Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
Women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Seoul Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | 30 September 1988 (heats) 1 October 1988 (semi-finals and finals) | |||||||||
Competitors | 81 from 19 nations | |||||||||
Teams | 19 | |||||||||
Winning time | 41.98 | |||||||||
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 | ||
These are the official results of the Seoul, South Korea. There were a total number of 19 nations competing.[1]
This was a race between three strong teams with many athletes at their peak. From the gun,
Zvetanka Ilieva leading off for Bulgaria on her outside. Meanwhile, East German star, 1987 World Champion Silke Möller was losing ground in lane 5 as Soviet Lyudmila Kondratyeva was gaining in lane 4. All the handoffs were efficient before both Kerstin Behrendt and Galina Malchugina closed the gap on the American Sheila Echols on the second leg. The American handoff to the year's phenom, world record holder Florence Griffith Joyner was safe but not particularly efficient, the East German underhanded pass to Ingrid Auerswald is a textbook demonstration of an efficient handoff, and gave East Germany the lead. It would still be expected that the way FloJo dominated the sprint events, she would be able to pull away from Auerswald, but running the longer distance around the turn she only made a marginal gain and Marina Zhirova also put the Soviet team in close contention. Both the Soviet team and East German teams executed efficient handoffs, leaving Natalya Pomoshchnikova just slightly behind 1983 World Champion Marlies Göhr. The American handoff was not as efficient as Griffith-Joyner ran up on veteran anchor Evelyn Ashford
leaving USA two metres behind. Pomoshchnikova accelerated and was able to pull even with Göhr while Ashford was in full stride and gaining. 50 metres from the finish it was three abreast across the center of the track. Ashford continued right past Göhr to a meter and a half victory. The three teams were so far ahead of the rest of the world that Pomoshchnikova, despite pulling a muscle 30 m from the finish, was able to limp across the finish line ahead of the West German team for the bronze medal.
Records
These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 41.37 | Canberra (AUS) | October 6, 1985 | |
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Olympic Record | 41.60 | Romy Müller Bärbel Wöckel Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr |
Moscow ( URS )
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August 1, 1980 |
Final
- Held on Saturday 1988-10-01
RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
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United States (USA) | • Alice Brown • Sheila Echols • Florence Griffith Joyner • Evelyn Ashford |
41.98 | |
East Germany (GDR) | • Silke Möller • Kerstin Behrendt • Ingrid Lange • Marlies Göhr |
42.09 | |
Soviet Union (URS) | • Lyudmila Kondratyeva • Galina Malchugina • Marina Zhirova • Natalya Pomoshchnikova |
42.75 | |
4. | West Germany (FRG) | • Sabine Richter • Ulrike Sarvari • Andrea Thomas • Ute Thimm |
42.76 |
5. | Bulgaria (BUL) | • Nadeyda Gueorguieva
• Yordanka Donkova |
43.02 |
6. | Poland (POL) | • Joanna Smolarek • Jolanta Janota • Ewa Pisiewicz • Agnieszka Siwek |
43.93 |
7. | France (FRA) | • Françoise Leroux • Muriel Leroy • Laurence Bily • Patricia Girard |
44.02 |
— | Jamaica (JAM) | • Ethlyn Tate • Grace Jackson • Juliet Cuthbert • Merlene Ottey |
DNS |
Semifinals
- Heat 1
RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
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1. | Soviet Union (URS) | • Lyudmila Kondratyeva • Galina Malchugina • Marina Zhirova • Natalya Pomoshchnikova |
42.01 |
2. | East Germany (GDR) | • Silke Möller • Kerstin Behrendt • Ingrid Lange • Marlies Göhr |
42.23 |
3. | Jamaica (JAM) | • Ethlyn Tate • Grace Jackson • Juliet Cuthbert • Merlene Ottey |
43.30 |
4. | Poland (POL) | • Joanna Smolarek • Jolanta Janota • Ewa Pisiewicz • Agnieszka Siwek |
43.44 |
5. | Netherlands (NED) | • | 43.48 |
6. | Great Britain (GBR) | • | 43.50 |
7. | Italy (ITA) | • | 43.97 |
8. | Greece (GRE) | • Katerina Koffa
• Marina Skordi |
45.74 |
- Heat 2
RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
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1. | United States (USA) | • Alice Brown • Sheila Echols • Florence Griffith Joyner • Evelyn Ashford |
42.12 |
2. | West Germany (FRG) | • Sabine Richter • Ulrike Sarvari • Andrea Thomas • Ute Thimm |
42.69 |
3. | Bulgaria (BUL) | • Nadeyda Gueorguieva
• Yordanka Donkova |
43.07 |
4. | France (FRA) | • Françoise Leroux • Muriel Leroy • Laurence Bily • Patricia Girard |
43.66 |
5. | Canada (CAN) | • Katie Anderson
|
43.82 |
6. | Ghana (GHA) | • Veronica Bawuah • Diana Yankey • Mercy Addy • Martha Appiah |
44.30 |
7. | China (CHN) | • Zhang Xiaoqiong • Liu Shaomei • Xie Zhiling • Zhang Caihua |
44.36 |
— | Colombia (COL) | • Amparo Caicedo • Norfalia Carabalí • Olga Escalante • Ximena Restrepo |
DNS |
Heats
- Heat 1
RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
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1. | Soviet Union (URS) | • Maia Azarashvili • Galina Malchugina • Marina Zhirova • Natalya Pomoshchnikova |
42.88 |
2. | West Germany (FRG) | • Sabine Richter • Ulrike Sarvari • Andrea Thomas • Ute Thimm |
42.99 |
3. | France (FRA) | • Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo
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43.43 |
4. | Bulgaria (BUL) | • Tsvetanka Ilieva • Valya Valova-Demireva • Nadezhda Georgieva • Yordanka Donkova |
43.92 |
5. | Colombia (COL) | • Amparo Caicedo • Norfalia Carabalí • Olga Escalante • Ximena Restrepo |
45.46 |
6. | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | • Chang Feng-hua • Chen Wen-xing • Chen Ya-li • Wang Shu-hua |
46.21 |
- Heat 2
RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
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1. | East Germany (GDR) | • Silke Möller • Kerstin Behrendt • Ingrid Lange • Marlies Göhr |
42.92 |
2. | Jamaica (JAM) | • Ethlyn Tate • Grace Jackson • Laurel Johnson • Vivienne Spence |
43.50 |
3. | Canada (CAN) | • Katie Anderson
|
43.92 |
4. | China (CHN) | • Zhang Xiaoqiong • Liu Shaomei • Xie Zhiling • Zhang Caihua |
44.29 |
5. | Italy (ITA) | • | 44.33 |
6. | Greece (GRE) | • Maria Tsoni • Voula Patoulidou • Georgia Zouganeli • Marina Skordi |
45.44 |
7. | South Korea (KOR) | • Yun Mi-gyeong • U Yang-ja • Park Mi-seon • Lee Young-sook |
45.83 |
- Heat 3
RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
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1. | United States (USA) | • Alice Brown • Sheila Echols • Dannette Young • Evelyn Ashford |
42.39 |
2. | Great Britain (GBR) | • | 43.91 |
3. | Netherlands (NED) | • | 43.96 |
4. | Poland (POL) | • Joanna Smolarek • Jolanta Janota • Ewa Pisiewicz • Agnieszka Siwek |
43.98 |
5. | Ghana (GHA) | • Veronica Bawuah • Diana Yankey • Mercy Addy • Martha Appiah |
44.12 |
6. | Uganda (UGA) | • Farida Kyakutewa
• Ruth Kyalisima |
46.55 |
See also
- 1986 Women's European Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Stuttgart)
- 1987 Women's World Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Rome)
- 1990 Women's European Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Split)
- 1991 Women's World Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Tokyo)
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2017.