| Women 400m Freestyle Swimming XXIV Olympic Games 1988 Seoul, South Korea - Thursday, 22 September - Gold Medal: Janet Evans, United States | 
| Final A |   | time | gap | L | Y | 100m | 200m | 300m |  | 1. Janet Evans |   United States | 4:03.85 | WR | 4 | 17 | 59.99s | 2:02.14 | 3:03.40 |  | 2. Heike Friedrich |   East Germany | 4:05.94 | +2.09s | 2 | 18 | 1:00.23 | 2:02.49 | 3:03.56 |  | 3. Anke Mohring |   East Germany | 4:06.62 | +2.77s | 5 | 19 | 1:00.27 | 2:02.51 | 3:05.27 |  | 4. Tami Bruce |   United States | 4:08.16 | +4.31s | 3 | 21 | 1:00.75 | 2:03.42 | 3:06.19 |  | 5. Janelle Elford |   Australia | 4:10.64 | +6.79s | 6 | 18 | 1:01.05 | 2:04.20 | 3:07.74 |  | 6. Isabelle Arnould |   Belgium | 4:11.73 | +7.88s | 7 | 17 | 1:01.57 | 2:04.77 | 3:08.42 |  | 7. Stephanie Ortwig |   West Germany | 4:13.05 | +9.20s | 1 | 15 | 1:01.25 | 2:04.31 | 3:08.56 |  | 8. Natalya Trefilova |   Soviet Union | 4:13.92 | +10.07s | 8 | 17 | 1:00.87 | 2:04.04 | 3:08.75 |   
| World Record: Janet Evans, United States 4:05.45 Orlando, United States 20 December 1987 |  | Olympic Record: Tiffany Cohen, United States 4:07.10 Los Angeles, United Statesl 31 July 1984 |   
| Final B |   | time | gap | L | Y | 100m | 200m | 300m |  | 9. Sheridan Burge-Lopez |   Australia | 4:10.21 |   | 5 | 18 | 1:01.21 | 2:04.37s | 3:07.66 |  | 10.Noemi Lung |   Romania | 4:11.68 | +1.47s | 4 | 20 | 1:01.16 | 2:04.69s | 3:08.70 |  | 11.Stela Marian Pura |   Romania | 4:12.14 | +1.93s | 1 | 17 | 1:01.04 | 2:04.75s | 3:09.06 |  | 12.Antoaneta Strumenlieva |   Bulgaria | 4:13.43 | +3.22s | 3 | 20 | 1:01.25 | 2:05.28s | 3:09.93 |  | 13.Patricia Noall |   Canada | 4:14.70 | +4.49s | 8 | 18 | 1:02.07 | 2:07.06s | 3:12.24 |  | 14.Manuela Melchiorri |   Italy | 4:14.90 | +4.69s | 6 | 18 | 1:02.49 | 2:06.97s | 3:11.08 |  | 15.Chiaki Nakamori |   Japan | 4:15.59 | +5.38s | 2 | -3 | 1:01.79 | 2:06.21s | 3:11.13 |  | 16.Cecile Prunier |   France | 4:21.03 | +10.82s | 7 | 19 | 1:02.16 | 2:07.65s | 3:14.24 |   
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| Heat 4 |   | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 100m | 200m | 300m |  | 1. Janet Evans |   United States | 4:10.12 |   | - | 17 | 1. | 1:01.32 | 2:04.82s | 3:07.83 |  | 2. Tami Bruce |   United States | 4:10.73 | +0.61s | - | 21 | 3. | 1:01.37 | 2:04.87s | 3:08.28 |  | 3. Isabelle Arnould |   Belgium | 4:11.71 | +1.59s | - | 17 | 6. | 1:01.98 | 2:05.49s | 3:08.56 |  | 4. Stephanie Ortwig |   West Germany | 4:12.18 | +2.06s | - | 15 | 7. | 1:02.14 | 2:05.26s | 3:08.98 |  | 5. Stela Marian Pura |   Romania | 4:15.78 | +5.66s | - | 17 | 15. | 1:01.64 | 2:05.45s | 3:10.67 |  | 6. Patricia Noall |   Canada | 4:15.90 | +5.78s | - | 18 | 16. | 1:02.70 | 2:07.88s | 3:13.49 |  | 7. Ruth Gilfillan |   Great Britain | 4:16.66 | +6.54s | - | 21 | 18. | 1:02.42 | 2:07.50s | 3:13.17 |  | 8. Alexandra Russ |   West Germany | 4:18.67 | +8.55s | - | 18 | 22. | 1:02.55 | 2:07.13s | 3:13.47 |   
| Heat 3 |   | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 100m | 200m | 300m |  | 1. Heike Friedrich |   East Germany | 4:11.30 | +1.18s | - | 18 | 5. | 1:01.98 | 2:05.75s | 3:09.05 |  | 2. Noemi Lung |   Romania | 4:12.42 | +2.30s | - | 20 | 9. | 1:02.05 | 2:06.09s | 3:10.09 |  | 3. Sheridan Burge-Lopez |   Australia | 4:12.77 | +2.65s | - | 18 | 10. | 1:01.77 | 2:05.45s | 3:09.45 |  | 4. Manuela Melchiorri |   Italy | 4:15.40 | +5.28s | - | 18 | 12. | 1:02.86 | 2:07.29s | 3:11.10 |  | 5. Cecile Prunier |   France | 4:15.63 | +5.51s | - | 19 | 14. | 1:01.97 | 2:06.32s | 3:11.19 |  | 6. Irene Dalby |   Norway | 4:16.22 | +6.10s | - | 17 | 17. | 1:02.27 | 2:06.63s | 3:11.50 |  | 7. Eva Mortensen |   Denmark | 4:18.06 | +7.94s | - | 18 | 20. | 1:02.89 | 2:07.56s | 3:13.32 |  | 8. Yan Ming |   China | 4:18.58 | +8.46s | - | 18 | 21. | 1:02.91 | 2:08.49s | 3:14.31 |   
| Heat 2 |   | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 100m | 200m | 300m |  | 1. Anke Mohring |   East Germany | 4:10.64 | +0.52s | - | 19 | 2. | 1:01.93 | 2:04.37s | 3:08.51 |  | 2. Janelle Elford |   Australia | 4:11.07 | +0.95s | - | 18 | 4. | 1:01.89 | 2:05.53s | 3:08.82 |  | 3. Natalya Trefilova |   Soviet Union | 4:12.20 | +2.08s | - | 17 | 8. | 1:01.21 | 2:05.11s | 3:09.48 |  | 4. Antoaneta Strumenlieva |   Bulgaria | 4:13.25 | +3.13s | - | 20 | 11. | 1:01.31 | 2:04.93s | 3:09.57 |  | 5. Tomomi Hosoda |   Japan | 4:17.30 | +7.18s | - | 17 | 19. | 1:03.37 | 2:08.83s | 3:13.82 |  | 6. Christelle Janssens |   Belgium | 4:19.95 | +9.83s | - | 16 | 25. | 1:03.84 | 2:09.68s | 3:15.19 |  | 7. June Croft |   Great Britain | 4:21.98 | +11.86s | - | 25 | 27. | 1:03.07 | 2:09.31s | 3:15.88 |  | 8. Judit Csabai |   Hungary | 4:25.52 | +15.40s | - | 15 | 29. | 1:03.53 | 2:10.49s | 3:18.04 |   
| Heat 1 |   | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 100m | 200m | 300m |  | 1. Chiaki Nakamori |   Japan | 4:15.51 | +5.39s | - | -3 | 13. | 1:02.12 | 2:06.52s | 3:11.46 |  | 2. Nurul Huda Ch' Su-Lin |   Malaysia | 4:19.33 | +9.21s | - | 16 | 23. | 1:03.36 | 2:08.32s | 3:13.67 |  | 3. Patricia Amorim |   Brazil | 4:19.64 | +9.52s | - | 19 | 24. | 1:03.53 | 2:08.90s | 3:14.35 |  | 4. Pernille Poulsgaard Jensen |   Denmark | 4:20.96 | +10.84s | - | 15 | 26. | 1:03.56 | 2:09.32s | 3:15.24 |  | 5. Rita Garay |   Puerto Rico | 4:24.84 | +14.72s | - | 17 | 28. | 1:03.70 | 2:10.63s | 3:17.89 |  | 6. Senda Al Gharbi |   Tunisia | 4:34.67 | +24.55s | - | 21 | 30. | 1:04.07 | 2:12.00s | 3:22.72 |   
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