Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres
Women's 400 metres at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | 23 September 1988 (heats) 24 September 1988 (quarter-finals) 25 September 1988 (semi-finals) 26 September 1988 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 46 from 33 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 48.65 OR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m | women | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | women |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
Wheelchair races | ||
The Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 48 competitors. The final was run on Monday September 26, 1988, in the Seoul Olympic Stadium.[1]
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 47.60 | Marita Koch | Canberra (AUS) | October 6, 1985 |
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Olympic Record | 48.83 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks | Los Angeles (USA) | August 6, 1984 |
The following Olympic record was set during this competition.
Date | Event | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
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September 26, 1988 | Final | Olga Bryzgina (URS ) |
48.65s | OR |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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Olga Bryzgina |
Soviet Union | 48.65(OR) | ||
Petra Müller |
East Germany | 49.45 | ||
Olga Nazarova | Soviet Union | 49.90 | ||
4 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks | United States | 50.16 | |
5 | Diane Dixon | United States | 50.72 | |
6 | Denean Howard | United States | 51.12 | |
7 | Helga Arendt | West Germany | 51.17 | |
8 | Maree Holland | Australia | 51.25 |
Semifinals
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Olga Nazarova | Soviet Union | 49.11 | |
2 | Petra Müller |
East Germany | 49.50 | |
3 | Diane Dixon | United States | 49.84 | |
4 | Denean Howard | United States | 49.87 | |
5 | Jillian Richardson | Canada | 49.91 | |
6 | Ute Thimm | West Germany | 50.28 | |
7 | Marita Payne Wiggins |
Canada | 50.29 | |
8 | Dagmar Neubauer | East Germany | 50.92 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Olga Bryzgina |
Soviet Union | 49.33 | |
2 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks | United States | 49.90 | |
3 | Maree Holland | Australia | 50.24 | |
4 | Helga Arendt | West Germany | 50.36 | |
5 | Kirsten Emmelmann | East Germany | 50.39 | |
6 | Cathy Rattray-Williams | Jamaica | 50.82 | |
7 | Charmaine Crooks | Canada | 51.63 | |
8 | Norfalia Carabalí | Colombia | 52.65 |
Quarter-finals
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Maree Holland | Australia | 50.90 | |
2 | Kirsten Emmelmann | East Germany | 51.02 | |
3 | Denean Howard | United States | 51.02 | |
4 | Ute Thimm | West Germany | 51.18 | |
5 | Maria Magnólia Figueiredo | Brazil | 51.32 | |
6 | Airat Bakare | Nigeria | 52.86 | |
7 | Loreen Hall | Great Britain | 53.42 | |
— | Nathalie Simon | France | DNS |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Olga Bryzgina |
Soviet Union | 51.90 | |
2 | Diane Dixon | United States | 51.98 | |
3 | Helga Arendt | West Germany | 52.08 | |
4 | Jillian Richardson | Canada | 52.33 | |
5 | Sandie Richards | Jamaica | 52.90 | |
6 | Évelyne Élien |
France | 53.36 | |
7 | Sun Sumei | China | 53.58 | |
8 | Yolande Straughn | Barbados | 54.22 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Petra Müller |
East Germany | 51.45 | |
2 | Marita Payne Wiggins |
Canada | 51.73 | |
3 | Norfalia Carabalí | Colombia | 51.76 | |
4 | Cathy Rattray-Williams | Jamaica | 51.81 | |
5 | Linda Keough | Great Britain | 51.91 | |
6 | Yvonne van Dorp | Netherlands | 53.50 | |
7 | Liliana Chalá | Ecuador | 53.83 | |
8 | Mercy Kuttan-Mathews |
India | 53.93 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Olga Nazarova | Soviet Union | 50.26 | |
2 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks | United States | 51.24 | |
3 | Dagmar Neubauer | East Germany | 51.48 | |
4 | Charmaine Crooks | Canada | 51.64 | |
5 | Céléstine N'Drin |
Ivory Coast | 52.04 | |
6 | Aïssatou Tandian | Senegal | 52.33 | |
7 | Fabienne Ficher | France | 52.95 | |
8 | Blanca Lacambra | Spain | 53.76 |
Qualifying heats
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Olga Nazarova | Soviet Union | 52.18 | |
2 | Blanca Lacambra | Spain | 53.04 | |
3 | Charmaine Crooks | Canada | 53.58 | |
4 | Liliana Chalá | Ecuador | 53.74 | |
5 | Pat Beckford | Great Britain | 54.39 | |
6 | Yang Gyeong-hui | South Korea | 58.18 | |
7 | Juliana Obiong | Equatorial Guinea | 1:07.58 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Dagmar Neubauer | East Germany | 52.51 | |
2 | Marita Payne Wiggins |
Canada | 52.70 | |
3 | Airat Bakare | Nigeria | 52.83 | |
4 | Fabienne Ficher | France | 53.42 | |
5 | Farida Kyakutewa |
Uganda | 56.00 | |
6 | Christine Bakombo | Zaire | 57.85 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Maria Magnólia Figueiredo | Brazil | 51.74 | |
2 | Petra Müller |
East Germany | 51.93 | |
3 | Sandie Richards | Jamaica | 52.19 | |
4 | Loreen Hall | Great Britain | 53.13 | |
5 | Sun Sumei | China | 53.46 | |
6 | Yolande Straughn | Barbados | 53.62 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Diane Dixon | United States | 52.45 | |
2 | Ute Thimm | West Germany | 52.79 | |
3 | Yvonne van Dorp | Netherlands | 52.84 | |
4 | Évelyne Élien |
France | 52.90 | |
5 | Marilyn Dewarder | Guyana | 54.76 | |
6 | May Sardouk | Lebanon | 1:00.01 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks | United States | 51.96 | |
2 | Maree Holland | Australia | 52.29 | |
3 | Norfalia Carabalí | Colombia | 53.27 | |
4 | Kirsten Emmelmann | East Germany | 54.02 | |
5 | Assumpta Achuo-Bei | Cameroon | 55.22 | |
6 | Josephine Mary Singarayar | Malaysia | 56.06 | |
7 | Lasnet Nkouka | Republic of the Congo | 57.19 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Olga Bryzgina |
Soviet Union | 51.94 | |
2 | Linda Keough | Great Britain | 52.26 | |
3 | Cathy Rattray-Williams | Jamaica | 52.39 | |
4 | Céléstine N'Drin |
Ivory Coast | 52.48 | |
5 | Mercy Kuttan-Mathews |
India | 53.41 | |
6 | Ruth Morris | Virgin Islands | 55.60 | |
7 | Barbara Selkridge | Antigua and Barbuda | 55.96 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Denean Howard | United States | 52.26 | |
2 | Helga Arendt | West Germany | 52.69 | |
3 | Aïssatou Tandian | Senegal | 52.95 | |
4 | Jillian Richardson | Canada | 53.06 | |
5 | Nathalie Simon | France | 53.30 | |
6 | Chang Feng-hua | Chinese Taipei | 56.10 | |
7 | Agnes Griffith | Grenada | 57.09 |
See also
- 1987 Women's World Championships 400 metres (Rome)
- 1990 Women's European Championships 400 metres (Split)
- 1991 Women's World Championships 400 metres (Tokyo)
- 1992 Women's Olympic 400 metres (Barcelona)
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 400 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
External links
- (in English) Official Report