Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon

Women's marathon at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Jamsil Olympic Stadium, Seoul
Dates	September 23
Competitors	69 from 39 nations
Winning time	2:25:40
Medalists
Rosa Mota  Portugal Lisa Martin  Australia Katrin Dörre  East Germany

The Women's Marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea was held on Friday September 23, 1988. The race started at 09.30h local time and was won by Rosa Mota of Portugal. There were 70 competitors from 39 countries, with 64 finishers.

Medalists

Gold	Rosa Mota  Portugal
Silver	Lisa Martin  Australia
Bronze	Katrin Dörre  East Germany

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	2:21:06	April 21, 1985	London, United Kingdom
Olympic Record	Joan Benoit (USA)	2:24:52	August 5, 1984	Los Angeles, United States
Season Best	Lisa Ondieki (AUS)	2:23:51	January 31, 1988	Osaka, Japan

Final Rankings

Place	Athlete	Country	Time
	Rosa Mota	POR	2:25:40
	Lisa Martin	AUS	2:25:53
	Katrin Dörre	GDR	2:26:21
4.	Tatyana Polovinskaya	URS	2:27:05
5.	Zhao Youfeng	CHN	2:27:06
6.	Laura Fogli	ITA	2:27:49
7.	Danièle Kaber	LUX	2:29:23
8.	Maria Curatolo	ITA	2:30:14
9.	Zoya Ivanova	URS	2:30:25
10.	Angie Pain	GBR	2:30:51
11.	Odette Lapierre	CAN	2:30:56
12.	Susan Tooby	GBR	2:31:33
13.	Karolina Szabo	HUN	2:32:26
14.	Françoise Bonnet	FRA	2:32:36
15.	Lee Mi-Ok	KOR	2:32:51
16.	Raisa Smekhnova	URS	2:33:19
17.	Nancy Ditz	USA	2:33:42
18.	Maria Rebelo-Lelut	FRA	2:33:47
19.	Jocelyne Villeton	FRA	2:34:02
20.	Conceição Ferreira	POR	2:34:23
21.	Kerstin Preßler	FRG	2:34:26
22.	Wanda Panfil	POL	2:34:35
23.	Antonella Bizioli	ITA	2:34:38
24.	Evy Palm	SWE	2:34:41
25.	Eriko Asai	JPN	2:34:41
26.	Lizanne Bussieres	CAN	2:35:03
27.	Gabriela Wolf	FRG	2:35:11
28.	Kumi Araki	JPN	2:35:15
29.	Misako Miyahara	JPN	2:35:26
30.	Zhong Huandi	CHN	2:36:02
31.	Ellen Rochefort	CAN	2:36:44
32.	Susan Crehan	GBR	2:36:57
33.	Lorraine Moller	NZL	2:37:52
34.	Carla Beurskens	NED	2:37:52
35.	Magda Ilands	BEL	2:38:02
36.	Sissel Grottenberg	NOR	2:38:17
37.	Im Eun-ju	KOR	2:38:21
38.	Marcianne Mukamurenzi	RWA	2:40:12
39.	Margaret Groos	USA	2:40:59
40.	Cathy O'Brien	USA	2:41:04
41.	Tuija Jousimaa	FIN	2:43:00
42.	Sinikka Keskitalo	FIN	2:43:00
43.	Blanca Jaime	MEX	2:43:00
44.	Angélica de Almeida	BRA	2:43:40
45.	Ludmila Melicherová	TCH	2:43:56
46.	Ailish Smyth	IRL	2:44:17
47.	Genoveva Eichenmann	SUI	2:44:37
48.	Rosmarie Müller	SUI	2:47:31
49.	Pascaline Wangui	KEN	2:47:42
50.	Apollinarie Nyinawabéra	RWA	2:49:18
51.	Maryse Justin	MRI	2:50:00
52.	Michelle Bush	CAY	2:51:30
53.	María del Pilar	GUA	2:51:33
54.	Li Juan	CHN	2:53:08
55.	Linda Hunter	ZIM	2:53:17
56.	Cornelia Melis	ARU	2:53:24
57.	Marie Murphy-Rollins	IRL	2:54:37
58.	Kriscia García	ESA	3:04:21
59.	Julie Ogborn	GUM	3:06:05
60.	Raj Kumari Pandey	NEP	3:10:31
61.	Menuka Rawat	NEP	3:11:17
62.	Arlene Vincent Mark	GRN	3:23:56
63.	Lourdes Klitzkie	GUM	3:25:32
64.	Mariana Ysrael	GUM	3:42:23
—	Grete Waitz	NOR	DNF
—	Agnes Pardaens	BEL	DNF
—	Kim Mi-gyeong	KOR	DNF
—	Aurora Cunha	POR	DNF
—	Bente Moe	NOR	DNF
—	Mar Mar Min	BUR	DNF
—	Birgit Stephan	GDR	DNS
—	Katerina Pratsi	CYP	DNS

See also

• 1986 Women's European Championships Marathon (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Women's World Championships Marathon (Rome)
• 1988 Marathon Year Ranking
• 1990 Women's European Championships Marathon (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championships Marathon (Tokyo)

External links

• (in English) Official report
• (in French) Marathon info