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

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]

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
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Records

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

World Record 10.49   Florence Griffith-Joyner Indianapolis (USA) July 16, 1988
Olympic Record 10.97   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

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Heats

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Heat 1

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Quarterfinal 1

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Semifinal 1

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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

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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

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time
  3 Florence Griffith-Joyner   United States 10.54
  6 Evelyn Ashford   United States 10.83
  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

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References

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  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.