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

Athletics at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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

The Women's 400 metres event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 48 competitors. The final was run on Monday September 26, 1988, in the Seoul Olympic Stadium.

Medalists

GoldOlga Bryzgina
 Soviet Union
SilverPetra Müller
 East Germany
BronzeOlga Nazarova
 Soviet Union

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record 47.60 East Germany Marita Koch Canberra (AUS) October 6, 1985
Olympic Record 48.83 United States Valerie Brisco-Hooks Los Angeles (USA) August 6, 1984

The following Olympic record was set during this competition.

Date Event Athlete Time OR WR
September 26, 1988 Final  Olga Bryzgina (URS) 48.65s OR

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Olga Bryzgina (URS) 48.65(OR)
 Petra Müller (GDR) 49.45
 Olga Nazarova (URS) 49.90
4.  Valerie Brisco-Hooks (USA) 50.16
5.  Diane Dixon (USA) 50.72
6.  Denean Howard (USA) 51.12
7.  Helga Arendt (FRG) 51.17
8.  Maree Holland (AUS) 51.25

Semi finals

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Olga Nazarova (URS) 49.11
2.  Petra Müller (GDR) 49.50
3.  Diane Dixon (USA) 49.84
4.  Denean Howard (USA) 49.87
5.  Jillian Richardson (CAN) 49.91
6.  Ute Thimm (FRG) 50.28
7.  Marita Payne Wiggins (CAN) 50.29
8.  Dagmar Neubauer (GDR) 50.92


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Olga Bryzgina (URS) 49.33
2.  Valerie Brisco-Hooks (USA) 49.90
3.  Maree Holland (AUS) 50.24
4.  Helga Arendt (FRG) 50.36
5.  Kirsten Emmelmann (GDR) 50.39
6.  Cathy Rattray-Williams (JAM) 50.82
7.  Charmaine Crooks (CAN) 51.63
8.  Norfalia Carabali (COL) 52.65

Quarter finals

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Maree Holland (AUS) 50.90
2.  Kirsten Emmelmann (GDR) 51.02
3.  Denean Howard (USA) 51.02
4.  Ute Thimm (FRG) 51.18
5.  Maria Magnólia Figueiredo (BRA) 51.32
6.  Airat Bakare (NGR) 52.86
7.  Loreen Hall (GBR) 53.42
 Nathalie Simon (FRA) DNS


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Olga Bryzgina (URS) 51.90
2.  Diane Dixon (USA) 51.98
3.  Helga Arendt (FRG) 52.08
4.  Jillian Richardson (CAN) 52.33
5.  Sandie Richards (JAM) 52.90
6.  Évelyne Élien (FRA) 53.36
7.  Sun Sumei (CHN) 53.58
8.  Yolande Straughn (BAR) 54.22


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Petra Müller (GDR) 51.45
2.  Marita Payne Wiggins (CAN) 51.73
3.  Norfalia Carabali (COL) 51.76
4.  Cathy Rattray-Williams (JAM) 51.81
5.  Linda Keough (GBR) 51.91
6.  Yvonne van Dorp (NED) 53.50
7.  Liliana Chalá (ECU) 53.83
8.  Mercy Kuttan-Mathews (IND) 53.93


RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Olga Nazarova (URS) 50.26
2.  Valerie Brisco-Hooks (USA) 51.24
3.  Dagmar Neubauer (GDR) 51.48
4.  Charmaine Crooks (CAN) 51.64
5.  Céléstine N'Drin (CIV) 52.04
6.  Aïssatou Tandian (SEN) 52.33
7.  Fabienne Ficher (FRA) 52.95
8.  Blanca Lacambra (ESP) 53.76

Qualifying heats

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Olga Nazarova (URS) 52.18
2.  Blanca Lacambra (ESP) 53.04
3.  Charmaine Crooks (CAN) 53.58
4.  Liliana Chalá (ECU) 53.74
5.  Pat Beckford (GBR) 54.39
6.  Yang Gyeong-Hui (KOR) 58.18
7.  Juliana Obiong (GEQ) 1:07.58


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Dagmar Neubauer (GDR) 52.51
2.  Marita Payne Wiggins (CAN) 52.70
3.  Airat Bakare (NGR) 52.83
4.  Fabienne Ficher (FRA) 53.42
5.  Farida Kyakutewa (UGA) 56.00
6.  Christine Bakombo (ZAI) 57.85


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Maria Magnólia Figueiredo (BRA) 51.74
2.  Petra Müller (GDR) 51.93
3.  Sandie Richards (JAM) 52.19
4.  Loreen Hall (GBR) 53.13
5.  Sun Sumei (CHN) 53.46
6.  Yolande Straughn (BAR) 53.62


RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Diane Dixon (USA) 52.45
2.  Ute Thimm (FRG) 52.79
3.  Yvonne van Dorp (NED) 52.84
4.  Évelyne Élien (FRA) 52.90
5.  Marilyn Dewarder (GUY) 54.76
6.  May Sardouk (LIB) 1:00.01


RANK HEAT 5 TIME
1.  Valerie Brisco-Hooks (USA) 51.96
2.  Maree Holland (AUS) 52.29
3.  Norfalia Carabali (COL) 53.27
4.  Kirsten Emmelmann (GDR) 54.02
5.  Assumpta Achuo-Bei (CMR) 55.22
6.  Josephine Mary Singarayar (MAS) 56.06
7.  Lasnet Nkouka (CGO) 57.19


RANK HEAT 6 TIME
1.  Olga Bryzgina (URS) 51.94
2.  Linda Keough (GBR) 52.26
3.  Cathy Rattray-Williams (JAM) 52.39
4.  Céléstine N'Drin (CIV) 52.48
5.  Mercy Kuttan-Mathews (IND) 53.41
6.  Ruth Morris (ISV) 55.60
7.  Barbara Selkridge (ANT) 55.96


RANK HEAT 7 TIME
1.  Denean Howard (USA) 52.26
2.  Helga Arendt (FRG) 52.69
3.  Aïssatou Tandian (SEN) 52.95
4.  Jillian Richardson (CAN) 53.06
5.  Nathalie Simon (FRA) 53.30
6.  Chang Feng-Hua (TPE) 56.10
7.  Agnes Griffith (GRN) 57.09

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References

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