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


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

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
23 SeptemberFinal AKristin Otto59.00

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A, while the next eight to final B.
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
15Catherine Plewinski59.34Q, NR
24Birte Weigang59.97Q
35Kristin Otto1:00.40Q
44Qian Hong1:00.66Q
55Conny van Bentum1:00.94Q
63Janel Jorgensen1:00.97Q
74Wang Xiaohong1:01.18Q
83Mary T. Meagher1:01.48Q
95Svitlana Kopchykova1:01.85q
105Fiona Alessandri1:01.90q
113Neviana Miteva1:02.01q
123Kiyomi Takahashi1:02.04q
133Ilaria Tocchini1:02.07q
144Jacqueline Delord1:02.24q
155Gabi Reha1:02.27q
164Takayo Kitano1:02.39q
172María Luisa Fernández1:02.47
184Caroline Foot1:02.76
194Ina Beyermann1:02.85
205Jane Kerr1:02.91
213Annabelle Cripps1:03.34
225Agneta Eriksson1:03.45
234Andrea Nugent1:03.69
243Emanuela Viola1:03.91
243Stela Pura1:03.91
262Lee Hong-mi1:04.36
272Sandra Neves1:04.60
282Blanca Morales1:05.02
292Marlene Bruten1:05.37
302Kim Soo-jin1:06.14
312Hung Cee Kay1:06.94
322Chang Hui-chien1:07.36
331Marcela Cuesta1:07.66
341Nguyễn Kiều Oanh1:07.96
351Ana Joselina Fortin1:07.99
361Annemarie Munk1:08.35
371Sharon Pickering1:10.51
381Cina Munch1:12.03
391Elsa Freire1:12.27
401Barbara Gayle1:12.84

Finals

Final B

Final A