Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres explained

Event:	Women's 400 metres
Games:	1988 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Dates:	23 September 1988 (heats) 24 September 1988 (quarter-finals) 25 September 1988 (semi-finals) 26 September 1988 (final)
Competitors:	46
Nations:	33
Win Value:	48.65
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Olga Bryzgina
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Petra Müller
Silvernoc:	GDR
Bronze:	Olga Nazarova
Bronzenoc:	URS
Prev:	1984
Next:	1992

The women's 400 metres event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in 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
Olympic Record	48.83	Valerie Brisco-Hooks	Los Angeles (USA)	August 6, 1984

The following Olympic record was set during this competition.

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
			48.65(OR)
			49.45
			49.90
4			50.16
5			50.72
6			51.12
7			51.17
8			51.25

Semifinals

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			49.11
2			49.50
3			49.84
4			49.87
5			49.91
6			50.28
7			50.29
8			50.92

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			49.33
2			49.90
3			50.24
4			50.36
5			50.39
6			50.82
7			51.63
8			52.65

Quarter-finals

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			50.90
2			51.02
3			51.02
4			51.18
5			51.32
6			52.86
7			53.42
-			DNS

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			51.90
2			51.98
3			52.08
4			52.33
5			52.90
6			53.36
7			53.58
8			54.22

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			51.45
2			51.73
3			51.76
4			51.81
5			51.91
6			53.50
7			53.83
8			53.93

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			50.26
2			51.24
3			51.48
4			51.64
5			52.04
6			52.33
7			52.95
8			53.76

Qualifying heats

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			52.18
2			53.04
3			53.58
4			53.74
5			54.39
6			58.18
7			1:07.58

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			52.51
2			52.70
3			52.83
4			53.42
5			56.00
6			57.85

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			51.74
2			51.93
3			52.19
4			53.13
5			53.46
6			53.62

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			52.45
2			52.79
3			52.84
4			52.90
5			54.76
6			1:00.01

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			51.96
2			52.29
3			53.27
4			54.02
5			55.22
6			56.06
7			57.19

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			51.94
2			52.26
3			52.39
4			52.48
5			53.41
6			55.60
7			55.96

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			52.26
2			52.69
3			52.95
4			53.06
5			53.30
6			56.10
7			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)

External links

• Official Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 400 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173631/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/womens-400-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 4 August 2017 . sports-reference.com.