Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley explained

The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 18–19 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.^[1]

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 (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			4:41.96	Q
2	3			4:42.92	Q
3	4			4:43.04	Q
4	3			4:44.26	Q, OC
5	4			4:44.85	Q
6	3			4:46.63	Q
7	2			4:47.57	Q
8	3			4:48.89	Q
9	2			4:49.04	q
10	4			4:49.20	q
11	2			4:50.03	q
12	2			4:51.58	q
13	2			4:51.91	q
14	3			4:52.05	q
15	2			4:53.58	q
16	2			4:54.01	q
17	4			4:54.17
18	4			4:54.66
19	4			4:55.31
20	3			4:56.31
21	3			4:56.89
22	4			4:58.14
23	1			5:00.92
24	2			5:01.34
25	1			5:01.84
26	1			5:03.69
27	1			5:13.20
28	1			5:19.17
29	1			5:24.11
30	1			5:28.15
	4

Finals

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Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	5			4:49.53
10	7			4:50.54
11	3			4:51.93
12	6			4:52.33
13	1			4:52.77
14	2			4:53.29
15	8			4:54.40
16	4			4:55.92

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			4:37.76
	4			4:39.46
	2			4:39.76
4	7			4:40.44
5	5			4:41.64
6	6			4:45.86
7	8			4:47.05
8	1			4:47.51

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Individual Medley . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162749/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/SWI/womens-400-metres-individual-medley.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 2 April 2017 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 400m Individual Medley Heats. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 428. 3 April 2017.
3. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 400m Individual Medley Finals. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 428. 2 April 2017.