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Host City: Seoul, South Korea
Venue(s): Misari Regatta Course, Hanam
Date Started: September 28, 1988
Date Finished: September 28, 1988
Format: Top three in each heat advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Vanya Gesheva |
| Silver: | Birgit Fischer-Schmidt |
| Bronze: | Izabella Dylewska-Światowiak |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birgit Fischer-Schmidt | 26 | East Germany | GDR | 1:55.94 | QU |
| 2 | Vanya Gesheva | 28 | Bulgaria | BUL | 1:56.26 | QU |
| 3 | Josefa Idem-Guerrini | 23 | West Germany | FRG | 1:59.04 | QU |
| 4 | Inge Coeck | 22 | Belgium | BEL | 2:02.74 | |
| 5 | Caroline Brunet | 19 | Canada | CAN | 2:08.34 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yvonne Knudsen | 24 | Denmark | DEN | 1:57.83 | QU |
| 2 | Agneta Andersson | 27 | Sweden | SWE | 1:59.30 | QU |
| 3 | Traci Phillips | 26 | United States | USA | 1:59.48 | QU |
| 4 | Hana Pleskačová | 22 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 1:59.95 | |
| 5 | Susie Perrett | 20 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:04.95 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Izabella Dylewska-Światowiak | 20 | Poland | POL | 1:56.47 | QU |
| 2 | Rita Kőbán | 23 | Hungary | HUN | 1:57.03 | QU |
| 3 | Galina Savenko | 22 | Soviet Union | URS | 2:01.56 | QU |
| 4 | María Miliauro | 20 | Argentina | ARG | 2:11.07 | |
| 5 | Kim Mi-Ja | 21 | South Korea | KOR | 2:11.99 |