Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres

The Women's 400 metres event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 48 competitors. The final was run on Monday September 26, 1988, in the Seoul Olympic Stadium.[1]

Women's 400 metres
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates23 September 1988 (heats)
24 September 1988 (quarter-finals)
25 September 1988 (semi-finals)
26 September 1988 (final)
Competitors46 from 33 nations
Winning time48.65 OR
Medalists
Olga Bryzgina
 Soviet Union
Petra Müller
 East Germany
Olga Nazarova
 Soviet Union
Athletics at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen
Wheelchair races

Medalists
GoldOlga Bryzgina
 Soviet Union
SilverPetra Müller
 East Germany
BronzeOlga Nazarova
 Soviet Union

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.

DateEventAthleteTimeORWR
September 26, 1988Final Olga Bryzgina (URS)48.65sOR

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

Semifinals
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

See also

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 400 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
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