The Women's 100 metres Hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 37 competitors, with five qualifying heats (37 runners), three second-rounds (24) and two semifinals (16) before the final (8) took place on Friday September 30, 1988.
Medalists
Records These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
World record 12.21 Yordanka Donkova Stara Zagora (BUL) August 20, 1988 Olympic record 12.56 Vera Komisova Moscow (URS) July 28, 1980
The following Olympic records were set during this competition.
Date Athlete Time OR WRSeptember 29, 1988 12.47s ORSeptember 30, 1988 12.38s OR
Results
Final Wind +0.2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes Yordanka Donkova 12.38 OR Gloria Siebert 12.61 Claudia Zackiewicz 12.75 4 Nataliya Grygoryeva 12.79 5 Florence Colle 12.98 6 Julie Rocheleau 12.99 7 Monique Ewanje-Epee 13.14 8 Cornelia Oschkenat 13.73
Semifinals Held on Friday 1988-09-30 Heat 1Wind +0.5 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Yordanka Donkova 12.58 2 Gloria Siebert 12.60 3 Julie Rocheleau 12.91 4 Florence Colle 12.92 5 Kerstin Knabe 12.93 6 Lesley-Ann Skeete 13.23 7 LaVonna Martin 13.29 8 Gail Devers 13.51 Heat 2Wind +0.5 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Cornelia Oschkenat 12.63 2 Claudia Zackiewicz 12.75 3 Nataliya Grygoryeva 12.81 4 Monique Ewanje-Epee 12.95 5 Marjan Olyslager 13.08 6 Sally Gunnell 13.13 7 Jacqueline Humphrey 13.59– Ludmila Narozhilenko DNF
Quarterfinals First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1 +1.3, Heat 2 +0.2, Heat 3 +1.0
Rank Heat Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 1 Yordanka Donkova 12.47 Q 2 1 Ludmila Narozhilenko 12.62 Q 3 2 Cornelia Oschkenat 12.69 Q 4 3 Gloria Siebert 12.74 Q 5 1 Kerstin Knabe 12.81 Q 6 3 Claudia Zackiewicz 12.87 Q 7 2 Nataliya Grygoryeva 12.89 Q 8 1 Julie Rocheleau 12.90 Q 9 1 Florence Colle 13.00 q 10 2 Marjan Olyslager 13.02 Q 11 3 Sally Gunnell 13.04 Q 12 2 Monique Ewanje-Epee 13.10 Q 13 2 LaVonna Martin 13.20 q 14 3 Gail Devers-Roberts 13.22 Q 15 1 Jacqueline Humphrey 13.25 q 16 1 Lesley-Ann Skeete 13.27 q 17 2 Wendy Jeal 13.32 18 3 Gretha Tromp 13.42 19 2 Du Juan 13.58 20 2 Rita Heggli 13.95 21 3 Liu Huajin 14.37 3 Anne Piquereau 3 Maria Usifo 1 Jane Flemming
Heats First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.
Wind: Heat 1 -0.3, Heat 2 +0.1, Heat 3 +0.5, Heat 4 +1.4, Heat 5 +0.8
Rank Heat Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 2 Gloria Siebert 12.65 Q 2 4 Cornelia Oschkenat 12.72 Q 3 2 Ludmila Narozhilenko 12.76 Q 4 5 Yordanka Donkova 12.89 Q 5 1 Nataliya Grygoryeva 12.96 Q 6 2 Claudia Zackiewicz 13.00 Q 7 4 Liu Huajin 13.02 Q 8 3 Marjan Olyslager 13.04 Q 9 3 Julie Rocheleau 13.07 Q 10 1 Kerstin Knabe 13.13 Q 11 4 Gail Devers-Roberts 13.18 Q 12 4 Monique Ewanje-Epee 13.18 Q 13 1 LaVonna Martin 13.20 Q 14 2 Jacqueline Humphrey 13.24 Q 15 5 Sally Gunnell 13.26 Q 16 1 Florence Colle 13.32 Q 16 4 Wendy Jeal 13.32 q 18 3 Lesley-Ann Skeete 13.38 Q 19 4 Gretha Tromp 13.48 q 20 2 Maria Usifo 13.50 q 21 5 Du Juan 13.51 Q 22 1 Jane Flemming 13.53 q 23 5 Anne Piquereau 13.56 Q 24 2 Dinah Yankey 13.64 25 3 Rita Heggli 13.72 Q 26 1 Sandra Taváres 13.81 27 4 Bang Sin-hye 13.84 28 5 Nancy Vallecilla 13.97 29 3 Chen Wen-Ing 14.01 30 4 Cheung Suet Yee 14.26 31 3 Agrippina de la Cruz 14.36 32 5 Manuela Marxer 14.38 33 1 Sainiana Tukana 15.50 3 Ginka Zagorcheva 2 Sylvia Dethier 5 Tilaka Jinadasa 5 Michele Johnson
See also 1986 European World Championships 100m Hurdles (Stuttgart) 1987 Women's World Championships 100m Hurdles (Rome) 1990 European World Championships 100m Hurdles (Split) 1991 Women's World Championships 100m Hurdles (Tokyo) 1992 Women's Olympic 100m Hurdles (Barcelona)
References
External links Official Report