Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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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.

Medal summary

Men's events

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

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m Details	Florence Griffith-Joyner United States (USA)	10.54	Evelyn Ashford United States (USA)	10.83	Heike Drechsler East Germany (GDR)	10.85
200 m Details	Florence Griffith-Joyner United States (USA)	21.34 (WR)	Grace Jackson Jamaica (JAM)	21.72	Heike Drechsler East Germany (GDR)	21.95
400 m Details	Olga Bryzgina Soviet Union (URS)	48.65	Petra Müller East Germany (GDR)	49.45	Olga Nazarova Soviet Union (URS)	49.90
800 m Details	Sigrun Wodars East Germany (GDR)	1:56.10	Christine Wachtel East Germany (GDR)	1:56.64	Kim Gallagher United States (USA)	1:56.91
1500 m Details	Paula Ivan Romania (ROU)	3:53.96 (OR)	Laimutė Baikauskaitė Soviet Union (URS)	4:00.24	Tetyana Samolenko Soviet Union (URS)	4:00.30
3000 m Details	Tetyana Samolenko Soviet Union (URS)	8:26.53	Paula Ivan Romania (ROU)	8:27.15	Yvonne Murray Great Britain (GBR)	8:29.02
10000 m Details	Olga Bondarenko Soviet Union (URS)	31:05.21	Liz McColgan Great Britain (GBR)	31:08.44	Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova Soviet Union (URS)	31:19.82
Marathon Details	Rosa Mota Portugal (POR)	2:25:40	Lisa Martin Australia (AUS)	2:25:53	Katrin Dörre East Germany (GDR)	2:26:21
100 m Hurdles Details	Yordanka Donkova Bulgaria (BUL)	12.38	Gloria Siebert East Germany (GDR)	12.61	Claudia Zackiewicz West Germany (FRG)	12.75
400 m Hurdles Details	Debbie Flintoff-King Australia (AUS)	53.17	Tatyana Ledovskaya Soviet Union (URS)	53.18	Ellen 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 Möller Kerstin Behrendt Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	42.09	Soviet Union (URS) Lyudmila Kondratieva Galina Malchugina Marina Zhirova Natalya Voronova	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 Neubauer Kirsten Emmelmann Sabine Busch Petra Schersing	3:18.29
High Jump Details	Louise Ritter United States (USA)	2.03 m	Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria (BUL)	2.01 m	Tamara Bykova Soviet Union (URS)	1.99 m
Long Jump Details	Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States (USA)	7.40 m (OR)	Heike Drechsler East Germany (GDR)	7.22 m	Galina Chistyakova Soviet Union (URS)	7.11 m
Shot Put Details	Natalya Lisovskaya Soviet Union (URS)	22.24 m	Kathrin Neimke East Germany (GDR)	21.07 m	Li Meisu China (CHN)	21.06 m
Discus Details	Martina Hellmann East Germany (GDR)	72.30 m (OR)	Diana Gansky East Germany (GDR)	71.88 m	Tsvetanka Khristova Bulgaria (BUL)	69.74 m
Javelin Details	Petra Felke East Germany (GDR)	74.68 m	Fatima Whitbread Great Britain (GBR)	70.32 m	Beate Koch East Germany (GDR)	67.30 m
Heptathlon Details	Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States (USA)	7291 (WR)	Sabine John East Germany (GDR)	6897	Anke Behmer East Germany (GDR)	6858

• Ben Johnson led the 100 m race at 9.79 seconds, but was later disqualified for doping.

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

See also

• 1988 in athletics (track and field)

References

• Australia Athletics

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