Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

The Women's 100m at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 64 competitors, with eight qualifying heats (64), four second-round races (32) and two semifinals (16), before the final (8) took off on Sunday September 25, 1988.[1]

Women's 100 metres
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date24 September 1988 (heats, quarter-finals)
25 September 1988 (semi-finals, final)
Competitors64 from 41 nations
Winning time10.54 OR
Medalists
Florence Griffith-Joyner
 United States
Evelyn Ashford
 United States
Heike Drechsler
 East Germany

Records

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record 10.49 Florence Griffith-Joyner Indianapolis (USA) July 16, 1988
Olympic Record 10.97 Evelyn Ashford Los Angeles (USA) August 5, 1984

The following Olympic records were set during this competition.

DateAthleteTimeORWR
September 24, 1988 Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)10.88OR
September 24, 1988 Evelyn Ashford (USA)10.88=OR
September 24, 1988 Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)10.62OR

Results

Heat 1

Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Anelia Nuneva Bulgaria 11.09Q
2 Grace Jackson Jamaica 11.18Q
3 Paula Dunn Great Britain 11.39Q
4 Tian Yumei China 11.56q
5 Voula Patoulidou Greece 11.85
6 Melvina Vulah Liberia 12.16
7 Félicite Bada Benin 12.27
8 Farida Kyakutewa Uganda 12.32

Heat 2

Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Pauline Davis Bahamas 11.20Q
2 Nelli Cooman Netherlands 11.22Q
3 Marlies Göhr East Germany 11.22Q
4 Jolanta Janota Poland 11.71
5 Sandy Myers Spain 11.86
6 Méryem Oumezdi Morocco 11.90
7 Yvette Bonapart Suriname 12.27
8 Aminata Diarra Mali 12.27

Heat 3

Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Gwen Torrence United States 11.12Q
2 Lyudmila Kondratyeva Soviet Union 11.19Q
3 Laurence Bily France 11.34Q
4 Amparo Caicedo Colombia 11.59q
5 Marisa Masullo Italy 11.71
6 Ewa Pisiewicz Poland 11.84
7 Ng Ka Yee Hong Kong 12.18
8 Jabou Jawo The Gambia 12.27

Heat 4

Wind +1.1

Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Juliet Cuthbert Jamaica 11.14Q
2 Silke Möller East Germany 11.27Q
3 Els Vader Netherlands 11.38Q
4 Sabine Richter West Germany 11.49q
5 Françoise Leroux France 11.58q
6 Lydia de Vega Philippines 11.67
7 Guilhermina da Cruz Angola 12.47
8 Erin Tierney Cook Islands 12.52

Heat 5

Wind +0.1

Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Evelyn Ashford United States 11.10Q
2 Marina Zhirova Soviet Union 11.22Q
3 Joanna Smolarek Poland 11.43Q
4 Andrea Thomas West Germany 11.46q
5 Julie Rocheleau Canada 11.60q
6 Gaily Dube Zimbabwe 12.07
7 Claudia Acerenza Uruguay 12.11
8 Judith Diankoléla-Missengué Republic of the Congo 12.14

Heat 6

Wind +0.2

Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Natalia Pomoshchnikova Soviet Union 11.11Q
2 Heike Drechsler East Germany 11.15Q
3 Simmone Jacobs Great Britain 11.56Q
4 Angela Williams Trinidad and Tobago 11.62q
5 Liu Shaomei China 11.66
6 Lee Young-sook South Korea 11.74
7 Joyce Odhiambo Kenya 11.90
8 Mariama Ouiminga Burkina Faso 12.62

Heat 7

Wind +1.0

Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Florence Griffith-Joyner United States 10.88Q
2 Kerry Johnson Australia 11.44Q
3 Angela Bailey Canada 11.61Q
4 Patricia Girard France 11.65
5 Zhang Caihua China 11.84
6 Gisèle Ongollo Gabon 11.85
7 Chen Ya-li Chinese Taipei 12.16
8 Evelyn Farrell Aruba 12.48

Heat 8

Wind +0.1

Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Merlene Ottey Jamaica 11.03Q
2 Ulrike Sarvari West Germany 11.26Q
3 Angella Issajenko Canada 11.42Q
4 Dinah Yankey Ghana 11.64q
5 Rossella Tarolo Italy 11.86
6 Helen Miles Great Britain 11.88
7 Olivette Daruhi Vanuatu 13.00
8 Mala Sakonhninhom Laos 15.12

Quarterfinal 1

Wind +0.5

Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Heike Drechsler East Germany 10.96Q
2 Merlene Ottey Jamaica 11.03Q
3 Ulrike Sarvari West Germany 11.16Q
4 Pauline Davis Bahamas 11.21Q
5 Angela Bailey Canada 11.29
6 Els Vader Netherlands 11.51
7 Tian Yumei China 11.55
8 Françoise Leroux France 11.75

Quarterfinal 2

Wind +1.6

Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Evelyn Ashford United States 10.88Q
2 Natalia Pomoishchnikova Soviet Union 10.98Q
3 Marlies Göhr East Germany 10.99Q
4 Nelli Cooman Netherlands 11.08Q
5 Angella Issajenko Canada 11.27
6 Joanna Smolarek Poland 11.35
7 Angela Williams Trinidad and Tobago 11.45
8 Amparo Caicedo Colombia 11.65

Quarterfinal 3

Wind +1.0

Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Florence Griffith-Joyner United States 10.62Q
2 Juliet Cuthbert Jamaica 11.03Q
3 Lyudmila Kondratyeva Soviet Union 11.05Q
4 Silke Möller East Germany 11.10Q
5 Simmone Jacobs Great Britain 11.31
6 Laurence Bily France 11.35
7 Andrea Thomas West Germany 11.37
8 Dinah Yankey Ghana 11.63

Quarterfinal 4

Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Anelia Nuneva Bulgaria 10.96Q
2 Gwen Torrence United States 10.99Q
3 Grace Jackson Jamaica 11.13Q
4 Marina Zhirova Soviet Union 11.14Q
5 Paula Dunn Great Britain 11.37
6 Kerry Johnson Australia 11.42
7 Sabine Richter West Germany 11.59
8 Julie Rocheleau Canada 11.75

Semifinal 1

Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Evelyn Ashford United States 10.99Q
2 Anelia Nuneva Bulgaria 11.00Q
3 Gwen Torrence United States 11.02Q
4 Juliet Cuthbert Jamaica 11.10Q
5 Silke Moller East Germany 11.12
6 Marlies Göhr East Germany 11.13
7 Lyudmila Kondratyeva Soviet Union 11.21
8 Marina Zhirova Soviet Union 11.24

Semifinal 2

Wind +2.6

Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Florence Griffith-Joyner United States 10.70Q
2 Heike Drechsler East Germany 10.91Q
3 Natalia Pomoshchnikova Soviet Union 11.03Q
4 Grace Jackson Jamaica 11.06Q
5 Ulrike Sarvari West Germany 11.12
6 Pauline Davis Bahamas 11.12
7 Nelli Cooman Netherlands 11.13
Merlene Ottey Jamaica DNS

Final

Wind+3.0

Rank AthleteNation Time
Florence Griffith-Joyner United States 10.54
Evelyn Ashford United States 10.83
Heike Drechsler East Germany 10.85
4 Grace Jackson Jamaica 10.97
5 Gwen Torrence United States 10.97
6 Natalia Pomoshchnikova Soviet Union 11.00
7 Juliet Cuthbert Jamaica 11.26
8 Anelia Nuneva Bulgaria 11.49

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