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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 13 seconds 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 the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul Olympic Stadium
The Seoul Olympic Stadium (), a.k.a. 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 Joseon white porcelain. Spectator seats are distributed on two tiers, half-covered; seating capacity is 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 the new stadium began in 1977 with the aim of staging the Asian Games in 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karolina Szabo
Karolina may refer to: People *Karolina (given name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the 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) Other uses * HSC ''Karolina'' (built 1989), a high speed craft owned and operated by the Croatian shipping company Jadrolinija * Karolina (confectionery company), a Croatian company based in Osijek, previously known as Sloboda, now part of Kraš 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 Masovian Voivodeship or Mazowie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Tooby
Susan Julia Wightman (née Tooby; born 24 October 1960) is an English born long-distance runner who represented Great Britain and Wales. She set her personal best of 2:31:33 in the marathon, when finishing 12th at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Biography Born in Woolhope, Herefordshire, England, Tooby is the twin sister of 1988 World Cross Country silver medallist Angela Tooby. Tooby finished third behind Debbie Peel in the 3,000 metres event at the 1983 WAAA Championships. Tooby finished sixth in the 10,000 metres event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, where in the same race her sister Angela won a bronze medal. 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. In 1991, she married distance runner and marathoner Geoff Wightman, now a long-time media commentator on athletics. Susan competed un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odette Lapierre
Odette Lapierre (born January 28, 1955, in Charny, Quebec) is a Canadian former long-distance runner, 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 northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a pop .... 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 f ... [...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. Biography 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 Seou ... [...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, .... 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 Olym ... [...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 The Italian Cross Country Championships () is an annual cross country running competition that serves as Italy's national championship for the sport. It is usually held in February or March. It was first held in 1908 and featured a men's long cours ... **Long race: 1987, 1988 (2) See also * Italian team at the running events * 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 race, marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Kaber is a three-time List of Luxembourgish Sportspeople of the Year, 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 for Luxembourg Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Luxembourg 20th-century Luxembourgian women {{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 in Seoul, South Korea Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ..., 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 Runners from Jiangsu Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games athletes for China Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatyana Polovinskaya
Tatyana Polovinskaya (; 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 Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...: 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 athletes for the Soviet Union Sportspeople from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |