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100 / 80 metres Hurdles (100 m), Women

Date	28 – 30 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Ol-lim-pik Ju-gyeong-gi-jang, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Participants	36 from 24 countries

Yordanka Donkova had broken the world record four times within four weeks in 1986, and won the European Championships that year. But in 1987, she saw teammate Ginka Zagorcheva break her record and win the World Championships. In the first round at Seoul, Zagorcheva hit hurdles and did not finish, opening the way for Donkova. In the final, she was expected to be pushed by the GDR’s Cornelia Oschkenat, runner-up at the 1987 Worlds, and third at the 1986 Europeans. But Oschkenat had pulled a hamstring in the semi-final and finished last in the final, never a factor. Donkova won easily, setting Olympic records in both the semi-final and final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC
1	46	Yordanka Donkova	BUL	Gold	OR
2	286	Gloria Siebert	GDR	Silver
3	204	Claudia Zaczkiewicz	FRG	Bronze
4	523	Nataliya Hrygor'ieva	URS
5	164	Florence Colle	FRA
6	79	Julie Rocheleau	CAN
7	169	Monique Éwanjé-Épée	FRA
8	282	Cornelia Oschkenat	GDR
5 h1 r3/4	271	Kerstin Knabe	GDR
5 h2 r3/4	319	Marjan Olyslager	NED
6 h1 r3/4	245	Lesley-Ann Skeete	GBR
6 h2 r3/4	219	Sally Gunnell	GBR
7 h1 r3/4	585	LaVonna Martin	USA
7 h2 r3/4	574	Jackie Humphrey	USA
8 h1 r3/4	562	Gail Devers	USA
AC h2 r3/4	540	Lyudmila Narozhilenko	URS
5 h3 r2/4	320	Gretha Tromp	NED
6 h2 r2/4	225	Wendy Jeal	GBR
6 h3 r2/4	97	Liu Huajin	CHN
7 h2 r2/4	89	Du Juan	CHN
8 h2 r2/4	479	Rita Heggli	SUI
AC h3 r2/4	178	Anne Piquereau	FRA
AC h3 r2/4	430	Maria Usifo	NGR
5 h1 r1/4	11	Jane Flemming	AUS
5 h3 r1/4	496	Chen Wen-Xing	TPE
5 h5 r1/4	611	Nancy Vallecilla	ECU
6 h1 r1/4	418	Sandra Tavares	MEX
6 h2 r1/4	297	Dinah Yankey	GHA
6 h3 r1/4	445	Agrippina de la Cruz	PHI
6 h5 r1/4	410	Manuela Marxer	LIE
7 h1 r1/4	142	Sainiana Tukana	FIJ
7 h4 r1/4	386	Bang Sin-Hye	KOR
8 h4 r1/4	314	Cheung Suet Yee	HKG
AC h2 r1/4	27	Sylvia Dethiér	BEL
AC h3 r1/4	54	Ginka Zagorcheva	BUL
AC h5 r1/4	474	Tilaka Jinadasa	SRI
DNS	626	Michelle Johnson	VIN

Round One

Date	28 September 1988
Format	Top 4 in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	286	Gloria Siebert	GDR	12.65	Q
2	282	Cornelia Oschkenat	GDR	12.72	Q
3	540	Lyudmila Narozhilenko	URS	12.76	Q
4	46	Yordanka Donkova	BUL	12.89	Q
5	523	Nataliya Hrygor'ieva	URS	12.96	Q
6	204	Claudia Zaczkiewicz	FRG	13.00	Q
7	97	Liu Huajin	CHN	13.02	Q
8	319	Marjan Olyslager	NED	13.04	Q
9	79	Julie Rocheleau	CAN	13.07	Q
10	271	Kerstin Knabe	GDR	13.13	Q
11	562	Gail Devers	USA	13.18	Q
12	169	Monique Éwanjé-Épée	FRA	13.18	Q
13	585	LaVonna Martin	USA	13.20	Q
14	574	Jackie Humphrey	USA	13.24	Q
15	219	Sally Gunnell	GBR	13.26	Q
=16	164	Florence Colle	FRA	13.32	Q
=16	225	Wendy Jeal	GBR	13.32	q
18	245	Lesley-Ann Skeete	GBR	13.38	Q
19	320	Gretha Tromp	NED	13.48	q
20	430	Maria Usifo	NGR	13.50	q
21	89	Du Juan	CHN	13.51	Q
22	11	Jane Flemming	AUS	13.53	q
23	178	Anne Piquereau	FRA	13.56	Q
24	297	Dinah Yankey	GHA	13.64
25	479	Rita Heggli	SUI	13.72	Q
26	418	Sandra Tavares	MEX	13.81
27	386	Bang Sin-Hye	KOR	13.84
28	611	Nancy Vallecilla	ECU	13.97
29	496	Chen Wen-Xing	TPE	14.01
30	314	Cheung Suet Yee	HKG	14.26
31	445	Agrippina de la Cruz	PHI	14.36
32	410	Manuela Marxer	LIE	14.38
33	142	Sainiana Tukana	FIJ	15.50
DNF	54	Ginka Zagorcheva	BUL	–
DQ	27	Sylvia Dethiér	BEL	–
DQ	474	Tilaka Jinadasa	SRI	–
DNS	626	Michelle Johnson	VIN	–

Heat #1

Time	10:30

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	3	Nataliya Hrygor'ieva	URS	12.96	Q
2	6	Kerstin Knabe	GDR	13.13	Q
3	4	LaVonna Martin	USA	13.20	Q
4	7	Florence Colle	FRA	13.32	Q
5	2	Jane Flemming	AUS	13.53	q
6	5	Sandra Tavares	MEX	13.81
7	1	Sainiana Tukana	FIJ	15.50

Heat #2

Time	10:35

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	7	Gloria Siebert	GDR	12.65	Q
2	5	Lyudmila Narozhilenko	URS	12.76	Q
3	1	Claudia Zaczkiewicz	FRG	13.00	Q
4	3	Jackie Humphrey	USA	13.24	Q
5	2	Maria Usifo	NGR	13.50	q
6	4	Dinah Yankey	GHA	13.64
DQ	6	Sylvia Dethiér	BEL	–

Heat #3

Time	10:40

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	6	Marjan Olyslager	NED	13.04	Q
2	2	Julie Rocheleau	CAN	13.07	Q
3	3	Lesley-Ann Skeete	GBR	13.38	Q
4	5	Rita Heggli	SUI	13.72	Q
5	7	Chen Wen-Xing	TPE	14.01
6	1	Agrippina de la Cruz	PHI	14.36
DNF	4	Ginka Zagorcheva	BUL	–

Heat #4

Time	10:45

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	1	Cornelia Oschkenat	GDR	12.72	Q
2	5	Liu Huajin	CHN	13.02	Q
3	2	Gail Devers	USA	13.18	Q
4	3	Monique Éwanjé-Épée	FRA	13.18	Q
5	4	Wendy Jeal	GBR	13.32	q
6	6	Gretha Tromp	NED	13.48	q
7	8	Bang Sin-Hye	KOR	13.84
8	7	Cheung Suet Yee	HKG	14.26

Heat #5

Time	10:50

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	3	Yordanka Donkova	BUL	12.89	Q
2	7	Sally Gunnell	GBR	13.26	Q
3	1	Du Juan	CHN	13.51	Q
4	6	Anne Piquereau	FRA	13.56	Q
5	4	Nancy Vallecilla	ECU	13.97
6	5	Manuela Marxer	LIE	14.38
DQ	2	Tilaka Jinadasa	SRI	–
DNS	8	Michelle Johnson	VIN	–

Quarter-Finals

Date	29 September 1988
Format	Top 4 in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	46	Yordanka Donkova	BUL	12.47	QOR
2	540	Lyudmila Narozhilenko	URS	12.62	Q
3	282	Cornelia Oschkenat	GDR	12.69	Q
4	286	Gloria Siebert	GDR	12.74	Q
5	271	Kerstin Knabe	GDR	12.81	Q
6	204	Claudia Zaczkiewicz	FRG	12.87	Q
7	523	Nataliya Hrygor'ieva	URS	12.89	Q
8	79	Julie Rocheleau	CAN	12.90	Q
9	164	Florence Colle	FRA	13.00	q
10	319	Marjan Olyslager	NED	13.02	Q
11	219	Sally Gunnell	GBR	13.04	Q
12	169	Monique Éwanjé-Épée	FRA	13.10	Q
13	585	LaVonna Martin	USA	13.20	q
14	562	Gail Devers	USA	13.22	Q
15	574	Jackie Humphrey	USA	13.25	q
16	245	Lesley-Ann Skeete	GBR	13.27	q
17	225	Wendy Jeal	GBR	13.32
18	320	Gretha Tromp	NED	13.42
19	89	Du Juan	CHN	13.58
20	479	Rita Heggli	SUI	13.95
21	97	Liu Huajin	CHN	14.37
DNF	178	Anne Piquereau	FRA	–
DNF	430	Maria Usifo	NGR	–
DNS	11	Jane Flemming	AUS	–

Heat #1

Time	15:55

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	6	Yordanka Donkova	BUL	12.47	QOR
2	4	Lyudmila Narozhilenko	URS	12.62	Q
3	3	Kerstin Knabe	GDR	12.81	Q
4	5	Julie Rocheleau	CAN	12.90	Q
5	2	Florence Colle	FRA	13.00	q
6	7	Jackie Humphrey	USA	13.25	q
7	8	Lesley-Ann Skeete	GBR	13.27	q
DNS	1	Jane Flemming	AUS	–

Heat #2

Time	16:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	4	Cornelia Oschkenat	GDR	12.69	Q
2	3	Nataliya Hrygor'ieva	URS	12.89	Q
3	6	Marjan Olyslager	NED	13.02	Q
4	5	Monique Éwanjé-Épée	FRA	13.10	Q
5	8	LaVonna Martin	USA	13.20	q
6	1	Wendy Jeal	GBR	13.32
7	2	Du Juan	CHN	13.58
8	7	Rita Heggli	SUI	13.95

Heat #3

Time	16:05

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	3	Gloria Siebert	GDR	12.74	Q
2	5	Claudia Zaczkiewicz	FRG	12.87	Q
3	1	Sally Gunnell	GBR	13.04	Q
4	4	Gail Devers	USA	13.22	Q
5	2	Gretha Tromp	NED	13.42
6	6	Liu Huajin	CHN	14.37
DNF	7	Anne Piquereau	FRA	–
DNF	8	Maria Usifo	NGR	–

Semi-Finals

Date	29 September 1988
Format	Top 4 in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	46	Yordanka Donkova	BUL	12.58	Q
2	286	Gloria Siebert	GDR	12.60	Q
3	282	Cornelia Oschkenat	GDR	12.63	Q
4	204	Claudia Zaczkiewicz	FRG	12.75	Q
5	523	Nataliya Hrygor'ieva	URS	12.81	Q
6	79	Julie Rocheleau	CAN	12.91	Q
7	164	Florence Colle	FRA	12.92	Q
8	271	Kerstin Knabe	GDR	12.93
9	169	Monique Éwanjé-Épée	FRA	12.95	Q
10	319	Marjan Olyslager	NED	13.08
11	219	Sally Gunnell	GBR	13.13
12	245	Lesley-Ann Skeete	GBR	13.23
13	585	LaVonna Martin	USA	13.29
14	562	Gail Devers	USA	13.51
15	574	Jackie Humphrey	USA	13.59
DNF	540	Lyudmila Narozhilenko	URS	–

Heat #1

Time	11:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	6	Yordanka Donkova	BUL	12.58	Q
2	3	Gloria Siebert	GDR	12.60	Q
3	5	Julie Rocheleau	CAN	12.91	Q
4	2	Florence Colle	FRA	12.92	Q
5	4	Kerstin Knabe	GDR	12.93
6	1	Lesley-Ann Skeete	GBR	13.23
7	8	LaVonna Martin	USA	13.29
8	7	Gail Devers	USA	13.51

Heat #2

Time	11:05

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	4	Cornelia Oschkenat	GDR	12.63	Q
2	6	Claudia Zaczkiewicz	FRG	12.75	Q
3	3	Nataliya Hrygor'ieva	URS	12.81	Q
4	7	Monique Éwanjé-Épée	FRA	12.95	Q
5	8	Marjan Olyslager	NED	13.08
6	2	Sally Gunnell	GBR	13.13
7	1	Jackie Humphrey	USA	13.59
DNF	5	Lyudmila Narozhilenko	URS	–

Final Round

Date	30 September 1988 — 13:10

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	5	Yordanka Donkova	BUL	12.38	0.150	OR
2	4	Gloria Siebert	GDR	12.61	0.196
3	3	Claudia Zaczkiewicz	FRG	12.75	0.166
4	8	Nataliya Hrygor'ieva	URS	12.79	0.179
5	1	Florence Colle	FRA	12.98	0.173
6	2	Julie Rocheleau	CAN	12.99	0.149
7	7	Monique Éwanjé-Épée	FRA	13.14	0.161
8	6	Cornelia Oschkenat	GDR	13.73	0.138