Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20–21 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.^[1]

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date	23 September 1988 (heats) 24 September 1988 (final)
Competitors	27 from 19 nations
Medalists
Janet Evans  United States Astrid Strauss  East Germany Julie McDonald  Australia
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Records

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

World record	Janet Evans (USA)	8:17.12	Orlando, United States	22 March 1988
Olympic record	Tiffany Cohen (USA)	8:24.96	Los Angeles, United States	3 August 1984

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	Record
24 September	Final A	Janet Evans	United States	8:20.20	OR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q).^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Astrid Strauss	East Germany	8:28.07	Q
2	3	Janet Evans	United States	8:28.13	Q
3	4	Julie McDonald	Australia	8:29.68	Q
4	4	Anke Möhring	East Germany	8:30.95	Q
5	2	Tami Bruce	United States	8:31.57	Q
6	2	Janelle Elford	Australia	8:32.14	Q
7	4	Isabelle Arnould	Belgium	8:34.56	Q
8	2	Antoaneta Strumenlieva	Bulgaria	8:35.40	Q
9	3	Debby Wurzburger	Canada	8:36.24
10	4	Irene Dalby	Norway	8:38.33
11	4	Tomomi Hosoda	Japan	8:39.55
12	2	Manuela Melchiorri	Italy	8:40.63
13	2	Karyn Faure	France	8:41.64
14	3	Stephanie Ortwig	West Germany	8:41.95
15	4	Natalia Trefilova	Soviet Union	8:43.19
16	3	Karen Mellor	Great Britain	8:44.64
17	2	Alexandra Russ	West Germany	8:49.31
18	4	Pernille Jensen	Denmark	8:50.82
19	4	Nurul Huda Abdullah	Malaysia	8:50.84
20	3	Christelle Janssens	Belgium	8:51.22
21	1	Patrícia Amorim	Brazil	8:51.95
22	2	Eva Mortensen	Denmark	8:53.67
23	3	Judit Csabai	Hungary	8:56.37
24	2	Cécile Prunier	France	8:57.22
25	1	Tracey Atkin	Great Britain	9:00.04
26	4	Yan Ming	China	9:00.81
27	1	Rita Jean Garay	Puerto Rico	9:04.62

Final

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Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Janet Evans	United States	8:20.20	OR
	4	Astrid Strauss	East Germany	8:22.09
	3	Julie McDonald	Australia	8:22.93	OC
4	6	Anke Möhring	East Germany	8:23.09
5	2	Tami Bruce	United States	8:30.86
6	7	Janelle Elford	Australia	8:30.94
7	1	Isabelle Arnould	Belgium	8:37.47
8	8	Antoaneta Strumenlieva	Bulgaria	8:41.05

References

1. "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
2. "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. pp. 421–422. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
3. "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 422. Retrieved 2 April 2017.

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming