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

Event:	Women's 100 metres
Games:	1988 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Date:	24 September 1988 (heats, quarter-finals) 25 September 1988 (semi-finals, final)
Competitors:	64
Nations:	41
Gold:	Florence Griffith-Joyner
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Evelyn Ashford
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Heike Drechsler
Bronzenoc:	GDR
Win Value:	10.54
Longnames:	yes
Prev:	1984
Next:	1992

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]

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.

Date	Athlete	Time	OR	WR
September 24, 1988		10.88	OR
September 24, 1988		10.88	=OR
September 24, 1988		10.62	OR

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Wind +1.1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.09
2			11.18
3			11.39
4			11.56
5			11.85
6			12.16
7			12.27
8			12.32

Heat 2

Wind +0.4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.20
2			11.22
3			11.22
4			11.71
5			11.86
6			11.90
7			12.27
8			12.27

Heat 3

Wind +0.0

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.12
2			11.19
3			11.34
4			11.59
5			11.71
6			11.84
7			12.18
8			12.27

Heat 4

Wind +1.1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.14
2			11.27
3			11.38
4			11.49
5			11.58
6			11.67
7			12.47
8			12.52

Heat 5

Wind +0.1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.10
2			11.22
3			11.43
4			11.46
5			11.60
6			12.07
7			12.11
8			12.14

Heat 6

Wind +0.2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.11
2			11.15
3			11.56
4			11.62
5			11.66
6			11.74
7			11.90
8			12.62

Heat 7

Wind +1.0

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			10.88	, OR
2			11.44
3			11.61
4			11.65
5			11.84
6			11.85
7			12.16
8			12.48

Heat 8

Wind +0.1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.03
2			11.26
3			11.42
4			11.64
5			11.86
6			11.88
7			13.00
8			15.12

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Wind +0.5

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			10.96
2			11.03
3			11.16
4			11.21
5			11.29
6			11.51
7			11.55
8			11.75

Quarterfinal 2

Wind +1.6

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			10.88	, =OR
2			10.98
3			10.99
4			11.08
5			11.27
6			11.35
7			11.45
8			11.65

Quarterfinal 3

Wind +1.0

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			10.62
2			11.03
3			11.05
4			11.10
5			11.31
6			11.35
7			11.37
8			11.63

Quarterfinal 4

Wind +0.0

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			10.96
2			10.99
3			11.13
4			11.14
5			11.37
6			11.42
7			11.59
8			11.75

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Wind +0.5

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			10.99
2			11.00
3			11.02
4			11.10
5			11.12
6			11.13
7			11.21
8			11.24

Semifinal 2

Wind +2.6

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			10.70
2			10.91
3			11.03
4			11.06
5			11.12
6			11.12
7			11.13
data-sort-value=8	-

Final

Wind +3.0

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time
	3			10.54
	6			10.83
	5			10.85
4	8			10.97
5	1			10.97
6	2			11.00
7	7			11.26
8	4			11.49

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See also

• 1987 Women's World Championships 100 metres (Rome)
• 1990 Women's European Championships 100 metres (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championships 100 metres (Tokyo)
• 1992 Women's Olympic 100 metres (Barcelona)

References

• Official Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 100 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173215/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/womens-100-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 6 July 2017 . Sports Reference.
2. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Web site: Florence Griffith Joyner 1988 100m Finals . YouTube.