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100 metres Hurdles, 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	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	46	Yordanka Donkova	BUL	12.89 (1 h5)	12.47 (1 h1)	12.58 (1 h1)	12.38 (1)	Gold	OR
2	286	Gloria Siebert	GDR	12.65 (1 h2)	12.74 (1 h3)	12.60 (2 h1)	12.61 (2)	Silver
3	204	Claudia Zaczkiewicz	FRG	13.00 (3 h2)	12.87 (2 h3)	12.75 (2 h2)	12.75 (3)	Bronze
4	523	Nataliya Hrygor'ieva	URS	12.96 (1 h1)	12.89 (2 h2)	12.81 (3 h2)	12.79 (4)
5	164	Florence Colle	FRA	13.32 (4 h1)	13.00 (5 h1)	12.92 (4 h1)	12.98 (5)
6	79	Julie Rocheleau	CAN	13.07 (2 h3)	12.90 (4 h1)	12.91 (3 h1)	12.99 (6)
7	169	Monique Éwanjé-Épée	FRA	13.18 (4 h4)	13.10 (4 h2)	12.95 (4 h2)	13.14 (7)
8	282	Cornelia Oschkenat	GDR	12.72 (1 h4)	12.69 (1 h2)	12.63 (1 h2)	13.73 (8)
5 h1 r3/4	271	Kerstin Knabe	GDR	13.13 (2 h1)	12.81 (3 h1)	12.93 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	319	Marjan Olyslager	NED	13.04 (1 h3)	13.02 (3 h2)	13.08 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	245	Lesley-Ann Skeete	GBR	13.38 (3 h3)	13.27 (7 h1)	13.23 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	219	Sally Gunnell	GBR	13.26 (2 h5)	13.04 (3 h3)	13.13 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	585	LaVonna Martin	USA	13.20 (3 h1)	13.20 (5 h2)	13.29 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	574	Jackie Humphrey	USA	13.24 (4 h2)	13.25 (6 h1)	13.59 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r3/4	562	Gail Devers	USA	13.18 (3 h4)	13.22 (4 h3)	13.51 (8 h1)	–
AC h2 r3/4	540	Lyudmila Narozhilenko	URS	12.76 (2 h2)	12.62 (2 h1)	– (DNF h2)	–
5 h3 r2/4	320	Gretha Tromp	NED	13.48 (6 h4)	13.42 (5 h3)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	225	Wendy Jeal	GBR	13.32 (5 h4)	13.32 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	97	Liu Huajin	CHN	13.02 (2 h4)	14.37 (6 h3)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	89	Du Juan	CHN	13.51 (3 h5)	13.58 (7 h2)	–	–
8 h2 r2/4	479	Rita Heggli	SUI	13.72 (4 h3)	13.95 (8 h2)	–	–
AC h3 r2/4	178	Anne Piquereau	FRA	13.56 (4 h5)	– (DNF h3)	–	–
AC h3 r2/4	430	Maria Usifo	NGR	13.50 (5 h2)	– (DNF h3)	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	11	Jane Flemming	AUS	13.53 (5 h1)	– (DNS h1)	–	–
5 h3 r1/4	496	Chen Wen-Xing	TPE	14.01 (5 h3)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	611	Nancy Vallecilla	ECU	13.97 (5 h5)	–	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	418	Sandra Taváres	MEX	13.81 (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	297	Dinah Yankey	GHA	13.64 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	445	Agrippina de la Cruz	PHI	14.36 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	410	Manuela Marxer	LIE	14.38 (6 h5)	–	–	–
7 h1 r1/4	142	Sainiana Tukana	FIJ	15.50 (7 h1)	–	–	–
7 h4 r1/4	386	Bang Sin-Hye	KOR	13.84 (7 h4)	–	–	–
8 h4 r1/4	314	Cheung Suet Yee	HKG	14.26 (8 h4)	–	–	–
AC h2 r1/4	27	Sylvia Dethiér	BEL	– (DQ h2)	–	–	–
AC h3 r1/4	54	Ginka Zagorcheva	BUL	– (DNF h3)	–	–	–
AC h5 r1/4	474	Tilaka Jinadasa	SRI	– (DQ h5)	–	–	–
DNS	626	Michelle Johnson	VIN	– (DNS h5)	–	–	–

Round One (28 September 1988)

Top four in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One (10:30)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
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 Taváres	MEX	13.81
7	1	Sainiana Tukana	FIJ	15.50

Heat Two (10:35)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
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 Three (10:40)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
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 Four (10:45)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
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 Five (10:50)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
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 (29 September 1988)

Top four in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (15:55)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
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 Two (16:00)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
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 Three (16:05)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
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 (29 September 1988)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One (11:00)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
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 Two (11:05)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
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 (30 September 1988 — 13:10)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	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