Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle
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| Swimming events at the 1988 Summer Olympics  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freestyle | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | women | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Individual medley | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| 4×200 m | men | |||
| Medley relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
The women's 50 freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics was contested on 25 September. This was the first time that women swam the 50 freestyle as an event at the Olympic Games.
Records
The existing World and Olympic records at the time of the event were:
| World record |  Yang Wenyi (CHN) |
24.98 | Guangzhou, China | 10 April 1988 |
| Olympic record | Not held before 1988 | - | - | - |
Finals
A Final
| Place | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Kristin Otto |  East Germany |
25.49 | OR[1] | |
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Yang Wenyi | China |
25.64 | ||
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Katrin Meissner | East Germany |
25.71 | ||
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Jill Sterkel |  United States |
25.71 | ||
| 5 | Leigh Ann Fetter | United States |
25.78 | ||
| 6 | Tamara Costache |  Romania |
25.80 | ||
| 7 | Catherine Plewinski |  France |
25.90 | ||
| 8 | Karen Van Wirdum |  Australia |
26.01 |
B final
| Place | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Marion Aizpors |  West Germany |
26.17 | ||
| 10 | Christiane Pielke | West Germany |
26.22 | ||
| 11 | Marie-Thérèse Armentero |  Switzerland |
26.34 | ||
| 12= | Kristin Topham |  Canada |
26.45 | ||
| 12= | Ayako Nakano |  Japan |
26.45 | ||
| 14 | Inna Abramova |  Soviet Union |
26.48 | ||
| 15 | Karin Brienesse |  Netherlands |
26.66 | ||
| 16 | Diane van der Plaats | Netherlands |
26.80 |
Preliminary heats
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