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

Gold	Olga Bryzgina Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Petra Müller East Germany (GDR)
Bronze	Olga Nazarova Soviet Union (URS)

Records

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

World Record	47.60	Marita Koch	Canberra (AUS)	October 6, 1985
Olympic Record	48.83	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

References

(English) Official Report

400 metres at the Olympic Games

Summary

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Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

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