1988 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m hurdles (women)
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sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 100 meter hurdles | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 36 athletes from 25 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Seoul Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | September 28, 1988 (preliminary round) September 29, 1988 (quarter and semi-finals) September 30, 1988 (final) |
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The women's 100-meter hurdles at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul was held on September 28, 29 and 30, 1988 in the Seoul Olympic Stadium. 36 athletes took part.
The Bulgarian Jordanka Donkowa became Olympic champion . She won ahead of Gloria Siebert from the GDR and Claudia Zaczkiewicz from the Federal Republic of Germany.
For the GDR, medalists Siebert Kerstin Knabe and Cornelia Oschkenat started. Knabe was eliminated in the semi-finals, Oschkenat reached the final and was eighth.
The Swiss Rita Heggli was eliminated in the quarter-finals.
The Liechtensteiner Manuela Marxer failed in the preliminary round.
Runners from Austria did not take part.
Current titleholders
Olympic champion 1984 |
Benita Fitzgerald-Brown ( USA )
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12.84 s | Los Angeles 1984 |
World Champion 1987 |
Ginka Sagortschewa ( Bulgaria )
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12.34 s | Rome 1987 |
European champion 1986 |
Jordanka Donkowa ( Bulgaria )
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12.38 s | Stuttgart 1986 |
Pan American Champion 1987 |
LaVonna Martin ( USA )
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12.81 s | Indianapolis 1987 |
Central America and Caribbean Champion 1987 | Sandra Taváres ( Mexico )
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13.49 s | Caracas 1987 |
South American Champion 1987 | Carmen Bezanilla ( Chile )
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14.22 s | São Paulo 1987 |
Asian champion 1987 | Feng Yinghua ( People's Republic of China )
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13.56 s | Singapore 1987 |
African champion in 1988 |
Maria Usifo ( Nigeria )
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13.71 s | Annaba 1988 |
Existing records
World record | 12.21 s |
Jordanka Donkowa ( Bulgaria )
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Stara Sagora , Bulgaria | 20th August 1988 |
Olympic record | 12.56 s |
Vera Komissowa ( Soviet Union )
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Final of Moscow , Soviet Union (today Russia ) | July 28, 1980 |
Preliminary round
Date: September 28, 1988
The athletes competed in a total of five preliminary runs. The first four athletes per run qualified for the quarter-finals. In addition, the four fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Natalija Hryhorjewa |
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12.96 s | |
2 | Kerstin boy |
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13.13 s | |
3 | LaVonna Martin |
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13.20 s | |
4th | Florence Colle |
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13.32 s | |
5 | Jane Flemming |
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13.53 s | |
6th | Sandra Taváres |
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13.81 s | |
7th | Sainiana Tukana |
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15.50 s |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Gloria Siebert |
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12.65 s | |
2 | Ludmila Naroshilenko |
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12.76 s | |
3 | Claudia Zaczkiewicz |
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13.00 s | |
4th | Jacqueline Humphrey |
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13.24 s | |
5 | Maria Usifo |
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13.50 s | |
6th | Dinah Yankey |
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13.64 s | |
DSQ | Sylvia Dethiér |
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Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Marjan Olyslager |
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13.40 s | |
2 | Julie Rocheleau |
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13.07 s | |
3 | Lesley-Anne Skeete |
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13.38 s | |
4th | Rita Heggli |
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13.72 s | |
5 | Wen-ing Chen |
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14.01 s | |
6th | Agrippina de la Cruz |
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14.36 s | |
DNF | Ginka Sagortschewa |
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Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Cornelia Oschkenat |
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12.72 s | |
2 | Liu Huajin |
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13.02 s | |
3 | Gail Devers-Roberts |
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13.18 s | |
4th | Monique Éwanjé-Épée |
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13.18 s | |
5 | Wendy Jael |
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13.32 s | |
6th | Margaretha Tromp |
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13.48 s | |
7th | Bang Shin-hye |
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13.84 s | |
8th | Suet Yee Cheung |
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14.26 s |
Forward 5
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Jordanka Donkova |
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12.89 s | |
2 | Sally Gunnell |
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13.26 s | |
3 | You Juan |
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13.51 s | |
4th | Anne Piquereau |
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13.56 s | |
5 | Nancy Vallecilla |
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13.97 s | |
6th | Manuela Marxer |
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14.38 s | |
DSQ | Tilaka Jinadasa |
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DNS | Michele Johnson |
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Quarter finals
Date: September 29, 1988
The first four athletes in each of the three races qualified for the semi-finals. In addition, the four fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Jordanka Donkova |
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12.47 s | OR |
2 | Ludmila Naroshilenko |
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12.62 s | |
3 | Kerstin boy |
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12.81 s | |
4th | Julie Rocheleau |
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12.90 s | |
5 | Florence Colle |
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13.00 s | |
6th | Jacqueline Humphrey |
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13.25 s | |
7th | Lesley-Anne Skeete |
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13.27 s | |
DNS | Jane Flemming |
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Run 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Cornelia Oschkenat |
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12.69 s | |
2 | Natalija Hryhorjewa |
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12.89 s | |
3 | Marjan Olyslager |
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13.02 s | |
4th | Monique Éwanjé-Épée |
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13.10 s | |
5 | LaVonna Martin |
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13.20 s | |
6th | Wendy Jael |
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13.32 s | |
7th | You Juan |
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13.58 s | |
8th | Rita Heggli |
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13.95 s |
Run 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Gloria Siebert |
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12.74 s | |
2 | Claudia Zaczkiewicz |
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12.87 s | |
3 | Sally Gunnell |
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13.04 s | |
4th | Gail Devers-Roberts |
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13.22 s | |
5 | Margaretha Tromp |
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13.42 s | |
6th | Liu Huajin |
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14.37 s | |
DNF | Anne Piquereau |
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Maria Usifo |
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Semifinals
Date: September 29, 1988
The first four athletes in each of the two races (highlighted in light blue) qualified for the final.
Run 1
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space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Jordanka Donkova |
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12.58 s | |
2 | Gloria Siebert |
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12.60 s | |
3 | Julie Rocheleau |
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12.91 s | |
4th | Florence Colle |
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12.92 s | |
5 | Kerstin boy |
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12.93 s | |
6th | Lesley-Anne Skeete |
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13.23 s | |
7th | LaVonna Martin |
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13.29 s | |
8th | Gail Devers-Roberts |
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13.51 s |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Cornelia Oschkenat |
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12.63 s | |
2 | Claudia Zaczkiewicz |
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12.75 s | |
3 | Natalija Hryhorjewa |
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12.81 s | |
4th | Monique Éwanjé-Épée |
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12.95 s | |
5 | Marjan Olyslager |
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13.08 s | |
6th | Sally Gunnell |
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13.13 s | |
7th | Jacqueline Humphrey |
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13.59 s | |
DNF | Ludmila Naroshilenko |
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final
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Jordanka Donkova |
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12.38 s | OR |
2 | Gloria Siebert |
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12.61 s | |
3 | Claudia Zaczkiewicz |
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12.75 s | |
4th | Natalija Hryhorjewa |
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12.79 s | |
5 | Florence Colle |
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12.98 s | |
6th | Julie Rocheleau |
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12.99 s | |
7th | Monique Éwanjé-Épée |
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13.14 s | |
8th | Cornelia Oschkenat |
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13.73 s |
Date: September 30, 1988
Two runners from the GDR and two from France each qualified for the final. The final field was completed by one athlete each from the Federal Republic of Germany, the Soviet Union, Bulgaria and Canada.
A Bulgarian duel between the world champion Ginka Sagortschewa and the world record holder Jordanka Donkowa was expected. Surprisingly, Sagortschewa did not survive the preliminary round. The favorite role was now with Donkowa. The strongest competitor should be Cornelia Oschkenat from the GDR. But she entered the final with a thigh injury and had no chance of a top placement.
After the failure of their main opponents, Jordanka Donkowa won the gold medal by a clear margin in a new Olympic record time . Silver went to GDR runner Gloria Siebert, bronze, rather surprisingly, to Claudia Zaczkiewicz, former Claudia Reidick, from the Federal Republic. Natalija Hryhorjewa from the USSR came fourth, ahead of Florence Colle from France, Julie Rocheleau from Canada and Monique Éwanjé-Épée from France. The injured Oschkenat was the last of the eight starters to cross the finish line.
Jordanka Donkowa became the first Bulgarian Olympic champion in this discipline.
Web links
- SportsReference 100m hurdles , accessed January 31, 2018
- Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , athletics results: pp. 259–261, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 31, 2018
Video
- 1988 Seoul Olympic Games Women's 100 Meter Hurdles , published April 12, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed January 31, 2018
Individual evidence
- ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 797 , accessed on January 31, 2018
- ↑ Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , Athletics results: pp. 259f, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 31, 2018
- ↑ a b Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul, volume two, part two , athletics results: p. 260, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 31, 2018
- ↑ Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , Athletics results: p. 261, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 31, 2018