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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Swimming
|games = 1988 Summer
|image = [[File:Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool.jpg|250px]]
|caption =
|venue = [[Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool]]
|dates = 18 – 25 September 1988
|num_events = 31
|competitors =
|nations =
|prev = [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984]]
|next = [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]]
}}
{{SwimmingAt1988SummerOlympics}}
The [[1988 Summer Olympics]] took place in [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]. The [[Swimming (sport)|swimming competition]], held from September 18 to September 25, was notable for the seven medals, including five golds, won by [[Matt Biondi]], the six golds won by [[Kristin Otto]], and the three individual golds won by [[Janet Evans]].  633 participants from 77 countries were competing.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/SWI/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040533/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/SWI/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games |access-date=11 November 2016 |work=Sports Reference}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics |url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/22/sports/SWM |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref>
==Medal table==
{{Medals table
| caption        =
| host           =
| flag_template  = FlagIOCteam
| event          = 1988 Summer
| team           =
| gold_GDR = 11 | silver_GDR = 8 | bronze_GDR = 9
| gold_USA = 8 | silver_USA = 6 | bronze_USA = 4
| gold_HUN = 4 | silver_HUN = 2 | bronze_HUN = 0
| gold_URS = 2 | silver_URS = 2 | bronze_URS = 5
| gold_AUS = 1 | silver_AUS = 1 | bronze_AUS = 1
| gold_BUL = 1 | silver_BUL = 1 | bronze_BUL = 1
| gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 1 | bronze_GBR = 1
| gold_FRG = 1 | silver_FRG = 1 | bronze_FRG = 1
| gold_JPN = 1 | silver_JPN = 0 | bronze_JPN = 0
| gold_SUR = 1 | silver_SUR = 0 | bronze_SUR = 0
| gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 3 | bronze_CHN = 1
| gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 1
| gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 1 | bronze_ROU = 1
| gold_CRC = 0 | silver_CRC = 1 | bronze_CRC = 0
| gold_DEN = 0 | silver_DEN = 1 | bronze_DEN = 0
| gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 1 | bronze_NED = 0
| gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 0
| gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 2
| gold_NZL = 0 | silver_NZL = 0 | bronze_NZL = 2
| gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 1
| gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 1
| gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 0 | bronze_ESP = 1
}}
== Events ==
The swimming program for 1988 included two new events, the men's and women's 50 m freestyle, bringing the total number of events to 31.
The following events were contested:
*[[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]]: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m (women), 1500 m (men),
*[[Backstroke]]: 100 m, 200 m
*[[Breaststroke]]: 100 m, 200 m
*[[Butterfly stroke|Butterfly]]: 100 m, 200 m
*[[Medley swimming|Individual Medley]]: 200 m, 400 m
*Relay: 4 × 100 m free, 4 × 200 m free (men); 4 × 100 m medley
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==Competition schedule==
All dates are in 1988.
{|class=wikitable
|-
!date
!Morning session
!Afternoon session
|-
|Sept.18 || &nbsp; ''no competition'' || women's 100 freestyle (prelims) <br> men's 100 [[breaststroke]] (prelims) <br> women's 400 I.M. (prelims) <br> men's 200 [[Freestyle swimming|freestyle]] (prelims)
|-
|Sept.19 || women's 100 freestyle ('''finals''') <br> men's 100 breaststroke ('''finals''') <br> women's 400 I.M. ('''finals''') <br> men's 200 freestyle ('''finals''') ||
|-
|Sept.20 ||  men's 100 [[Butterfly stroke|butterfly]] (prelims) <br> women's 200 freestyle (prelims) <br> men's 400 I.M. (prelims) <br> women's 200 breaststroke (prelims) <br> men's 4x200 Freestyle Relay (prelims) ||
|-
|Sept.21 || || men's 100 butterfly ('''finals''') <br> women's 200 freestyle ('''finals''') <br> men's 400 I.M. ('''finals''') <br> women's 200 breaststroke ('''finals''') <br> men's 4x200 Freestyle Relay ('''finals''')
|-
|Sept.22 || women's 400 freestyle (prelims) <br> men's 100 freestyle (prelims) <br> women's 100 [[backstroke]] (prelims) <br> men's 200 backstroke (prelims) <br> women's 4x100 Free Relay || women's 400 freestyle ('''finals''') <br> men's 100 freestyle ('''finals''') <br> women's 100 backstroke ('''finals''') <br> men's 200 backstroke ('''finals''') <br> women's 4x100 Freestyle Relay ('''finals''')
|-
|Sept.23 || men's 400 freestyle (prelims) <br> women's 100 butterfly (prelims) <br> men's 200 breaststroke (prelims) <br> women's 100 breaststroke (prelims) <br> men's 4x100 Freestyle Relay (prelims) <br> women's 800 freestyle (prelims) || men's 400 freestyle ('''final''') <br> women's 100 butterfly ('''finals''') <br> men's 200 breaststroke ('''finals''') <br> women's 100 breaststroke ('''finals''') <br> men's 4x100 Freestyle Relay ('''finals''')
|-
|Sept.24 ||  men's 200 butterfly (prelims) <br> women's 200 I.M. (prelims) <br> men's 50 freestyle (prelims) <br> men's 100 backstroke (prelims) <br> women's 4x100 [[Medley swimming|Medley Relay]] (prelims) <br> men's 1500 freestyle (prelims) || women's 200 I.M. ('''finals''') <br> men's 200 butterfly ('''finals''') <br> men's 50 freestyle ('''finals''') <br> women's 800 freestyle ('''finals''') <br> men's 100 backstroke ('''finals''') <br> women's 4 × 100 medley relay ('''finals''')
|-
|Sept.25 || women's 200 butterfly (prelims) <br> men's 200 I.M. (prelims) <br> women's 50 freestyle (prelims) <br> men's 4 × 100 medley relay (prelims) <br> women's 200 backstroke (prelims) || men's 200 I.M. ('''finals''') <br> women's 200 butterfly  ('''finals''') <br> women's 50 freestyle ('''finals''') <br> men's 1500 freestyle ('''finals''') <br> women's 200 backstroke ('''finals''') <br> men's 4 × 100 medley relay ('''finals''')
|}
==Medal summary==
===Men’s events===
{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200|columns=2}}
|-
| 50 m freestyle<br >{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Matt Biondi]]|USA|1988 Summer}} || 22.14 {{WR|swimming}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Tom Jager]]|USA|1988 Summer}} || 22.36
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Gennadiy Prigoda]]|URS|1988 Summer}} || 22.71
|-
| 100 m freestyle<br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Matt Biondi]]|USA|1988 Summer}} || 48.63 {{OlyR|swimming}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Chris Jacobs (swimmer)|Chris Jacobs]]|USA|1988 Summer}} ||49.08
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Stéphan Caron]]|FRA|1988 Summer}} || 49.62
|-
| 200 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Duncan Armstrong]]|AUS|1988 Summer}} || 1:47.25 {{WR|swimming}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Anders Holmertz]]|SWE|1988 Summer}} || 1:47.89
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Matt Biondi]]|USA|1988 Summer}} || 1:47.99
|-
| 400 m freestyle <br> {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Uwe Dassler]]|GDR|1988 Summer}} || 3:46.95 {{WR|swimming}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Duncan Armstrong]]|AUS|1988 Summer}} || 3:47.15 '''[[List of Oceanian records in swimming|OC]]'''
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Artur Wojdat]]|POL|1988 Summer}} || 3:47.34
|-
| 1500 m freestyle <br> {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Vladimir Salnikov]]|URS|1988 Summer}} || 15:00.40
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Stefan Pfeiffer]]|FRG|1988 Summer}} || 15:02.69
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Uwe Dassler]]|GDR|1988 Summer}} || 15:06.15
|-
| 100 m backstroke <br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Daichi Suzuki]]|JPN|1988 Summer}} || 55.05 '''[[List of Asian records in swimming|AS]]'''
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[David Berkoff]]|USA|1988 Summer}} || 55.18
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Igor Polyansky]]|URS|1988 Summer}} || 55.20
|-
| 200 m backstroke <br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Igor Polyansky]]|URS|1988 Summer}} || 1:59.37
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Frank Baltrusch]]|GDR|1988 Summer}} || 1:59.60
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Paul Kingsman]]|NZL|1988 Summer}} || 2:00.48 '''[[List of New Zealand records in swimming|NR]]'''
|-
| 100 m breaststroke <br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Adrian Moorhouse]]|GBR|1988 Summer}} || 1:02.04 '''[[List of British records in swimming|NR]]'''
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Károly Güttler]]|HUN|1988 Summer}} || 1:02.05
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Dmitry Volkov (swimmer)|Dmitry Volkov]]|URS|1988 Summer}} || 1:02.20
|-
| 200 m breaststroke <br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[József Szabó]]|HUN|1988 Summer}} || 2:13.52 '''[[List of European records in swimming|ER]]'''
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Nick Gillingham]]|GBR|1988 Summer}} || 2:14.12
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Sergio López Miró]]|ESP|1988 Summer}} || 2:15.21 '''[[List of Spanish records in swimming|NR]]'''
|-
| 100 m butterfly <br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Anthony Nesty]]|SUR|1988 Summer}} || 53.00 <br> {{OlyR|swimming}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Matt Biondi]]|USA|1988 Summer}} || 53.01
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Andy Jameson]]|GBR|1988 Summer}} || 53.30
|-
| 200 m butterfly <br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Michael Gross (swimmer)|Michael Gross]]|FRG|1988 Summer}} || 1:56.94 {{OlyR|swimming}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Benny Nielsen (swimmer)|Benny Nielsen]]|DEN|1988 Summer}} || 1:58.24 '''[[List of Danish records in swimming|NR]]'''
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Anthony Mosse]]|NZL|1988 Summer}} || 1:58.28
|-
| 200 m individual medley<br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Tamás Darnyi]]|HUN|1988 Summer}} || 2:00.17 {{WR|swimming}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Patrick Kühl]]|GDR|1988 Summer}} || 2:01.61
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Vadim Yaroshchuk]]|URS|1988 Summer}} || 2:02.40
|-
| 400 m individual medley<br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Tamás Darnyi]]|HUN|1988 Summer}} || 4:14.75 {{WR|swimming}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[David Wharton]]|USA|1988 Summer}} || 4:17.36
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Stefano Battistelli]]|ITA|1988 Summer}} || 4:18.01
|-valign="top"
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay<br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay}}
| {{FlagIOCteam|USA|1988 Summer}}<br> [[Chris Jacobs (swimmer)|Chris Jacobs]]<br> [[Troy Dalbey]]<br> [[Tom Jager]]<br> [[Matt Biondi]]<br> ''[[Doug Gjertsen]]*<br> [[Brent Lang]]*<br> [[Shaun Jordan]]*'' || 3:16.53 {{WR|swimming}}
| {{FlagIOCteam|URS|1988 Summer}}<br> [[Gennadiy Prigoda]]<br> [[Yuri Bashkatov]]<br> [[Nikolai Yevseyev]]<br> [[Volodymyr Tkachenko (swimmer)|Vladimir Tkachenko]] <br> ''[[Raimundas Mažuolis]]*<br> [[Oleksiy Boryslavskiy]]*''|| 3:18.33 '''[[List of European records in swimming|ER]]'''
| {{FlagIOCteam|GDR|1988 Summer}}<br> [[Dirk Richter]]<br> [[Thomas Flemming]]<br> [[Lars Hinneburg]]<br> [[Steffen Zesner]] || 3:19.82
|-valign="top"
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay<br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay}}
| {{FlagIOCteam|USA|1988 Summer}}<br> [[Troy Dalbey]]<br> [[Matt Cetlinski]]<br> [[Doug Gjertsen]]<br> [[Matt Biondi]]<br> ''[[Craig Oppel]]*<br> [[Dan Jorgensen (swimmer)|Dan Jorgensen]]*'' || 7:12.51 (WR)
| {{FlagIOCteam|GDR|1988 Summer}}<br> [[Uwe Daßler]]<br> [[Sven Lodziewski]]<br> [[Thomas Flemming]]<br> [[Steffen Zesner]]<br> ''[[Lars Hinneburg]]*'' || 7:13.68
| {{FlagIOCteam|FRG|1988 Summer}}<br> [[Erik Hochstein]]<br> [[Thomas Fahrner]]<br> [[Rainer Henkel]]<br> [[Michael Gross (swimmer)|Michael Gross]]<br> ''[[Peter Sitt]]*<br> [[Stefan Pfeiffer]]*'' || 7:14.35
|-valign="top"
| 4 × 100 m medley relay<br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay}}
| {{FlagIOCteam|USA|1988 Summer}}<br> [[David Berkoff]]<br> [[Richard Schroeder]]<br> [[Matt Biondi]]<br> [[Chris Jacobs (swimmer)|Chris Jacobs]]<br> ''[[Jay Mortenson]]*<br> [[Tom Jager]]*'' || 3:36.93
| {{FlagIOCteam|CAN|1988 Summer}}<br> [[Mark Tewksbury]]<br> [[Victor Davis]]<br> [[Tom Ponting]]<br> [[Sandy Goss]] || 3:39.28
| {{FlagIOCteam|URS|1988 Summer}}<br> [[Igor Polyansky]]<br> [[Dmitry Volkov (swimmer)|Dmitry Volkov]]<br> [[Vadim Yaroshchuk]]<br> [[Gennadiy Prigoda]]<br> ''[[Sergey Zabolotnov]]*<br> [[Valeriy Lozik]]*<br> [[Konstantin Petrov]]*<br> [[Nikolay Yevseyev]]*'' || 3:39.96
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
===Women’s events===
{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200|columns=2}}
|-valign="top"
|rowspan=2 | 50 m freestyle<br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle}}
|rowspan=2 | {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Kristin Otto]]|GDR|1988 Summer}} ||rowspan=2| 25.49 <br> '''(OR)'''
|rowspan=2 | {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Yang Wenyi]]|CHN|1988 Summer}} ||rowspan=2| 25.64
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Jill Sterkel]]|USA|1988 Summer}}  ||rowspan=2| 25.71
|-
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Katrin Meissner]]|GDR|1988 Summer}}
|-
| 100 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Kristin Otto]]|GDR|1988 Summer}} || 54.93
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Zhuang Yong]]|CHN|1988 Summer}} || 55.47
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Catherine Plewinski]]|FRA|1988 Summer}} || 55.49
|-
| 200 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Heike Friedrich]]|GDR|1988 Summer}} || 1:57.65 <br> '''(OR)'''
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Silvia Poll]]|CRC|1988 Summer}} || 1:58.67
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Manuela Stellmach]]|GDR|1988 Summer}} || 1:59.01
|-
| 400 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Janet Evans]]|USA|1988 Summer}} || 4:03.85 <br> '''(WR)'''
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Heike Friedrich]]|GDR|1988 Summer}} || 4:05.94
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Anke Möhring]]|GDR|1988 Summer}} || 4:06.62
|-
| 800 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Janet Evans]]|USA|1988 Summer}} || 8:20.20 <br> '''(OR)'''
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Astrid Strauß]]|GDR|1988 Summer}} || 8:22.09
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Julie McDonald (swimmer, born 1970)|Julie McDonald]]|AUS|1988 Summer}} || 8:22.93
|-
| 100 m backstroke <br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Kristin Otto]]|GDR|1988 Summer}} || 1:00.89
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Krisztina Egerszegi]]|HUN|1988 Summer}} || 1:01.56
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Cornelia Sirch]]|GDR|1988 Summer}} || 1:01.57
|-
| 200 m backstroke <br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Krisztina Egerszegi]]|HUN|1988 Summer}} || 2:09.29 <br> '''(OR)'''
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Katrin Zimmermann]]|GDR|1988 Summer}} || 2:10.61
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Cornelia Sirch]]|GDR|1988 Summer}} || 2:11.45
|-
| 100 m breaststroke <br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Tanya Dangalakova]]|BUL|1988 Summer}} || 1:07.95 <br> '''(OR)'''
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Antoaneta Frenkeva]]|BUL|1988 Summer}} || 1:08.74
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Silke Hörner]]|GDR|1988 Summer}} || 1:08.83
|-
| 200 m breaststroke <br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Silke Hörner]]|GDR|1988 Summer}} || 2:26.71 <br> '''(WR)'''
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Huang Xiaomin]]|CHN|1988 Summer}} || 2:27.49
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Antoaneta Frenkeva]]|BUL|1988 Summer}} || 2:28.34
|-
| 100 m butterfly <br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Kristin Otto]]|GDR|1988 Summer}} || 59.00 <br> '''(OR)'''
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Birte Weigang]]|GDR|1988 Summer}} || 59.45
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Qian Hong (swimmer)|Hong Qian]]|CHN|1988 Summer}} || 59.52
|-
| 200 m butterfly <br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Kathleen Nord]]|GDR|1988 Summer}} || 2:09.51
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Birte Weigang]]|GDR|1988 Summer}} || 2:09.91
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Mary T. Meagher]]|USA|1988 Summer}} || 2:10.80
|-
| 200 m individual medley <br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Daniela Hunger]]|GDR|1988 Summer}} || 2:12.59 <br> '''(OR)'''
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Yelena Dendeberova]]|URS|1988 Summer}} || 2:13.31
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Noemi Lung]]|ROU|1988 Summer}} || 2:14.85
|-
| 400 m individual medley <br> {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Janet Evans]]|USA|1988 Summer}} || 4:37.76
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Noemi Lung]]|ROU|1988 Summer}} || 4:39.46
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Daniela Hunger]]|GDR|1988 Summer}} || 4:39.76
|-valign="top"
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay <br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay}}
| {{FlagIOCteam|GDR|1988 Summer}}<br> [[Kristin Otto]]<br> [[Katrin Meissner]]<br> [[Daniela Hunger]]<br> [[Manuela Stellmach]]<br> ''[[Sabina Schulze]]*<br> [[Heike Friedrich]]*'' || 3:40.63
| {{FlagIOCteam|NED|1988 Summer}}<br> [[Marianne Muis]]<br> [[Mildred Muis]]<br> [[Conny van Bentum]]<br> [[Karin Brienesse]]<br> ''[[Diana van der Plaats]]*'' || 3:43.39
| {{FlagIOCteam|USA|1988 Summer}}<br>[[Mary Wayte]]<br> [[Mitzi Kremer]]<br> [[Laura Walker (swimmer)|Laura Walker]]<br> [[Dara Torres]]<br> ''[[Paige Zemina]]*<br> [[Jill Sterkel]]*'' || 3:44.25
|-valign="top"
| 4 × 100 m medley relay <br>{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay}}
| {{FlagIOCteam|GDR|1988 Summer}}<br> [[Kristin Otto]]<br> [[Silke Hörner]]<br> [[Birte Weigang]]<br> [[Katrin Meissner]]<br> ''[[Cornelia Sirch]]*<br> [[Manuela Stellmach]]*'' || 4:03.74
| {{FlagIOCteam|USA|1988 Summer}}<br> [[Beth Barr]]<br> [[Tracey McFarlane]]<br> [[Janel Jorgensen]]<br> [[Mary Wayte]]<br> ''[[Betsy Mitchell]]*<br> [[Mary T. Meagher]]*<br> [[Dara Torres]]*''|| 4:07.90
| {{FlagIOCteam|CAN|1988 Summer}}<br> [[Lori Melien]]<br> [[Allison Higson]]<br> [[Jane Kerr]]<br> [[Andrea Nugent]]<br> ''[[Keltie Duggan]]*<br> [[Patricia Noall]]*'' || 4:10.49
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
==Participating nations==
633 swimmers from 77 nations competed.<ref name="SportsRef"/>
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* {{flagIOC|ANG|1988 Summer|8}}
* {{flagIOC|ARG|1988 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|AUS|1988 Summer|25}}
* {{flagIOC|AUT|1988 Summer|6}}
* {{flagIOC|BAH|1988 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|BAN|1988 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|BAR|1988 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|BEL|1988 Summer|7}}
* {{flagIOC|BER|1988 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|BOL|1988 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|BRA|1988 Summer|15}}
* {{flagIOC|BUL|1988 Summer|8}}
* {{flagIOC|CAN|1988 Summer|31}}
* {{flagIOC|CHN|1988 Summer|24}}
* {{flagIOC|TPE|1988 Summer|8}}
* {{flagIOC|COL|1988 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|CRC|1988 Summer|8}}
* {{flagIOC|TCH|1988 Summer|6}}
* {{flagIOC|DEN|1988 Summer|15}}
* {{flagIOC|GDR|1988 Summer|26}}
* {{flagIOC|EGY|1988 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|FIJ|1988 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|FIN|1988 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|FRA|1988 Summer|25}}
* {{flagIOC|GBR|1988 Summer|38}}
* {{flagIOC|GRE|1988 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|GUM|1988 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|GUA|1988 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|HON|1988 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIOC|HKG|1988 Summer|10}}
* {{flagIOC|HUN|1988 Summer|13}}
* {{flagIOC|ISL|1988 Summer|6}}
* {{flagIOC|IND|1988 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|INA|1988 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|IRL|1988 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|ISR|1988 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|ITA|1988 Summer|21}}
* {{flagIOC|JPN|1988 Summer|23}}
* {{flagIOC|KUW|1988 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|LIB|1988 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|LUX|1988 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|MAS|1988 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|MEX|1988 Summer|10}}
* {{flagIOC|MOZ|1988 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|NED|1988 Summer|11}}
* {{flagIOC|AHO|1988 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|NOR|1988 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|NZL|1988 Summer|7}}
* {{flagIOC|PAN|1988 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|PER|1988 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|PHI|1988 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|POL|1988 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|POR|1988 Summer|12}}
* {{flagIOC|PUR|1988 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIOC|ROU|1988 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|SMR|1988 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|SEN|1988 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|SIN|1988 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|KOR|1988 Summer|15}}
* {{flagIOC|URS|1988 Summer|27}}
* {{flagIOC|ESP|1988 Summer|11}}
* {{flagIOC|SRI|1988 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|SUR|1988 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|SWZ|1988 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|SWE|1988 Summer|18}}
* {{flagIOC|SUI|1988 Summer|10}}
* {{flagIOC|TTO|1988 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|TUN|1988 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|TUR|1988 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|UAE|1988 Summer|6}}
* {{flagIOC|USA|1988 Summer|44}}
* {{flagIOC|ISV|1988 Summer|6}}
* {{flagIOC|URU|1988 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|VIE|1988 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|FRG|1988 Summer|29}}
* {{flagIOC|YUG|1988 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIOC|ZIM|1988 Summer|4}}
}}
==References==
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{{EventsAt1988SummerOlympics}}
{{Swimming at the Summer Olympics}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming At The 1988 Summer Olympics}}
[[Category:Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics| ]]
[[Category:1988 Summer Olympics events]]
[[Category:Swimming at the Summer Olympics|1988]]
[[Category:1988 in swimming]]