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Athletics At The 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's Marathon
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 Abbreviations *''All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds'' Records Final Rankings 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) References External links *Official report* {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics At The 1988 Summer Olympics - Women's Marathon M Marathons at the Olympics 1988 marathons 1988 Summer 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 internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul Olympic Stadium
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] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karolina Szabo , a Polish village
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Karolina may refer to: People * Karolina (name) *Karolina (singer), singer/songwriter from Eilat, Israel Places *Karolina, Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) *Karolina, Grodzisk Mazowiecki County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) *Karolina, Mińsk County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) *Karolina, Piaseczno County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) Ships * HSC ''Karolina'' (built 1989), a high speed craft owned and operated by the Croatian shipping company Jadrolinija See also *Carolina (other) *Caroline (other) *Karlina *Karolin (other) *Karolina-Kolonia Karolina-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mińsk Mazowiecki, within Mińsk County, Masovian Voivodeship The Masovian Voivodeship, also known as the Mazovia Province ( pl, województwo mazowieckie ) is a voivodeship ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Tooby
Susan Julia Wightman (née Tooby; born 24 October 1960) is a retired long-distance runner from Great Britain. Representing Wales, she finished sixth in the 10,000 metres at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. She set her personal best of 2:31:33 in the marathon, when finishing 12th at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. At the 1988 Great North Run, she became the first British woman to run a sub-70-minute half-marathon, running 69:46 to finish second behind Greta Waitz. This would stand as the UK record until 1991 when Liz McColgan ran 69:15. Personal life Born in Woolhope, Herefordshire, England, Wightman is the twin sister of 1988 World Cross Country silver medallist Angela Tooby. She is married to former distance runner and marathoner Geoff Wightman, now a long-time media commentator on athletics. They have three children, twin sons Jake (the winner of the 1500 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships The 2022 World Athletics Championships was the eighteenth edition of the World At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odette Lapierre
Odette Lapierre (born January 28, 1955 in Charny, Quebec) is a former long-distance runner from Canada, who competed in the women's marathon at two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. After having finished in 11th place (2:30:56) in Seoul, South Korea she ended up in 19th place (2:46.18), four years later in Barcelona, Spain Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci .... Achievements References External links * * * * * * 1955 births Living people Canadian female long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic track and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angie Hulley
Angela Joyce "Angie" Hulley (née Pain, born 8 February 1962) is an English retired female long-distance runner. Representing Great Britain, she ran a personal best of 2:30:51, to finish 10th in the marathon at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Representing England, she won a bronze medal in the marathon at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. Career Born Angela Pain in Bromley, Greater London, she finished sixth for England in the marathon at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 2:37:57. A year later, she ran 2:34:47 for eighth at the 1987 London Marathon and was selected for the 1987 World Championships in Rome, where she finished 11th (and first Briton) in 2:38:12. The British trial race for the Seoul Olympics was the 1988 London Marathon on 17 April. With the top two British finishers assured of selection, she was the fourth British athlete, after Ann Ford, Susan Tooby and Sue Crehan, finishing eighth overall in 2:36:11. The third athlete selected to join Ford and Tooby in Seoul was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoya Ivanova
Zoya Ivanova (Зоя Иванова; born March 14, 1952, in Petropavl, Kazakh SSR) is a retired long-distance runner from Kazakhstan, who represented the Soviet Union in the women's marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. She was the 1982 winner of the Tokyo International Women's Marathon. Ivanova was runner-up 1987 World Championships, taking the marathon silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc .... Competitions External links Year Rankings* 1952 births Living people Sportspeople from Petropavl Soviet female long-distance runners Soviet female marathon runners Kazakhstani female long-distance runners Kazakhstani female marathon runners Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Curatolo
Maria Curatolo (born 12 October 1963) is a former Italian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race. Biography She finished eighth at the 1988 Summer Olympics, tenth at the 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and won the silver medal at the 1994 European Championships. Achievements National titles Curatolo won nine national championships at individual senior level. * Italian Athletics Championships **10,000 m: 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989 (4) **Half marathon: 1986, 1988, 1995 (3) *Italian Cross Country Championships **Long race: 1987, 1988 (2) See also * Italian team at the running events The Italian team at the running events represents Italy at senior level at the road running ( marathon, half marathon), racewalking, cross country running and track long-distance running (10,000 metres) events, such as World championships, World ... * Italian all-time top lists – 10000 metres References External links * Maria Curatoloat All-athletics.com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danièle Kaber
Danièle Kaber (born 20 April 1960) is a retired female long-distance runner from Luxembourg. She set her personal best (2:29:23) in the marathon at the 1988 Summer 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 .... Kaber is a three-time Luxembourgian Sportswoman of the Year (1985, 1986 and 1988). International competitions References * External links * 1960 births Living people Luxembourgian female long-distance runners Luxembourgian female marathon runners Olympic athletes of Luxembourg Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Luxembourg {{Luxembourg-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Fogli
Laura Fogli (born 5 October 1959) is an Italian former long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race. She finished ninth at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and sixth at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. She also won silver medals at the European Championships in 1982 and 1986, and finished second in the New York City Marathon in 1983 and 1988. Her marathon victories include Rome (1982) and Pittsburgh (1986). Career Born in Comacchio, Foglio won the inaugural edition of the Rome City Marathon in 1982. From 1981 to 1989 she finished in the top four in eight out of nine New York City Marathons, the exception being 1987 when she did not compete. She is married with Giuseppe Rossetti, who was also her coach. She is the coach of the Italian singer Gianni Morandi who often takes part in marathons. Progression ;Marathon Fogil finished eight times in the ''top 25'' world list. Achievements *All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise National titles Laura Fogli has won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhao Youfeng
Zhao Youfeng (; born May 5, 1965) is a former long-distance runner from PR China. She represented her native country at the 1988 Summer 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 ... in Seoul, South Korea, finishing in 5th place. She set her personal best in the same year, clocking 2:27:06. Achievements *All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise External links * 1965 births Living people Chinese female long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for China Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Runners from Jiangsu Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games {{PRChina-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatyana Polovinskaya
Tatyana Polovinskaya ( uk, Тетяна Половинська; born March 14, 1965, in Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR) is a retired long-distance runner from Ukraine, who represented the Soviet Union in the women's marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, finishing in fourth place. Her mark (2:27:05) stand as a national record for nearly eighteen years. It was broken on March 26, 2006, by Tetyana Hladyr in Rome, Italy , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (Romulus and Remus, legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg ...: 2:25:44. Achievements *All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise References Ukraine record progression 1965 births Living people Ukrainian female long-distance runners Soviet female long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athlete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |