Summer Olympics : Swimming in 1988

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 MEDAL COUNTS:

    
COUNTRY
TOTAL
 GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE


United StatesUnited States
18
8
6
4



BulgariaBulgaria
3
1
1
1



CanadaCanada
2
0
1
1



ChinaChina
4
0
3
1



Costa RicaCosta Rica
1
0
1
0



DenmarkDenmark
1
0
1
0



SpainSpain
1
0
0
1



FranceFrance
2
0
0
2



West GermanyWest Germany
3
1
1
1



Great BritainGreat Britain
3
1
1
1



East GermanyEast Germany
28
11
8
9



HungaryHungary
6
4
2
0



ItalyItaly
1
0
0
1



JapanJapan
1
1
0
0



NetherlandsNetherlands
1
0
1
0



New ZealandNew Zealand
2
0
0
2



PolandPoland
1
0
0
1



RomaniaRomania
2
0
1
1



SurinameSuriname
1
1
0
0



SwedenSweden
1
0
1
0



Soviet UnionSoviet Union
9
2
2
5



AustraliaAustralia
3
1
1
1






 MEDAL WINNERS:

                                  GOLD                               SILVER                             BRONZE                             
Men's 50 m Freestyle              Matt Biondi         USA    22.14 | Tom Jager           USA    22.36 | Gennadiy Prigoda    URS    22.71
Men's 100 m Freestyle             Matt Biondi         USA    48.63 | Christopher Jacobs  USA    49.08 | Stephan Caron       FRA    49.62
Men's 200 m Freestyle             Duncan Armstrong    AUS  1:47.25 | Anders Holmertz     SWE  1:47.89 | Matt Biondi         USA  1:47.99
Men's 400 m Freestyle             Uwe Dassler         GDR  3:46.95 | Duncan Armstrong    AUS  3:47.15 | Artur Wojdat        POL  3:47.34
Men's 1,500 m Freestyle           Vladimir Salnikov   URS 15:00.40 | Stefan Pfeiffer     FRG 15:02.69 | Uwe Dassler         GDR 15:06.15
Men's 100 m Backstroke            Diachi Suzuki       JPN    55.05 | David Berkhoff      USA    55.18 | Igor Polianski      URS    55.20
Men's 200 m Backstroke            Igor Polianski      URS  1:59.37 | Frank Baltrusch     GDR  1:59.60 | Paul Kingsman       NZL  2:00.48
Men's 100 m Breastroke            Adrian Moorhouse    GBR  1:02.04 | Karoly Guttler      HUN  1:02.05 | Dimitri Volkov      URS  1:02.20
Men's 200 m Breastroke            Jozsef Szabo        HUN  2:13.52 | Nick Gillingham     GBR  2:14.12 | Sergio Lopez Miro   ESP  2:15.21
Men's 100 m Butterfly             Anthony Nesty       SUR    53.00 | Matt Biondi         USA    53.01 | Andy Jameson        GBR    53.30
Men's 200 m Butterfly             Michael Gross       FRG  1:56.94 | Benny Nielsen       DEN  1:58.24 | Anthony Mosse       NZL  1:58.28
Men's 200 m Individual Medley     Tamas Darnyi        HUN  2:00.17 | Patrick Kuhl        GDR  2:01.61 | Vadim Yaroshchuk    URS  2:02.40
Men's 400 m Individual Medley     Tamas Darnyi        HUN  4:14.75 | David Wharton       USA  4:17.36 | Stefano Battistelli ITA  4:18.01
Men's 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay   United States       USA  3:16.53 | Soviet Union        URS  3:18.33 | East Germany        GDR  3:19.82
Men's 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay   United States       USA  7:12.51 | East Germany        GDR  7:13.68 | West Germany        FRG  7:14.35
Men's 4 x 100 m Medley Relay      United States       USA  3:36.93 | Canada              CAN  3:39.28 | Soviet Union        URS  3:39.96
Women's 50 m Freestyle            Kristin Otto        GDR    25.49 | Yang Wenyi          CHN    25.64 | Katrin Meibner      GDR    25.71
                                                                   |                                  | Jill Sterkel        USA    25.71
Women's 100 m Freestyle           Kristin Otto        GDR    54.93 | Zhuang Yong         CHN    55.47 | Catherine Plewinski FRA    55.49
Women's 200 m Freestyle           Heike Friedrich     GDR  1:57.65 | Sivia Poll          CRC  1:58.67 | Manuela Stellmach   GDR  1:59.01
Women's 400 m Freestyle           Janet Evans         USA  4:03.85 | Heike Friedrich     GDR  4:05.94 | Anke Mohring        GDR  4:06.62
Women's 800 m Freestyle           Janet Evans         USA  8:20.20 | Astrid Straub       GDR  8:22.09 | Julie McDonald      AUS  8:22.93
Women's 100 m Backstroke          Kristin Otto        GDR  1:00.89 | Krisztina Egerszegi HUN  1:01.56 | Cornelia Sirch      GDR  1:01.57
Women's 200 m Backstroke          Krisztina Egerszegi HUN  2:09.29 | Kathrin Zimmermann  GDR  2:10.61 | Cornelia Sirch      GDR  2:11.45
Women's 100 m Breastroke          Tania Dangalakova   BUL  1:07.95 | Antoaneta Frenkeva  BUL  1:08.74 | Silke Horner        GDR  1:08.83
Women's 200 m Breastroke          Silke Horner        GDR  2:26.71 | Huang Xiaomin       CHN  2:27.49 | Antoaneta Frenkeva  BUL  2:28.34
Women's 100 m Butterfly           Kristin Otto        GDR    59.00 | Birte Weigang       GDR    59.45 | Hong Quian          CHN    59.52
Women's 200 m Butterfly           Kathleen Nord       GDR  2:09.51 | Birte Weigang       GDR  2:09.91 | Mary T. Meagher     USA  2:10.80
Women's 200 m Individual Medley   Daniela Hunger      GDR  2:12.59 | Elena Dendeberova   URS  2:13.31 | Noemi Lung          ROU  2:14.85
Women's 400 m Individual Medley   Janet Evans         USA  4:37.76 | Noemi Lung          ROU  4:39.46 | Daniela Hunger      GDR  4:39.76
Women's 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay East Germany        GDR  3:40.63 | Netherlands         NED  3:43.39 | United States       USA  3:44.25
Women's 4 x 100 m Medley Relay    East Germany        GDR  4:03.74 | United States       USA  4:07.90 | Canada              CAN  4:10.49