Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon explained

Event:Women's marathon
Games:1988 Summer
Dates:September 23
Venue:Jamsil Olympic Stadium, Seoul
Competitors:70
Nations:39
Win Value:2:25:40
Longnames:yes
Gold:Rosa Mota
Goldnoc:POR
Silver:Lisa Martin
Silvernoc:AUS
Bronze:Katrin Dörre
Bronzenoc:GDR
Prev:1984
Next:1992

The Women's Marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea was held on Friday September 23, 1988. The race started at 09.30h local time and was won by 13 seconds by Rosa Mota of Portugal. There were 70 competitors from 39 countries, with 64 finishers.[1]

Abbreviations

DNS did not start
NM no mark
OR olympic record
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
2:21:06 April 21, 1985 London, United Kingdom
2:24:52 August 5, 1984 Los Angeles, United States
2:23:51 January 31, 1988 Osaka, Japan

Final rankings

width=20Place width=220Athlete Country Time
Rosa Mota2:25:40
Lisa Martin2:25:53
Katrin Dörre2:26:21
4Tatyana Polovinskaya2:27:05
5Zhao Youfeng2:27:06
6Laura Fogli2:27:49
7Danièle Kaber2:29:23
8Maria Curatolo2:30:14
9Zoya Ivanova2:30:25
10Angie Pain2:30:51
11Odette Lapierre2:30:56
12Susan Tooby2:31:33
13Karolina Szabo2:32:26
14Françoise Bonnet2:32:36
15Lee Mi-Ok2:32:51
16Raisa Smekhnova2:33:19
17Nancy Ditz2:33:42
18Maria Rebelo-Lelut2:33:47
19Jocelyne Villeton2:34:02
20Conceição Ferreira2:34:23
21Kerstin Preßler2:34:26
22Wanda Panfil2:34:35
23Antonella Bizioli2:34:38
24Evy Palm2:34:41
25Eriko Asai2:34:41
26Lizanne Bussieres2:35:03
27Gabriela Wolf2:35:11
28Kumi Araki2:35:15
29Misako Miyahara2:35:26
30Zhong Huandi2:36:02
31Ellen Rochefort2:36:44
32Susan Crehan2:36:57
33Lorraine Moller2:37:52
34Carla Beurskens2:37:52
35Magda Ilands2:38:02
36Sissel Grottenberg2:38:17
37Im Eun-ju2:38:21
38Marcianne Mukamurenzi2:40:12
39Margaret Groos2:40:59
40Cathy O'Brien2:41:04
41Tuija Jousimaa2:43:00
42Sinikka Keskitalo2:43:00
43Blanca Jaime2:43:00
44Angélica de Almeida2:43:40
45Ludmila Melicherová2:43:56
46Ailish Smyth2:44:17
47Genoveva Eichenmann2:44:37
48Rosmarie Müller2:47:31
49Pascaline Wangui2:47:42
50Apollinarie Nyinawabéra2:49:18
51Maryse Justin2:50:00
52Michelle Bush2:51:30
53María del Pilar2:51:33
54Li Juan2:53:08
55Linda Hunter2:53:17
56Cornelia Melis2:53:24
57Marie Murphy-Rollins2:54:37
58Kriscia García3:04:21
59Julie Ogborn3:06:05
60Raj Kumari Pandey3:10:31
61Menuka Rawat3:11:17
62Arlene Vincent Mark3:23:56
63Lourdes Klitzkie3:25:32
64Mariana Ysrael3:42:23
Grete WaitzDNF
Agnes PardaensDNF
Kim Mi-gyeongDNF
Aurora CunhaDNF
Bente MoeDNF
Mar Mar MinDNF
Birgit StephanDNS
Katerina PratsiDNS

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Marathon . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175146/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/womens-marathon.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 20 May 2017 . sports-reference.com.