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Host City: Seoul, South Korea
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Date Started: September 28, 1988
Date Finished: September 28, 1988
Format: Top four in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.
| Gold: | Yordanka Donkova |
| Silver: | Gloria Siebert |
| Bronze: | Claudia Zaczkiewicz |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nataliya Hrygor'ieva | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | 12.96 | 3 | QU |
| 2 | Kerstin Claus-Knabe | 29 | East Germany | GDR | 13.13 | 6 | QU |
| 3 | LaVonna Martin | 21 | United States | USA | 13.20 | 4 | QU |
| 4 | Florence Colle | 22 | France | FRA | 13.32 | 7 | QU |
| 5 | Jane Flemming | 23 | Australia | AUS | 13.53 | 2 | QC |
| 6 | Sandra Taváres | 26 | Mexico | MEX | 13.81 | 5 | |
| 7 | Sainiana Tukana | 26 | Fiji | FIJ | 15.50 | 1 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | L | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gloria Siebert | 24 | East Germany | GDR | 7 | 12.65 | QU |
| 2 | Ludmila Narozhilenko-Engquist | 24 | Soviet Union | URS | 5 | 12.76 | QU |
| 3 | Claudia Zaczkiewicz | 26 | West Germany | FRG | 1 | 13.00 | QU |
| 4 | Jackie Humphrey | 22 | United States | USA | 3 | 13.24 | QU |
| 5 | Maria Usifo | 24 | Nigeria | NGR | 2 | 13.50 | QC |
| 6 | Dinah Yankey | 21 | Ghana | GHA | 4 | 13.64 | |
| AC | Sylvia Dethiér | 23 | Belgium | BEL | 6 | DQ |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | L | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marjan Olyslager | 26 | Netherlands | NED | 6 | 13.04 | QU |
| 2 | Julie Rocheleau-Baumann | 24 | Canada | CAN | 2 | 13.07 | QU |
| 3 | Lesley-Ann Skeete | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | 3 | 13.38 | QU |
| 4 | Rita Heggli | 25 | Switzerland | SUI | 5 | 13.72 | QU |
| 5 | Chen Wen-Xing | 23 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | 7 | 14.01 | |
| 6 | Agrippina de la Cruz | 27 | Philippines | PHI | 1 | 14.36 | |
| AC | Ginka Zagorcheva | 30 | Bulgaria | BUL | 4 | DNF |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornelia Oschkenat | 26 | East Germany | GDR | 12.72 | 1 | QU |
| 2 | Liu Huajin | 28 | China | CHN | 13.02 | 5 | QU |
| 3 | Gail Devers | 21 | United States | USA | 13.18 | 2 | QU |
| 4 | Monique Éwanjé-Épée-Tourret | 21 | France | FRA | 13.18 | 3 | QU |
| 5 | Wendy Jeal | 27 | Great Britain | GBR | 13.32 | 4 | QC |
| 6 | Gretha Tromp | 24 | Netherlands | NED | 13.48 | 6 | QC |
| 7 | Bang Shin-Hye | 21 | South Korea | KOR | 13.84 | 8 | |
| 8 | Cheung Suet Yee | 23 | Hong Kong | HKG | 14.26 | 7 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yordanka Donkova | 26 | Bulgaria | BUL | 12.89 | 3 | QU |
| 2 | Sally Gunnell | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 13.26 | 7 | QU |
| 3 | Du Juan | 20 | China | CHN | 13.51 | 1 | QU |
| 4 | Anne Piquereau | 24 | France | FRA | 13.56 | 6 | QU |
| 5 | Nancy Vallecilla | 30 | Ecuador | ECU | 13.97 | 4 | |
| 6 | Manuela Marxer | 23 | Liechtenstein | LIE | 14.38 | 5 | |
| AC | Tilaka Jinadasa | 25 | Sri Lanka | SRI | 2 | DQ |