1988 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

The 1988 United States Olympic Trials for track and field were held at IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. This is the only time this venue has been used for the Olympic Trials. With the 2013 installation of Field Turf, it is unlikely to host the event again. Organised by The Athletics Congress (TAC), the nine-day competition lasted from July 15–23. The national championships in track and field for the United States was a separate event that year, held a week earlier in Tampa, Florida, the last time the Olympic Trials were not also the National Championships. The Women's Marathon Olympic Trials were held on May 1 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Men's Marathon Trials were in Jersey City, New Jersey on April 24. That same day, the 50K Racewalk trials were held adjacent to the stadium.

1988 United States Olympic Trials
DatesJuly 15–23
Host cityIndianapolis, Indiana, United States
VenueIU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor

The results of the event determined qualification for the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics held two and a half months later in Seoul, South Korea.[1][2]

This meet is memorable as the site of Florence Griffith Joyner's world record 10.49 in the 100 metres. The record race, in the quarterfinal round, has been questioned because of the wind reading of 0.0 even though video of the race shows flags extended in the background. About the same time on a parallel runway, the final round of the Men's Triple Jump was being conducted. Willie Banks jumped 18.20 m (59 ft 8 12 in) on his last attempt with a +5.2 wind reading, That jump has only been surpassed three times by two individuals. Over the four rounds, Flojo ran three separate races that are faster than any woman has ever run, except for her own, wind aided 10.54 +3.0 to win the 1988 Olympics.

This meet also had the only race where five men have run under 48 seconds for 400 metres hurdles.

1988 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials results

1988 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials results

Men

Key:  Athlete without "A" standard, not selected.

Men track events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 meters
Wind +5.2
Carl Lewis9.78w Dennis Mitchell9.86w Calvin Smith9.87w
200 meters
Wind +1.8
Joe DeLoach19.96 Carl Lewis20.01 Roy Martin20.05
400 meters Butch Reynolds43.93 Danny Everett43.98 Steve Lewis44.37
800 meters Johnny Gray1:43.96 Mark Everett1:44.46 Tracy Baskin1:44.91
1500 meters Jeff Atkinson3.40.94 Steve Scott3.41.12 Mark Deady3.41.31
5000 meters Doug Padilla13.37.86 Terry Brahm13.40.08 Sydney Maree13.44.71
10,000 meters Bruce Bickford29:07.25 Steve Plasencia29:08.58 Pat Porter29:09.02
110 m hurdles
Wind +2.5
Roger Kingdom13.21w Tonie Campbell13.25w Arthur Blake13.28w
400 m hurdles Edwin Moses47.37 Andre Phillips47.58 Kevin Young47.72
3000 m s'chase Brian Abshire8.23.64 Henry Marsh8.24.21 Brian Diemer8.24.40
20K racewalk Gary Morgan1:34:12 Tim Lewis1:36:31 Carl Schueler1:36:36
50K racewalk Carl Schueler3:57:48 Marco Evoniuk4:03:03 Andy Kaestner4:05:07
Marathon Mark Conover2:12:26 Ed Eyestone2:12:49 Pete Pfitzinger2:13:09

Men field events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump Jim Howard2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) Hollis Conway2.32 m (7 ft 7 14 in) Brian Stanton2.32 m (7 ft 7 14 in)
Pole vault Kory Tarpenning5.89 m (19 ft 3 34 in) Earl Bell5.79 m (18 ft 11 34 in) Billy Olson5.69 m (18 ft 8 in)
Long jump Carl Lewis8.76 m (28 ft 8 34 in) +0.8 Larry Myricks8.74 m (28 ft 8 in)w +1.4 Mike Powell8.36 m (27 ft 5 in)w +2.8
Triple jump Willie Banks18.20 m (59 ft 8 12 in)w +5.2 Charlie Simpkins17.93 m (58 ft 9 34 in)w +5.2 Robert Cannon17.63 m (57 ft 10 in)w +4.3
Shot put Randy Barnes21.88 m (71 ft 9 14 in) Gregg Tafralis20.88 m (68 ft 6 in) Jim Doehring20.63 m (67 ft 8 in)
Discus throw Mac Wilkins66.00 m (216 ft 6 in) Mike Buncic65.30 m (214 ft 2 in) Randy Heisler64.94 m (213 ft 0 in)
Hammer throw Ken Flax77.28 m (253 ft 6 in) Lance Deal75.64 m (248 ft 1 in) Jud Logan75.10 m (246 ft 4 in)
Javelin throw Dave Stephens79.66 m (261 ft 4 in) Brian Crouser79.46 m (260 ft 8 in) Tom Petranoff79.46 m (260 ft 8 in)
Decathlon Gary Kinder8293 Tim Bright8287 Dave Johnson8245

Women track events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 meters
Wind +1.2
Florence Griffith Joyner10.61 Evelyn Ashford10.81 Gwen Torrence10.91

Semi Final 1 (Wind +1.6 mps)

RankNameTimeNotes
1Florence Griffith Joyner10.70
2Evelyn Ashford10.85

Semi Final 2 (Wind +1.3 mps)

RankNameTimeNotes
1Sheila Echols10.99
2Gwen Torrence11.00

Quarter Final 1 (Wind +0.0 mps)

RankNameTimeNotes
1Florence Griffith Joyner10.49WR
2Diane Williams10.88
3Gail Devers10.98

Quarter Final 2 (Wind +0.0 mps)

RankNameTimeNotes
1Sheila Echols10.83
2Alice Brown10.92

Quarter Final 3 (Wind +5.0 mps)

RankNameTimeNotes
1Gwen Torrence10.78w
2Evelyn Ashford10.91w

Heat 1 (Wind +3.2 mps)

RankNameTimeNotes
1Florence Griffith Joyner10.60w
2Danette Young11.16w

Heat 2 (Wind +3.9 mps)

RankNameTimeNotes
1Sheila Echols10.83w
2Alice Brown10.88w
3Jeanette Bolden11.10w
4Angela Burnham11.26w(Rio Mesa High School)

Heat 3 (Wind +2.7 mps)

RankNameTimeNotes
1Gwen Torrence10.93w
2Diane Williams11.07w
3Jennifer Inniss11.08w
4Carlette Guidry11.24w

Heat 4 (Wind +3.5 mps)

RankNameTimeNotes
1Evelyn Ashford11.01
2Gail Devers11.16
Event Gold Silver Bronze
200 meters
Wind +1.3
Florence Griffith Joyner21.85 Pam Marshall21.93 Gwen Torrence22.02

|} Quarter Final 1 (Wind -0.1 mps)

RankNameTimeNotes
1Florence Griffith Joyner21.77AR
Event Gold Silver Bronze
400 meters Diane Dixon50.38 Denean Howard50.40 Valerie Brisco50.53
800 meters Kim Gallagher1:58.01 Delisa Walton-Floyd1:59.20 Joetta Clark1:59.93
1500 meters Mary Slaney3:58.92 Regina Jacobs4:00.46 Kim Gallagher4:05.41
3000 meters Mary Slaney8:42.53 Vicki Huber8:46.48 PattiSue Plumer8:49.21
10,000 meters Lynn Nelson31:51.27 Francie Larrieu-Smith32:03.63 Lynn Jennings32:07.74
100 m hurdles
Wind +0.1
Jackie Humphrey12.88 Gail Devers12.90 LaVonna Martin12.93
400 m hurdles Schowonda Williams54.93 Leslie Maxie55.29 LaTanya Sheffield55.70
Marathon Margaret Groos2:29:50 Nancy Ditz2:30:14 Cathy O'Brien2:30:16

Women field events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump Louise Ritter1.99 m (6 ft 6 14 in) Trish King1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Coleen Sommer1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Long jump Jackie Joyner Kersee7.45 m (24 ft 5 14 in)w +2.6 Sheila Echols6.88 m (22 ft 6 34 in) (2nd best 6.88w) +2.0 Carol Lewis6.88 m (22 ft 6 34 in) (2nd best 6.85w) +1.6
Triple jump Niambi Dennis13.63 m (44 ft 8 12 in) Shonda Swift13.61 m (44 ft 7 34 in) Cynthea Rhodes13.54 m (44 ft 5 in)
Shot put Ramona Pagel19.33 m (63 ft 5 in) Bonnie Dasse18.83 m (61 ft 9 14 in) Connie Price18.14 m (59 ft 6 in)
Discus throw Connie Price61.28 m (201 ft 0 in) (2nd best 59.21) Ramona Pagel61.28 m (201 ft 0 in) (2nd best 57.18) Carol Cady60.66 m (199 ft 0 in)
Javelin throw Donna Mayhew63.66 m (208 ft 10 in) Karin Smith56.46 m (185 ft 2 in) Lynda Sutfin56.08 m (183 ft 11 in)
Heptathlon Jackie Joyner7215 WR Cindy Greiner6266 Wendy Brown6079


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