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.

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.

Date Event Athlete Time OR WRSeptember 26, 1988 Final 48.65s OR

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes Olga Bryzgina 48.65(OR) Petra Müller 49.45 Olga Nazarova 49.90 4 Valerie Brisco-Hooks 50.16 5 Diane Dixon 50.72 6 Denean Howard 51.12 7 Helga Arendt 51.17 8 Maree Holland 51.25

Semifinals

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Olga Nazarova 49.11 2 Petra Müller 49.50 3 Diane Dixon 49.84 4 Denean Howard 49.87 5 Jillian Richardson 49.91 6 Ute Thimm 50.28 7 Marita Payne Wiggins 50.29 8 Dagmar Neubauer 50.92

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Olga Bryzgina 49.33 2 Valerie Brisco-Hooks 49.90 3 Maree Holland 50.24 4 Helga Arendt 50.36 5 Kirsten Emmelmann 50.39 6 Cathy Rattray-Williams 50.82 7 Charmaine Crooks 51.63 8 Norfalia Carabalí 52.65

Quarter-finals

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Maree Holland 50.90 2 Kirsten Emmelmann 51.02 3 Denean Howard 51.02 4 Ute Thimm 51.18 5 Maria Magnólia Figueiredo 51.32 6 Airat Bakare 52.86 7 Loreen Hall 53.42— Nathalie Simon DNS

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Olga Bryzgina 51.90 2 Diane Dixon 51.98 3 Helga Arendt 52.08 4 Jillian Richardson 52.33 5 Sandie Richards 52.90 6 Évelyne Élien 53.36 7 Sun Sumei 53.58 8 Yolande Straughn 54.22

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Petra Müller 51.45 2 Marita Payne Wiggins 51.73 3 Norfalia Carabalí 51.76 4 Cathy Rattray-Williams 51.81 5 Linda Keough 51.91 6 Yvonne van Dorp 53.50 7 Liliana Chalá 53.83 8 Mercy Kuttan-Mathews 53.93

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Olga Nazarova 50.26 2 Valerie Brisco-Hooks 51.24 3 Dagmar Neubauer 51.48 4 Charmaine Crooks 51.64 5 Céléstine N'Drin 52.04 6 Aïssatou Tandian 52.33 7 Fabienne Ficher 52.95 8 Blanca Lacambra 53.76

Qualifying heats

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Olga Nazarova 52.18 2 Blanca Lacambra 53.04 3 Charmaine Crooks 53.58 4 Liliana Chalá 53.74 5 Pat Beckford 54.39 6 Yang Gyeong-hui 58.18 7 Juliana Obiong 1:07.58

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Dagmar Neubauer 52.51 2 Marita Payne Wiggins 52.70 3 Airat Bakare 52.83 4 Fabienne Ficher 53.42 5 Farida Kyakutewa 56.00 6 Christine Bakombo 57.85

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Maria Magnólia Figueiredo 51.74 2 Petra Müller 51.93 3 Sandie Richards 52.19 4 Loreen Hall 53.13 5 Sun Sumei 53.46 6 Yolande Straughn 53.62

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Diane Dixon 52.45 2 Ute Thimm 52.79 3 Yvonne van Dorp 52.84 4 Évelyne Élien 52.90 5 Marilyn Dewarder 54.76 6 May Sardouk 1:00.01

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Valerie Brisco-Hooks 51.96 2 Maree Holland 52.29 3 Norfalia Carabalí 53.27 4 Kirsten Emmelmann 54.02 5 Assumpta Achuo-Bei 55.22 6 Josephine Mary Singarayar 56.06 7 Lasnet Nkouka 57.19

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Olga Bryzgina 51.94 2 Linda Keough 52.26 3 Cathy Rattray-Williams 52.39 4 Céléstine N'Drin 52.48 5 Mercy Kuttan-Mathews 53.41 6 Ruth Morris 55.60 7 Barbara Selkridge 55.96

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Denean Howard 52.26 2 Helga Arendt 52.69 3 Aïssatou Tandian 52.95 4 Jillian Richardson 53.06 5 Nathalie Simon 53.30 6 Chang Feng-hua 56.10 7 Agnes Griffith 57.09

See also 1987 Women's World Championships 400 metres (Rome) 1990 Women's European Championships 400 metres (Split) 1991 Women's World Championships 400 metres (Tokyo) 1992 Women's Olympic 400 metres (Barcelona)

References

External links Official Report