Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 48 competitors. The final was run on Monday September 26, 1988, in the Seoul Olympic Stadium.[1]

Women's 400 metres
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates23 September 1988 (heats)
24 September 1988 (quarter-finals)
25 September 1988 (semi-finals)
26 September 1988 (final)
Competitors46 from 33 nations
Winning time48.65 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Olga Bryzgina
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Petra Müller
 East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Olga Nazarova
 Soviet Union
← 1984
1992 →

Records

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

World Record 47.60   Marita Koch Canberra (AUS) October 6, 1985
Olympic Record 48.83   Valerie Brisco-Hooks Los Angeles (USA) August 6, 1984

The following Olympic record was set during this competition.

Date Event Athlete Time OR WR
September 26, 1988 Final   Olga Bryzgina (URS) 48.65s OR

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
  Olga Bryzgina   Soviet Union 48.65(OR)
  Petra Müller   East Germany 49.45
  Olga Nazarova   Soviet Union 49.90
4 Valerie Brisco-Hooks   United States 50.16
5 Diane Dixon   United States 50.72
6 Denean Howard   United States 51.12
7 Helga Arendt   West Germany 51.17
8 Maree Holland   Australia 51.25

Semifinals

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Olga Nazarova   Soviet Union 49.11
2 Petra Müller   East Germany 49.50
3 Diane Dixon   United States 49.84
4 Denean Howard   United States 49.87
5 Jillian Richardson   Canada 49.91
6 Ute Thimm   West Germany 50.28
7 Marita Payne Wiggins   Canada 50.29
8 Dagmar Neubauer   East Germany 50.92


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Olga Bryzgina   Soviet Union 49.33
2 Valerie Brisco-Hooks   United States 49.90
3 Maree Holland   Australia 50.24
4 Helga Arendt   West Germany 50.36
5 Kirsten Emmelmann   East Germany 50.39
6 Cathy Rattray-Williams   Jamaica 50.82
7 Charmaine Crooks   Canada 51.63
8 Norfalia Carabalí   Colombia 52.65

Quarter-finals

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Maree Holland   Australia 50.90
2 Kirsten Emmelmann   East Germany 51.02
3 Denean Howard   United States 51.02
4 Ute Thimm   West Germany 51.18
5 Maria Magnólia Figueiredo   Brazil 51.32
6 Airat Bakare   Nigeria 52.86
7 Loreen Hall   Great Britain 53.42
Nathalie Simon   France DNS


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Olga Bryzgina   Soviet Union 51.90
2 Diane Dixon   United States 51.98
3 Helga Arendt   West Germany 52.08
4 Jillian Richardson   Canada 52.33
5 Sandie Richards   Jamaica 52.90
6 Évelyne Élien   France 53.36
7 Sun Sumei   China 53.58
8 Yolande Straughn   Barbados 54.22


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Petra Müller   East Germany 51.45
2 Marita Payne Wiggins   Canada 51.73
3 Norfalia Carabalí   Colombia 51.76
4 Cathy Rattray-Williams   Jamaica 51.81
5 Linda Keough   Great Britain 51.91
6 Yvonne van Dorp   Netherlands 53.50
7 Liliana Chalá   Ecuador 53.83
8 Mercy Kuttan-Mathews   India 53.93


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Olga Nazarova   Soviet Union 50.26
2 Valerie Brisco-Hooks   United States 51.24
3 Dagmar Neubauer   East Germany 51.48
4 Charmaine Crooks   Canada 51.64
5 Céléstine N'Drin   Ivory Coast 52.04
6 Aïssatou Tandian   Senegal 52.33
7 Fabienne Ficher   France 52.95
8 Blanca Lacambra   Spain 53.76

Qualifying heats

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Olga Nazarova   Soviet Union 52.18
2 Blanca Lacambra   Spain 53.04
3 Charmaine Crooks   Canada 53.58
4 Liliana Chalá   Ecuador 53.74
5 Pat Beckford   Great Britain 54.39
6 Yang Gyeong-hui   South Korea 58.18
7 Juliana Obiong   Equatorial Guinea 1:07.58


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Dagmar Neubauer   East Germany 52.51
2 Marita Payne Wiggins   Canada 52.70
3 Airat Bakare   Nigeria 52.83
4 Fabienne Ficher   France 53.42
5 Farida Kyakutewa   Uganda 56.00
6 Christine Bakombo   Zaire 57.85


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Maria Magnólia Figueiredo   Brazil 51.74
2 Petra Müller   East Germany 51.93
3 Sandie Richards   Jamaica 52.19
4 Loreen Hall   Great Britain 53.13
5 Sun Sumei   China 53.46
6 Yolande Straughn   Barbados 53.62


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Diane Dixon   United States 52.45
2 Ute Thimm   West Germany 52.79
3 Yvonne van Dorp   Netherlands 52.84
4 Évelyne Élien   France 52.90
5 Marilyn Dewarder   Guyana 54.76
6 May Sardouk   Lebanon 1:00.01


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Valerie Brisco-Hooks   United States 51.96
2 Maree Holland   Australia 52.29
3 Norfalia Carabalí   Colombia 53.27
4 Kirsten Emmelmann   East Germany 54.02
5 Assumpta Achuo-Bei   Cameroon 55.22
6 Josephine Mary Singarayar   Malaysia 56.06
7 Lasnet Nkouka   Republic of the Congo 57.19


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Olga Bryzgina   Soviet Union 51.94
2 Linda Keough   Great Britain 52.26
3 Cathy Rattray-Williams   Jamaica 52.39
4 Céléstine N'Drin   Ivory Coast 52.48
5 Mercy Kuttan-Mathews   India 53.41
6 Ruth Morris   Virgin Islands 55.60
7 Barbara Selkridge   Antigua and Barbuda 55.96


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Denean Howard   United States 52.26
2 Helga Arendt   West Germany 52.69
3 Aïssatou Tandian   Senegal 52.95
4 Jillian Richardson   Canada 53.06
5 Nathalie Simon   France 53.30
6 Chang Feng-hua   Chinese Taipei 56.10
7 Agnes Griffith   Grenada 57.09

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 400 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
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