The 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. The swimming competition, held from September 18 to September 25, was notable for the seven medals, including five golds, won by Matt Biondi, the six golds won by Kristin Otto, and the three individual golds won by Janet Evans. 633 participants from 77 countries were competing.[1]
The swimming program for 1988 included two new events, the men's and women's 50 m freestyle, bringing the total number of events to 31.
All dates are in 1988.
date | Morning session | Afternoon session |
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Sept.18 | no competition | women's 100 freestyle (prelims) men's 100 breaststroke (prelims) women's 400 I.M. (prelims) men's 200 freestyle (prelims) |
Sept.19 | women's 100 freestyle (finals) men's 100 breaststroke (finals) women's 400 I.M. (finals) men's 200 freestyle (finals) |
Sept.20 | men's 100 butterfly (prelims) women's 200 freestyle (prelims) men's 400 I.M. (prelims) women's 200 breaststroke (prelims) men's 4x200 Freestyle Relay (prelims) |
Sept.21 | men's 100 butterfly (finals) women's 200 freestyle (finals) men's 400 I.M. (finals) women's 200 breaststroke (finals) men's 4x200 Freestyle Relay (finals) |
Sept.22 | women's 400 freestyle (prelims) men's 100 freestyle (prelims) women's 100 backstroke (prelims) men's 200 backstroke (prelims) women's 4x100 Free Relay | women's 400 freestyle (finals) men's 100 freestyle (finals) women's 100 backstroke (finals) men's 200 backstroke (finals) women's 4x100 Freestyle Relay (finals) |
Sept.23 | men's 400 freestyle (prelims) women's 100 butterfly (prelims) men's 200 breaststroke (prelims) women's 100 breaststroke (prelims) men's 4x100 Freestyle Relay (prelims) women's 800 freestyle (prelims) | men's 400 freestyle (final) women's 100 butterfly (finals) men's 200 breaststroke (finals) women's 100 breaststroke (finals) men's 4x100 Freestyle Relay (finals) |
Sept.24 | men's 200 butterfly (prelims) women's 200 I.M. (prelims) men's 50 freestyle (prelims) men's 100 backstroke (prelims) women's 4x100 Medley Relay (prelims) men's 1500 freestyle (prelims) | women's 200 I.M. (finals) men's 200 butterfly (finals) men's 50 freestyle (finals) women's 800 freestyle (finals) men's 100 backstroke (finals) women's 4×100 medley relay (finals) |
Sept.25 | women's 200 butterfly (prelims) men's 200 I.M. (prelims) women's 50 freestyle (prelims) men's 4×100 medley relay (prelims) women's 200 backstroke (prelims) | men's 200 I.M. (finals) women's 200 butterfly (finals) women's 50 freestyle (finals) men's 1500 freestyle (finals) women's 200 backstroke (finals) men's 4×100 medley relay (finals) |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle}} | Matt Biondi|USA|1988 Summer}} | 22.14 (WR) | Tom Jager|USA|1988 Summer}} | 22.36 | Gennadiy Prigoda|URS|1988 Summer}} | 22.71 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle}} | Matt Biondi|USA|1988 Summer}} | 48.63 (OR) | Chris Jacobs|USA|1988 Summer}} | 49.08 | Stéphan Caron|FRA|1988 Summer}} | 49.62 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle}} | Duncan Armstrong|AUS|1988 Summer}} | 1:47.25 (WR) | Anders Holmertz|SWE|1988 Summer}} | 1:47.89 | Matt Biondi|USA|1988 Summer}} | 1:47.99 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle}} | Uwe Dassler|GDR|1988 Summer}} | 3:46.95 (WR) | Duncan Armstrong|AUS|1988 Summer}} | 3:47.15 | Artur Wojdat|POL|1988 Summer}} | 3:47.34 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle}} | Vladimir Salnikov|URS|1988 Summer}} | 15:00.40 | Stefan Pfeiffer|FRG|1988 Summer}} | 15:02.69 | Uwe Dassler|GDR|1988 Summer}} | 15:06.15 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke}} | Daichi Suzuki|JPN|1988 Summer}} | 55.05 | David Berkoff|USA|1988 Summer}} | 55.18 | Igor Polyansky|URS|1988 Summer}} | 55.20 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke}} | Igor Polyansky|URS|1988 Summer}} | 1:59.37 | Frank Baltrusch|GDR|1988 Summer}} | 1:59.60 | Paul Kingsman|NZL|1988 Summer}} | 2:00.48 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke}} | Adrian Moorhouse|GBR|1988 Summer}} | 1:02.04 | Károly Güttler|HUN|1988 Summer}} | 1:02.05 | Dmitry Volkov|URS|1988 Summer}} | 1:02.20 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke}} | József Szabó|HUN|1988 Summer}} | 2:13.52 | Nick Gillingham|GBR|1988 Summer}} | 2:14.12 | Sergio López Miró|ESP|1988 Summer}} | 2:15.21 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly}} | Anthony Nesty|SUR|1988 Summer}} | 53.00 (OR) | Matt Biondi|USA|1988 Summer}} | 53.01 | Andy Jameson|GBR|1988 Summer}} | 53.30 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly}} | Michael Gross|FRG|1988 Summer}} | 1:56.94 (OR) | Benny Nielsen|DEN|1988 Summer}} | 1:58.24 | Anthony Mosse|NZL|1988 Summer}} | 1:58.28 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley}} | Tamás Darnyi|HUN|1988 Summer}} | 2:00.17 (WR) | Patrick Kühl|GDR|1988 Summer}} | 2:01.61 | Vadim Yaroshchuk|URS|1988 Summer}} | 2:02.40 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley}} | Tamás Darnyi|HUN|1988 Summer}} | 4:14.75 (WR) | David Wharton|USA|1988 Summer}} | 4:17.36 | Stefano Battistelli|ITA|1988 Summer}} | 4:18.01 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay}} | USA|1988 Summer}} Chris Jacobs Troy Dalbey Tom Jager Matt Biondi Doug Gjertsen* Brent Lang* Shaun Jordan* | 3:16.53 | URS|1988 Summer}} Gennadiy Prigoda Yuri Bashkatov Nikolai Yevseyev Vladimir Tkacenko Raimundas Mažuolis* Oleksiy Boryslavskiy* | 3:18.33 | GDR|1988 Summer}} Dirk Richter Thomas Flemming Lars Hinneburg Steffen Zesner | 3:19.82 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay}} | USA|1988 Summer}} Troy Dalbey Matt Cetlinski Doug Gjertsen Matt Biondi Craig Oppel* Dan Jorgensen* | 7:12.51 | GDR|1988 Summer}} Uwe Daßler Sven Lodziewski Thomas Flemming Steffen Zesner Lars Hinneburg* | 7:13.68 | FRG|1988 Summer}} Erik Hochstein Thomas Fahrner Rainer Henkel Michael Gross Peter Sitt* Stefan Pfeiffer* | 7:14.35 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay}} | USA|1988 Summer}} David Berkoff Richard Schroeder Matt Biondi Chris Jacobs Jay Mortenson* Tom Jager* | 3:36.93 | CAN|1988 Summer}} Mark Tewksbury Victor Davis Tom Ponting Sandy Goss | 3:39.28 | URS|1988 Summer}} Igor Polyansky Dmitry Volkov Vadim Yaroshchuk Gennadiy Prigoda Sergey Zabolotnov* Valeriy Lozik* Konstantin Petrov* Nikolay Yevseyev* | 3:39.96 |
50 m freestyle {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Kristin Otto|GDR|1988 Summer}} | 25.49 (OR) | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Yang Wenyi|CHN|1988 Summer}} | 25.64 | Jill Sterkel|USA|1988 Summer}} | 25.71 |
Katrin Meissner|GDR|1988 Summer}} |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle}} | Kristin Otto|GDR|1988 Summer}} | 54.93 | Zhuang Yong|CHN|1988 Summer}} | 55.47 | Catherine Plewinski|FRA|1988 Summer}} | 55.49 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle}} | Heike Friedrich|GDR|1988 Summer}} | 1:57.65 (OR) | Silvia Poll|CRC|1988 Summer}} | 1:58.67 | Manuela Stellmach|GDR|1988 Summer}} | 1:59.01 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle}} | Janet Evans|USA|1988 Summer}} | 4:03.85 (WR) | Heike Friedrich|GDR|1988 Summer}} | 4:05.94 | Anke Möhring|GDR|1988 Summer}} | 4:06.62 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle}} | Janet Evans|USA|1988 Summer}} | 8:20.20 (OR) | Astrid Strauß|GDR|1988 Summer}} | 8:22.09 | Julie McDonald|AUS|1988 Summer}} | 8:22.93 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke}} | Kristin Otto|GDR|1988 Summer}} | 1:00.89 | Krisztina Egerszegi|HUN|1988 Summer}} | 1:01.56 | Cornelia Sirch|GDR|1988 Summer}} | 1:01.57 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke}} | Krisztina Egerszegi|HUN|1988 Summer}} | 2:09.29 (OR) | Katrin Zimmermann|GDR|1988 Summer}} | 2:10.61 | Cornelia Sirch|GDR|1988 Summer}} | 2:11.45 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke}} | Tanya Dangalakova|BUL|1988 Summer}} | 1:07.95 (OR) | Antoaneta Frenkeva|BUL|1988 Summer}} | 1:08.74 | Silke Hörner|GDR|1988 Summer}} | 1:08.83 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke}} | Silke Hörner|GDR|1988 Summer}} | 2:26.71 (WR) | Huang Xiaomin|CHN|1988 Summer}} | 2:27.49 | Antoaneta Frenkeva|BUL|1988 Summer}} | 2:28.34 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly}} | Kristin Otto|GDR|1988 Summer}} | 59.00 (OR) | Birte Weigang|GDR|1988 Summer}} | 59.45 | Hong Qian|CHN|1988 Summer}} | 59.52 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly}} | Kathleen Nord|GDR|1988 Summer}} | 2:09.51 | Birte Weigang|GDR|1988 Summer}} | 2:09.91 | Mary T. Meagher|USA|1988 Summer}} | 2:10.80 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley}} | Daniela Hunger|GDR|1988 Summer}} | 2:12.59 (OR) | Yelena Dendeberova|URS|1988 Summer}} | 2:13.31 | Noemi Lung|ROU|1988 Summer}} | 2:14.85 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley}} | Janet Evans|USA|1988 Summer}} | 4:37.76 | Noemi Lung|ROU|1988 Summer}} | 4:39.46 | Daniela Hunger|GDR|1988 Summer}} | 4:39.76 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay}} | GDR|1988 Summer}} Kristin Otto Katrin Meissner Daniela Hunger Manuela Stellmach Sabina Schulze* Heike Friedrich* | 3:40.63 | NED|1988 Summer}} Marianne Muis Mildred Muis Conny van Bentum Karin Brienesse Diana van der Plaats* | 3:43.39 | USA|1988 Summer}} Mary Wayte Mitzi Kremer Laura Walker Dara Torres Paige Zemina* Jill Sterkel* | 3:44.25 |
{{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay}} | GDR|1988 Summer}} Kristin Otto Silke Hörner Birte Weigang Katrin Meissner Cornelia Sirch* Manuela Stellmach* | 4:03.74 | USA|1988 Summer}} Beth Barr Tracey McFarlane Janel Jorgensen Mary Wayte Betsy Mitchell* Mary T. Meagher* Dara Torres* | 4:07.90 | CAN|1988 Summer}} Lori Melien Allison Higson Jane Kerr Andrea Nugent Keltie Duggan* Patricia Noall* | 4:10.49 |
633 swimmers from 77 nations competed.[1]
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- {{flagIOC|AUS|1988 Summer|25}}
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- {{flagIOC|BAR|1988 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|BEL|1988 Summer|7}}
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- {{flagIOC|BRA|1988 Summer|15}}
- {{flagIOC|BUL|1988 Summer|8}}
- {{flagIOC|CAN|1988 Summer|31}}
- {{flagIOC|CHN|1988 Summer|24}}
- {{flagIOC|TPE|1988 Summer|8}}
- {{flagIOC|COL|1988 Summer|1}}
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- {{flagIOC|TCH|1988 Summer|6}}
- {{flagIOC|DEN|1988 Summer|15}}
- {{flagIOC|GDR|1988 Summer|26}}
- {{flagIOC|EGY|1988 Summer|5}}
- {{flagIOC|FIJ|1988 Summer|5}}
- {{flagIOC|FIN|1988 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|FRA|1988 Summer|25}}
- {{flagIOC|GBR|1988 Summer|38}}
- {{flagIOC|GRE|1988 Summer|4}}
- {{flagIOC|GUM|1988 Summer|4}}
- {{flagIOC|GUA|1988 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|HON|1988 Summer|3}}
- {{flagIOC|HKG|1988 Summer|10}}
- {{flagIOC|HUN|1988 Summer|13}}
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- {{flagIOC|IND|1988 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|INA|1988 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|IRL|1988 Summer|5}}
- {{flagIOC|ISR|1988 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|ITA|1988 Summer|21}}
- {{flagIOC|JPN|1988 Summer|23}}
- {{flagIOC|KUW|1988 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|LIB|1988 Summer|4}}
- {{flagIOC|LUX|1988 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|MAS|1988 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|MEX|1988 Summer|10}}
- {{flagIOC|MOZ|1988 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|NED|1988 Summer|11}}
- {{flagIOC|AHO|1988 Summer|1}}
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- {{flagIOC|PAN|1988 Summer|1}}
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- {{flagIOC|PHI|1988 Summer|4}}
- {{flagIOC|POL|1988 Summer|5}}
- {{flagIOC|POR|1988 Summer|12}}
- {{flagIOC|PUR|1988 Summer|3}}
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- {{flagIOC|SMR|1988 Summer|2}}
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- {{flagIOC|ESP|1988 Summer|11}}
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- {{flagIOC|USA|1988 Summer|44}}
- {{flagIOC|ISV|1988 Summer|6}}
- {{flagIOC|URU|1988 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|VIE|1988 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|FRG|1988 Summer|29}}
- {{flagIOC|YUG|1988 Summer|3}}
- {{flagIOC|ZIM|1988 Summer|4}}
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1. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/SWI/ |title=Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games |accessdate=11 November 2016 |work=Sports Reference}}
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