Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle


The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 22 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 length of the competition;
DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
22 SeptemberFinal AJanet Evans4:03.85

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A, while the next eight to final B.
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Janet Evans4:10.21Q
22Anke Möhring4:10.64Q
34Tami Bruce4:10.73Q
42Janelle Elford4:11.07Q
53Heike Friedrich4:11.30Q
64Isabelle Arnould4:11.71Q
74Stephanie Ortwig4:12.18Q
82Natalia Trefilova4:12.20Q
93Noemi Lung4:12.42q
103Sheridan Burge-Lopez4:12.77q
112Antoaneta Strumenlieva4:13.25q
123Manuela Melchiorri4:15.40q
131Chikako Nakamori4:15.51q
143Cécile Prunier4:15.63q
154Stela Pura4:15.78q
164Patricia Noall4:15.90q
173Irene Dalby4:16.22
184Ruth Gilfillan4:16.66
192Tomomi Hosoda4:17.30
203Eva Mortensen4:18.06
213Yan Ming4:18.58
224Alexandra Russ4:18.67
231Nurul Huda Abdullah4:19.33
241Patrícia Amorim4:19.64
252Christelle Janssens4:19.95
261Pernille Jensen4:20.96
272June Croft4:21.98
281Rita Jean Garay4:24.84
292Judit Csabai4:25.52
301Senda Gharbi4:34.67

Finals

Final B

Final A