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Host City: Seoul, South Korea
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Date Started: September 29, 1988
Date Finished: September 29, 1988
Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Yordanka Donkova |
| Silver: | Gloria Siebert |
| Bronze: | Claudia Zaczkiewicz |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yordanka Donkova | 26 | Bulgaria | BUL | 12.58 | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Gloria Siebert | 24 | East Germany | GDR | 12.60 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Julie Rocheleau-Baumann | 24 | Canada | CAN | 12.91 | 5 | QU |
| 4 | Florence Colle | 22 | France | FRA | 12.92 | 2 | QU |
| 5 | Kerstin Claus-Knabe | 29 | East Germany | GDR | 12.93 | 4 | |
| 6 | Lesley-Ann Skeete | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | 13.23 | 1 | |
| 7 | LaVonna Martin | 21 | United States | USA | 13.29 | 8 | |
| 8 | Gail Devers | 21 | United States | USA | 13.51 | 7 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornelia Oschkenat | 26 | East Germany | GDR | 12.63 | 4 | QU |
| 2 | Claudia Zaczkiewicz | 26 | West Germany | FRG | 12.75 | 6 | QU |
| 3 | Nataliya Hrygor'ieva | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | 12.81 | 3 | QU |
| 4 | Monique Éwanjé-Épée-Tourret | 21 | France | FRA | 12.95 | 7 | QU |
| 5 | Marjan Olyslager | 26 | Netherlands | NED | 13.08 | 8 | |
| 6 | Sally Gunnell | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 13.13 | 2 | |
| 7 | Jackie Humphrey | 22 | United States | USA | 13.59 | 1 | |
| AC | Ludmila Narozhilenko-Engquist | 24 | Soviet Union | URS | 5 | DNF |