Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics
In the XXIV Summer Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 in swimming 31 competitions were held, including 16 for men and 15 for women, and two in synchronized swimming.
The outstanding swimmer of these games were Matt Biondi ( five gold, one silver, one bronze ) and Kristin Otto ( six gold). For men, the dominance of the large swimming Nations was lower than in previous years. There were also medals for nations such as Hungary, Italy or Spain. The seasons, the traditional nations prevailed due to the range of performance. In the women, the GDR was the all-dominating nation. From 45 to be awarded medals they won 22 But it also made nations such as Costa Rica and the People's Republic of China by podiums attention to itself. Since these games China should always be stronger than swimming nation.
- 2.1 50 m freestyle
- 2.2 100 m freestyle
- 2.3 200 m freestyle
- 2.4 400 m freestyle
- 2.5 800 m freestyle
- 2.6 100 m backstroke
- 2.7 200 m backstroke
- 2.8 100 m Breaststroke
- 2.9 200 m Breaststroke
- 2:10 100m butterfly
- 2:11 200m butterfly
- 2:12 200 m Individual Medley
- 2:13 400 m Individual Medley
- 2:14 4 x 100 m Freestyle
- 2:15 4 x 100m medley
- 3.1 Individual
- 3.2 duet
50 m freestyle
100 m Freestyle
200 m Freestyle
400 m Freestyle
1500 m Freestyle
100m backstroke
After Igor Polyansky had s situated in the sixth forward with a new Olympic record 55.04, undercutting world record holder David Berkoff this performance in the subsequent flow and thereby improved his own world best at 0.40 s to 54.51 s