| Women 50m Freestyle Swimming XXIV Olympic Games 1988 Seoul, South Korea - --th September - Gold Medal: Kristin Otto, East Germany | 
| | Final |  | time | gap | L | Y |  | 1. Kristin Otto |  East Germany | 25.49s | OR | 3 | 22 |  | 2. Wenyi Yang |  China | 25.64s | +0.15s | 4 | 16 |  | 3. Katrin Meissner |  East Germany | 25.71s | +0.22s | 5 | 15 |  | 3. Jill Sterkel |  United States | 25.71s | +0.22s | 7 | 27 |  | 5. Leigh Ann Fetter |  United States | 25.78s | +0.29s | 6 | 19 |  | 6. Tamara Costache |  Romania | 25.80s | +0.31s | 1 | 18 |  | 7. Catherine Plewinski |  France | 25.90s | +0.41s | 2 | 20 |  | 8. Karen Van Wirdum |  Australia | 26.01s | +0.52s | 8 | 17 | 
 | Final B |  | time | gap | L | Y |  | 9. Marion Aizpors |  West Germany | 26.17s |  | 4 | 27 |  | 10.Christiane Pielke |  West Germany | 26.22s | +0.05s | 6 | 25 |  | 11.Marie-Therese Armentero |  Switzerland | 26.34s | +0.17s | 3 | 22 |  | 12.Ayako Nakano |  Japan | 26.45s | +0.28s | 2 | 15 |  | 13.Kristen Topham |  Canada | 26.45s | +0.28s | 1 | 15 |  | 14.Inna Abramova |  Soviet Union | 26.48s | +0.31s | 5 | 21 |  | 15.Karin Brienesse |  Netherlands | 26.66s | +0.49s | 8 | 19 |  | 16.Diana Van Der Plaats |  Netherlands | 26.80s | +0.63s | 7 | 17 | 
 | World Record: Wang Wenyi, China 25.67s Guangzhou, China 11 April 1988 |  | Olympic Record: Inaugural Event | 
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| | Heat 7 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Wenyi Yang |  China | 25.67s | OR | - | 16 | 1. |  | 2. Katrin Meissner |  East Germany | 25.77s | +0.10s | - | 15 | 2. |  | 3. Jill Sterkel |  United States | 26.02s | +0.35s | - | 27 | 6. |  | 4. Karen Van Wirdum |  Australia | 26.12s | +0.45s | - | 17 | 8. |  | 5. Marion Aizpors |  West Germany | 26.20s | +0.53s | - | 27 | 9. |  | 6. Inna Abramova |  Soviet Union | 26.27s | +0.60s | - | 21 | 10. |  | 7. Helena Ahberg |  Sweden | 26.67s | +1.00s | - | 17 | 23. |  | 8. Alison Sheppard |  Great Britain | 27.14s | +1.47s | - | 15 | 25. | 
 |  | | Heat 6 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Kristin Otto |  East Germany | 25.85s | +0.18s OR | - | 22 | 3. |  | 2. Catherine Plewinski |  France | 26.01s | +0.34s | - | 20 | 5. |  | 3. Tamara Costache |  Romania | 26.06s | +0.39s | - | 18 | 7. |  | 4. Ayako Nakano |  Japan | 26.44s | +0.77s | - | 15 | 13. |  | 5. Kristen Topham |  Canada | 26.50s | +0.83s | - | 15 | 15. |  | 6. Andrea Nugent |  Canada | 26.60s | +0.93s | - | 19 | 19. |  | 7. Fujie Xia |  China | 26.66s | +0.99s | - | 18 | 22. |  | 8. Karin Furuhed |  Sweden | 26.85s | +1.18s | - | 21 | 24. | 
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| | Heat 5 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Leigh Ann Fetter |  United States | 25.91s | +0.24s OR | - | 19 | 4. |  | 2. Marie-Therese Armentero |  Switzerland | 26.32s | +0.65s | - | 22 | 11. |  | 3. Christiane Pielke |  West Germany | 26.33s | +0.66s | - | 25 | 12. |  | 4. Karin Brienesse |  Netherlands | 26.54s | +0.87s | - | 19 | 16. |  | 5. Liliana Dobrescu |  Romania | 26.56s | +0.89s | - | 17 | 17. |  | 6. Gitta Jensen |  Denmark | 26.61s | +0.94s | - | 16 | 20. |  | 6. Kaori Sasaki |  Japan | 26.61s | +0.94s | - | 17 | 20. |  | 8. Senda Al Gharbi |  Tunisia | 27.34s | +1.67s | - | 21 | 29. | 
 |  | | Heat 4 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Diana Van Der Plaats |  Netherlands | 26.49s | +0.82s OR | - | 17 | 14. |  | 2. Adriana Pereira |  Brazil | 26.56s | +0.89s | - | 24 | 17. |  | 3. Maria Soledad Rivera |  Mexico | 27.16s | +1.49s | - | 21 | 26. |  | 4. Annabelle Cripps |  Great Britain | 27.17s | +1.50s | - | 20 | 27. |  | 4. Karen Dieffenthaller |  Trinidad Tob | 27.27s | +1.60s | - | 20 | 28. |  | 5. Gillian Akiko Thomson |  Philippines | 27.43s | +1.76s | - | 13 | 30. |  | 6. Patricia Kohlmann |  Mexico | 27.45s | +1.78s | - | 20 | 32. |  | 7. Elsa Freire Vicente |  Angola | 29.54s | +3.87s | - | 14 | 47. | 
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| | Heat 3 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Monica Rezende |  Brazil | 27.44s | +1.77s OR | - | 19 | 31. |  | 2. Young-Hee Han |  South Korea | 28.02s | +2.35s | - | 15 | 34. |  | 3. Sze Ki Celeste Hung |  Hong Kong | 28.15s | +2.48s | - | 16 | 35. |  | 4. Joo-Li Park |  South Korea | 28.20s | +2.53s | - | 17 | 36. |  | 5. Ana Joselina Fortin |  Honduras | 28.46s | +2.79s | - | 16 | 38. |  | 6. Wang Chi |  Taiwan | 28.73s | +3.06s | - | 18 | 41. |  | 7. Wing-Sze Tsang |  Hong Kong | 29.14s | +3.47s | - | 16 | 45. |  | 8. Ana Martins |  Angola | 29.74s | +4.07s | - | 16 | 49. | 
 |  | | Heat 2 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Carolina Mauri |  Costa Rica | 27.96s | +2.29s OR | - | 18 | 33. |  | 2. Bryndis Ollafsdottir |  Iceland | 28.38s | +2.71s | - | 19 | 37. |  | 3. Cina Munch |  Fiji | 28.55s | +2.88s | - | 17 | 39. |  | 4. Catherine Helen Fogarty |  Zimbabwe | 28.66s | +2.99s | - | 17 | 40. |  | 5. Sabrina Lum |  Taiwan | 28.82s | +3.15s | - | 17 | 42. |  | 6. Veronica Cummings |  Guam | 28.94s | +3.27s | - | 15 | 43. |  | 7. Angela Birch |  Foji | 29.01s | +3.34s | - | 14 | 44. |  | 8. Katerine Moreno |  Bolivia | 29.42s | +3.75s | - | 14 | 46. | 
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| | Heat 1 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Carolina Manuela Lopes De Araujo |  Mozambique | 29.64s | +3.97s OR | - | 17 | 48. |  | 2. Nancy Khalaf |  Lebanon | 30.77s | +5.10s | - | 14 | 50. | 
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