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Athletics At The 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 Metres
The women's 400 metres event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ... had an entry list of 48 competitors. The final was run on Monday September 26, 1988, in the Seoul Olympic Stadium. Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics. The following Olympic record was set during this competition. Final Semifinals Quarter-finals Qualifying heats See also * 1987 Women's World Championships 400 metres (Rome) * 1990 Women's European Championships 400 metres (Split) * 1991 Women's World Championships 400 metres (Tokyo) * 1992 Women's Olympic 400 metres (Barcelona) References External links *Official Report {{DEFAULTSORT:Athle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Stadium (Seoul)
The Seoul Olympic Stadium (), also known as Jamsil Olympic Stadium (formerly romanised as ''Chamshil''), is a multi-purpose stadium in Seoul, South Korea. It is the main stadium built for the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1986 Asian Games, 10th Asian Games in 1986. It is the centrepiece of the Seoul Sports Complex in the Songpa District, in the southeast of the city south of the Han River (Korea), Han River. It is the largest stadium in South Korea. Design and construction This multi-purpose stadium was designed by Kim Swoo-geun. The lines of the stadium's profile imitate the elegant curves of a Korean Joseon Dynasty porcelain vase. Spectator seats are distributed on two tiers, half covered. Initially built with a capacity of approximately 100,000, today it seats 69,950. Before its construction, Seoul's largest venues were Dongdaemun Stadium and Hyochang Stadium. Seating 30,000 and 20,000 respectively, they were too small to attract world-class sporting events. Construction on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jillian Richardson
Jillian Cheryl Richardson-Briscoe (born March 10, 1965 in Guayaguayare, Trinidad and Tobago) is a Canadians, Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She is a three-time Olympian. In 1988, she equalled Marita Payne's Canadian 400 metres record of 49.91 secs. The record (as of 2022) still stands. She was inducted into the Athletics Canada Hall of Fame in 2017. Richardson won a gold medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games as a member of the 4 x 400 meter relay team. She repeated that feat at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, as well as winning a silver in the 400 meters. She was a member of the 4 x 400 metre relay that took a silver medal in the 1983 Pan American Games. She won a silver in the 400 meters at the 1987 Pan American Games, and as part of the Canadian 4 x 400 meter relay team. She took a gold medal in the 400 metres and a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metre relay at the 1989 Francophone Games. She competed for Canada at three Olympic Games. At the 1984 Summer Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Évelyne Élien
Evelyne Elien (born 24 March 1964 in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe) is a former French athlete who specialised in the 400 meters. Elien competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... References sports reference French female sprinters Guadeloupean female sprinters [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandie Richards
Angella ("Sandie") Richards (born 6 November 1968 in Clarendon Park) is a Jamaican track and field athlete. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Career She was a world junior representative, finishing third in the 400 m at the 1986 Championships. The next year she won bronze at the World Student Games, followed by her Olympic debut a year later in Seoul, South Korea. In 1998, Richards won Commonwealth gold at 1998 Commonwealth Games and won a 400 m bronze and relay gold at the 1998 Goodwill Games. She was a member of the winning 4 x 400 m relay team at the 2001 World Championships, taking Jamaica's first ever mile relay gold medal in the 18-year history of the championships. At the opening ceremony of the 2001 World Championships she captained the Jamaican team and carried the flag. She has the record for the most World Indoor final appearances with nine (five at 400 m and four at 4x400 m). She graduated in soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathalie Simon (athlete)
Nathalie Simon (née Chevallier) (born 14 April 1962) is a former French athlete, who specialised in the 400 metres. Biography Champion of France 400 meters in 1986 she was seventh in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1987 World Championships, at Rome. She participated in the following year in the 1988 Seoul Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... Eliminated in the 400m heats, she took seventh in the 4 × 400 m relay. In 1987, she won the gold medal in the 400m at Mediterranean Games at Latakia, Syria. prize list * French Championships in Athletics : ** winner of the 400m 1986 Records notes and references External links * Olympic profile foNathalie Simon (athletics)at ''sports-reference.com'' Living people 1962 births P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loreen Hall
Loreen Doloris Hall (born 12 October 1967) is an English former sprinter. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1985 European Junior Championships, and went on to represent Great Britain in the women's 400 metres at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Career Born in Nottingham, Hall ran 53.08 secs for 400 metres as a 16-year-old at a Junior international in July 1984. She won an English Schools 200 m title in 1984, and a AAA Junior Indoor Championships 400 m title in 1985, before winning a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1985 European Junior Championships in Cottbus with teammates Georgina Honley, Lynne Robinson and Dawn Flockhart. In other junior internationals, she took a sprint sweep from 100 m to 400 m in Australia, won a 100 m in Cyprus and won a 200 m/400 m double at the Cosford Indoor Games. Hall ran 53.69 secs to finish second at the 1987 WAAA Championships. She was the UK's number one 400 metres runner in 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airat Bakare
Airat Bakare (born 20 May 1967) is a retired Nigerian female sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres event. Bakare finished fifth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1991 World Championships, together with teammates Fatima Yusuf, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi and Charity Opara. On the individual level, Bakare won a bronze medal at the 1991 All-Africa Games The 5th All-Africa Games were held from September 20 to October 1, 1991, in Cairo, Egypt. Forty-three countries participated in eighteen sports. For the first time the Games were held on a four-year cycle as planned. Egypt had hoped to use the G ..., a gold medal at the 1988 African Championships and a bronze medal at the 1989 African Championships. She now resides in New York City with her two daughters and husband. External links * * * 1967 births Living people Yoruba sportswomen Nigerian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Nigeria World Athletics Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Magnólia Figueiredo
Maria Magnólia de Souza Figueiredo (born 11 November 1963 in Currais Novos, Rio Grande do Norte) is a retired Brazilian athlete who competed in the 400 and 800 metres. She represented her country at the 1988 and 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as four World Championships. She has personal bests of 22.99 in the 200 metres (1988) and 50.62 in the 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ... (1990). The latter is the current national record. Her time of 53.05 set in 2004 at altitude is the current Women's Masters 400 metres world record over the age of 40. Competition record References 1963 births Living people Sportspeople from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte Brazilian female sprinters Brazilian female middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norfalia CarabalÃ
Norfalia Carabalà Villegas (born 21 January 1964 in Santander de Quilichao, Colombia) is a retired sprinter who competed predominantly in the 400 metres. She represented her native Colombia for most of her career before changing allegiance to Spain in 2000. She competed at three Summer Olympics, in 1988, 1992 and 2000, as well as five World Championships. Her biggest success was reaching the final at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart. In addition, she won multiple medals at regional level. Competition record 1Representing the Americas Personal bests Outdoor *100 metres – 11.89 (Castellón 2000) *200 metres – 23.37 (+1.8 m/s) (Maracaibo 1989) *400 metres – 51.17 (Stuttgart 1993) *800 metres – 2:05.23 (Växjö 1986) Indoor *200 metres – 24.16 (Seville 1991) *400 metres – 54.78 (Seville 1991) *800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charmaine Crooks
Charmaine Crooks (born August 8, 1962), is a Canadian athlete, five-time Olympian and Olympic Silver Medallist (LA '84, 4X400m Relay). Crooks was born in Mandeville, Jamaica, but represented Canada for close to 20 years in athletics. The first Canadian woman to run 800 metres in under two minutes, she won gold medals at the Pan American, Commonwealth, World Cup, and the World Student Games. In 1996, she had the honour of being Canada's Flag Bearer at the Opening Ceremonies of the Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games. She is the fifth child with five sisters and three brothers. Crooks won the 400 metre title at the first Pan Am Junior Championships in 1980, as well as a silver in the 4 x 400 metre relay. In 1981 she won a bronze at the World Cup in Rome as a member of the America's 4 x 400 metre relay team. She won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metre relay and placed seventh in a nine-woman field in the individual 400 metre race at the 1982 Commonwealth games. In 1983, she won gold in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathy Rattray-Williams
Cathy Ann Rattray-Williams (born 19 August 1963) is a retired female sprinter from Jamaica, who mainly competed in the women's 400 metres during her career. She is a four-time Olympian, making her debut in 1980 (Moscow, Soviet Union). She won 17 All-American honors while competing in college for the University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state .... International competitions References External links * * 1963 births Living people Jamaican female sprinters Olympic athletes for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Trelawny Parish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsten Emmelmann
Kirsten Emmelmann ( Siemon; born 19 April 1961 in Warnemünde, Bezirk Rostock) is a German former track and field athlete who represented East Germany in the 1980s in the 400 meter sprint. Her biggest success came as a member of the 4 × 400 meter relay: in 1987 she was world champion, and at the 1988 Summer Olympics her team was third. Her biggest individual success came at the World athletics championship in 1987 when she was third. Results *1982, European Championship: 1st place with the 4 × 400 meter relay (under the name Kirsten Siemon; World record: 3:19.05 min, with Sabine Busch, Marita Koch und Dagmar Neubauer-Rübsam) *1986, European championship: 4th place in the 400 meter (50.43 s); 1st place with the 4 × 400 meter relay (3:16.87 min, with Sabine Busch, Petra Müller, Marita Koch) *1987, World championship: 3rd place in the 400 meter (50.20 s); 1st place in the 4 × 400 meter relay (3:18.63 min, with Sabine Busch, Dagmar Neubauer and Petra Müller) *1988 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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