Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon

Women's marathon at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Jamsil Olympic Stadium, Seoul
Dates	September 23
Competitors	69 from 39 nations
Winning time	2:25:40
Medalists
Rosa Mota   Portugal   Lisa Martin   Australia   Katrin Dörre   East Germany

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 Marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea was held on Friday September 23, 1988. The race started at 09.30h local time and was won by Rosa Mota of Portugal. There were 69 competitors from 39 countries, with 64 finishers.

Medalists

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

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

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

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.	Angie 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.	Im 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
64.	Mariana Ysrael	GUM	3:42:23
—	Grete Waitz	NOR	DNF
—	Agnes Pardaens	BEL	DNF
—	Kim Mi-Kyung	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

• 1986 Women's European Championships Marathon (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Women's World Championships Marathon (Rome)
• 1988 Marathon Year Ranking
• 1990 Women's European Championships Marathon (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championships Marathon (Tokyo)

References

• (English) Official report
• (French) Marathon info
• (English) sports-reference