Athletics at the 1988 Summer Games: Next Summer Games
Host City: Seoul, South Korea
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Date Started: September 26, 1988
Date Finished: September 30, 1988
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Based on her form of 1986-87, Norway's [Ingrid Kristiansen] should have been an easy winner. She had won the 1986 Europeans and the 1987 World Championships. At the Bislett Games in 1985, she broke the 10K world record with 30:59.42 and then at the same meet in 1986, she ran a Beamonesque 30:13.74 to destroy that world record. In that race, run against a field of world-class competitors, she lapped every runner. But in 1988 she was battling a foot injury and she eventually dropped out of the final, after leading the first seven laps. That left a stunned field to battle for the medals. After her withdrawal, the lead was taken by [Liz McColgan] (GBR), [Kathrin Ullrich] (GDR), [Yelena Zhupiyeva] (URS), and [Olga Bondarenko] (URS). Ullrich led at 5K, but McColgan then pushed the pace and Ullrich could not maintain it after 8,000 metres. Zhupiyeva hung on until 9K, but the race then came down to McColgan and Bondarenko. With 200 left, Bondarenko pushed past McColgan and pulled away from her for the gold medal.
Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
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1 | Olga Bondarenko | 28 | Soviet Union | URS | Gold | OR |
2 | Liz McColgan | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | Silver | |
3 | Olena Zhupiyeva-V'iazova | 28 | Soviet Union | URS | Bronze | |
4 | Kathrin Ullrich-WeÃel | 21 | East Germany | GDR | ||
5 | Francie Larrieu-Smith | 35 | United States | USA | ||
6 | Lynn Jennings | 28 | United States | USA | ||
7 | Wang Xiuting | 23 | China | CHN | ||
8 | Sue French-Lee | 28 | Canada | CAN | ||
9 | Albertina Machado | 26 | Portugal | POR | ||
10 | Albertina Dias | 23 | Portugal | POR | ||
11 | Anne Garrett-Audain | 32 | New Zealand | NZL | ||
12 | Lyudmila Matveyeva | 31 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
13 | Nancy Tinari | 29 | Canada | CAN | ||
14 | Rosa Munerotto | 25 | Italy | ITA | ||
15 | Lynn Nelson | 26 | United States | USA | ||
16 | Carole Rouillard | 28 | Canada | CAN | ||
17 | Carolyn Schuwalow | 23 | Australia | AUS | ||
18 | Wang Qinghuan | 21 | China | CHN | ||
19 | Annette Sergent-Palluy | 25 | France | FRA | ||
AC | Ingrid Kristiansen | 32 | Norway | NOR | ||
9 h2 r1/2 | Akemi Matsuno | 20 | Japan | JPN | ||
10 h2 r1/2 | Christine McMiken | 25 | New Zealand | NZL | ||
11 h2 r1/2 | Jane Furniss-Shields | 28 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
12 h2 r1/2 | Andri Avraam | 25 | Cyprus | CYP | ||
13 h1 r1/2 | Marleen Renders | 19 | Belgium | BEL | ||
13 h2 r1/2 | El-Hassania Darami | 34 | Morocco | MAR | ||
14 h1 r1/2 | Martine Oppliger-Bouchonneau | 30 | Switzerland | SUI | ||
14 h2 r1/2 | Jackie Perkins | 23 | Australia | AUS | ||
15 h1 r1/2 | Ana Isabel Alonso | 25 | Spain | ESP | ||
15 h2 r1/2 | Lieve Slegers | 23 | Belgium | BEL | ||
16 h1 r1/2 | Angela Tooby | 27 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
17 h1 r1/2 | Xie Lihua | 23 | China | CHN | ||
18 h1 r1/2 | Jeong Mi-Ja | 18 | South Korea | KOR | ||
AC h2 r1/2 | Erika Fazekas-Veréb | 24 | Hungary | HUN |