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

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

The Women's 100 metres Hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist 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.

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Records

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  Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 12.47s OR
September 30, 1988  Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 12.38s OR

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 12.38(OR)
 Gloria Siebert (GDR) 12.61
 Claudia Zaczkiewicz (FRG) 12.75
4.  Natalya Grigorieva (URS) 12.79
5.  Florence Colle (FRA) 12.98
6.  Julie Rocheleau (CAN) 12.99
7.  Monique Ewanje-Epee (FRA) 13.14
8.  Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) 13.73

Semi finals

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 12.58
2.  Gloria Siebert (GDR) 12.60
3.  Julie Rocheleau (CAN) 12.91
4.  Florence Colle (FRA) 12.92
5.  Kerstin Knabe (GDR) 12.93
6.  Lesley-Ann Skeete (GBR) 13.23
7.  Lavonna Martin (USA) 13.29
8.  Gail Devers (USA) 13.51
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) 12.63
2.  Claudia Zackiewicz (FRG) 12.75
3.  Natalya Grigorieva (URS) 12.81
4.  Monique Ewanje-Epee (FRA) 12.95
5.  Marjan Olyslager (NED) 13.08
6.  Sally Gunnell (GBR) 13.13
7.  Jacqueline Humphrey (USA) 13.59
 Ginka Boycheva-Zagorcheva (BUL) DNF

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