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

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.[1]

Women's 100 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates28 September 1988 (heats)
29 September 1988 (quarter-finals and semi-finals)
30 September 1988 (final)
Competitors36 from 25 nations
Winning time12.38 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yordanka Donkova
 Bulgaria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gloria Siebert
 East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Claudia Zaczkiewicz
 West Germany
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Medalists edit

Gold Yordanka Donkova
  Bulgaria
Silver Gloria Siebert
  East Germany
Bronze Claudia Zackiewicz
  West Germany

Records edit

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 WR
September 29, 1988   Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 12.47s OR
September 30, 1988   Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 12.38s OR

Results edit

Final edit

Wind +0.2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
  Yordanka Donkova   Bulgaria 12.38 OR
  Gloria Siebert   East Germany 12.61
  Claudia Zackiewicz   West Germany 12.75
4 Nataliya Grygoryeva   Soviet Union 12.79
5 Florence Colle   France 12.98
6 Julie Rocheleau   Canada 12.99
7 Monique Ewanje-Epee   France 13.14
8 Cornelia Oschkenat   East Germany 13.73

Semifinals edit

  • Held on Friday 1988-09-30

Heat 1
Wind +0.5

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Yordanka Donkova   Bulgaria 12.58
2 Gloria Siebert   East Germany 12.60
3 Julie Rocheleau   Canada 12.91
4 Florence Colle   France 12.92
5 Kerstin Knabe   East Germany 12.93
6 Lesley-Ann Skeete   Great Britain 13.23
7 LaVonna Martin   United States 13.29
8 Gail Devers   United States 13.51

Heat 2
Wind +0.5

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Cornelia Oschkenat   East Germany 12.63
2 Claudia Zackiewicz   West Germany 12.75
3 Nataliya Grygoryeva   Soviet Union 12.81
4 Monique Ewanje-Epee   France 12.95
5 Marjan Olyslager   Netherlands 13.08
6 Sally Gunnell   Great Britain 13.13
7 Jacqueline Humphrey   United States 13.59
Ludmila Narozhilenko   Soviet Union DNF

Quarterfinals edit

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   Bulgaria 12.47 Q
2 1 Ludmila Narozhilenko   Soviet Union 12.62 Q
3 2 Cornelia Oschkenat   East Germany 12.69 Q
4 3 Gloria Siebert   East Germany 12.74 Q
5 1 Kerstin Knabe   East Germany 12.81 Q
6 3 Claudia Zackiewicz   West Germany 12.87 Q
7 2 Nataliya Grygoryeva   Soviet Union 12.89 Q
8 1 Julie Rocheleau   Canada 12.90 Q
9 1 Florence Colle   France 13.00 q
10 2 Marjan Olyslager   Netherlands 13.02 Q
11 3 Sally Gunnell   Great Britain 13.04 Q
12 2 Monique Ewanje-Epee   France 13.10 Q
13 2 LaVonna Martin   United States 13.20 q
14 3 Gail Devers-Roberts   United States 13.22 Q
15 1 Jacqueline Humphrey   United States 13.25 q
16 1 Lesley-Ann Skeete   Great Britain 13.27 q
17 2 Wendy Jeal   Great Britain 13.32
18 3 Gretha Tromp   Netherlands 13.42
19 2 Du Juan   China 13.58
20 2 Rita Heggli   Switzerland 13.95
21 3 Liu Huajin   China 14.37
3 Anne Piquereau   France DNF
3 Maria Usifo   Nigeria DNF
1 Jane Flemming   Australia DNS

Heats edit

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   East Germany 12.65 Q
2 4 Cornelia Oschkenat   East Germany 12.72 Q
3 2 Ludmila Narozhilenko   Soviet Union 12.76 Q
4 5 Yordanka Donkova   Bulgaria 12.89 Q
5 1 Nataliya Grygoryeva   Soviet Union 12.96 Q
6 2 Claudia Zackiewicz   West Germany 13.00 Q
7 4 Liu Huajin   China 13.02 Q
8 3 Marjan Olyslager   Netherlands 13.04 Q
9 3 Julie Rocheleau   Canada 13.07 Q
10 1 Kerstin Knabe   East Germany 13.13 Q
11 4 Gail Devers-Roberts   United States 13.18 Q
12 4 Monique Ewanje-Epee   France 13.18 Q
13 1 LaVonna Martin   United States 13.20 Q
14 2 Jacqueline Humphrey   United States 13.24 Q
15 5 Sally Gunnell   Great Britain 13.26 Q
16 1 Florence Colle   France 13.32 Q
16 4 Wendy Jeal   Great Britain 13.32 q
18 3 Lesley-Ann Skeete   Great Britain 13.38 Q
19 4 Gretha Tromp   Netherlands 13.48 q
20 2 Maria Usifo   Nigeria 13.50 q
21 5 Du Juan   China 13.51 Q
22 1 Jane Flemming   Australia 13.53 q
23 5 Anne Piquereau   France 13.56 Q
24 2 Dinah Yankey   Ghana 13.64
25 3 Rita Heggli   Switzerland 13.72 Q
26 1 Sandra Taváres   Mexico 13.81
27 4 Bang Sin-hye   South Korea 13.84
28 5 Nancy Vallecilla   Ecuador 13.97
29 3 Chen Wen-Ing   Chinese Taipei 14.01
30 4 Cheung Suet Yee   Hong Kong 14.26
31 3 Agrippina de la Cruz   Philippines 14.36
32 5 Manuela Marxer   Liechtenstein 14.38
33 1 Sainiana Tukana   Fiji 15.50
3 Ginka Zagorcheva   Bulgaria DNF
2 Sylvia Dethier   Belgium DQ
5 Tilaka Jinadasa   Sri Lanka DQ
5 Michele Johnson   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines DNS

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2017.

External links edit