The inaugural women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 25 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:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record 25 September Heat 7 Yang Wenyi 25.67 25 September Final A Kristin Otto 25.49

Results

Heats Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 Yang Wenyi 25.67 Q, 2 7 Katrin Meissner 25.77 Q 3 6 Kristin Otto 25.85 Q 4 5 Leigh Ann Fetter 25.91 Q 5 6 Catherine Plewinski 26.01 Q, NR 6 7 Jill Sterkel 26.02 Q 7 6 Tamara Costache 26.06 Q 8 7 Karen van Wirdum 26.12 Q, OC 9 7 Marion Aizpors 26.20 q 10 7 Inna Abramova 26.27 q 11 5 Marie-Thérèse Armentero 26.32 q 12 5 Christiane Pielke 26.33 q 13 6 Ayako Nakano 26.44 q 14 4 Diana van der Plaats 26.49 q, NR 15 6 Kristin Topham 26.50 q 16 5 Karin Brienesse 26.54 q 17 4 Adriana Pereira 26.56 5 Luminița Dobrescu 19 6 Andrea Nugent 26.60 20 5 Gitta Jensen 26.61 5 Kaori Sasaki 22 6 Xia Fujie 26.66 23 7 Helena Aberg 26.67 24 6 Karin Furuhed 26.85 25 7 Alison Sheppard 27.14 26 4 María Rivera 27.16 27 4 Annabelle Cripps 27.17 28 4 Karen Dieffenthaler 27.27 29 5 Senda Gharbi 27.34 30 4 Akiko Thomson 27.43 31 3 Mônica Rezende 27.44 32 4 Patricia Kohlmann 27.45 33 2 Carolina Mauri 27.96 34 3 Han Young-hee 28.02 35 3 Hung Cee Kay 28.15 36 3 Park Joo-li 28.20 37 2 Bryndís Ólafsdóttir 28.38 38 3 Ana Joselina Fortin 28.46 39 2 Cina Munch 28.55 40 2 Catherine Fogarty 28.66 41 3 Wang Chi 28.73 42 2 Sabrina Lum 28.82 43 2 Veronica Cummings 28.94 44 2 Angela Birch 29.01 45 3 Tsang Wing Sze 29.14 46 2 Katerine Moreno 29.42 47 4 Elsa Freire 29.54 48 1 Carolina Araujo 29.64 49 3 Ana Martins 29.74 50 1 Nancy Khalaf 30.77

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Marion Aizpors 26.17 10 6 Christiane Pielke 26.22 11 3 Marie-Thérèse Armentero 26.34 12 1 Kristin Topham 26.45 2 Ayako Nakano 14 5 Inna Abramova 26.48 15 8 Karin Brienesse 26.66 16 7 Diana van der Plaats 26.80

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Kristin Otto 25.49 4 Yang Wenyi 25.64 5 Katrin Meissner 25.71 7 Jill Sterkel 5 6 Leigh Ann Fetter 25.78 6 1 Tamara Costache 25.80 7 2 Catherine Plewinski 25.90 NR 8 8 Karen van Wirdum 26.01 OC

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming