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.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
24 SeptemberFinal AJanet Evans8:20.20

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A.
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Astrid Strauss8:28.07Q
23Janet Evans8:28.13Q
34Julie McDonald8:29.68Q
44Anke Möhring8:30.95Q
52Tami Bruce8:31.57Q
62Janelle Elford8:32.14Q
74Isabelle Arnould8:34.56Q
82Antoaneta Strumenlieva8:35.40Q
93Debby Wurzburger8:36.24
104Irene Dalby8:38.33
114Tomomi Hosoda8:39.55
122Manuela Melchiorri8:40.63
132Karyn Faure8:41.64
143Stephanie Ortwig8:41.95
154Natalia Trefilova8:43.19
163Karen Mellor8:44.64
172Alexandra Russ8:49.31
184Pernille Jensen8:50.82
194Nurul Huda Abdullah8:50.84
203Christelle Janssens8:51.22
211Patrícia Amorim8:51.95
222Eva Mortensen8:53.67
233Judit Csabai8:56.37
242Cécile Prunier8:57.22
251Tracey Atkin9:00.04
264Yan Ming9:00.81
271Rita Jean Garay9:04.62

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Janet Evans8:20.20
4Astrid Strauss8:22.09
3Julie McDonald8:22.93OC
46Anke Möhring8:23.09
52Tami Bruce8:30.86
67Janelle Elford8:30.94
71Isabelle Arnould8:37.47
88Antoaneta Strumenlieva8:41.05