1988 Olympic Games - Swimming - Women's 50 Meter Freestyle - Kristin Otto GDR
This was the first time that women swam the 50 free at the Olympics, although it had been on the program at the 1986 World Championships. The favorites were China's Yang Wenyi, who had set the world record of 24.98 earlier in 1988, and Romania's Tamara Costache, the 1986 World Champion and 1987 European Champion, and a three-time world ...
