Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

Women's 100 metres
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date24 September 1988 (heats, quarter-finals)
25 September 1988 (semi-finals, final)
Competitors64 from 41 nations
Winning time10.54
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Florence Griffith-Joyner
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Evelyn Ashford
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Heike Drechsler
 East Germany
Official Video Highlights

The Women's 100m at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 64 competitors, with eight qualifying heats (64), four second-round races (32) and two semifinals (16), before the final (8) took off on Sunday September 25, 1988.[1]

Records

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record 10.49 United States Florence Griffith-Joyner Indianapolis (USA) July 16, 1988
Olympic Record 10.97 United States Evelyn Ashford Los Angeles (USA) August 5, 1984

The following Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Athlete Time OR WR
September 24, 1988  Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) 10.88 OR
September 24, 1988  Evelyn Ashford (USA) 10.88 =OR
September 24, 1988  Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) 10.62 OR

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Wind +1.1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Anelia Nuneva  Bulgaria 11.09 Q
2 Grace Jackson  Jamaica 11.18 Q
3 Paula Dunn  Great Britain 11.39 Q
4 Tian Yumei  China 11.56 q
5 Voula Patoulidou  Greece 11.85
6 Melvina Vulah  Liberia 12.16
7 Félicite Bada  Benin 12.27
8 Farida Kyakutewa  Uganda 12.32

Heat 2

Wind +0.4

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Pauline Davis  Bahamas 11.20 Q
2 Nelli Cooman  Netherlands 11.22 Q
3 Marlies Göhr  East Germany 11.22 Q
4 Jolanta Janota  Poland 11.71
5 Sandy Myers  Spain 11.86
6 Méryem Oumezdi  Morocco 11.90
7 Yvette Bonapart  Suriname 12.27
8 Aminata Diarra  Mali 12.27

Heat 3

Wind +0.0

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Gwen Torrence  United States 11.12 Q
2 Lyudmila Kondratyeva  Soviet Union 11.19 Q
3 Laurence Bily  France 11.34 Q
4 Amparo Caicedo  Colombia 11.59 q
5 Marisa Masullo  Italy 11.71
6 Ewa Pisiewicz  Poland 11.84
7 Ng Ka Yee  Hong Kong 12.18
8 Jabou Jawo  The Gambia 12.27

Heat 4

Wind +1.1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Juliet Cuthbert  Jamaica 11.14 Q
2 Silke Möller  East Germany 11.27 Q
3 Els Vader  Netherlands 11.38 Q
4 Sabine Richter  West Germany 11.49 q
5 Françoise Leroux  France 11.58 q
6 Lydia de Vega  Philippines 11.67
7 Guilhermina da Cruz  Angola 12.47
8 Erin Tierney  Cook Islands 12.52

Heat 5

Wind +0.1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Evelyn Ashford  United States 11.10 Q
2 Marina Zhirova  Soviet Union 11.22 Q
3 Joanna Smolarek  Poland 11.43 Q
4 Andrea Thomas  West Germany 11.46 q
5 Julie Rocheleau  Canada 11.60 q
6 Gaily Dube  Zimbabwe 12.07
7 Claudia Acerenza  Uruguay 12.11
8 Judith Diankoléla-Missengué  Republic of the Congo 12.14

Heat 6

Wind +0.2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Natalia Pomoshchnikova  Soviet Union 11.11 Q
2 Heike Drechsler  East Germany 11.15 Q
3 Simmone Jacobs  Great Britain 11.56 Q
4 Angela Williams  Trinidad and Tobago 11.62 q
5 Liu Shaomei  China 11.66
6 Lee Young-sook  South Korea 11.74
7 Joyce Odhiambo  Kenya 11.90
8 Mariama Ouiminga  Burkina Faso 12.62

Heat 7

Wind +1.0

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Florence Griffith-Joyner  United States 10.88 Q, OR
2 Kerry Johnson  Australia 11.44 Q
3 Angela Bailey  Canada 11.61 Q
4 Patricia Girard  France 11.65
5 Zhang Caihua  China 11.84
6 Gisèle Ongollo  Gabon 11.85
7 Chen Ya-li  Chinese Taipei 12.16
8 Evelyn Farrell  Aruba 12.48

Heat 8

Wind +0.1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Merlene Ottey  Jamaica 11.03 Q
2 Ulrike Sarvari  West Germany 11.26 Q
3 Angella Issajenko  Canada 11.42 Q
4 Dinah Yankey  Ghana 11.64 q
5 Rossella Tarolo  Italy 11.86
6 Helen Miles  Great Britain 11.88
7 Olivette Daruhi  Vanuatu 13.00
8 Mala Sakonhninhom  Laos 15.12

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Wind +0.5

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Heike Drechsler  East Germany 10.96 Q
2 Merlene Ottey  Jamaica 11.03 Q
3 Ulrike Sarvari  West Germany 11.16 Q
4 Pauline Davis  Bahamas 11.21 Q
5 Angela Bailey  Canada 11.29
6 Els Vader  Netherlands 11.51
7 Tian Yumei  China 11.55
8 Françoise Leroux  France 11.75

Quarterfinal 2

Wind +1.6

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Evelyn Ashford  United States 10.88 Q, =OR
2 Natalia Pomoishchnikova  Soviet Union 10.98 Q
3 Marlies Göhr  East Germany 10.99 Q
4 Nelli Cooman  Netherlands 11.08 Q
5 Angella Issajenko  Canada 11.27
6 Joanna Smolarek  Poland 11.35
7 Angela Williams  Trinidad and Tobago 11.45
8 Amparo Caicedo  Colombia 11.65

Quarterfinal 3

Wind +1.0

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Florence Griffith-Joyner  United States 10.62 Q, OR
2 Juliet Cuthbert  Jamaica 11.03 Q
3 Lyudmila Kondratyeva  Soviet Union 11.05 Q
4 Silke Möller  East Germany 11.10 Q
5 Simmone Jacobs  Great Britain 11.31
6 Laurence Bily  France 11.35
7 Andrea Thomas  West Germany 11.37
8 Dinah Yankey  Ghana 11.63

Quarterfinal 4

Wind +0.0

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Anelia Nuneva  Bulgaria 10.96 Q
2 Gwen Torrence  United States 10.99 Q
3 Grace Jackson  Jamaica 11.13 Q
4 Marina Zhirova  Soviet Union 11.14 Q
5 Paula Dunn  Great Britain 11.37
6 Kerry Johnson  Australia 11.42
7 Sabine Richter  West Germany 11.59
8 Julie Rocheleau  Canada 11.75

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Wind +0.5

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Evelyn Ashford  United States 10.99 Q
2 Anelia Nuneva  Bulgaria 11.00 Q
3 Gwen Torrence  United States 11.02 Q
4 Juliet Cuthbert  Jamaica 11.10 Q
5 Silke Möller  East Germany 11.12
6 Marlies Göhr  East Germany 11.13
7 Lyudmila Kondratyeva  Soviet Union 11.21
8 Marina Zhirova  Soviet Union 11.24

Semifinal 2

Wind +2.6

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Florence Griffith-Joyner  United States 10.70 Q
2 Heike Drechsler  East Germany 10.91 Q
3 Natalia Pomoshchnikova  Soviet Union 11.03 Q
4 Grace Jackson  Jamaica 11.06 Q
5 Ulrike Sarvari  West Germany 11.12
6 Pauline Davis  Bahamas 11.12
7 Nelli Cooman  Netherlands 11.13
Merlene Ottey  Jamaica DNS

Final

Wind +3.0

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Florence Griffith-Joyner  United States 10.54
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Evelyn Ashford  United States 10.83
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Heike Drechsler  East Germany 10.85
4 8 Grace Jackson  Jamaica 10.97
5 1 Gwen Torrence  United States 10.97
6 2 Natalia Pomoshchnikova  Soviet Union 11.00
7 7 Juliet Cuthbert  Jamaica 11.26
8 4 Anelia Nuneva  Bulgaria 11.49

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See also

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  2. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Florence Griffith Joyner 1988 100m Finals". YouTube.
  • (in English) Official Report
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