The 1988 United States Olympic trials for track and field were held at IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. This is the only time this venue has been used for the Olympic trials. With the 2013 installation of Field Turf, it is unlikely to host the event again. Organised by The Athletics Congress (TAC), the nine-day competition lasted from July 15 to 23. The national championships in track and field for the United States was a separate event that year, held a week earlier in Tampa, Florida, the last time the Olympic trials were not also the National Championships. The women's Marathon Olympic trials were held on May 1 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The men's Marathon trials were in Jersey City, New Jersey on April 24. That same day, the 50K Racewalk trials were held adjacent to the stadium.
The results of the event determined qualification for the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics held two and a half months later in Seoul, South Korea.
This meet is memorable as the site of Florence Griffith Joyner's world record 10.49 in the 100 metres. The record race, in the quarterfinal round, has been questioned because of the wind reading of 0.0 even though video of the race shows flags extended in the background. About the same time on a parallel runway, the final round of the men's triple jump was being conducted. Willie Banks jumped on his last attempt with a +5.2 wind reading, That jump has only been surpassed three times by two individuals. Over the four rounds, Griffith Joyner ran three separate races that are faster than any woman has ever run, except for her own, wind aided 10.54 +3.0 to win the 1988 Olympics.
This meet also had the only race where five men have run under 48 seconds for 400 metres hurdles.
1988 U.S. Olympic track and field trials results 1988 U.S. Olympic track and field trials results
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Men track events 100 meters Wind +5.2Carl Lewis 9.78wDennis Mitchell 9.86wCalvin Smith 9.87w 200 meters Wind +1.8Joe DeLoach 19.96Carl Lewis 20.01Roy Martin 20.05 400 metersButch Reynolds 43.93Danny Everett 43.98Steve Lewis 44.37 800 metersJohnny Gray 1:43.96Mark Everett 1:44.46Tracy Baskin 1:44.91 1500 metersJeff Atkinson 3.40.94Steve Scott 3.41.12Mark Deady 3.41.31 5000 metersDoug Padilla 13.37.86Terry Brahm 13.40.08Sydney Maree 13.44.71 10,000 metersBruce Bickford 29:07.25Steve Plasencia 29:08.58Pat Porter 29:09.02 110 m hurdles Wind +2.5Roger Kingdom 13.21wTonie Campbell 13.25wArthur Blake 13.28w 400 m hurdlesEdwin Moses 47.37Andre Phillips 47.58Kevin Young 47.72 3000 m s'chaseBrian Abshire 8.23.64Henry Marsh 8.24.21Brian Diemer 8.24.40 20K racewalkGary Morgan 1:34:12 Tim Lewis 1:36:31Carl Schueler 1:36:36 50K racewalkCarl Schueler 3:57:48Marco Evoniuk 4:03:03Andy Kaestner 4:05:07 MarathonMark Conover 2:12:26Ed Eyestone 2:12:49Pete Pfitzinger 2:13:09
Men field events High jumpJim Howard Hollis Conway Brian Stanton Pole vaultKory Tarpenning Earl Bell Billy Olson Long jumpCarl Lewis +0.8Larry Myricks w +1.4Mike Powell w +2.8 Triple jumpWillie Banks w +5.2Charlie Simpkins w +5.2Robert Cannon w +4.3 Shot putRandy Barnes Gregg Tafralis Jim Doehring Discus throwMac Wilkins Mike Buncic Randy Heisler Hammer throwKen Flax Lance Deal Jud Logan Javelin throwDave Stephens Brian Crouser Tom Petranoff DecathlonGary Kinder 8293 (10.82/7.20/16.34/2.02/49.74/14.95/47.72/5.00/66.32/4:55.39)Tim Bright 8287 (10.95/7.38/13.59/2.05/49.44/14.40/41.62/5.60/60.54/4:45.12)Dave Johnson 8245 (11.14/7.36/14.63/2.05/49.27/14.84/45.64/4.70/68.22/4:33.92)
Women Women track events 100 meters Wind +1.2Florence Griffith Joyner 10.61 Evelyn Ashford 10.81 Gwen Torrence 10.91 Semi Final 1 (Wind +1.6 mps) Rank Name Time Notes1 Florence Griffith Joyner 10.70 2 Evelyn Ashford 10.85 Semi Final 2 (Wind +1.3 mps) Rank Name Time Notes1 Sheila Echols 10.99 2 Gwen Torrence 11.00 Quarter Final 1 (Wind +0.0 mps) Rank Name Time Notes1 Florence Griffith Joyner 10.49 2 Diane Williams 10.88 3 Gail Devers 10.98 Quarter Final 2 (Wind +0.0 mps) Rank Name Time Notes1 Sheila Echols 10.83 2 Alice Brown 10.92 Quarter Final 3 (Wind +5.0 mps) Rank Name Time Notes1 Gwen Torrence 10.78w 2 Evelyn Ashford 10.91w Heat 1 (Wind +3.2 mps) Rank Name Time Notes1 Florence Griffith Joyner 10.60w 2 Danette Young 11.16w Heat 2 (Wind +3.9 mps) Rank Name Time Notes1 Sheila Echols 10.83w 2 Alice Brown 10.88w 3 Jeanette Bolden 11.10w 4 Angela Burnham 11.26w (Rio Mesa High School) Heat 3 (Wind +2.7 mps) Rank Name Time Notes1 Gwen Torrence 10.93w 2 Diane Williams 11.07w 3 Jennifer Inniss 11.08w 4 Carlette Guidry 11.24w Heat 4 (Wind +3.5 mps) Rank Name Time Notes1 Evelyn Ashford 11.01 2 Gail Devers 11.16 200 meters Wind +1.3Florence Griffith Joyner 21.85Pam Marshall 21.93 Gwen Torrence 22.02
Quarter Final 1 (Wind -0.1 mps) Rank Name Time Notes1 Florence Griffith Joyner 21.77 400 metersDiane Dixon 50.38 Denean Howard 50.40 Valerie Brisco 50.53 800 metersKim Gallagher 1:58.01 Delisa Walton-Floyd 1:59.20 Joetta Clark 1:59.93 1500 metersMary Slaney 3:58.92 Regina Jacobs 4:00.46 Kim Gallagher 4:05.41 3000 metersMary Slaney 8:42.53 Vicki Huber 8:46.48 PattiSue Plumer 8:49.21 10,000 metersLynn Nelson 31:51.27Francie Larrieu-Smith 32:03.63Lynn Jennings 32:07.74 100 m hurdles Wind +0.1Jackie Humphrey 12.88 Gail Devers 12.90LaVonna Martin 12.93 400 m hurdlesSchowonda Williams 54.93 Leslie Maxie 55.29 LaTanya Sheffield 55.70 MarathonMargaret Groos 2:29:50Nancy Ditz 2:30:14Cathy O'Brien 2:30:16
Women field events High jumpLouise Ritter Trish King Coleen Sommer Long jumpJackie Joyner Kersee w +2.6Sheila Echols (2nd best 6.88w) +2.0Carol Lewis (2nd best 6.85w) +1.6 Triple jumpNiambi Dennis Shonda Swift Cynthea Rhodes Shot putRamona Pagel Bonnie Dasse Connie Price Discus throwConnie Price (2nd best 59.21) Ramona Pagel (2nd best 57.18) Carol Cady Javelin throwDonna Mayhew Karin Smith Lynda Sutfin HeptathlonJackie Joyner 7215 WR (12.71/1.93/15.65/22.30/7.00/50.08/2:20.70) Cindy Greiner 6266 (13.63/1.87/13.51/24.69/6.36/40.40/2:20.63)Wendy Brown 6079 (13.77/1.81/12.86/24.76/6.36/45.88/2:28.80)
References
External links USA Track and Field