Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

Women's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date23 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors44 from 28 nations
Winning time1:07.95 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tanya Dangalakova  Bulgaria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antoaneta Frenkeva  Bulgaria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Silke Hörner  East Germany
Swimming at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 23 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.[1][2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Silke Hörner (GDR) 1:07.91 Strasbourg, France 21 August 1987
Olympic record  Petra van Staveren (NED) 1:09.88 Los Angeles, United States 2 August 1984

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
23 September Heat 4 Tanya Dangalakova  Bulgaria 1:08.35 OR
23 September Heat 5 Silke Hörner  East Germany 1:08.35 =OR
23 September Final A Tanya Dangalakova  Bulgaria 1:07.95 OR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[3]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Tanya Dangalakova  Bulgaria 1:08.35 Q, OR
6 Silke Hörner  East Germany Q, OR
3 6 Allison Higson  Canada 1:08.39 Q
4 4 Yelena Volkova  Soviet Union 1:09.86 Q
5 5 Antoaneta Frenkeva  Bulgaria 1:10.09 Q
6 4 Tracey McFarlane  United States 1:10.59 Q
7 5 Annett Rex  East Germany 1:10.61 Q
8 5 Huang Xiaomin  China 1:10.78 Q
9 5 Svetlana Kuzmina  Soviet Union 1:10.83 q
10 5 Keltie Duggan  Canada 1:10.95 q
11 6 Ingrid Lempereur  Belgium 1:11.00 q, NR
12 6 Susan Johnson  United States 1:11.08 q
13 6 Gabriella Csépe  Hungary 1:11.10 q
14 5 Manuela Dalla Valle  Italy 1:11.25 q
15 6 Lara Hooiveld  Australia 1:11.40 q
16 4 Suki Brownsdon  Great Britain 1:11.66 q
17 5 Linda Moes  Netherlands 1:11.84
18 3 Park Sung-won  South Korea 1:12.32
19 6 Dorota Chylak  Poland 1:12.38
20 5 Margaret Hohmann  Great Britain 1:12.67
21 3 Brigitte Becue  Belgium 1:12.90
22 4 Britta Dahm  West Germany 1:12.98
23 3 Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir  Iceland 1:13.01
24 4 Pascaline Louvrier  France 1:13.23
25 3 Yoshie Nishioka  Japan 1:13.36
26 3 Virginie Bojaryn  France 1:13.55
27 4 Chen Huiling  China 1:13.65
28 2 Karen Horning  Peru 1:14.03
29 3 Nancy Kemp-Arendt  Luxembourg 1:14.99
30 3 Patricia Brülhart  Switzerland 1:15.00
31 3 Kornelia Stawicka  Poland 1:15.41
32 2 Carwai Seto  Chinese Taipei 1:15.47
33 2 Alicia María Boscatto  Argentina 1:15.67
34 6 Hiroko Nagasaki  Japan 1:15.83
35 2 Sigrid Niehaus  Costa Rica 1:16.65
36 1 Montserrat Hidalgo  Costa Rica 1:18.42
37 2 Valentina Aracil  Argentina 1:19.60
38 2 Dipika Chanmugam  Sri Lanka 1:20.18
39 2 Kimberly Chen  Chinese Taipei 1:20.95
40 1 Katerine Moreno  Bolivia 1:22.52
41 1 Ana Martins  Angola 1:24.01
42 1 Nádia Cruz  Angola 1:24.46
2 Annemarie Munk  Hong Kong DNS
4 Heike Esser  West Germany DNS

Finals

[4]

Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Svetlana Kuzmina  Soviet Union 1:10.42
10 5 Keltie Duggan  Canada 1:10.58
11 3 Ingrid Lempereur  Belgium 1:10.86 NR
12 7 Manuela Dalla Valle  Italy 1:10.95
13 6 Susan Johnson  United States 1:11.08
14 2 Gabriella Csépe  Hungary 1:11.24
15 1 Lara Hooiveld  Australia 1:11.26
16 8 Suki Brownsdon  Great Britain 1:11.88

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Tanya Dangalakova  Bulgaria 1:07.95 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Antoaneta Frenkeva  Bulgaria 1:08.74
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Silke Hörner  East Germany 1:08.83
4 3 Allison Higson  Canada 1:08.86
5 6 Yelena Volkova  Soviet Union 1:09.24
6 7 Tracey McFarlane  United States 1:09.60
7 8 Huang Xiaomin  China 1:10.53
8 1 Annett Rex  East Germany 1:10.67

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. ^ "100 meters Breaststroke, Women". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 25 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 424. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 425. Retrieved 2 April 2017.

External links

  • Official Report
  • USA Swimming
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