The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 23 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 Nation Time Record23 September Final A Kristin Otto 59.00

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 5 Catherine Plewinski 59.34 Q, NR 2 4 Birte Weigang 59.97 Q 3 5 Kristin Otto 1:00.40 Q 4 4 Qian Hong 1:00.66 Q 5 5 Conny van Bentum 1:00.94 Q 6 3 Janel Jorgensen 1:00.97 Q 7 4 Wang Xiaohong 1:01.18 Q 8 3 Mary T. Meagher 1:01.48 Q 9 5 Svitlana Kopchykova 1:01.85 q 10 5 Fiona Alessandri 1:01.90 q 11 3 Neviana Miteva 1:02.01 q 12 3 Kiyomi Takahashi 1:02.04 q 13 3 Ilaria Tocchini 1:02.07 q 14 4 Jacqueline Delord 1:02.24 q 15 5 Gabi Reha 1:02.27 q 16 4 Takayo Kitano 1:02.39 q 17 2 María Luisa Fernández 1:02.47 18 4 Caroline Foot 1:02.76 19 4 Ina Beyermann 1:02.85 20 5 Jane Kerr 1:02.91 21 3 Annabelle Cripps 1:03.34 22 5 Agneta Eriksson 1:03.45 23 4 Andrea Nugent 1:03.69 24 3 Emanuela Viola 1:03.91 3 Stela Pura 26 2 Lee Hong-mi 1:04.36 27 2 Sandra Neves 1:04.60 28 2 Blanca Morales 1:05.02 29 2 Marlene Bruten 1:05.37 30 2 Kim Soo-jin 1:06.14 31 2 Hung Cee Kay 1:06.94 32 2 Chang Hui-chien 1:07.36 33 1 Marcela Cuesta 1:07.66 34 1 Nguyễn Kiều Oanh 1:07.96 35 1 Ana Joselina Fortin 1:07.99 36 1 Annemarie Munk 1:08.35 37 1 Sharon Pickering 1:10.51 38 1 Cina Munch 1:12.03 39 1 Elsa Freire 1:12.27 40 1 Barbara Gayle 1:12.84

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Svitlana Kopchykova 1:01.48 10 6 Kiyomi Takahashi 1:01.80 11 7 Jacqueline Delord 1:02.45 12 3 Neviana Miteva 1:02.47 13 5 Fiona Alessandri 1:02.51 14 8 Takayo Kitano 1:02.53 15 1 Gabi Reha 1:02.63 16 2 Ilaria Tocchini 1:02.78

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Kristin Otto 59.00 5 Birte Weigang 59.45 6 Qian Hong 59.52 4 4 Catherine Plewinski 59.58 5 7 Janel Jorgensen 1:00.48 6 2 Conny van Bentum 1:00.62 7 8 Mary T. Meagher 1:00.97 8 1 Wang Xiaohong 1:01.15

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming