Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon

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Women's marathon
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Olympic Stadium, Seoul
DatesSeptember 23
Competitors70 from 39 nations
Winning time2:25:40
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rosa Mota
 Portugal
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lisa Martin
 Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Katrin Dörre
 East Germany
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The Women's Marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea was held on Friday September 23, 1988. The race started at 09.30h local time and was won by Rosa Mota of Portugal. There were 70 competitors from 39 countries, with 64 finishers.[1]

Medalists

Gold Rosa Mota
 Portugal
Silver Lisa Martin
 Australia
Bronze Katrin Dörre
 East Germany

Abbreviations

  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
DNS did not start
NM no mark
OR olympic record
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 2:21:06 April 21, 1985 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
Olympic Record  Joan Benoit (USA) 2:24:52 August 5, 1984 United States Los Angeles, United States
Season Best  Lisa Ondieki (AUS) 2:23:51 January 31, 1988 Japan Osaka, Japan

Final rankings

Place Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rosa Mota  Portugal 2:25:40
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lisa Martin  Australia 2:25:53
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Katrin Dörre  East Germany 2:26:21
4 Tatyana Polovinskaya  Soviet Union 2:27:05
5 Zhao Youfeng  China 2:27:06
6 Laura Fogli  Italy 2:27:49
7 Danièle Kaber  Luxembourg 2:29:23
8 Maria Curatolo  Italy 2:30:14
9 Zoya Ivanova  Soviet Union 2:30:25
10 Angie Pain  Great Britain 2:30:51
11 Odette Lapierre  Canada 2:30:56
12 Susan Tooby  Great Britain 2:31:33
13 Karolina Szabo  Hungary 2:32:26
14 Françoise Bonnet  France 2:32:36
15 Lee Mi-Ok  South Korea 2:32:51
16 Raisa Smekhnova  Soviet Union 2:33:19
17 Nancy Ditz  United States 2:33:42
18 Maria Rebelo-Lelut  France 2:33:47
19 Jocelyne Villeton  France 2:34:02
20 Conceição Ferreira  Portugal 2:34:23
21 Kerstin Preßler  West Germany 2:34:26
22 Wanda Panfil  Poland 2:34:35
23 Antonella Bizioli  Italy 2:34:38
24 Evy Palm  Sweden 2:34:41
25 Eriko Asai  Japan 2:34:41
26 Lizanne Bussieres  Canada 2:35:03
27 Gabriela Wolf  West Germany 2:35:11
28 Kumi Araki  Japan 2:35:15
29 Misako Miyahara  Japan 2:35:26
30 Zhong Huandi  China 2:36:02
31 Ellen Rochefort  Canada 2:36:44
32 Susan Crehan  Great Britain 2:36:57
33 Lorraine Moller  New Zealand 2:37:52
34 Carla Beurskens  Netherlands 2:37:52
35 Magda Ilands  Belgium 2:38:02
36 Sissel Grottenberg  Norway 2:38:17
37 Im Eun-ju  South Korea 2:38:21
38 Marcianne Mukamurenzi  Rwanda 2:40:12
39 Margaret Groos  United States 2:40:59
40 Cathy O'Brien  United States 2:41:04
41 Tuija Jousimaa  Finland 2:43:00
42 Sinikka Keskitalo  Finland 2:43:00
43 Blanca Jaime  Mexico 2:43:00
44 Angélica de Almeida  Brazil 2:43:40
45 Ludmila Melicherová  Czechoslovakia 2:43:56
46 Ailish Smyth  Ireland 2:44:17
47 Genoveva Eichenmann  Switzerland 2:44:37
48 Rosmarie Müller  Switzerland 2:47:31
49 Pascaline Wangui  Kenya 2:47:42
50 Apollinarie Nyinawabéra  Rwanda 2:49:18
51 Maryse Justin  Mauritius 2:50:00
52 Michelle Bush  Cayman Islands 2:51:30
53 María del Pilar  Guatemala 2:51:33
54 Li Juan  China 2:53:08
55 Linda Hunter  Zimbabwe 2:53:17
56 Cornelia Melis  Aruba 2:53:24
57 Marie Murphy-Rollins  Ireland 2:54:37
58 Kriscia García  El Salvador 3:04:21
59 Julie Ogborn  Guam 3:06:05
60 Raj Kumari Pandey  Nepal 3:10:31
61 Menuka Rawat  Nepal 3:11:17
62 Arlene Vincent Mark  Grenada 3:23:56
63 Lourdes Klitzkie  Guam 3:25:32
64 Mariana Ysrael  Guam 3:42:23
Grete Waitz  Norway DNF
Agnes Pardaens  Belgium DNF
Kim Mi-gyeong  South Korea DNF
Aurora Cunha  Portugal DNF
Bente Moe  Norway DNF
Mar Mar Min  Burma DNF
Birgit Stephan  East Germany DNS
Katerina Pratsi  Cyprus DNS

See also

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Marathon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2017.

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