Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. The swimming was notable for the seven medals, including five golds, won by Matt Biondi, the six golds won by Kristin Otto, and the three individual golds won by Janet Evans.

Men's events

EVENT	Gold GOLD	Silver SILVER	Bronze BRONZE
50 m freestyle	Matt Biondi (USA)	Tom Jager (USA)	Gennadiy Prigoda (URS)
100 m freestyle	Matt Biondi (USA)	Chris Jacobs (USA)	Stéphan Caron (FRA)
200 m freestyle	Duncan Armstrong (AUS)	Anders Holmertz (SWE)	Matt Biondi (USA)
400 m freestyle	Uwe Daßler (GDR)	Duncan Armstrong (AUS)	Artur Wojdat (POL)
1500 m freestyle	Vladimir Salnikov (URS)	Stefan Pfeiffer (FRG)	Uwe Daßler (GDR)
100 m backstroke	Daichi Suzuki (JPN)	David Berkoff (USA)	Igor Polyansky (URS)
200 m backstroke	Igor Polyansky (URS)	Frank Baltrusch (GDR)	Paul Kingsman (NZL)
100 m breaststroke	Adrian Moorhouse (GBR)	Károly Güttler (HUN)	Dmitriy Volkov (URS)
200 m breaststroke	József Szabó (HUN)	Nick Gillingham (GBR)	Sergio López Miró (ESP)
100 m butterfly	Anthony Nesty (SUR)	Matt Biondi (USA)	Andy Jameson (GBR)
200 m butterfly	Michael Gross (FRG)	Benny Nielsen (DEN)	Anthony Mosse (NZL)
200 m individual medley	Tamás Darnyi (HUN)	Patrick Kühl (GDR)	Vadim Yaroschchuk (URS)
400 m individual medley	Tamás Darnyi (HUN)	David Wharton (USA)	Stefano Battistelli (ITA)
4 x 100 m freestyle relay	UNITED STATES Christopher Jacobs Troy Dalbey Tom Jager Matt Biondi	SOVIET UNION Gennadiy Prigoda Yuri Bashkatov Nikolai Evseev Vladimir Tkashenko	EAST GERMANY Dirk Richter Thomas Flemming Lars Hinneburg Steffen Zesner
4 x 200 m freestyle relay	UNITED STATES Troy Dalbey Matthew Cetlinski Doug Gjertsen Matt Biondi	EAST GERMANY Uwe Daßler Sven Lodziewski Thomas Flemming Steffen Zesner	WEST GERMANY Erik Hochstein Thomas Fahrner Rainer Henkel Michael Gross
4 x 100 m medley relay	UNITED STATES David Berkoff Richard Schroeder Matt Biondi Christopher Jacobs	CANADA Mark Tewksbury Victor Davis Tom Ponting Sandy Goss	SOVIET UNION Igor Polyanskiy Dmitriy Volkov Vadim Yaroshchcuk Gennadiy Prigoda

Women's events

EVENT	Gold GOLD	Silver SILVER	Bronze BRONZE
50 m freestyle	Kristin Otto (GDR)	Wenyi Yang (CHN)	Jill Sterkel (USA) Katrin Meißner (GDR)
100 m freestyle	Kristin Otto (GDR)	Yong Zhuang (CHN)	Catherine Plewinski (FRA)
200 m freestyle	Heike Friedrich (GDR)	Silvia Poll (CRC)	Manuela Stellmach (GDR)
400 m freestyle	Janet Evans (USA)	Heike Friedrich (GDR)	Anke Möhring (GDR)
800 m freestyle	Janet Evans (USA)	Astrid Strauss (GDR)	Julie McDonald (AUS)
100 m backstroke	Kristin Otto (GDR)	Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)	Cornelia Sirch (GDR)
200 m backstroke	Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)	Katrin Zimmermann (GDR)	Cornelia Sirch (GDR)
100 m breaststroke	Tania Dangalakova (BUL)	Antoaneta Frenkeva (BUL)	Silke Hörner (GDR)
200 m breaststroke	Silke Hörner (GDR)	Xiao-Min Hoang (CHN)	Antoaneta Frenkeva (BUL)
100 m butterfly	Kristin Otto (GDR)	Birte Weigang (GDR)	Hong Qian (CHN)
200 m butterfly	Kathleen Nord (GDR)	Birte Weigang (GDR)	Mary T. Meagher (USA)
200 m individual medley	Daniela Hunger (GDR)	Elena Dendeberova (URS)	Noemi Lung (ROM)
400 m individual medley	Janet Evans (USA)	Noemi Lung (ROM)	Daniela Hunger (GDR)
4 x 100 m freestyle relay	EAST GERMANY Kristin Otto Katrin Meißner Daniela Hunger Manuela Stellmach	NETHERLANDS Marianne Muis Mildred Muis Conny van Bentum Karin Brienesse	UNITED STATES Mary Wayte Mitzi Kramer Laura Walker Dara Torres
4 x 100 m medley relay	EAST GERMANY Kristin Otto Silke Hörner Birte Weigang Katrin Meißner	UNITED STATES Elizabeth Barr Tracey McFarlane Janet Jorgensen Mary Wayte	CANADA Lori Melien Allison Higson Jane Kerr Andrea Nugent