1988 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m hurdles (women)

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)
Medalists Jordanka Donkowa ( BUL )   Gloria Siebert ( GDR )   Claudia Zaczkiewicz ( FRG )

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 )	12.84 s	Los Angeles 1984
World Champion 1987	Ginka Sagortschewa ( Bulgaria )	12.34 s	Rome 1987
European champion 1986	Jordanka Donkowa ( Bulgaria )	12.38 s	Stuttgart 1986
Pan American Champion 1987	LaVonna Martin ( USA )	12.81 s	Indianapolis 1987
Central America and Caribbean Champion 1987	Sandra Taváres ( Mexico )	13.49 s	Caracas 1987
South American Champion 1987	Carmen Bezanilla ( Chile )	14.22 s	São Paulo 1987
Asian champion 1987	Feng Yinghua ( People's Republic of China )	13.56 s	Singapore 1987
African champion in 1988	Maria Usifo ( Nigeria )	13.71 s	Annaba 1988

Existing records

World record	12.21 s	Jordanka Donkowa ( Bulgaria )	Stara Sagora , Bulgaria	20th August 1988
Olympic record	12.56 s	Vera Komissowa ( Soviet Union )	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
1	Natalija Hryhorjewa	Soviet Union	12.96 s
2	Kerstin boy	GDR	13.13 s
3	LaVonna Martin	United States	13.20 s
4th	Florence Colle	France	13.32 s
5	Jane Flemming	Australia	13.53 s
6th	Sandra Taváres	Mexico	13.81 s
7th	Sainiana Tukana	Fiji	15.50 s

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Gloria Siebert	GDR	12.65 s
2	Ludmila Naroshilenko	Soviet Union	12.76 s
3	Claudia Zaczkiewicz	BR Germany	13.00 s
4th	Jacqueline Humphrey	United States	13.24 s
5	Maria Usifo	Nigeria	13.50 s
6th	Dinah Yankey	Ghana	13.64 s
DSQ	Sylvia Dethiér	Belgium

Forward 3

The Dutchman Marjan Olyslager reached the semi-finals and was eliminated there as fifth of her run

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Marjan Olyslager	Netherlands	13.40 s
2	Julie Rocheleau	Canada	13.07 s
3	Lesley-Anne Skeete	Great Britain	13.38 s
4th	Rita Heggli	Switzerland	13.72 s
5	Wen-ing Chen	Chinese Taipei	14.01 s
6th	Agrippina de la Cruz	Philippines	14.36 s
DNF	Ginka Sagortschewa	Bulgaria

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Cornelia Oschkenat	GDR	12.72 s
2	Liu Huajin	People's Republic of China	13.02 s
3	Gail Devers-Roberts	United States	13.18 s
4th	Monique Éwanjé-Épée	France	13.18 s
5	Wendy Jael	Great Britain	13.32 s
6th	Margaretha Tromp	Netherlands	13.48 s
7th	Bang Shin-hye	South Korea	13.84 s
8th	Suet Yee Cheung	Hong Kong	14.26 s

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Jordanka Donkova	Bulgaria	12.89 s
2	Sally Gunnell	Great Britain	13.26 s
3	You Juan	People's Republic of China	13.51 s
4th	Anne Piquereau	France	13.56 s
5	Nancy Vallecilla	Ecuador	13.97 s
6th	Manuela Marxer	Liechtenstein	14.38 s
DSQ	Tilaka Jinadasa	Sri Lanka
DNS	Michele Johnson	St. Vincent and the Grenadines

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
1	Jordanka Donkova	Bulgaria	12.47 s	OR
2	Ludmila Naroshilenko	Soviet Union	12.62 s
3	Kerstin boy	GDR	12.81 s
4th	Julie Rocheleau	Canada	12.90 s
5	Florence Colle	France	13.00 s
6th	Jacqueline Humphrey	United States	13.25 s
7th	Lesley-Anne Skeete	Great Britain	13.27 s
DNS	Jane Flemming	Australia

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Cornelia Oschkenat	GDR	12.69 s
2	Natalija Hryhorjewa	Soviet Union	12.89 s
3	Marjan Olyslager	Netherlands	13.02 s
4th	Monique Éwanjé-Épée	France	13.10 s
5	LaVonna Martin	United States	13.20 s
6th	Wendy Jael	Great Britain	13.32 s
7th	You Juan	People's Republic of China	13.58 s
8th	Rita Heggli	Switzerland	13.95 s

Run 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Gloria Siebert	GDR	12.74 s
2	Claudia Zaczkiewicz	BR Germany	12.87 s
3	Sally Gunnell	Great Britain	13.04 s
4th	Gail Devers-Roberts	United States	13.22 s
5	Margaretha Tromp	Netherlands	13.42 s
6th	Liu Huajin	People's Republic of China	14.37 s
DNF	Anne Piquereau	France
	Maria Usifo	Nigeria

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

The GDR runners Gloria Siebert, winner of the silver medal (r.), And the Olympic eighth Cornelia Oschkenat (l.)

The British Sally Gunnell, later v. a. very successful over the 400 meter hurdles , reached the semifinals and was eliminated there in sixth of her run

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Jordanka Donkova	Bulgaria	12.58 s
2	Gloria Siebert	GDR	12.60 s
3	Julie Rocheleau	Canada	12.91 s
4th	Florence Colle	France	12.92 s
5	Kerstin boy	GDR	12.93 s
6th	Lesley-Anne Skeete	Great Britain	13.23 s
7th	LaVonna Martin	United States	13.29 s
8th	Gail Devers-Roberts	United States	13.51 s

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Cornelia Oschkenat	GDR	12.63 s
2	Claudia Zaczkiewicz	BR Germany	12.75 s
3	Natalija Hryhorjewa	Soviet Union	12.81 s
4th	Monique Éwanjé-Épée	France	12.95 s
5	Marjan Olyslager	Netherlands	13.08 s
6th	Sally Gunnell	Great Britain	13.13 s
7th	Jacqueline Humphrey	United States	13.59 s
DNF	Ludmila Naroshilenko	Soviet Union

final

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Jordanka Donkova	Bulgaria	12.38 s	OR
2	Gloria Siebert	GDR	12.61 s
3	Claudia Zaczkiewicz	BR Germany	12.75 s
4th	Natalija Hryhorjewa	Soviet Union	12.79 s
5	Florence Colle	France	12.98 s
6th	Julie Rocheleau	Canada	12.99 s
7th	Monique Éwanjé-Épée	France	13.14 s
8th	Cornelia Oschkenat	GDR	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

1. ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 797 , accessed on January 31, 2018
2. ↑ 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
3. ↑ ^{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
4. ↑ 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