The women's 400 metre freestyle 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;
The following records were established during the length of the competition;
Date Round Name Nationality Time Record 22 September Final A Janet Evans 4:03.85
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 4 Janet Evans 4:10.21 Q 2 2 Anke Möhring 4:10.64 Q 3 4 Tami Bruce 4:10.73 Q 4 2 Janelle Elford 4:11.07 Q 5 3 Heike Friedrich 4:11.30 Q 6 4 Isabelle Arnould 4:11.71 Q 7 4 Stephanie Ortwig 4:12.18 Q 8 2 Natalia Trefilova 4:12.20 Q 9 3 Noemi Lung 4:12.42 q 10 3 Sheridan Burge-Lopez 4:12.77 q 11 2 Antoaneta Strumenlieva 4:13.25 q 12 3 Manuela Melchiorri 4:15.40 q 13 1 Chikako Nakamori 4:15.51 q 14 3 Cécile Prunier 4:15.63 q 15 4 Stela Pura 4:15.78 q 16 4 Patricia Noall 4:15.90 q 17 3 Irene Dalby 4:16.22 18 4 Ruth Gilfillan 4:16.66 19 2 Tomomi Hosoda 4:17.30 20 3 Eva Mortensen 4:18.06 21 3 Yan Ming 4:18.58 22 4 Alexandra Russ 4:18.67 23 1 Nurul Huda Abdullah 4:19.33 24 1 Patrícia Amorim 4:19.64 25 2 Christelle Janssens 4:19.95 26 1 Pernille Jensen 4:20.96 27 2 June Croft 4:21.98 28 1 Rita Jean Garay 4:24.84 29 2 Judit Csabai 4:25.52 30 1 Senda Gharbi 4:34.67
Finals
Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 5 Sheridan Burge-Lopez 4:10.21 10 4 Noemi Lung 4:11.88 11 1 Stela Pura 4:12.14 12 3 Antoaneta Strumenlieva 4:13.43 13 8 Patricia Noall 4:14.70 14 6 Manuela Melchiorri 4:14.90 15 2 Chikako Nakamori 4:15.59 16 7 Cécile Prunier 4:21.03
Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Janet Evans 4:03.85 2 Heike Friedrich 4:05.94 EU 5 Anke Möhring 4:06.62 4 3 Tami Bruce 4:08.16 5 6 Janelle Elford 4:10.64 6 7 Isabelle Arnould 4:11.73 7 1 Stephanie Ortwig 4:13.05 8 8 Natalia Trefilova 4:13.92
References
External links Official Report USA Swimming