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.
Medalists
Abbreviations All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds DNS did not startNM no markOR olympic recordWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best
Records Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics World Record 2:21:06 April 21, 1985 London, United Kingdom Olympic Record 2:24:52 August 5, 1984 Los Angeles, United States Season Best 2:23:51 January 31, 1988 Osaka, Japan
Final rankings Place Athlete Country TimeRosa Mota2:25:40Lisa Martin2:25:53Katrin Dörre2:26:214Tatyana Polovinskaya2:27:055Zhao Youfeng2:27:066Laura Fogli2:27:497Danièle Kaber2:29:238Maria Curatolo2:30:149Zoya Ivanova2:30:2510Angie Pain2:30:5111Odette Lapierre2:30:5612Susan Tooby2:31:3313Karolina Szabo2:32:2614Françoise Bonnet2:32:3615Lee Mi-Ok2:32:5116Raisa Smekhnova2:33:1917Nancy Ditz2:33:4218Maria Rebelo-Lelut2:33:4719Jocelyne Villeton2:34:0220Conceição Ferreira2:34:2321Kerstin Preßler2:34:2622Wanda Panfil2:34:3523Antonella Bizioli2:34:3824Evy Palm2:34:4125Eriko Asai2:34:4126Lizanne Bussieres2:35:0327Gabriela Wolf2:35:1128Kumi Araki2:35:1529Misako Miyahara2:35:2630Zhong Huandi2:36:0231Ellen Rochefort2:36:4432Susan Crehan2:36:5733Lorraine Moller2:37:5234Carla Beurskens2:37:5235Magda Ilands2:38:0236Sissel Grottenberg2:38:1737Im Eun-ju2:38:2138Marcianne Mukamurenzi2:40:1239Margaret Groos2:40:5940Cathy O'Brien2:41:0441Tuija Jousimaa2:43:0042Sinikka Keskitalo2:43:0043Blanca Jaime2:43:0044Angélica de Almeida2:43:4045Ludmila Melicherová2:43:5646Ailish Smyth2:44:1747Genoveva Eichenmann2:44:3748Rosmarie Müller2:47:3149Pascaline Wangui2:47:4250Apollinarie Nyinawabéra2:49:1851Maryse Justin2:50:0052Michelle Bush2:51:3053María del Pilar2:51:3354Li Juan2:53:0855Linda Hunter2:53:1756Cornelia Melis2:53:2457Marie Murphy-Rollins2:54:3758Kriscia García3:04:2159Julie Ogborn3:06:0560Raj Kumari Pandey3:10:3161Menuka Rawat3:11:1762Arlene Vincent Mark3:23:5663Lourdes Klitzkie3:25:3264Mariana Ysrael3:42:23Grete WaitzDNFAgnes PardaensDNFKim Mi-gyeongDNFAurora CunhaDNFBente MoeDNFMar Mar MinDNFBirgit StephanDNSKaterina PratsiDNS
See also 1986 Women's European Championships Marathon (Stuttgart) 1987 Women's World Championships Marathon (Rome) 1988 Marathon Year Ranking 1990 Women's European Championships Marathon (Split) 1991 Women's World Championships Marathon (Tokyo)
References
External links Official report Marathon info