Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley

Women's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Women's 400 metre individual medley; at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date	18 September 1988 (heats); 19 September 1988 (finals)
Competitors	31 from 21 nations
Winning time	4:37.76
Medalists
	← 1984 1992 →

The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 18–19 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Petra Schneider (GDR)	4:36.10	Guayaquil, Ecuador	1 August 1982
Olympic record	Petra Schneider (GDR)	4:36.29	Moscow, Soviet Union	26 July 1980

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Noemi Lung	Romania	4:41.96	Q
2	3	Kathleen Nord	East Germany	4:42.92	Q
3	4	Janet Evans	United States	4:43.04	Q
4	3	Jodie Clatworthy	Australia	4:44.26	Q, OC
5	4	Daniela Hunger	East Germany	4:44.85	Q
6	3	Yelena Dendeberova	Soviet Union	4:46.63	Q
7	2	Donna Procter	Australia	4:47.57	Q
8	3	Lin Li	China	4:48.89	Q
9	2	Yan Ming	China	4:49.04	q
10	4	Roberta Felotti	Italy	4:49.20	q
11	2	Erika Hansen	United States	4:50.03	q
12	2	Antoaneta Strumenlieva	Bulgaria	4:51.58	q
13	2	Christine Magnier	France	4:51.91	q
14	3	Birgit Lohberg-Schulz	West Germany	4:52.05	q
15	2	Anette Philipsson	Sweden	4:53.58	q
16	2	Annette Poulsen	Denmark	4:54.01	q
17	4	Anamarija Petričević	Yugoslavia	4:54.17
18	4	Suki Brownsdon	Great Britain	4:54.66
19	4	Yoshie Nishioka	Japan	4:55.31
20	3	Marianne Muis	Netherlands	4:56.31
21	3	Mildred Muis	Netherlands	4:56.89
22	4	Irene Dalby	Norway	4:58.14
23	1	Hiroyo Harada	Japan	5:00.92
24	2	Tracey Atkin	Great Britain	5:01.34
25	1	Michelle Smith	Ireland	5:01.84
26	1	Marlene Bruten	Mexico	5:03.69
27	1	Chang Hui-chien	Chinese Taipei	5:13.20
28	1	Valentina Aracil	Argentina	5:19.17
29	1	Annemarie Munk	Hong Kong	5:24.11
30	1	Kimberly Chen	Chinese Taipei	5:28.15
	4	Yuliya Bogacheva	Soviet Union	DNS

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
9	5	Roberta Felotti	Italy	4:49.53
10	7	Birgit Lohberg-Schulz	West Germany	4:50.54
11	3	Erika Hansen	United States	4:51.93
12	6	Antoaneta Strumenlieva	Bulgaria	4:52.33
13	1	Anette Philipsson	Sweden	4:52.77
14	2	Christine Magnier	France	4:53.29
15	8	Annette Poulsen	Denmark	4:54.40
16	4	Yan Ming	China	4:55.92

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	3	Janet Evans	United States	4:37.76
	4	Noemi Lung	Romania	4:39.46
	2	Daniela Hunger	East Germany	4:39.76
4	7	Yelena Dendeberova	Soviet Union	4:40.44
5	5	Kathleen Nord	East Germany	4:41.64
6	6	Jodie Clatworthy	Australia	4:45.86
7	8	Lin Li	China	4:47.05
8	1	Donna Procter	Australia	4:47.51