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


The women's 100 metre backstroke 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.

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A, while the next eight to final B.
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
16Kristin Otto1:01.45Q
25Cornelia Sirch1:01.63Q
35Krisztina Egerszegi1:02.09Q
46Beth Barr1:02.63Q
54Betsy Mitchell1:02.85Q
65Silvia Poll1:03.21Q, NR
76Nicole Livingstone1:03.26Q
86Marion Aizpors1:03.27Q
94Anca Pătrășcoiu1:03.29q
105Svenja Schlicht1:03.72q
114Lorenza Vigarani1:03.96q
125Lori Melien1:04.29q
135Jolanda de Rover1:04.39q
145Sharon Musson1:04.58q
156Katherine Read1:04.62q
164Manuela Carosi1:04.69
166Karen Lord1:04.69
185Sharon Page1:04.75
194Bistra Gospodinova1:04.91
204Laurence Guillou1:05.07
204Eva Gysling1:05.07
226Johanna Larsson1:05.10
233Wang Bolin1:05.15
246Satoko Morishita1:05.38
254Sylvia Hume1:05.81
263Tomoko Onogi1:06.14
273Michelle Smith1:06.22
283Akiko Thomson1:06.51
293Aileen Convery1:06.73
303Hong Ji-hee1:08.33
313Rita Jean Garay1:08.58
323Wang Chi1:09.56
332Ana Joselina Fortin1:10.10
342Tricia Duncan1:10.37
352Tsang Wing Sze1:10.50
362Sharon Pickering1:12.14
371Angela Birch1:13.48
381Katerine Moreno1:14.42
392Elsa Freire1:15.56
401Carolina Araujo1:15.86
412Carla Fernandes1:21.58

Swimoff

;Round 1
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15Manuela Carosi1:05.05
14Karen Lord1:05.05

;Round 2
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15Manuela Carosi1:04.62q
24Karen Lord1:04.75

Finals

Final B

Final A