| Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics |
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| 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 | |||
These are the official results of the Women's 4x400m Relay event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There were a total number of sixteen nations competing.
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These were the standing World and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 3:15.92 | Gesine Walther Sabine Busch Dagmar Rübsam Marita Koch |
Erfurt (GDR) | June 3, 1984 |
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| Olympic Record | 3:18.29 | Lillie Leatherwood Denean Howard Valerie Brisco-Hooks Chandra Cheeseborough |
Los Angeles (USA) | August 11, 1984 |
The following World and Olympic record (in minutes) was set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
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| October 1, 1988 | Final | Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS) Olga Nazarova (URS) Mariya Pinigina (URS) Olga Bryzgina (URS) |
3:15.17 | OR | WR |
| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union (URS) | • Tatyana Ledovskaya • Olga Nazarova • Mariya Pingina • Olga Bryzgina |
3:15.17 WR |
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| United States (USA) | • Denean Howard • Diane Dixon • Valerie Brisco-Hooks • Florence Griffith |
3:15.51 | |
| East Germany (GDR) | • Dagmar Neubauer • Kirsten Emmelmann • Sabine Busch • Petra Müller |
3:18.29 | |
| 4. | West Germany (FRG) | • Ute Thimm • Helga Arendt • Andrea Thomas • Gudrun Abt |
3:22.49 |
| 5. | Jamaica (JAM) | • Sandie Richards • Andrea Thomas • Cathy Rattray-Williams • Sharon Powell |
3:23.13 |
| 6. | Great Britain (GBR) | • Linda Keough • Jennifer Stoute • Angela Piggford • Sally Gunnell |
3:26.89 |
| 7. | France (FRA) | • Fabienne Ficher • Nathalie Simon • Nadine Debois • Evelyn Elien |
3:29.37 |
| — | Canada (CAN) | • Charmaine Crooks • Molly Killingbeck • Marita Payne-Wiggins • Jillian Richardson |
DNF |
| RANK | NATION | HEAT 1 | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | East Germany (GDR) | • Grit Breuer • Dagmar Neubauer • Kirsten Emmelmann • Petra Müller |
3:27.37 |
| 2. | Canada (CAN) | • Charmaine Crooks • Esmie Lawrence • Marita Payne-Wiggins • Jillian Richardson |
3:27.63 |
| 3. | West Germany (FRG) | • Helga Arendt • Michaela Schabinger • Gisela Kinzel • Gudrun Abt |
3:27.75 |
| 4. | Great Britain (GBR) | • Linda Keough • Jennifer Stoute • Janet Smith • Sally Gunnell |
3:28.52 |
| 5. | France (FRA) | • Fabienne Ficher • Nathalie Simon • Evelyn Elien • Nadine Debois |
3:29.95 |
| 6. | Nigeria (NGR) | • Falilat Ogunkoya • Kehinde Vaughan • Airat Bakare • Mary Onyali |
3:30.21 |
| 7. | India (IND) | • Mercy Kuttanmath Alapurackal • Vandana Rao • Vandana Shanbagh • Shin Kurisingal Abraham |
3:30.21 |
| — | Australia (AUS) | • Debbie Flintoff-King • Maree Holland • Kerry Johnson • Jennifer Laurendet |
DNF |
| RANK | NATION | HEAT 2 | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States (USA) | • Lillie Leatherwood • Sherri Howard • Denean Howard • Diane Dixon |
3:25.86 |
| 2. | Jamaica (JAM) | • Marcia Tate • Andrea Thomas • Cathy Rattray-Williams • Sharon Powell |
3:26.83 |
| 3. | Soviet Union (URS) | • Lyudmila Dzhigalova • Olga Nazarova • Mariya Pingina • Olga Bryzgina |
3:27.14 |
| 4. | Brazil (BRA) | • Tania Miranda • Suzete Montalvao • Soraya Telles • Maria Figueiredo |
3:36.81 |
| 5. | South Korea (KOR) | • Yang Kyoung-Hee • Choi Se-Beom • Lim Chun-Ae • Kim Soon-Ja |
3:51.09 |
| — | Colombia (COL) | • Olga Escalante • Norfalia Carabali • Amparo Caicedo • Ximena Restrepo |
DSQ |
| — | Uganda (UGA) | • Jane Ajilo • Grace Buzu • Farida Kyakutema • Ruth Kyalisiima |
DNS |
| — | Spain (ESP) | • Blanca Lacambra • Esther Lahoz • Cristina Pérez • Teresa Zuñiga |
DNS |
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