Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon

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 Marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea was held on Friday September 23, 1988. The race started on 09.30h local time. A total number of 64 athletes completed the race, with Mariana Ysrael from Guam finishing in last position in 3:42:23. There were 69 competitors from 39 countries. Five of them did not finish.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Rosa Mota
Portugal (POR)
Silver  Lisa Martin
Australia (AUS)
Bronze  Katrin Dörre
East Germany (GDR)

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
World Record  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 2:21:06 April 21, 1985 London, United Kingdom
Olympic Record  Joan Benoit (USA) 2:24:52 August 5, 1984 Los Angeles, United States
Season Best  Lisa Ondieki (AUS) 2:23:51 January 31, 1988 Osaka, Japan

Startlist

Intermediates

Final Rankings

RANK FINAL NATION TIME
Rosa Mota POR 2:25:40
Lisa Martin AUS 2:25:53
Katrin Dörre GDR 2:26:21
4. Tatyana Polovinskaya URS 2:27:05
5. Zhao Youfeng CHN 2:27:06
6. Laura Fogli ITA 2:27:49
7. Danièle Kaber LUX 2:29:23
8. Maria Curatolo ITA 2:30:14
9. Zoya Ivanova URS 2:30:25
10. Angela Pain GBR 2:30:51
11. Odette Lapierre CAN 2:30:56
12. Susan Tooby GBR 2:31:33
13. Karolina Szabo HUN 2:32:26
14. Françoise Bonnet FRA 2:32:36
15. Lee Mi-Ok KOR 2:32:51
16. Raisa Smekhnova URS 2:33:19
17. Nancy Ditz USA 2:33:42
18. Maria Rebelo-Lelut FRA 2:33:47
19. Jocelyne Villeton FRA 2:34:02
20. Conceição Ferreira POR 2:34:23
21. Kerstin Preßler FRG 2:34:26
22. Wanda Panfil POL 2:34:35
23. Antonella Bizioli ITA 2:34:38
24. Evy Palm SWE 2:34:41
25. Eriko Asai JPN 2:34:41
26. Lizanne Bussieres CAN 2:35:03
27. Gabriela Wolf FRG 2:35:11
28. Kumi Araki JPN 2:35:15
29. Misako Miyahara JPN 2:35:26
30. Zhong Huandi CHN 2:36:02
31. Ellen Rochefort CAN 2:36:44
32. Susan Crehan GBR 2:36:57
33. Lorraine Moller NZL 2:37:52
34. Carla Beurskens NED 2:37:52
35. Magda Ilands BEL 2:38:02
36. Sissel Grottenberg NOR 2:38:17
37. Lim Eum-Joo KOR 2:38:21
38. Marcianne Makamurenzi RWA 2:40:12
39. Margaret Groos USA 2:40:59
40. Cathy O'Brien USA 2:41:04
41. Tuija Jousimaa FIN 2:43:00
42. Sinikka Keskitalo FIN 2:43:00
43. Blanca Jaime MEX 2:43:00
44. Angélica de Almeida BRA 2:43:40
45. Ludmila Melicherová TCH 2:43:56
46. Ailish Smyth IRL 2:44:17
47. Genoveva Eichenmann SUI 2:44:37
48. Rosmarie Müller SUI 2:47:31
49. Pascaline Wangui KEN 2:47:42
50. Apollinaire Nyinawabera RWA 2:49:18
51. Maryse Justin MRI 2:50:00
52. Michelle Bush CAY 2:51:30
53. María Menéndez MEX 2:51:33
54. Li Juan CHN 2:53:08
55. Linda Hunter ZIM 2:53:17
56. Cornelia Melis ARU 2:53:24
57. Marie-Louise Rollins IRL 2:54:37
58. Kriscia García ESA 3:04:21
59. Julie Ogbourn GUM 3:06:05
60. Rajkumari Pandey NEP 3:10:31
61. Menuka Rawat NEP 3:11:17
62. Arlene Vincent Mark GRN 3:23:56
63. Lourdes Kiltzkie GUM 3:25:32
61. Mariana Ysrael GUM 3:42:23
Grete Waitz NOR DNF
Agnes Pardaens BEL DNF
Kim Mi-Kyong KOR DNF
Bente Moe NOR DNF
Mar Mar Min BUR DNF
Birgit Stephan GDR DNS
Aurora Cunha POR DNS
Katerina Pratsi CYP DNS

See also

References