Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon

The Women's Marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea was held on Friday September 23, 1988. The race started at 09.30h local time and was won by 13 seconds by Rosa Mota of Portugal. There were 70 competitors from 39 countries, with 64 finishers.[1]

Women's marathon
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Olympic Stadium, Seoul
DatesSeptember 23
Competitors70 from 39 nations
Winning time2:25:40
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rosa Mota
 Portugal
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lisa Martin
 Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Katrin Dörre
 East Germany
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Medalists

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Gold Rosa Mota
  Portugal
Silver Lisa Martin
  Australia
Bronze Katrin Dörre
  East Germany

Abbreviations

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  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
DNS did not start
NM no mark
OR olympic record
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

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Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record   Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 2:21:06 April 21, 1985   London, United Kingdom
Olympic Record   Joan Benoit (USA) 2:24:52 August 5, 1984   Los Angeles, United States
Season Best   Lisa Ondieki (AUS) 2:23:51 January 31, 1988   Osaka, Japan

Final rankings

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Place Athlete Country Time
  Rosa Mota   Portugal 2:25:40
  Lisa Martin   Australia 2:25:53
  Katrin Dörre   East Germany 2:26:21
4 Tatyana Polovinskaya   Soviet Union 2:27:05
5 Zhao Youfeng   China 2:27:06
6 Laura Fogli   Italy 2:27:49
7 Danièle Kaber   Luxembourg 2:29:23
8 Maria Curatolo   Italy 2:30:14
9 Zoya Ivanova   Soviet Union 2:30:25
10 Angie Pain   Great Britain 2:30:51
11 Odette Lapierre   Canada 2:30:56
12 Susan Tooby   Great Britain 2:31:33
13 Karolina Szabo   Hungary 2:32:26
14 Françoise Bonnet   France 2:32:36
15 Lee Mi-Ok   South Korea 2:32:51
16 Raisa Smekhnova   Soviet Union 2:33:19
17 Nancy Ditz   United States 2:33:42
18 Maria Rebelo-Lelut   France 2:33:47
19 Jocelyne Villeton   France 2:34:02
20 Conceição Ferreira   Portugal 2:34:23
21 Kerstin Preßler   West Germany 2:34:26
22 Wanda Panfil   Poland 2:34:35
23 Antonella Bizioli   Italy 2:34:38
24 Evy Palm   Sweden 2:34:41
25 Eriko Asai   Japan 2:34:41
26 Lizanne Bussieres   Canada 2:35:03
27 Gabriela Wolf   West Germany 2:35:11
28 Kumi Araki   Japan 2:35:15
29 Misako Miyahara   Japan 2:35:26
30 Zhong Huandi   China 2:36:02
31 Ellen Rochefort   Canada 2:36:44
32 Susan Crehan   Great Britain 2:36:57
33 Lorraine Moller   New Zealand 2:37:52
34 Carla Beurskens   Netherlands 2:37:52
35 Magda Ilands   Belgium 2:38:02
36 Sissel Grottenberg   Norway 2:38:17
37 Im Eun-ju   South Korea 2:38:21
38 Marcianne Mukamurenzi   Rwanda 2:40:12
39 Margaret Groos   United States 2:40:59
40 Cathy O'Brien   United States 2:41:04
41 Tuija Jousimaa   Finland 2:43:00
42 Sinikka Keskitalo   Finland 2:43:00
43 Blanca Jaime   Mexico 2:43:00
44 Angélica de Almeida   Brazil 2:43:40
45 Ludmila Melicherová   Czechoslovakia 2:43:56
46 Ailish Smyth   Ireland 2:44:17
47 Genoveva Eichenmann   Switzerland 2:44:37
48 Rosmarie Müller   Switzerland 2:47:31
49 Pascaline Wangui   Kenya 2:47:42
50 Apollinarie Nyinawabéra   Rwanda 2:49:18
51 Maryse Justin   Mauritius 2:50:00
52 Michelle Bush   Cayman Islands 2:51:30
53 María del Pilar   Guatemala 2:51:33
54 Li Juan   China 2:53:08
55 Linda Hunter   Zimbabwe 2:53:17
56 Cornelia Melis   Aruba 2:53:24
57 Marie Murphy-Rollins   Ireland 2:54:37
58 Kriscia García   El Salvador 3:04:21
59 Julie Ogborn   Guam 3:06:05
60 Raj Kumari Pandey   Nepal 3:10:31
61 Menuka Rawat   Nepal 3:11:17
62 Arlene Vincent Mark   Grenada 3:23:56
63 Lourdes Klitzkie   Guam 3:25:32
64 Mariana Ysrael   Guam 3:42:23
Grete Waitz   Norway DNF
Agnes Pardaens   Belgium DNF
Kim Mi-gyeong   South Korea DNF
Aurora Cunha   Portugal DNF
Bente Moe   Norway DNF
Mar Mar Min   Burma DNF
Birgit Stephan   East Germany DNS
Katerina Pratsi   Cyprus DNS

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Marathon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
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