Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
The women's 4×100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 24 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 |
| 24 September | Final | Kristin Otto Silke Hörner Birte Weigang Katrin Meissner | 4:03.74 |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final.| Rank | Heat | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Cornelia Sirch Silke Hörner Birte Weigang Manuela Stellmach | 4:08.53 | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | Betsy Mitchell Tracey McFarlane Mary T. Meagher Dara Torres | 4:10.38 | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | Jolanda de Rover Linda Moes Conny van Bentum Karin Brienesse | 4:11.82 | Q | |
| 4 | 3 | Svenja Schlicht Britta Dahm Gabi Reha Marion Aizpors | 4:13.19 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | Lori Melien Keltie Duggan Jane Kerr Patricia Noall | 4:14.23 | Q | |
| 6 | 1 | Nicole Livingstone Lara Hooiveld Fiona Alessandri Karen van Wirdum | 4:14.32 | Q | |
| 7 | 1 | Lorenza Vigarani Manuela Dalla Valle Ilaria Tocchini Silvia Persi | 4:14.68 | Q | |
| 8 | 2 | Bistra Gospodinova Tanya Dangalakova Neviana Miteva Natasha Khristova | 4:15.22 | Q | |
| 9 | 3 | Katherine Read Suki Brownsdon Caroline Foot Joanna Coull | 4:16.18 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Laurence Guillou Pascaline Louvrier Catherine Plewinski Jacqueline Delord | 4:16.21 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Johanna Larsson Anna-Karin Persson Agneta Eriksson Eva Nyberg | 4:17.72 | ||
| 12 | 1 | Satoko Morishita Yoshie Nishioka Kiyomi Takahashi Ayako Nakano | 4:18.88 | ||
| 13 | 1 | Natalia Autric Silvia Parera María Luisa Fernández Amaya Garbayo | 4:21.84 | ||
| 14 | 3 | Hong Ji-hee Park Sung-won Lee Hong-mi Han Young-hee | 4:28.90 | ||
| 15 | 2 | Silvia Poll Sigrid Niehaus Marcela Cuesta Carolina Mauri | 4:31.75 | ||
| 16 | 1 | Wang Chi Carwai Seto Chang Hui-chien Kimberly Chen | 4:39.49 | ||
| 1 | Yang Wenyi Huang Xiaomin Qian Hong Zhuang Yong | ||||
| 2 | Mette Jacobsen Pia Sørensen Annette Jørgensen Gitta Jensen |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Kristin Otto Silke Hörner Birte Weigang Katrin Meissner | 4:03.74 | |||
| 5 | Beth Barr Tracey McFarlane Janel Jorgensen Mary Wayte | 4:07.90 | |||
| 2 | Lori Melien Allison Higson Jane Kerr Andrea Nugent | 4:10.49 | |||
| 4 | 7 | Nicole Livingstone Lara Hooiveld Fiona Alessandri Karen van Wirdum | 4:11.57 | OC | |
| 5 | 3 | Jolanda de Rover Linda Moes Conny van Bentum Karin Brienesse | 4:12.19 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Bistra Gospodinova Tanya Dangalakova Neviana Miteva Natasha Khristova | 4:12.36 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Svenja Schlicht Britta Dahm Gabi Reha Marion Aizpors | 4:12.89 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lorenza Vigarani Manuela Dalla Valle Ilaria Tocchini Silvia Persi | 4:13.85 |