1988 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (women)
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| sport | athletics | ||||||||
| discipline | 200 meter run | ||||||||
| gender | Women | ||||||||
| Attendees | 59 athletes from 43 countries | ||||||||
| Competition location | Seoul Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
| Competition phase | September 28, 1988 (preliminary round and quarter-finals) September 29, 1988 (semi-finals and final) |
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The women's 200-meter run at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul was held on September 28 and 29, 1988 in the Seoul Olympic Stadium. 59 athletes took part.
The US American Florence Griffith-Joyner , who ran a world record in both the semifinals and the finals , became Olympic champion . She won ahead of the Jamaican Grace Jackson and Heike Drechsler from the GDR.
In addition to the medalist, Katrin Krabbe and Silke Möller competed for the GDR. Möller reached the final and was fifth. Krabbe was eliminated in the semifinals.
For the Federal Republic of Germany, Silke-Beate Knoll , Karin Janke and Andrea Thomas took part. Knoll and Janke were eliminated in the quarter-finals, Thomas in the semi-finals.
The Swiss Regula Aebi made it to the semi-finals, the Liechtensteiner Yvonne Hasler failed in the preliminary round.
Runners from Austria did not take part.
Current titleholders
| Olympic champion 1984 |
Valerie Brisco-Hooks ( USA )
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21.81 s | Los Angeles 1984 |
| World Champion 1987 |
Silke Gladisch ( GDR )
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21.74 s | Rome 1987 |
| European champion 1986 |
Heike Drechsler ( GDR )
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21.71 s | Stuttgart 1986 |
| Pan American Champion 1987 |
Gwen Torrence ( USA )
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22.52 s | Indianapolis 1987 |
| Central America and Caribbean Champion 1987 | Ester Petitón ( Cuba )
 |
23.67 s | Caracas 1987 |
| South American Champion 1987 |
Ximena Restrepo ( Colombia )
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23.49 s | São Paulo 1987 |
| Asian champion 1987 | Lydia de Vega ( Philippines )
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23.38 s | Singapore 1987 |
| African champion in 1988 | Falitat Ogunkoya ( Nigeria )
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23.33 s | Annaba 1988 |
Existing records
| World record | 21.71 s |
Marita Koch ( GDR )
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Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz ), GDR (now Germany ) | June 10, 1979 |
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Heike Drechsler ( GDR )
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Jena , GDR (now Germany ) | June 29, 1986 | ||
| Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany (now Germany ) | August 29, 1986 | |||
| Olympic record | 21.81 s |
Valerie Brisco-Hooks ( USA )
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Los Angeles final , USA | August 9, 1984 |
Preliminary round
Date: September 28, 1988
The runners competed in eight preliminary runs. The first three athletes per run qualified for the quarter-finals. In addition, the eight fastest drivers, 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 | Heike Drechsler |
GDR
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22.93 s | |
| 2 | Agnieszka Siwek |
 Poland
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23.10 s | |
| 3 | Falitat Ogunkoya |
Nigeria
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23.12 s | |
| 4th | Angela Williams |
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
23.76 s | |
| 5 | Ximena Restrepo |
Colombia
|
24.00 s | |
| 6th | Félicite Bada |
.svg){kind=small} Benin
|
25.42 s | |
| 7th | Mariama Ouiminga |
 Burkina Faso
|
26.08 s |
Forward 2
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nadezhda Georgieva |
.svg){kind=small} Bulgaria
|
22.80 s | |
| 2 | Mary Onyali |
Nigeria
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22.82 s | |
| 3 | Andrea Thomas |
 BR Germany
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22.92 s | |
| 4th | Anna Rita Angotzi |
 Italy
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23.59 s | |
| 5 | Marina Skordi |
 Greece
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24.06 s | |
| 6th | Ruth Morris |
 American Virgin Islands
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24.51 s | |
| 7th | Agnes Griffith |
 Grenada
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24.79 s | |
| 8th | Ng Ka Yee |
.svg){kind=small} Hong Kong
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25.35 s |
Forward 3
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galina Malschugina |
 Soviet Union
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22.85 s | |
| 2 | Silke Möller |
GDR
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23.07 s | |
| 3 | Jolanta Janota |
Poland
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23.40 s | |
| 4th | Jocelyn Joseph |
 Antigua and Barbuda
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23.57 s | |
| 5 | Marisa Masullo |
Italy
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23.58 s | |
| 6th | U yang-yes |
 South Korea
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24.94 s | |
| 7th | Melvina Vulah |
 Liberia
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25.46 s | |
| 8th | Erin Tierney |
 Cook Islands
|
26.16 s |
Forward 4
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merlene Ottey |
 Jamaica
|
23.06 s | |
| 2 | Marie-José Pérec |
 France
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23.49 s | |
| 3 | Silke-Beate Knoll |
BR Germany
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23.51 s | |
| 4th | Louise Stuart |
 Great Britain
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23.61 s | |
| 5 | Joyce Odhiambo |
 Kenya
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24.26 s | |
| 6th | Oliver Acii |
 Uganda
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24.39 s | |
| 7th | Judith Diankoléla-Missengué |
 People's Republic of the Congo
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25.20 s | |
| 8th | Evelyn Farrell |
 Aruba
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25.74 s |
Forward 5
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florence Griffith-Joyner |
United States
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22.51 s | |
| 2 | Katrin Krabbe |
GDR
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23.14 s | |
| 3 | Muriel Leroy |
France
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23.19 s | |
| 4th | Regula Aebi |
 Switzerland
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23.22 s | |
| 5 | Zhang Yiaogiong |
 People's Republic of China
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24.08 s | |
| 6th | Yvette Bonapart |
 Suriname
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24.95 s | |
| 7th | Guilhermina da Cruz |
 Angola
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25.62 s |
Forward 6
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grace Jackson |
Jamaica
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22.66 s | |
| 2 | Maja Azarashvili |
Soviet Union
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22.98 s | |
| 3 | Norfalia Carabalí |
Colombia
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23.78 s | |
| 4th | Yolande Straughn |
 Barbados
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23.81 s | |
| 5 | Gaily Dube |
 Zimbabwe
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24.42 s | |
| 6th | Yvonne Hasler |
 Liechtenstein
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24.91 s | |
| 7th | Aminata Diarra |
 Mali
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25.81 s | |
| DNS | Maree Holland |
 Australia
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Forward 7
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gwen Torrence |
United States
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22.87 s | |
| 2 | Pauline Davis |
 Bahamas
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23.08 s | |
| 3 | Kerry Johnson |
Australia
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23.20 s | |
| 4th | Simmone Jacobs |
Great Britain
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23.47 s | |
| 5 | Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo |
France
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23.50 s | |
| 6th | Claudia Acerenza |
 Uruguay
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24.46 s | |
| 7th | Ya-Li Chen |
 Chinese Taipei
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25.03 s |
Forward 8
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paula Dunn |
Great Britain
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23.32 s | |
| 2 | Maria Magnólia Figueiredo |
.svg){kind=small} Brazil
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23.71 s | |
| 3 | Karin Janke |
BR Germany
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23.83 s | |
| 4th | Xie Zhiling |
People's Republic of China
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24.01 s | |
| 5 | Olivette Daruhi |
 Vanuatu
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26.88 s | |
| 6th | Rosa Mbuamangongo |
 Equatorial Guinea
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31.12 s | |
| DNF | Pam Marshall |
United States
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Quarter finals
Date: September 28, 1988
The first four athletes (highlighted in light blue) qualified for the semi-finals in each of the four races.
Run 1
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florence Griffith-Joyner |
United States
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21.76 s | OR |
| 2 | Maja Azarashvili |
Soviet Union
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22.37 s | |
| 3 | Heike Drechsler |
GDR
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22.38 s | |
| 4th | Regula Aebi |
Switzerland
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22.88 s | |
| 5 | Kerry Johnson |
Australia
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23.01 s | |
| 6th | Silke-Beate Knoll |
BR Germany
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23.15 s | |
| 7th | Angela Williams |
Trinidad and Tobago
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23.48 s | |
| 8th | Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo |
France
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23.63 s |
Run 2
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gwen Torrence |
United States
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22.25 s | |
| 2 | Merlene Ottey |
Jamaica
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22.30 s | |
| 3 | Nadezhda Georgieva |
Bulgaria
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22.60 s | |
| 4th | Katrin Krabbe |
GDR
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22.67 s | |
| 5 | Falilat Ogunkoya |
Nigeria
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22.88 s | |
| 6th | Anna Rita Angotzi |
Italy
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23.33 s | |
| 7th | Jolanta Janota |
Poland
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23.34 s | |
| 8th | Louise Stuart |
Great Britain
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23.59 s |
Run 3
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grace Jackson |
Jamaica
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22.24 s | |
| 2 | Andrea Thomas |
BR Germany
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22.84 s | |
| 3 | Silke Möller |
GDR
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22.86 s | |
| 4th | Paula Dunn |
Great Britain
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23.04 s | |
| 5 | Muriel Leroy |
France
|
23.22 s | |
| 6th | Marisa Masullo |
Italy
|
23.52 s | |
| 7th | Jocelyn Joseph |
Antigua and Barbuda
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23.59 s | |
| 8th | Norfalia Carabalí |
Colombia
|
23.96 s |
Run 4
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galina Malschugina |
Soviet Union
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22.77 s | |
| 2 | Mary Onyali |
Nigeria
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22.89 s | |
| 3 | Pauline Davis |
Bahamas
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22.92 s | |
| 4th | Agnieszka Siwek |
Poland
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22.96 s | |
| 5 | Simmone Jacobs |
Great Britain
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23.38 s | |
| 6th | Maria Magnólia Figueiredo |
Brazil
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23.67 s | |
| 7th | Karin Janke |
BR Germany
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23.87 s | |
| 8th | Marie-José Pérec |
France
|
24.22 s |
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
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florence Griffith-Joyner |
United States
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21.56 s | WR |
| 2 | Merlene Ottey |
Jamaica
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22.07 s | |
| 3 | Silke Möller |
GDR
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22.15 s | |
| 4th | Maja Azarashvili |
Soviet Union
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22.33 s | |
| 5 | Mary Onyali |
Nigeria
|
22.43 s | |
| 6th | Katrin Krabbe |
GDR
|
22.59 s | |
| 7th | Pauline Davis |
Bahamas
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22.67 s | |
| 8th | Andrea Thomas |
BR Germany
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22.91 s |
Run 2
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| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grace Jackson |
Jamaica
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22.13 s | |
| 2 | Heike Drechsler |
GDR
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22.27 s | |
| 3 | Gwen Torrence |
United States
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22.53 s | |
| 4th | Galina Malschugina |
Soviet Union
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22.55 s | |
| 5 | Nadezhda Georgieva |
Bulgaria
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22.67 s | |
| 6th | Paula Dunn |
Great Britain
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23.14 s | |
| 7th | Agnieszka Siwek |
Poland
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23.20 s | |
| 8th | Regula Aebi |
Switzerland
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23.33 s |
final
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florence Griffith-Joyner |
United States
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21.34 s | WR |
| 2 | Grace Jackson |
Jamaica
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21.72 s | |
| 3 | Heike Drechsler |
GDR
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21.95 s | |
| 4th | Merlene Ottey |
Jamaica
|
21.99 s | |
| 5 | Silke Möller |
GDR
|
22.09 s | |
| 6th | Gwen Torrence |
United States
|
22.17 s | |
| 7th | Maja Azarashvili |
Soviet Union
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22.33 s | |
| 8th | Galina Malschugina |
Soviet Union
|
22.42 s |
Date: September 29, 1988
Wind: +1.3 m / s
Two runners each from the United States, Jamaica, East Germany and the Soviet Union qualified for the final.
The favorites came from the USA and the GDR. The US runner Florence Griffith-Joyner had previously triumphed over 100 meters and already improved the existing 200-meter world record in the semi-finals . Silke Möller from the GDR was the reigning world champion , but she was no longer in top form from the previous year. Then there was the European champion Heike Drechsler, also from the GDR, who twice set the pre-game world record of 21.71 seconds in 1986.
In the final, the outcome of the race was completely open at the start of the home stretch. Griffith-Joyner and the Jamaican Merlene Ottey were tied, Drechsler and Möller followed closely. That changed completely over the last eighty meters. Florence Griffith-Joyner stormed towards the goal with an increasing lead and became the superior Olympic champion. Behind her, Ottey in particular lost more and more ground, while her compatriot Grace Jackson, the Olympic champion over 100 meters, caught up with a strong finish and won the silver medal. Heike Drechsler won bronze two tenths of a second behind, ahead of Merlene Ottey. Silke Möller came in fifth ahead of the American Gwen Torrence. The first four runners stayed under 22 seconds and Florence Griffith-Joyner again undercut her world record from the semifinals with her 21.34 seconds. It had improved the previous record time in Seoul by 37 hundredths of a second.
Web links
- SportsReference 200m , accessed January 29, 2018
- Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , athletics results: pp. 252–254, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 29, 2018
Video
- 1988 Womens Olympics 200m Final Flo Jo runs 21.34 WR , posted December 12, 2012 on youtube.com, accessed January 29, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF records. 200m women , accessed January 29, 2018
- ↑ Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , Athletics results: p. 252f, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 29, 2018
- ↑ Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , Athletics results: p. 253f, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 29, 2018
- ↑ a b Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , Athletics results: p. 254, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 29, 2018
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