| Event: | Women's 100 metres hurdles |
| Games: | 1988 Summer |
| Dates: | 28 September 1988 (heats) 29 September 1988 (quarter-finals and semi-finals) 30 September 1988 (final) |
| Venue: | Olympic Stadium |
| Competitors: | 36 |
| Nations: | 25 |
| Win Value: | 12.38 |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | Yordanka Donkova |
| Goldnoc: | BUL |
| Silver: | Gloria Siebert |
| Silvernoc: | GDR |
| Bronze: | Claudia Zaczkiewicz |
| Bronzenoc: | FRG |
| Prev: | 1984 |
| Next: | 1992 |
The Women's 100 metres Hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 37 competitors, with five qualifying heats (37 runners), three second-rounds (24) and two semifinals (16) before the final (8) took place on Friday September 30, 1988.[1]
These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 12.21 | Yordanka Donkova | Stara Zagora (BUL) | August 20, 1988 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 12.56 | Vera Komisova | Moscow (URS) | July 28, 1980 |
The following Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date | Athlete | Time | OR | WR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 29, 1988 | 12.47s | OR | |||
| September 30, 1988 | 12.38s | OR |
Wind +0.2
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.38 | OR | |||
| 12.61 | ||||
| 12.75 | ||||
| 4 | 12.79 | |||
| 5 | 12.98 | |||
| 6 | 12.99 | |||
| 7 | 13.14 | |||
| 8 | 13.73 |
Heat 1
Wind +0.5
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12.58 | ||||
| 2 | 12.60 | ||||
| 3 | 12.91 | ||||
| 4 | 12.92 | ||||
| 5 | 12.93 | ||||
| 6 | 13.23 | ||||
| 7 | 13.29 | ||||
| 8 | 13.51 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12.63 | |||
| 2 | 12.75 | |||
| 3 | 12.81 | |||
| 4 | 12.95 | |||
| 5 | 13.08 | |||
| 6 | 13.13 | |||
| 7 | 13.59 | |||
| - | DNF |
First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1 +1.3, Heat 2 +0.2, Heat 3 +1.0
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 12.47 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 12.62 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 12.69 | Q | |||
| 4 | 3 | 12.74 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 12.81 | Q | |||
| 6 | 3 | 12.87 | Q | |||
| 7 | 2 | 12.89 | Q | |||
| 8 | 1 | 12.90 | Q | |||
| 9 | 1 | 13.00 | q | |||
| 10 | 2 | 13.02 | Q | |||
| 11 | 3 | 13.04 | Q | |||
| 12 | 2 | 13.10 | Q | |||
| 13 | 2 | 13.20 | q | |||
| 14 | 3 | 13.22 | Q | |||
| 15 | 1 | 13.25 | q | |||
| 16 | 1 | 13.27 | q | |||
| 17 | 2 | 13.32 | ||||
| 18 | 3 | 13.42 | ||||
| 19 | 2 | 13.58 | ||||
| 20 | 2 | 13.95 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 14.37 | ||||
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First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.
Wind: Heat 1 -0.3, Heat 2 +0.1, Heat 3 +0.5, Heat 4 +1.4, Heat 5 +0.8
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 12.65 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 12.72 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 12.76 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 12.89 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 12.96 | Q | |||
| 6 | 2 | 13.00 | Q | |||
| 7 | 4 | 13.02 | Q | |||
| 8 | 3 | 13.04 | Q | |||
| 9 | 3 | 13.07 | Q | |||
| 10 | 1 | 13.13 | Q | |||
| 11 | 4 | 13.18 | Q | |||
| 12 | 4 | 13.18 | Q | |||
| 13 | 1 | 13.20 | Q | |||
| 14 | 2 | 13.24 | Q | |||
| 15 | 5 | 13.26 | Q | |||
| 16 | 1 | 13.32 | Q | |||
| 16 | 4 | 13.32 | q | |||
| 18 | 3 | 13.38 | Q | |||
| 19 | 4 | 13.48 | q | |||
| 20 | 2 | 13.50 | q | |||
| 21 | 5 | 13.51 | Q | |||
| 22 | 1 | 13.53 | q | |||
| 23 | 5 | 13.56 | Q | |||
| 24 | 2 | 13.64 | ||||
| 25 | 3 | 13.72 | Q | |||
| 26 | 1 | 13.81 | ||||
| 27 | 4 | 13.84 | ||||
| 28 | 5 | 13.97 | ||||
| 29 | 3 | 14.01 | ||||
| 30 | 4 | 14.26 | ||||
| 31 | 3 | 14.36 | ||||
| 32 | 5 | 14.38 | ||||
| 33 | 1 | Sainiana Tukana | 15.50 | |||
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