Olympic Summer Games 1988 / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (women)

sport	athletics
discipline	4 x 100 meter relay
gender	Women
Attendees	81 athletes from 19 countries
Competition location	Seoul Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	September 30, 1988 (preliminary round) October 1, 1988 (semi-finals and final)
Medalists  United States  GDR  URS

The women's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul was held on September 30 and October 1, 1988 in the Seoul Olympic Stadium. 81 athletes took part in nineteen relays.

The US season with Alice Brown , Sheila Echols , Florence Griffith-Joyner and Evelyn Ashford / in the preliminary stages also won: Dannette Young , who came before the GDR ( Silke Möller , Kerstin Behrendt , Ingrid Lange , Marlies Göhr ) and the Soviet Union in the cast Lyudmila Kondratjewa , Galina Malschugina , Marina Schirowa and Natalja Pomoschtschnikowa reached the goal.

The runners used in the preliminary and semi-finals for the relay medalists also received corresponding precious metal.

The season of the Federal Republic of Germany reached the final and was fourth.
Relays from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current titleholders

Olympic champions 1984	United States	41.65 s	Los Angeles 1984
World champions 1987	United States	41.58 s	Rome 1987
European champions 1986	GDR	41.84 s	Stuttgart 1986
Pan American champions 1987	United States	42.91 s	Indianapolis 1987
Central America and Caribbean champions 1987	Colombia	45.29 s	Caracas 1987
South American champions 1987	Argentina	45.45 s	São Paulo 1987
Asian champions 1987	People's Republic of China	45.20 s	Singapore 1987
African champions 1988	Ghana	44.68 s	Annaba 1988

Existing records

World record	41.37 s	GDR ( Silke Gladisch , Sabine Günther , Ingrid Auerswald , Marlies Göhr )	Canberra , Australia	October 6, 1985
Olympic record	41.60 s	GDR ( Romy Müller , Bärbel Wöckel , Ingrid Auerswald , Marlies Göhr )	Final of Moscow , Soviet Union (today Russia )	August 1, 1980

Preliminary round

Date: September 30, 1988

The nineteen seasons were drawn in three runs. The first four seasons of each run qualified for the semifinals. In addition, the four fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified relays are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Forward 1

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	Soviet Union	Marina Schirowa Lyudmila Kondratjewa Galina Maltschugina Natalja Pomoschtschnikowa	42.88 s
2	BR Germany	Sabine Richter Ulrike Sarvari Ute Thimm Andrea Thomas	42.99 s
3	France	Laurence Bily Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo Françoise Leroux Muriel Leroy	43.43 s
4th	Bulgaria	Valya Demirewa Jordanka Donkowa Nadezhda Georgieva Swetanka Iliewa	43.92 s
5	Colombia	Amparo Caicedo Norfalia Carabalí Olga Escalante Ximenia Restrepo	45.46 s
6th	Chinese Taipei	Feng-Hua Chang Wen-Xing Chen Ya-Li Chen Shu-Hua Wang	46.21 s

Forward 2

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	GDR	Kerstin Behrendt Marlies Göhr Ingrid Lange Silke Möller	42.92 s
2	Jamaica	Ethlyn Tate Grace Jackson Vivienne Spence Laurel Johnson	43.50 s
3	Canada	Angela Bailey Angela Phipps Angella Issajenko Keturah Anderson	43.92 s
4th	People's Republic of China	Zhang Xiaoqiong Liu Shaomei Xie Zhiling Zhang Caihua	44.29 s
5	Italy	Anna Rita Angotzi Daniela Ferrian Marisa Masullo Rossella Tarolo	44.33 s
6th	Greece	Maria Tsoni Paraskevi Patoulidou Georgia Zouganeli Marina Skordi	45.44 s
7th	South Korea	Yoon Mi-kyong U Yang-ja Park Mi-sun Lee Young-sook	45.83 s

Forward 3

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	United States	Alice Brown Sheila Echols Dannette Young Evelyn Ashford	42.39 s
2	Great Britain	Sallyanne Short Beverly Kinch Simmone Jacobs Paula Dunn	43.91 s
3	Netherlands	Nelli Cooman Margaretha Tromp Marjan Olyslager Els Vader	43.96 s
4th	Poland	Jolanta Janota Ewa Pisiewicz Agnieszka Siwek Joanna Smolarek	43.98 s
5	Ghana	Veronica Bawuah Dinah Yankey Mercy Addy Martha Appiah	44.12 s
6th	Uganda	Oliver Acii Grace Buzu Farida Kyakutema Ruth Kyalisima	41.18 s

Semifinals

Date: October 1, 1988

In each of the two semi-finals, the first four seasons (highlighted in light blue) qualified for the final.

Run 1

The following changes were made to the cast:

• Jamaica: Juliet Cuthbert replaced Vivienne Spence and Merlene Ottey ran in place of Laurel Johnson.
• Greece: Ekaterini Koffa ran for Georgia Zouganeli.

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	Soviet Union	Lyudmila Kondratjewa Galina Maltschugina Marina Schirowa Natalja Pomoschtschnikowa	42.01 s
2	GDR	Silke Möller Kerstin Behrendt Ingrid Lange Marlies Göhr	42.23 s
3	Jamaica	Ethlyn Tate Grace Jackson Juliet Cuthbert Merlene Ottey	43.30 s
4th	Poland	Joanna Smolarek Jolanta Janota Ewa Pisiewicz Agnieszka Siwek	43.44 s
5	Netherlands	Nelli Cooman Margaretha Tromp Marjan Olyslager Els Vader	43.48 s
6th	Great Britain	Sallyanne Short Beverly Kinch Simmone Jacobs Paula Dunn	43.50 s
7th	Italy	Anna Rita Angotzi Rossella Tarolo Daniela Ferrian Marisa Masullo	43.97 s
8th	Greece	Maria Tsoni Paraskevi Patoulidou Ekaterini Koffa Marina Skordi	45.44 s

Run 2

The following changes were made to the cast:

• USA Florence Griffith-Joyner ran for Dannette Young .
• France: Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo has been replaced by Patricia Girard .

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	United States	Alice Brown Sheila Echols Florence Griffith-Joyner Evelyn Ashford	42.12 s
2	BR Germany	Sabine Richter Ulrike Sarvari Andrea Thomas Ute Thimm	42.69 s
3	Bulgaria	Svetanka Iliewa Valya Demirewa Nadezhda Georgieva Jordanka Donkowa	43.07 s
4th	France	Françoise Leroux Muriel Leroy Laurence Bily Patricia Girard	43.66 s
5	Canada	Angela Bailey Angela Phipps Angella Issajenko Keturah Anderson	43.82 s
6th	Ghana	Veronica Bawuah Dinah Yankey Mercy Addy Martha Appiah	44.30 s
7th	People's Republic of China	Zhang Xiaoqiong Liu Shaomei Xie Zhiling Zhang Caihua	44.36 s
DNS	Colombia	Amparo Caicedo Norfalia Carabalí Ximenia Restrepo Olga Escalante

final

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	United States	Alice Brown Sheila Echol's Florence Griffith-Joyner Evelyn Ashford in the preliminary also: Dannette Young	41.98 s
2	GDR	Silke Möller Kerstin Behrendt Ingrid Lange Marlies Göhr	42.09 s
3	Soviet Union	Lyudmila Kondratjewa Galina Maltschugina Marina Schirowa Natalja Pomoschtschnikowa	42.75 s
4th	BR Germany	Sabine Richter Ulrike Sarvari Andrea Thomas Ute Thimm	42.76 s
5	Bulgaria	Svetanka Iliewa Valya Demirewa Nadezhda Georgieva Jordanka Donkowa	43.02 s
6th	Poland	Joanna Smolarek Jolanta Janota Ewa Pisiewicz Agnieszka Siwek	43.93 s
7th	France	Françoise Leroux Muriel Leroy Laurence Bily Patricia Girard in the preliminary also: Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo	44.02 s
DNS	Jamaica	Ethlyn Tate Grace Jackson Juliet Cuthbert Merlene Ottey

Date: October 1, 1988

The favorite relay was the team from the United States with double sprint Olympic champion Florence Griffith-Joyner and 100-meter silver medalist Evelyn Ashford. The fiercest rivals were mainly the four sprinters of the GDR relay.

In the final, starting runner Alice Brown was able to gain a slight lead. But the competition was not yet over. The US runner Sheila Echols had to let both Kerstin Behrendt, GDR, and the Soviet runner Galina Maltschugina pass by. In the corner, Florence Griffith-Joyner took the lead again for the USA. Her move to Evelyn Ashford, however, went quite wrong, so that Marlies Göhr and Natalja Pomoschtschnikowa brought the teams of the GDR and the USSR back to the front. But Ashford, as the final runner, was so far superior to her competitors that she passed again on the home straight and secured the gold medal for her relay team. A good tenth of a second behind, the GDR won silver, clearly ahead of the USSR. Beaten by just a hundredth of a second, the German team finished fourth, ahead of Bulgaria and Poland.

Web links

• SportsReference 4 × 100 m , accessed on January 31, 2018
• Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , athletics results: p. 262f, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 31, 2018

Video

• 1988, 4x100m Relay, Women, USA v GDR v USSR, Seoul , published June 21, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed January 31, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 803 , accessed on January 31, 2018
2. ↑ Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , athletics results: p. 262, 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. 263, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 31, 2018