Final wind 3.0m/s | time | L | React. | 1. Florence Griffith Joyner | United States | 10.54s w | 3 | 0.131 | 2. Evelyn Ashford | United States | 10.83s | 6 | 0.176 | 3. Heike Drechsler | East Germany | 10.85s | 5 | 0.143 | 4. Grace Jackson | Jamaica | 10.97s | 8 | 0.168 | 5. Gwen Torrence | United States | 10.97s | 1 | 0.148 | 6. Natalia Pomochtchnikova | Soviet Union | 11.00s | 2 | 0.141 | 7. Juliet Cuthbert | Jamaica | 11.26s | 7 | 0.165 | 8. Anelia Nuneva | Bulgaria | 11.49s | 4 | 0.140 |
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| Venue: Olympic Stadium, Seoul 69,950. | 64 competitors from 42 nations. |
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World Record: 10.49s Florence Griffith-Joyner, United States Indianapolis, United States July 16, 1988 | Olympic Record: 10.97s Evelyn Ashford, United States Los Angeles, United States August 5, 1984 |
Semi 1 | time | 1. Evelyn Ashford | United States | 10.99s | 2. Anelia Nuneva | Bulgaria | 11.00s | 3. Gwen Torrence | United States | 11.02s | 4. Juliet Cuthbert | Jamaica | 11.10s | 5. Silke Moeller | East Germany | 11.12s | 6. Marlies Goehr | East Germany | 11.13s | 7. Lioudmila Kondratieva | Soviet Union | 11.21s | 8. Marina Jirova | Soviet Union | 11.24s |
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Semi 2 | time | 1. Florence Griffith Joyner | United States | 10.70s | 2. Heike Drechsler | East Germany | 10.91s | 3. Natalia Pomochtchnikova | Soviet Union | 11.03s | 4. Grace Jackson | Jamaica | 11.06s | 5. Ulrike Sarvari | West Germany | 11.12s | 6. Pauline Davis | Bahamas | 11.12s | 7. Nelli Cooman | Netherlands | 11.13s | -. Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | DNS |
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Griffith Joyner had developed, at the age of 28, from being a top sprinter
in 1987 capable of 10.90-11.00 on her best days, to 10.60-10.70 in
1988. She ran an unbelievable 10.49 in the US Trials, which was ratified
as a world record although felt by many to be wind-assisted.
Nevertheless, she had the next-fastest run, 10.61, and was considered
unbeatable for Seoul. She duly set an Olympic record in the heats with
10.88, which Ashford equalled in the second round. In the next race
“Flo-Jo” ran 10.62, beating Cuthbert and 1980 winner Kondratyeva by
4m. Ashford (10.99) and Griffith Joyner (10.70w) won their semi-finals.
The final saw Flo-Jo superior in every department. Her reaction time
was the quickest at 0.131 seconds, and by 40m she was threatened only
by Nuneva, who was 0.02 seconds behind. Nuneva (who was confusingly
listed under her unfamiliar married name of Vechernikova) pulled
a muscle just before 80m, and hobbled across the line in last place. Up
ahead, Griffith Joyner had switched gears at 60m, and her advantage of
0.12 seconds at 60m more than doubled in the next 30m to 0.26 seconds.
With a high knee lift and a long stride which made her look
almost as though she was prancing Flo-Jo was unlike any other woman
sprinter before or since. A huge smile creased her face for the last 20m
of the race, and she crossed the line with her 48th stride of the race
nearly 3m ahead of Ashford, who got away from Drechsler in the last 15m.
Quarter 1 | time | 1. Heike Drechsler | East Germany | 10.96s | 2. Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 11.03s | 3. Ulrike Sarvari | West Germany | 11.16s | 4. Pauline Davis | Bahamas | 11.21s | 5. Angela Bailey | Canada | 11.29s | 6. Els Vader | Netherlands | 11.51s | 7. Yumei Tian | China | 11.55s | 8. Francoise Leroux | France | 11.75s |
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Quarter 2 | time | 1. Evelyn Ashford | United States | 10.88s =OR | 2. Natalia Pomochtchnikova | Soviet Union | 10.98s | 3. Marlies Goehr | East Germany | 10.99s | 4. Nelli Cooman | Netherlands | 11.08s | 5. Angela Issajenko | Canada | 11.27s | 6. Joanna Smolarek | Poland | 11.35s | 7. Angela Williams | Trinidad Tobago | 11.45s | 8. Amparo Caicedo | Colombia | 11.65s |
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Quarter 3 | time | 1. Florence Griffith Joyner | United States | 10.62s OR | 2. Juliet Cuthbert | Jamaica | 11.03s | 3. Lioudmila Kondratieva | Soviet Union | 11.05s | 4. Silke Moeller | East Germany | 11.10s | 5. Simmone Jacobs | Great Britain | 11.31s | 6. Laurence Bily | France | 11.35s | 7. Andrea Thomas | West Germany | 11.37s | 8. Dinah Yankey | Ghana | 11.63s |
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Quarter 4 | time | 1. Anelia Nuneva | Bulgaria | 10.96s | 2. Gwen Torrence | United States | 10.99s | 3. Grace Jackson | Jamaica | 11.13s | 4. Marina Jirova | Soviet Union | 11.14s | 5. Paula Dunn | Great Britain | 11.37s | 6. Kerry Johnson | Australia | 11.42s | 7. Sabine Richter | West Germany | 11.59s | 8. Julie Rocheleau | Canada | 11.75s |
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Heats - Saturday, 24th September |
Heat 1 | time | 1. Anelia Nuneva | Bulgaria | 11.09s | 2. Grace Jackson | Jamaica | 11.18s | 3. Paula Dunn | Great Britain | 11.39s | 4. Yumei Tian | China | 11.56s | 5. Paraskevi Patoucidou | Greece | 11.85s | 6. Melvina Wulah | Liberia | 12.16s | 7. Marie Felicite Bada | Benin | 12.27s | 8. Farida Kyakutema | Uganda | 12.32s |
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Heat 2 | time | 1. Pauline Davis | Bahamas | 11.20s | 2. Nelli Cooman | Netherlands | 11.22s | 3. Marlies Goehr | East Germany | 11.22s | 4. Jolanta Janota | Poland | 11.71s | 5. Sandra Myers | Spain | 11.86s | 6. Marian Oumezdi | Marocco | 11.90s | 7. Ivette Bonapart | Suriname | 12.27s | 8. Aminata Diarra | Mali | 12.87s |
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Heat 3 | time | 1. Gwen Torrence | United States | 11.12s | 2. Lioudmila Kondratieva | Soviet Union | 11.19s | 3. Laurence Bily | France | 11.34s | 4. Amparo Caicedo | Colombia | 11.59s | 5. Marisa Masullo | Italy | 11.71s | 6. Ewa Pisiewicz | Poland | 11.84s | 7. Ka Yi Ng | Hong Kong | 12.18s | 8. Jabou Jawo | Gambia | 12.27s |
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Heat 4 | time | 1. Juliet Cuthbert | Jamaica | 11.14s | 2. Silke Moeller | East Germany | 11.27s | 3. Els Vader | Netherlands | 11.38s | 4. Sabine Richter | West Germany | 11.49s | 5. Francoise Leroux | France | 11.58s | 6. Lydia De Vega | Philippines | 11.67s | 7. Guilhermina Cruz | Angola | 12.47s | 8. Erin Tierney | Cook Islands | 12.52s |
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Heat 5 | time | 1. Evelyn Ashford | United States | 11.10s | 2. Marina Jirova | Soviet Union | 11.22s | 3. Joanna Smolarek | Poland | 11.43s | 4. Andrea Thomas | West Germany | 11.46s | 5. Julie Rocheleau | Canada | 11.60s | 6. Gaily Dube | Zimbabwe | 12.07s | 7. Claudia Acerenza | Uruguay | 12.11s | 8. Judith-P Diankolela-Missengui | Congo | 12.14s |
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Heat 6 | time | 1. Natalia Pomochtchnikova | Soviet Union | 11.11s | 2. Heike Drechsler | East Germany | 11.15s | 3. Simmone Jacobs | Great Britain | 11.56s | 4. Angela Williams | Trinidad Tobago | 11.62s | 5. Shaomei Liu | China | 11.66s | 6. Young-Sook Lee | South Korea | 11.74s | 7. Joyce Odhiambo | Kenya | 11.90s | 8. Mariama Ouiminga | Burundi | 12.62s |
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Heat 7 | time | 1. Florence Griffith Joyner | United States | 10.88s OR | 2. Kerry Johnson | Australia | 11.44s | 3. Angela Bailey | Canada | 11.61s | 4. Patricia Girard | France | 11.65s | 5. Caihua Zhang | China | 11.84s | 6. Gisele Ongollo | Gabon | 11.85s | 7. Ya-Li Chen | Chinese Taipei | 12.16s | 8. Evelyn Farrell | Aruba | 12.48s |
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Heat 8 | time | 1. Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 11.03s | 2. Ulrike Sarvari | West Germany | 11.26s | 3. Angela Issajenko | Canada | 11.42s | 4. Dinah Yankey | Ghana | 11.64s | 5. Rossella Tarolo | Italy | 11.86s | 6. Helen Miles | Great Britain | 11.88s | 7. Olivette Daruhi | Vanuatu | 13.00s | 8. Mala Sakonninhom | Laos | 15.12s |
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Final Splits | time | L | React. | 20m | 40m | 50m | 60m | 80m | 1. Florence Griffith Joyner | United States | 10.54s w | 3 | 0.131 | 3.08s | 5.04s | 5.97s | 6.90s | 8.69s | 2. Evelyn Ashford | United States | 10.83s | 6 | 0.176 | 3.18s | 5.15s | 6.08s | 7.02s | 8.90s | 3. Heike Drechsler | East Germany | 10.85s | 5 | 0.143 | 3.14s | 5.14s | 6.08s | 7.02s | 8.91s | 4. Grace Jackson | Jamaica | 10.97s | 8 | 0.168 | 3.20s | 5.17s | 6.14s | 7.10s | 9.01s | 5. Gwen Torrence | United States | 10.97s | 1 | 0.148 | 3.11s | 5.13s | 6.10s | 7.06s | 8.95s | 6. Natalia Pomochtchnikova | Soviet Union | 11.00s | 2 | 0.141 | 3.18s | 5.18s | 6.16s | 7.12s | 9.03s | 7. Juliet Cuthbert | Jamaica | 11.26s | 7 | 0.165 | 3.16s | 5.16s | 6.10s | 7.08s | 9.02s | 8. Anelia Nuneva | Bulgaria | 11.49s | 4 | 0.140 | 3.08s | 5.06s | 6.00s | 6.94s | 8.90s |
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