Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
Introduction The '''women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay''' event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 24 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 new world and Olympic records were set during this competition. Date  Event  Name  Nationality  Time  Record 24 September  Final Kristin Otto (1:01.03)Silke Hörner (1:08.20)Birte Weigang (59.51)Katrin Meissner (55.00)   4:03.74
Results ===Heats===Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q). Rank  Heat  Nation  Swimmers  Time  Notes 1  2   Cornelia Sirch (1:02.34)Silke Hörner (1:09.37)Birte Weigang (1:00.75)Manuela Stellmach (56.07) 4:08.53  Q 2  3   Betsy Mitchell (1:02.66)Tracey McFarlane (1:10.33)Mary T. Meagher (1:01.64)Dara Torres (55.75) 4:10.38  Q 3  3   Jolanda de Rover (1:04.03)Linda Moes (1:10.74)Conny van Bentum (1:00.62)Karin Brienesse (56.43) 4:11.82  Q 4  3   Svenja Schlicht (1:03.56)Britta Dahm (1:12.56)Gabi Reha (1:01.54)Marion Aizpors (55.53) 4:13.19  Q 5  2   Lori Melien (1:03.80)Keltie Duggan (1:11.58)Jane Kerr (1:02.42)Patricia Noall (56.43) 4:14.23  Q 6  1   Nicole Livingstone (1:04.07)Lara Hooiveld (1:10.97)Fiona Alessandri (1:02.12)Karen van Wirdum (57.16) 4:14.32  Q 7  1   Lorenza Vigarani (1:03.64)Manuela Dalla Valle (1:11.17)Ilaria Tocchini (1:02.24)Silvia Persi (57.63) 4:14.68  Q 8  2   Bistra Gospodinova (1:05.23)Tanya Dangalakova (1:09.31)Neviana Miteva (1:02.82)Natasha Khristova (57.86) 4:15.22  Q 9  3   Katherine Read (1:04.86)Suki Brownsdon (1:11.74)Caroline Foot (1:01.97)Joanna Coull (57.61) 4:16.18   10  3   Laurence Guillou (1:05.28)Pascaline Louvrier (1:13.72)Catherine Plewinski (59.86)Jacqueline Delord (57.35) 4:16.21   11  2   Johanna Larsson (1:05.10)Anna-Karin Persson (1:12.40)Agneta Eriksson (1:02.95)Eva Nyberg (57.27) 4:17.72   12  1   Satoko Morishita (1:05.23)Yoshie Nishioka (1:13.63)Kiyomi Takahashi (1:01.95)Ayako Nakano (58.07) 4:18.88   13  1   Natalia Autric (1:06.74)Silvia Parera (1:14.87)María Luisa Fernández (1:02.45)Amaya Garbayo (57.78) 4:21.84  14  3   Hong Ji-hee (1:08.52)Park Sung-won (1:14.57)Lee Hong-mi (1:05.73)Han Young-hee (1:00.08) 4:28.90    15  2   Silvia Poll (1:04.02)Sigrid Niehaus (1:17.56)Marcela Cuesta (1:09.89)Carolina Mauri (1:00.28) 4:31.75   16  1   Wang Chi (1:10.75)Carwai Seto (1:15.45)Chang Hui-chien (1:07.95)Kimberly Chen (1:05.34) 4:39.49     1   Yang WenyiHuang XiaominQian HongZhuang Yong     2   Mette JacobsenPia SørensenAnnette JørgensenGitta Jensen    ===Final=== Rank  Lane  Nation  Swimmers  Time  Notes   4   Kristin Otto (1:01.03)Silke Hörner (1:08.20)Birte Weigang (59.51)Katrin Meissner (55.00) 4:03.74      5   Beth Barr (1:02.56)Tracey McFarlane (1:10.22)Janel Jorgensen (59.84)Mary Wayte (55.28) 4:07.90     2   Lori Melien (1:04.25)Allison Higson (1:08.15)Jane Kerr (1:01.78)Andrea Nugent (56.31) 4:10.49   4  7   Nicole Livingstone (1:03.43)Lara Hooiveld (1:10.49)Fiona Alessandri (1:00.87)Karen van Wirdum (56.78) 4:11.57  '''OC''' 5  3   Jolanda de Rover (1:03.76)Linda Moes (1:11.40)Conny van Bentum (1:00.30)Karin Brienesse (56.73) 4:12.19   6  8   Bistra Gospodinova (1:04.87)Tanya Dangalakova (1:07.95)Neviana Miteva (1:02.76)Natasha Khristova (56.78) 4:12.36   7  6   Svenja Schlicht (1:03.46)Britta Dahm (1:12.36)Gabi Reha (1:01.79)Marion Aizpors (55.28) 4:12.89   8  1   Lorenza Vigarani (1:03.96)Manuela Dalla Valle (1:10.63)Ilaria Tocchini (1:01.93)Silvia Persi (57.33) 4:13.85
References
External links *  Official Report*  USA Swimming