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Host City: Seoul, South Korea
Venue(s): Indoor Swimming Pool, Olympic Park, Seoul
Date Started: September 20, 1988
Date Finished: September 20, 1988
Format: Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final.
| Gold: | Heike Friedrich |
| Silver: | Silvia Poll |
| Bronze: | Manuela Stellmach |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birgit Lohberg-Schulz | 22 | West Germany | FRG | 2:02.77 | QC |
| 2 | Catherine Fogarty | 17 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 2:13.44 | |
| 3 | Angela Birch | 14 | Fiji | FIJ | 2:16.79 | |
| 4 | Cina Munch | 17 | Fiji | FIJ | 2:18.45 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bryndís Ólafsdóttir | 19 | Iceland | ISL | 2:07.11 | |
| 2 | Natasha Aguilar | 18 | Costa Rica | CRC | 2:10.22 | |
| 3 | Fenella Ng | 20 | Hong Kong | HKG | 2:10.43 | |
| 4 | Kim Eun-Jeong | 15 | South Korea | KOR | 2:10.85 | |
| 5 | Chang Hui-Chien | 18 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | 2:11.50 | |
| 6 | Park Ju-Ri | 17 | South Korea | KOR | 2:11.53 | |
| 7 | Qian Hong | 17 | China | CHN | 2:12.44 | |
| 8 | Hung Cee Kay | 16 | Hong Kong | HKG | 2:13.61 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diane van der Plaats | 17 | Netherlands | NED | 2:03.02 | |
| 2 | Patricia Amorim | 19 | Brazil | BRA | 2:04.74 | |
| 3 | Nurul Huda Ch' Su-Lin | 16 | Malaysia | MAS | 2:04.85 | |
| 4 | Kaori Sasaki | 17 | Japan | JPN | 2:06.18 | |
| 5 | Senda Gharbi | 21 | Tunisia | TUN | 2:06.60 | |
| 6 | Karen Dieffenthaler | 20 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 2:07.09 | |
| 7 | Rita Garay | 17 | Puerto Rico | PUR | 2:07.44 | |
| 8 | Patricia Kohlmann | 20 | Mexico | MEX | 2:10.36 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nataliya Trefilova | 17 | Soviet Union | URS | 2:00.54 | QU |
| 2 | Mitzi Kremer | 20 | United States | USA | 2:01.45 | QU |
| 3 | Mette Jacobsen | 15 | Denmark | DEN | 2:01.80 | QC |
| 4 | Ruth Gilfillan | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:02.11 | QC |
| 5 | Stela Marian Pura | 17 | Romania | ROU | 2:02.26 | QC |
| 6 | Karin Brienesse | 19 | Netherlands | NED | 2:04.36 | |
| 7 | Annette Moldrup Jørgensen | 22 | Denmark | DEN | 2:04.71 | |
| 8 | Susie Baumer | 22 | Australia | AUS | 2:04.82 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silvia Poll | 17 | Costa Rica | CRC | 1:59.22 | QU |
| 2 | Manuela Stellmach | 18 | East Germany | GDR | 2:00.30 | QU |
| 3 | Stephanie Ortwig | 15 | West Germany | FRG | 2:00.66 | QU |
| 4 | Cécile Prunier | 19 | France | FRA | 2:01.60 | QU |
| 5 | Chikako Nakamori | 21 | Japan | JPN | 2:01.76 | QC |
| 6 | Zhuang Yong | 16 | China | CHN | 2:02.40 | QC |
| 7 | Sheridan Burge-Lopez | 18 | Australia | AUS | 2:03.42 | |
| 8 | Silvia Persi | 22 | Italy | ITA | 2:04.40 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heike Friedrich | 18 | East Germany | GDR | 1:59.02 | QU |
| 2 | Mary Wayte | 23 | United States | USA | 1:59.50 | QU |
| 3 | Luminiţa Dobrescu | 17 | Romania | ROU | 2:01.93 | QC |
| 4 | Patricia Noall | 18 | Canada | CAN | 2:02.31 | QC |
| 5T | Isabelle Arnould | 17 | Belgium | BEL | 2:03.32 | |
| 5T | Suzanne Nilsson | 21 | Sweden | SWE | 2:03.32 | |
| 7 | June Croft | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:03.63 | |
| 8 | Jane Kerr | 20 | Canada | CAN | 2:04.92 |