4×100 m medley


For the order of events, please see

Men’s events

50 m freestyle
Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre freestyle
The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Olympic Games took place September 24. This swimming event is freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated . Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke...

22.14 (WR) 22.36 22.71
100 m freestyle
Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre freestyle
The men's 100 freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics was held on September 22, 1988, with both preliminaries and finals on the same day.-Records:The existing World and Olympic records at the time of the competition were:-A Final:-B Final:-Heats:...

48.63 (OR) 49.08 49.62
200 m freestyle
Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre freestyle
-A Final:-B final:-Heats:-References:*Swimming World Magazine, November 1988....

1:47.25 (WR) 1:47.89 1:47.99
400 m freestyle
Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metre freestyle
-A Final:-B final:-Preliminary heats:-References:* Swimming World Magazine, November 1988....

3:46.95 (WR) 3:47.15 3:47.34
1500 m freestyle
Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metre freestyle
-A Final:-Preliminary heats:-References:* Swimming World Magazine, November 1988....

15:00.40 15:02.69 15:06.15
100 m backstroke
Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre backstroke
The men's 100 backstroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics was held on September 24, 1998, with both preliminaries and finals on the same day.-Records:The existing World and Olympic records at the time of the competition were:-A Final:-B Final:...

55.05 55.18 55.20
200 m backstroke 1:59.37 1:59.60 2:00.48
100 m breaststroke
Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre breaststroke
The men's 100 breaststroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics was held on September 18 and September 19 .-Records:The existing World and Olympic records at the time of the competition were:-A Final:-B Final:-Preliminary heats:...

1:02.04 1:02.05 1:02.20
200 m breaststroke 2:13.52 2:14.12 2:15.21
100 m butterfly
Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre butterfly
The men's 100 butterfly at the 1988 Summer Olympics, was contested on September 20 and September 21 .-Records:The existing World and Olympic records at the time of the event were:-A Final:-B Final:-Preliminary heats:...

53.00 (OR) 53.01 53.30
200 m butterfly 1:56.94 1:58.24 (OR) 1:58.28
200 m individual medley 2:00.17 (WR) 2:01.61 2:02.40
400 m individual medley 4:14.75 (WR) 4:17.36 4:18.01
4×100 m freestyle relay
Chris Jacobs
Chris Jacobs (swimmer)
Christopher Charles Jacobs is an Olympic swimmer from Livingston, New Jersey who won two gold medals and a silver medal representing the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.-Sources:**...


Troy Dalbey
Troy Dalbey
Troy Lane Dalbey is a former American college and international swimmer and two-time Olympic gold medalist.Dalbey attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Randy Reese's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association ...


Tom Jager
Tom Jager
Thomas Michael "Tom" Jager is a USA Olympic and former World Record holding freestyle swimmer. He swam on the 1984-92 USA Olympic teams—where he earned seven medals, including five golds—and held the World Record in the 50m free at 3 different times, and at one point for over 10 years . He is an...


Matt Biondi
Matt Biondi
Matthew Nicholas Biondi is a three-time U.S. Olympic swimmer in the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Summer Olympics, winning a total of 11 medals...


Doug Gjertsen
Doug Gjertsen
Douglas Seneca Gjertsen is a former American swimmer.- 1988 Summer Olympics :He was the third member of the United States' world record 4x200 freestyle relay team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea...

 
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Gennadiy Prigoda
Gennadiy Prigoda
Gennadiy Prigoda is a former freestyle swimmer from Russia, who competed twice at the Summer Olympics first for the Soviet Union in 1988, and then for the Unified Team in 1992....


Yuri Bashkatov
Yuri Bashkatov
Yuri Bashkatov is a former freestyle swimmer from the USSR.Bashkatov competed at the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games, winning silver medals in the 4X100metre freestyle relay on both occasions....


Nikolai Yevseyev
Vladimir Tkacenko 
Raimundas Mažuolis
Raimundas Mažuolis
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3:18.33
Dirk Richter
Dirk Richter
Dirk Richter is a former swimmer from East Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 freestyle medley twice during the Summer Olympics...


Thomas Flemming
Thomas Flemming
Thomas Flemming is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics....


Lars Hinneburg
Lars Hinneburg
Lars Hinneburg is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay, together with Steffen Zesner, Thomas Flemming, and Dirk...


Steffen Zesner
Steffen Zesner
Steffen Zesner is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of four medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. His best result was a silver medal, on the 4×200 metres freestyle, alongside Uwe Dassler, Thomas Flemming, and Sven Lodziewski in Seoul, South Korea. He swam...

 
3:19.82
4×200 m freestyle relay
Troy Dalbey
Troy Dalbey
Troy Lane Dalbey is a former American college and international swimmer and two-time Olympic gold medalist.Dalbey attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Randy Reese's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association ...


Matt Cetlinski
Matt Cetlinski
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Doug Gjertsen
Doug Gjertsen
Douglas Seneca Gjertsen is a former American swimmer.- 1988 Summer Olympics :He was the third member of the United States' world record 4x200 freestyle relay team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea...


Matt Biondi
Matt Biondi
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7:12.51
Uwe Daßler
Uwe Daßler
Uwe Daßler , also spelled "Uwe Dassler", is a former middle- and long-distance freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won three medals for the GDR at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea...


Sven Lodziewski
Sven Lodziewski
Sven Lodziewski is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics....


Thomas Flemming
Thomas Flemming
Thomas Flemming is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics....


Steffen Zesner
Steffen Zesner
Steffen Zesner is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of four medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. His best result was a silver medal, on the 4×200 metres freestyle, alongside Uwe Dassler, Thomas Flemming, and Sven Lodziewski in Seoul, South Korea. He swam...

 
7:13.68
Erik Hochstein
Erik Hochstein
Erik Hochstein is a former swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics. His father and two older brothers were into swimming so he started swimming competitively at age ten...


Thomas Fahrner
Thomas Fahrner
Thomas Fahrner is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Fahrner earned two medals bronze in the 200 m freestyle and silver in 4×200 m freestyle relay. He also set an Olympic record for the 400 m freestyle in the B final...


Rainer Henkel
Rainer Henkel
Rainer Henkel is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul....


Michael Groß 
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4×100 m medley relay
Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay
The men's 400 Medley Relay at the 1998 Summer Olympics was held on 25 September 1998, with both preliminaries and finals on the same day.-Records:The existing World and Olympic records at the time of the competition were:-A Final:-Preliminary heats:...


David Berkoff
David Berkoff
David Charles Berkoff is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won a total number of four Olympic medals during his career. He is best known for his powerful underwater start, the eponymous "Berkoff Blastoff"...


Richard Schroeder
Richard Schroeder
Richard Alan "Rich" Schroeder is a two-time Olympic breaststroke swimmer from the United States. He competed at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics; and earned a gold medal at both Games for his legs on the USA's winning 4x100 Medley Relay .-References:...


Matt Biondi
Matt Biondi
Matthew Nicholas Biondi is a three-time U.S. Olympic swimmer in the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Summer Olympics, winning a total of 11 medals...


Chris Jacobs
Chris Jacobs (swimmer)
Christopher Charles Jacobs is an Olympic swimmer from Livingston, New Jersey who won two gold medals and a silver medal representing the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.-Sources:**...

 
3:36.93
Mark Tewksbury
Mark Tewksbury
Mark Tewksbury, MSM is a Canadian former swimmer. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the 100 metres backstroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics...


Victor Davis
Victor Davis
Victor Davis, CM was a Canadian Olympic and world champion swimmer, a well known breaststroker from Canada. He also enjoyed success in the individual medley and the butterfly.-Biography:...


Tom Ponting
Tom Ponting
Thomas Harold Ponting is a former international butterfly swimmer from Canada, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1984 in Los Angeles, California...


Sandy Goss
Sandy Goss
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3:39.28
Igor Polyansky
Igor Polyansky
"Polyansky" redirects here. For other people with the same name, see disambiguation page Igor Polyanski.Igor Nikolaevich Polyansky is a former backstroke swimmer from the USSR. He is married and has a son and a daughter living in New Zealand.Polyansky trained at Dynamo in Novosibirsk...


Dmitry Volkov
Vadim Yaroshchuk
Vadim Yaroshchuk
Vadim Yaroshchuk is a former butterfly and medley swimmer from the Soviet Union, who won two bronze medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He did so as a member of the 4×100 medley relay, and in the 200 m individual medley.-References:*...


Gennadiy Prigoda
Gennadiy Prigoda
Gennadiy Prigoda is a former freestyle swimmer from Russia, who competed twice at the Summer Olympics first for the Soviet Union in 1988, and then for the Unified Team in 1992....

 
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Women’s events

50 m freestyle 25.49 (OR) 25.64 25.71
100 m freestyle 54.93 55.47 55.49
200 m freestyle 1:57.65 (OR) 1:58.67 1:59.01
400 m freestyle 4:03.85 (WR) 4:05.94 4:06.62
800 m freestyle 8:20.20 (OR) 8:22.09 8:22.93
100 m backstroke 1:00.89 1:01.56 1:01.57
200 m backstroke
Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke
The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1988 Olympic Games took place September 25. This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.-Medalists:-Final:...

2:09.29 (OR) 2:10.61 2:11.45
100 m breaststroke 1:07.95 (OR) 1:08.74 1:08.83
200 m breaststroke
Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1988 Olympic Games took place between September 20 & September 21. 43 swimmers contested this event.This swimming event used the breaststroke...

2:26.71 (WR) 2:27.49 2:28.34
100 m butterfly 59.00 (OR) 59.45 59.52
200 m butterfly
Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly
The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1988 Olympic Games took place September 25.This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.-Medalists:...

2:09.51 2:09.91 2:10.80
200 m individual medley
Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley
The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1988 Olympic Games took place September 24. 36 individuals swam this event.This swimming event used medley swimming. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool...

2:12.59 (OR) 2:13.31 2:14.85
400 m individual medley
Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley
The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between September 18 & September 19.This swimming event used medley swimming. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of eight lengths of the pool...

4:37.76 4:39.46 4:39.76
4×100 m freestyle relay
Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay
The women's 4×100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1988 Olympic Games took place September 22. The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming two lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.-Medalists:-Heats:Heat 1Heat 2...


Kristin Otto
Kristin Otto
Kristin Otto is a German Olympic swimming champion. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic games...


Katrin Meißner
Katrin Meißner
Katrin Meißner, last name alternatively spelled as "Meissner", is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won three medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea...


Daniela Hunger
Daniela Hunger
Daniela Hunger is a former medley and freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won two golden medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea: in the women's 200 m individual medley, and as a member of the women's 4×100 m freestyle team...


Manuela Stellmach
Manuela Stellmach
Manuela Stellmach is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who was a member of the women's relay team that won the gold medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. At the same tournament she captured the bronze medal in the individual...

 
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Marianne Muis
Marianne Muis
Marianne Muis is a former medley and freestyle swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. There she won the silver medal with the Dutch women's 4×100 m freestyle relay team, behind East Germany...


Mildred Muis
Mildred Muis
Mildred Muis is a former medley and freestyle swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed in two consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. There she won the silver medal with the Dutch women's 4×100 m freestyle relay team, behind East Germany...


Conny van Bentum
Conny van Bentum
Cornelia van Bentum is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1980...


Karin Brienesse
Karin Brienesse
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Mary Wayte
Mary Wayte
Mary Alice Wayte Bradburne is a former American college and international swimmer who was a two-time Olympic gold medalist and television sports commentator.- Early years :...


Mitzi Kremer
Mitzi Kremer
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Laura Walker
Laura Walker
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Dara Torres
Dara Torres
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4×100 m medley relay
Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay
The women's 4×100 metre medley relay event at the 1988 Olympic Games took place on September 24. This swimming event uses medley swimming as a relay. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool, each using a different stroke...


Kristin Otto
Kristin Otto
Kristin Otto is a German Olympic swimming champion. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic games...


Silke Hörner
Silke Hörner
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Birte Weigang
Birte Weigang
Birte Weigang is a former butterfly and backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won three medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea...


Katrin Meißner
Katrin Meißner
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Beth Barr
Beth Barr
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Tracey McFarlane
Tracey McFarlane
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Janel Jorgensen
Janel Jorgensen
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Mary Wayte
Mary Wayte
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4:07.90
Lori Melien
Lori Melien
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Allison Higson
Allison Higson
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Jane Kerr
Jane Kerr
Jane Louise Kerr Thompson is a former college and international swimmer from Canada. Kerr was a butterfly and freestyle specialist who was an Olympic bronze medalist.Kerr was born in Mississauga, Ontario....


Andrea Nugent
Andrea Nugent
Andrea Nugent is a former international butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Canada, who won the bronze medal with the Women's 4x100 Medley Relay Team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, together with Allison Higson, Jane Kerr and Lori Melien.-References:*...

4:10.49
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