Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
The women's 4×100 metre freestyle relay 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 new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 22 September | Final | Kristin Otto Katrin Meissner Daniela Hunger Manuela Stellmach | 3:40.63 |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final.| Rank | Heat | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Katrin Meissner Sabina Schulze Heike Friedrich Daniela Hunger | 3:43.13 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Conny van Bentum Marianne Muis Mildred Muis Diana van der Plaats | 3:44.12 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Laura Walker Paige Zemina Jill Sterkel Mary Wayte | 3:45.10 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | Inna Abramova Svetlana Isakova Yelena Dendeberova Svitlana Kopchykova | 3:46.28 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | Xia Fujie Lou Yaping Yang Wenyi Zhuang Yong | 3:46.36 | Q | |
| 6 | 1 | Karin Seick Christiane Pielke Katja Ziliox Marion Aizpors | 3:48.03 | Q | |
| 7 | 2 | Mette Jacobsen Gitta Jensen Pia Sørensen Annette Jørgensen | 3:48.83 | Q | |
| 8 | 2 | Kathy Bald Kristin Topham Allison Higson Jane Kerr | 3:49.20 | Q | |
| 9 | 1 | Agneta Eriksson Karin Furuhed Suzanne Nilsson Eva Nyberg | 3:50.50 | ||
| 10 | 1 | Annabelle Cripps June Croft Linda Donnelly Joanna Coull | 3:50.84 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Adriana Pereira Monica Rezende Patrícia Amorim Isabelle Vieira | 3:56.29 | ||
| 12 | 1 | Natasha Aguilar Marcela Cuesta Carolina Mauri Silvia Poll | 3:59.67 | ||
| 13 | 2 | Kim Eun-jung Han Young-hee Park Joo-li Lee Hong-mi | 4:03.18 | ||
| 14 | 2 | Hung Cee Kay Fenella Ng Tsang Wing Sze Annemarie Munk | 4:08.58 | ||
| 15 | 1 | Wang Chi Sabrina Lum Carwai Seto Chang Hui-chien | 4:09.84 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Kristin Otto Katrin Meissner Daniela Hunger Manuela Stellmach | 3:40.63 | |||
| 5 | Marianne Muis Mildred Muis Conny van Bentum Diana van der Plaats | 3:43.39 | NR | ||
| 3 | Mary Wayte Mitzi Kremer Laura Walker Dara Torres | 3:44.25 | |||
| 4 | 2 | Xia Fujie Yang Wenyi Lou Yaping Zhuang Yong | 3:44.69 | NR | |
| 5 | 6 | Yelena Dendeberova Svetlana Isakova Natalia Trefilova Svitlana Kopchykova | 3:44.99 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Kathy Bald Patricia Noall Andrea Nugent Jane Kerr | 3:46.75 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Stephanie Ortwig Marion Aizpors Christiane Pielke Karin Seick | 3:46.90 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Gitta Jensen Pia Sørensen Mette Jacobsen Annette Jørgensen | 3:49.25 |