| Date | 23 September 1988 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Su-yeong-jang, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul |
| Participants | 42 from 27 countries |
After the 1986 World Championships, Bulgaria’s Tanya Dangalakova took a year off from competition, giving birth to a daughter, Anna, born in June 1987. She required further surgery in October 1987, and was hoping just to win a medal in Seoul, as the gold medal in the 100 breast was conceded to East German Silke Hörner, who had already won the 200 breaststroke in world record time, with Dangalakova fourth. In qualifying Dangalakova and Hörner tied for the best time with 1:08.35. Dangalakova realized that the prelims had felt easy and actually predicted that she could break the world record in the final.
That was not to be, but she did win the gold medal. Hörner led the final at 50 metres in world record pace, but Dangalakova was on her shoulder, and the Bulgarian had much more left, coming home for gold in 1:07.95, the second fastest time ever, behind Hörner’s world record. Dangalakova’s teammate Antoaneta Frenkeva also finished strongly and passed Hörner for the silver.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | R1 | B Final | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 45 | Tanya Dangalakova |  BUL | 1:08.35 (1 h4) | – | 1:07.95 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 46 | Antoaneta Frenkeva | BUL | 1:10.09 (1 h5) | – | 1:08.74 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 172 | Silke Hörner |  GDR | 1:08.35 (1 h6) | – | 1:08.83 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 60 | Allison Higson |  CAN | 1:09.39 (2 h6) | – | 1:08.86 (4) | |||
| 5 | 315 | Yelena Volkova |  URS | 1:09.86 (2 h4) | – | 1:09.24 (5) | |||
| 6 | 330 | Tracey McFarlane |  USA | 1:10.59 (3 h4) | – | 1:09.60 (6) | |||
| 7 | 73 | Huang Xiaomin |  CHN | 1:10.78 (3 h5) | – | 1:10.53 (7) | |||
| 8 | 178 | Annett Rex | GDR | 1:10.61 (2 h5) | – | 1:10.67 (8) | |||
| 9 | 308 | Svetlana Kuzmina | URS | 1:10.83 (4 h5) | 1:10.42 (1) | – | |||
| 10 | 57 | Keltie Duggan | CAN | 1:10.95 (5 h5) | 1:10.58 (2) | – | |||
| 11 | 34 | Ingrid Lempereur |  BEL | 1:11.00 (3 h6) | 1:10.86 (3) | – | |||
| 12 | 214 | Manuela Dalla Valle |  ITA | 1:11.25 (6 h5) | 1:10.95 (4) | – | |||
| 13 | 323 | Susan Johnson | USA | 1:11.09 (4 h6) | 1:11.08 (5) | – | |||
| 14 | 202 | Gabriella Csépe |  HUN | 1:11.10 (5 h6) | 1:11.24 (6) | – | |||
| 15 | 18 | Lara Hooiveld |  AUS | 1:11.40 (6 h6) | 1:11.26 (7) | – | |||
| 16 | 147 | Suki Brownsdon |  GBR | 1:11.66 (4 h4) | 1:11.95 (8) | – | |||
| 17 | 195 | Linda Moes |  NED | 1:11.84 (7 h5) | – | – | |||
| 18 | 248 | Park Seong-Won |  KOR | 1:12.32 (1 h3) | – | – | |||
| 19 | 267 | Dorota Chylak |  POL | 1:12.38 (7 h6) | – | – | |||
| 20 | 157 | Maggie Hohmann | GBR | 1:12.67 (8 h5) | – | – | |||
| 21 | 32 | Brigitte Becue | BEL | 1:12.90 (2 h3) | – | – | |||
| 22 | 127 | Britta Dahm |  FRG | 1:12.98 (5 h4) | – | – | |||
| 23 | 211 | Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir |  ISL | 1:13.01 (3 h3) | – | – | |||
| 24 | 119 | Pascaline Louvrier |  FRA | 1:13.21 (6 h4) | – | – | |||
| 25 | 233 | Yoshie Nishioka |  JPN | 1:13.36 (4 h3) | – | – | |||
| 26 | 113 | Virginie Bojaryn | FRA | 1:13.55 (5 h3) | – | – | |||
| 27 | 70 | Chen Huiling | CHN | 1:13.65 (7 h4) | – | – | |||
| 28 | 265 | Karen Horning |  PER | 1:14.03 (1 h2) | – | – | |||
| 29 | 250 | Nancy Arendt |  LUX | 1:14.99 (6 h3) | – | – | |||
| 30 | 279 | Patricia Brülhart |  SUI | 1:15.00 (7 h3) | – | – | |||
| 31 | 268 | Kornelia Stawicka | POL | 1:15.41 (8 h3) | – | – | |||
| 32 | 297 | Seto Car-Wai |  TPE | 1:15.47 (2 h2) | – | – | |||
| 33 | 8 | Alicia María Boscatto |  ARG | 1:15.67 (3 h2) | – | – | |||
| 34 | 230 | Hiroko Nagasaki | JPN | 1:16.63 (8 h6) | – | – | |||
| 35 | 348 | Sigrid Niehaus |  CRC | 1:16.65 (4 h2) | – | – | |||
| 36 | 91 | Montserrat Hidalgo | CRC | 1:18.42 (1 h1) | – | – | |||
| 37 | 7 | Valentina Aracil | ARG | 1:19.60 (5 h2) | – | – | |||
| 38 | 276 | Dipika Chanmugam |  SRI | 1:20.18 (6 h2) | – | – | |||
| 39 | 295 | Kim Chen | TPE | 1:20.95 (7 h2) | – | – | |||
| 40 | 36 | Katerine Moreno |  BOL | 1:22.62 (2 h1) | – | – | |||
| 41 | 4 | Ana Martins |  ANG | 1:24.01 (3 h1) | – | – | |||
| 42 | 1 | Nádia Cruz | ANG | 1:24.46 (4 h1) | – | – | |||
| 129 | Heike Esser | FRG | – (DNS h4) | – | – | ||||
| 189 | Annemarie Munk |  HKG | – (DNS h2) | – | – |
| Date | 23 September 1988 — 10:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final. |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Montserrat Hidalgo | CRC | 1:18.42 | ||
| 2 | 6 | Katerine Moreno | BOL | 1:22.62 | ||
| 3 | 5 | Ana Martins | ANG | 1:24.01 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Nádia Cruz | ANG | 1:24.46 |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Karen Horning | PER | 1:14.03 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Seto Car-Wai | TPE | 1:15.47 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Alicia María Boscatto | ARG | 1:15.67 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Sigrid Niehaus | CRC | 1:16.65 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Valentina Aracil | ARG | 1:19.60 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Dipika Chanmugam | SRI | 1:20.18 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Kim Chen | TPE | 1:20.95 | ||
| 1 | Annemarie Munk | HKG | – |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Park Seong-Won | KOR | 1:12.32 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Brigitte Becue | BEL | 1:12.90 | ||
| 3 | 7 | Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir | ISL | 1:13.01 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Yoshie Nishioka | JPN | 1:13.36 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Virginie Bojaryn | FRA | 1:13.55 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Nancy Arendt | LUX | 1:14.99 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Patricia Brülhart | SUI | 1:15.00 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Kornelia Stawicka | POL | 1:15.41 |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Tanya Dangalakova | BUL | 1:08.35 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yelena Volkova | URS | 1:09.86 | ||
| 3 | 5 | Tracey McFarlane | USA | 1:10.59 | ||
| 4 | 6 | Suki Brownsdon | GBR | 1:11.66 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Britta Dahm | FRG | 1:12.98 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Pascaline Louvrier | FRA | 1:13.21 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Chen Huiling | CHN | 1:13.65 | ||
| 8 | Heike Esser | FRG | – |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Antoaneta Frenkeva | BUL | 1:10.09 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Annett Rex | GDR | 1:10.61 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Huang Xiaomin | CHN | 1:10.78 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Svetlana Kuzmina | URS | 1:10.83 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Keltie Duggan | CAN | 1:10.95 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Manuela Dalla Valle | ITA | 1:11.25 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Linda Moes | NED | 1:11.84 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Maggie Hohmann | GBR | 1:12.67 |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Silke Hörner | GDR | 1:08.35 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Allison Higson | CAN | 1:09.39 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Ingrid Lempereur | BEL | 1:11.00 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Susan Johnson | USA | 1:11.09 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Gabriella Csépe | HUN | 1:11.10 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Lara Hooiveld | AUS | 1:11.40 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Dorota Chylak | POL | 1:12.38 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Hiroko Nagasaki | JPN | 1:16.63 |
| Date | 23 September 1988 — 20:00 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Svetlana Kuzmina | URS | 1:10.42 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Keltie Duggan | CAN | 1:10.58 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Ingrid Lempereur | BEL | 1:10.86 | ||
| 4 | 7 | Manuela Dalla Valle | ITA | 1:10.95 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Susan Johnson | USA | 1:11.08 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Gabriella Csépe | HUN | 1:11.24 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lara Hooiveld | AUS | 1:11.26 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Suki Brownsdon | GBR | 1:11.95 |
| Date | 23 September 1988 — 20:00 |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Tanya Dangalakova | BUL | 1:07.95 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Antoaneta Frenkeva | BUL | 1:08.74 | ||
| 3 | 5 | Silke Hörner | GDR | 1:08.83 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Allison Higson | CAN | 1:08.86 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Yelena Volkova | URS | 1:09.24 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Tracey McFarlane | USA | 1:09.60 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Huang Xiaomin | CHN | 1:10.53 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Annett Rex | GDR | 1:10.67 |
