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At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.

Contents

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
Details
Flag of the United States.svg Carl Lewis
United States (USA)
9.92
(OR)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Linford Christie
Great Britain (GBR)
9.97
ER
Flag of the United States.svg Calvin Smith
United States (USA)
9.99
200 m
Details
Flag of the United States.svg Joe DeLoach
United States (USA)
19.75 Flag of the United States.svg Carl Lewis
United States (USA)
19.79 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Robson da Silva
Brazil (BRA)
20.04
400 m
Details
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Lewis
United States (USA)
43.87 Flag of the United States.svg Butch Reynolds
United States (USA)
43.93 Flag of the United States.svg Danny Everett
United States (USA)
44.09
800 m
Details
Flag of Kenya.svg Paul Ereng
Kenya (KEN)
1:43.45 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Joaquim Cruz
Brazil (BRA)
1:43.90 Flag of Morocco.svg Saïd Aouita
Morocco (MAR)
1:44.06
1500 m
Details
Flag of Kenya.svg Peter Rono
Kenya (KEN)
3:35.96 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Elliott
Great Britain (GBR)
3:36.15 Flag of East Germany.svg Jens-Peter Herold
East Germany (GDR)
3:36.21
5000 m
Details
Flag of Kenya.svg John Ngugi
Kenya (KEN)
13:11.70 Flag of Germany.svg Dieter Baumann
West Germany (FRG)
13:15.52 Flag of East Germany.svg Hansjörg Kunze
East Germany (GDR)
13:15.73
10000 m
Details
Flag of Morocco.svg Brahim Boutayeb
Morocco (MAR)
27:21.44 Flag of Italy.svg Salvatore Antibo
Italy (ITA)
27:23.55 Flag of Kenya.svg Kipkemboy Kimeli
Kenya (KEN)
27:25.16
Marathon
Details
Flag of Italy.svg Gelindo Bordin
Italy (ITA)
2:10:32 Flag of Kenya.svg Douglas Wakiihuri
Kenya (KEN)
2:10:47 Flag of Djibouti.svg Hussein Ahmed Salah
Djibouti (DJI)
2:10:59
110 m Hurdles
Details
Flag of the United States.svg Roger Kingdom
United States (USA)
12.98 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin Jackson
Great Britain (GBR)
13.28 Flag of the United States.svg Tonie Campbell
United States (USA)
13.38
400 m Hurdles
Details
Flag of the United States.svg Andre Phillips
United States (USA)
47.19 Flag of Senegal.svg Amadou Dia Ba
Senegal (SEN)
47.23 Flag of the United States.svg Edwin Moses
United States (USA)
47.56
3000 m steeplechase
Details
Flag of Kenya.svg Julius Kariuki
Kenya (KEN)
8:05.51
(OR)
Flag of Kenya.svg Peter Koech
Kenya (KEN)
8:06.79 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Rowland
Great Britain (GBR)
8:07.96
4x100 m Relay
Details
 Soviet Union (URS)
Viktor Bryzgin
Vladimir Krylov
Vladimir Muravyov
Vitaly Savin
38.19  Great Britain (GBR)
Elliot Bunney
John Regis
Michael McFarlane
Linford Christie
38.28  France (FRA)
Bruno Marie-Rose
Daniel Sangouma
Gilles Quenehervé
Max Morinière
38.40
4x400 m Relay
Details
 United States (USA)
Danny Everett
Steve Lewis
Kevin Robinzine
Butch Reynolds
2:56.16  Jamaica (JAM)
Howard Davis
Devon Morris
Winthrop Graham
Bert Cameron
3:00.30  West Germany (FRG)
Norbert Dobeleit
Edgar Itt
Jörg Vaihinger
Ralf Lübke
3:00.56
20 km Walk
Details
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Jozef Pribilinec
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
1:19:57 Flag of East Germany.svg Ronald Weigel
East Germany (GDR)
1:20:00 Flag of Italy.svg Maurizio Damilano
Italy (ITA)
1:20:14
50 km Walk
Details
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vyacheslav Ivanenko
Soviet Union (URS)
3:38:29
(OR)
Flag of East Germany.svg Ronald Weigel
East Germany (GDR)
3:38:56 Flag of East Germany.svg Hartwig Gauder
East Germany (GDR)
3:39:45
High Jump
Details
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Gennadiy Avdeyenko
Soviet Union (URS)
2.38 m Flag of the United States.svg Hollis Conway
United States (USA)
2.36 m Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rudolf Povarnitsyn
Soviet Union (URS)
2.36 m
Flag of Sweden.svg Patrik Sjöberg
Sweden (SWE)
Pole Vault
Details
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Sergey Bubka
Soviet Union (URS)
5.90 m Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rodion Gataullin
Soviet Union (URS)
5.85 m Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Grigoriy Yegorov
Soviet Union (URS)
5.80 m
Long Jump
Details
Flag of the United States.svg Carl Lewis
United States (USA)
8.72 m Flag of the United States.svg Mike Powell
United States (USA)
8.49 m Flag of the United States.svg Larry Myricks
United States (USA)
8.27 m
Triple Jump
Details
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Hristo Markov
Bulgaria (BUL)
17.61 m Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Igor Lapshin
Soviet Union (URS)
17.52 m Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksandr Kovalenko
Soviet Union (URS)
17.42 m
Shot Put
Details
Flag of East Germany.svg Ulf Timmermann
East Germany (GDR)
22.47 m
(OR)
Flag of the United States.svg Randy Barnes
United States (USA)
22.39 m Flag of Switzerland.svg Werner Günthör
Switzerland (SUI)
21.99 m
Discus
Details
Flag of East Germany.svg Jürgen Schult
East Germany (GDR)
68.82 m Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Romas Ubartas
Soviet Union (URS)
67.48 m Flag of Germany.svg Rolf Danneberg
West Germany (FRG)
67.38 m
Hammer
Details
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Sergey Litvinov
Soviet Union (URS)
84.80 m
(OR)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yuriy Sedykh
Soviet Union (URS)
83.76 m Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Jüri Tamm
Soviet Union (URS)
81.16 m
Javelin
Details
Flag of Finland.svg Tapio Korjus
Finland (FIN)
84.28 m Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Jan Železný
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
84.12 m Flag of Finland.svg Seppo Räty
Finland (FIN)
83.26 m
Decathlon
Details
Flag of East Germany.svg Christian Schenk
East Germany (GDR)
8488 Flag of East Germany.svg Torsten Voss
East Germany (GDR)
8399 Flag of Canada.svg Dave Steen
Canada (CAN)
8328

[edit] Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
Details
Flag of the United States.svg Florence Griffith-Joyner
United States (USA)
10.54 Flag of the United States.svg Evelyn Ashford-Washington
United States (USA)
10.83 Flag of East Germany.svg Heike Daute-Drechsler
East Germany (GDR)
10.85
200 m
Details
Flag of the United States.svg Florence Griffith-Joyner
United States (USA)
21.34
(WR)
Flag of Jamaica.svg Grace Jackson
Jamaica (JAM)
21.72 Flag of East Germany.svg Heike Daute-Drechsler
East Germany (GDR)
21.95
400 m
Details
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Vladykina-Bryzgina
Soviet Union (URS)
48.65 Flag of East Germany.svg Petra Muller
East Germany (GDR)
49.45 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Nazarova
Soviet Union (URS)
49.90
800 m
Details
Flag of East Germany.svg Sigrun Ludvigs-Wodars
East Germany (GDR)
1:56.10 Flag of East Germany.svg Christine Wachtel
East Germany (GDR)
1:56.64 Flag of the United States.svg Kim Gallagher
United States (USA)
1:56.91
1500 m
Details
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Paula Ilie-Ivan
Romania (ROU)
3:53.96
(OR)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Laimutė Baikauskaitė
Soviet Union (URS)
4:00.24 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Tetyana Samolenko
Soviet Union (URS)
4:00.30
3000 m
Details
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Tetyana Khamitova-Samolenko
Soviet Union (URS)
8:26.53 Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Paula Ilie-Ivan
Romania (ROU)
8:27.15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Yvonne Murray
Great Britain (GBR)
8:29.02
10000 m
Details
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Krentser-Bondarenko
Soviet Union (URS)
31:05.21 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liz McColgan
Great Britain (GBR)
31:08.44 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova
Soviet Union (URS)
31:19.82
Marathon
Details
Flag of Portugal.svg Rosa Mota
Portugal (POR)
2:25:40 Flag of Australia.svg Lisa Martin-Ondieki
Australia (AUS)
2:25:53 Flag of East Germany.svg Katrin Dörre
East Germany (GDR)
2:26:21
100 m Hurdles
Details
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Yordanka Donkova
Bulgaria (BUL)
12.38 Flag of East Germany.svg Gloria Kovarik-Siebert
East Germany (GDR)
12.61 Flag of Germany.svg Claudia Reidick-Zazckiewicz
West Germany (FRG)
12.75
400 m Hurdles
Details
Flag of Australia.svg Debbie Flintoff-King
Australia (AUS)
53.17 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Tatyana Ledovskaya
Soviet Union (URS)
53.18 Flag of East Germany.svg Ellen Neumann-Fiedler
East Germany (GDR)
53.63
4x100 m Relay
Details
 United States (USA)
Alice Brown
Sheila Echols
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Evelyn Ashford
41.98  East Germany (GDR)
Silke Gladisch-Moller
Kerstin Behrendt
Ingrid Brestrich-Lange
Marlies Oelsner-Gohr
42.09  Soviet Union (URS)
Lyudmila Kondratieva
Galina Malchugina-Chermoshanskaya
Marina Zhirova
Natalya Pomoshchnikova
42.75
4x400 m Relay
Details
 Soviet Union (URS)
Tatyana Ledovskaya
Olga Nazarova
Mariya Pingina
Olga Bryzgina
3:15.17
(WR)
 United States (USA)
Denean Howard-Hill
Diane Dixon
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Florence Griffith-Joyner
3:15.51  East Germany (GDR)
Dagmar Rubsam-Neubauer
Kirsten Siemon-Emmelmann
Sabine Busch
Petra Muller
3:18.29
High Jump
Details
Flag of the United States.svg Louise Ritter
United States (USA)
2.03 m Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Stefka Kostadinova
Bulgaria (BUL)
2.01 m Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Tamara Bykova
Soviet Union (URS)
1.99 m
Long Jump
Details
Flag of the United States.svg Jackie Joyner-Kersee
United States (USA)
7.40 m
(OR)
Flag of East Germany.svg Heike Daute-Drechsler
East Germany (GDR)
7.22 m Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Galina Chistyakova
Soviet Union (URS)
7.11 m
Shot Put
Details
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natalya Lisovskaya
Soviet Union (URS)
22.24 m Flag of East Germany.svg Kathrin Neimke
East Germany (GDR)
21.07 m Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Meisu
China (CHN)
21.06 m
Discus
Details
Flag of East Germany.svg Martina Opitz-Hellmann
East Germany (GDR)
72.30 m
(OR)
Flag of East Germany.svg Diana Sachse-Gansky
East Germany (GDR)
71.88 m Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Tsvetanka Khristova
Bulgaria (BUL)
69.74 m
Javelin
Details
Flag of East Germany.svg Petra Felke
East Germany (GDR)
74.68 m Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Fatima Whitbread
Great Britain (GBR)
70.32 m Flag of East Germany.svg Beate Koch
East Germany (GDR)
67.30 m
Heptathlon
Details
Flag of the United States.svg Jackie Joyner-Kersee
United States (USA)
7291
(WR)
Flag of East Germany.svg Sabine Mobius-John
East Germany (GDR)
6897 Flag of East Germany.svg Anke Veter-Behmer
East Germany (GDR)
6858
  • Ben Johnson led the 100 m race at 9.79 seconds, but was later disqualified for doping.

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 13 7 6 26
2  Soviet Union (URS) 10 6 10 26
3  East Germany (GDR) 6 11 10 27
4  Kenya (KEN) 4 2 1 7
5  Bulgaria (BUL) 2 1 1 4
6  Italy (ITA) 1 1 1 3
7  Australia (AUS) 1 1 0 2
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1 1 0 2
 Romania (ROU) 1 1 0 2
10  Finland (FIN) 1 0 1 2
 Morocco (MAR) 1 0 1 2
12  Portugal (POR) 1 0 0 1
13  Great Britain (GBR) 0 6 2 8
14  Jamaica (JAM) 0 2 0 2
15  West Germany (FRG) 0 1 3 4
16  Brazil (BRA) 0 1 1 2
17  Senegal (SEN) 0 1 0 1
18  Canada (CAN) 0 0 1 1
 China (CHN) 0 0 1 1
 Djibouti (DJI) 0 0 1 1
 France (FRA) 0 0 1 1
 Sweden (SWE) 0 0 1 1
 Switzerland (SUI) 0 0 1 1


Athletics at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Athletics pictogram.svg
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
10000 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

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