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1988 in the sport of athletics

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Field	Value
Title	1988 in athletics
Major world competitions	Olympic Games
Previous	1987
Next	1989

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This article contains an overview of the year 1988 in athletics.

International events

World records

Men

EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK	DATE	VENUE
100 metres	Carl Lewis	9.92	24 September	Seoul, South Korea
400 metres	Butch Reynolds	43.29	17 August	Zürich, Switzerland
4 × 400 metres relay	USA
• Danny Everett
• Steve Lewis
• Kevin Robinzine
• Butch Reynolds	2:56.16	1 October	Seoul, South Korea
High Jump	Javier Sotomayor	2.43m	8 September	Salamanca, Spain
Pole vault	Sergey Bubka	6.05m	9 June	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Sergey Bubka	6.06m	10 July	Nice, France
Shot put	Ulf Timmermann	23.06m	22 May	Chania, Greece
Marathon	Belayneh Dinsamo	2:06:50	17 April	Rotterdam, Netherlands

Carl Lewis finished behind Ben Johnson (9.79) who was disqualified for a failed drugs test
4 × 400 team equalled the record by the United States on October 20, 1968, by Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James and Lee Evans.

Women

EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK	DATE	VENUE
100 metres	Florence Griffith Joyner	10.49	16 July	Indianapolis, United States
200 metres	Florence Griffith Joyner	21.56	29 September	Seoul, South Korea
Florence Griffith Joyner	21.34	29 September	Seoul, South Korea
25,000 metres	Karolina Szabó	1:29:29.2	22 April	Budapest, Hungary
30,000 metres	Karolina Szabó	1:47:05.6	22 April	Budapest, Hungary
100 metres hurdles	Yordanka Donkova	12.21	20 August	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
4 × 400 m Relay	URS
• Tatyana Ledovskaya
• Olga Nazarova
• Mariya Pinigina
• Olga Bryzgina	3:15.17	1 October	Seoul, South Korea
Long jump	Galina Chistyakova	7.52 m	11 June	Leningrad, Soviet Union
Discus throw	Gabriele Reinsch	76.80 m	9 July	Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Javelin throw	Petra Felke	80.00 m	9 September	Potsdam, East Germany
Heptathlon	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	7215	16 July	Indianapolis, United States
Jackie Joyner-Kersee	7291	24 September	Seoul, South Korea

Many observers believe Griffith-Joyner's time of 10.49 should not have been accepted as a record due to excessive following wind
Christyakova equalled the previous record of 7.45m with a prior jump

Men's Best Year Performers

[[100 metres]]

:Main race this year: Men's Olympic 100 metres

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Carl Lewis	9.92
2.	Linford Christie	9.97
—	Calvin Smith	9.97
4.	Joe DeLoach	10.03
—	Dennis Mitchell	10.03

[[200 metres]]

:Main race this year: Men's Olympic 200 metres

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Joe DeLoach	19.75
2.	Carl Lewis	19.79
3.	Lorenzo Daniel	19.87
4.	Robson da Silva	20.04
5.	Roy Martin	20.05
—	Albert Robinson	20.05

[[400 metres]]

:Main race this year: Men's Olympic 400 metres

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Butch Reynolds	43.29
2.	Steve Lewis	43.87
3.	Danny Everett	43.98
4.	Roberto Hernández	44.22
5.	Darren Clark	44.38

[[800 metres]]

:Main race this year: Men's Olympic 800 metres

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Johnny Gray	1:42.65
2.	José Luíz Barbosa	1:43.20
3.	Steve Cram	1:43.42
4.	Paul Ereng	1:43.45
5.	Saïd Aouita	1:43.86

[[1500 metres|1,500 metres]]

:Main race this year: Men's Olympic 1,500 metres

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Steve Cram	3:30.95
2.	Jim Spivey	3:31.01
3.	Saïd Aouita	3:32.69
4.	Peter Elliott	3:32.94
5.	Jens-Peter Herold	3:33.33

[[Mile run world record progression|Mile]]

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Steve Cram	3:48.85
2.	Peter Elliott	3:49.20
3.	Jens-Peter Herold	3:49.22
4.	Abdi Bile	3:49.40
5.	Steve Scott	3:50.09

[[3000 metres|3,000 metres]]

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Sydney Maree	7:38.79
2.	Brahim Boutayeb	7:43.22
3.	Pierre Délèze	7:43.46
4.	Paul Arpin	7:43.58
5.	Saïd Aouita	7:43.65

[[5000 metres|5,000 metres]]

:Main race this year: Men's Olympic 5,000 metres

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	John Ngugi	13:11.70
2.	Dieter Baumann	13:15.52
3.	José Regalo	13:15.62
4.	Hansjörg Kunze	13:15.73
5.	Sydney Maree	13:15.85

[[10,000 metres]]

:Main race this year: Men's Olympic 10,000 metres

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Brahim Boutayeb	27:21.46
2.	Eamonn Martin	27:23.06
3.	Salvatore Antibo	27:23.55
4.	Arturo Barrios	27:25.07
5.	Kipkemboi Kimeli	27:25.16

[[Half marathon]]

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	John Treacy	1:01:00

[[Marathon]]

:Main race this year: Men's Olympic Marathon

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Belayneh Dinsamo	2:06:50
2.	Hussein Ahmed Salah	2:07:07
3.	Abebe Mekonnen	2:07:35
4.	Hiromi Taniguchi	2:07:40
5.	Stephen Jones	2:08:20

[[Race Walking]]

Main article: 1988 Race Walking Year Ranking

[[Hurdling|110m hurdles]]

:Main race this year: Men's Olympic 110m hurdles

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Roger Kingdom	12.97
2.	Colin Jackson	13.11
3.	Mark McKoy	13.17
—	Tonie Campbell	13.17
5.	Aleksandr Markin	13.20

[[Hurdling|400m hurdles]]

:Main race this year: Men's Olympic 400m hurdles

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Andre Phillips	47.19
2.	Amadou Dia Bâ	47.23
3.	Edwin Moses	47.37
4.	Kevin Young	47.72
5.	Danny Harris	47.74

[[Steeplechase (athletics)|3,000m steeplechase]]

:Main race this year: Men's Olympic 3,000m steeplechase

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Julius Kariuki	8:05.51
2.	Peter Koech	8:06.79
3.	Mark Rowland	8:07.96
4.	Patrick Sang	8:12.00
5.	Alessandro Lambruschini	8:12.17

[[High jump]]

:Main competition this year: Men's Olympic High Jump

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Javier Sotomayor	2.43
2.	Sergey Malchenko	2.38
—	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko	2.38
4.	Tom McCants	2.37
—	Jerome Carter	2.37
—	Sorin Matei	2.37
—	Patrik Sjöberg	2.37

[[Long jump]]

:Main competition this year: Men's Olympic Long Jump

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Carl Lewis	8.76
2.	Larry Myricks	8.74
3.	Mike Powell	8.49
4.	Leonid Voloshin	8.46
5.	Eric Metcalf	8.44

[[Triple jump]]

:Main competition this year: Men's Olympic Triple Jump

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Khristo Markov	17.77
2.	Igor Lapshin	17.69
3.	Oleg Protsenko	17.68
4.	Mike Conley	17.59
5.	Māris Bružiks	17.56

[[Discus throw|Discus]]

:Main competition this year: Men's Olympic Discus Throw

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Jürgen Schult	70.46
2.	Yuriy Dumchev	70.30
3.	Romas Ubartas	70.06
4.	Mike Buncic	68.92
5.	Vladimir Zinchenko	68.88

[[Shot put]]

:Main competition this year: Men's Olympic Shot Put

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Ulf Timmermann	23.06
2.	Werner Günthör	22.75
3.	Randy Barnes	22.42
4.	Udo Beyer	22.10
5.	Sergey Smirnov	21.88

[[Hammer throw|Hammer]]

Main article: 1988 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Yuriy Sedykh	85.14
2.	Sergey Litvinov	84.80
3.	Jüri Tamm	84.16
4.	Igor Nikulin	83.78
5.	Igor Astapkovich	83.44

[[Javelin throw|Javelin (new design)]]

:Main competition this year: Men's Olympic Javelin Throw

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Jan Železný	86.88
2.	Tapio Korjus	86.50
3.	Klaus Tafelmeier	85.96
4.	Einar Vilhjálmsson	84.66
5.	Silvio Warsönke	84.14

[[Pole vault]]

:Main competition this year: Men's Olympic Pole Vault

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Sergey Bubka	6.06
2.	Radion Gataullin	5.95
3.	Miroslaw Chmara	5.90
4.	Kory Tarpenning	5.89
5.	Earl Bell	5.87

[[Decathlon]]

:Main competition this year: Men's Olympic Decathlon

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Christian Plaziat	8512
2.	Valter Külvet	8506
3.	Christian Schenk	8488
4.	Robert de Wit	8447
5.	Alexander Apaychev	8424

Women's Best Year Performers

:Main race this year: Women's Olympic 100 metres

[[100 metres]]

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Florence Griffith Joyner	10.49
2.	Evelyn Ashford	10.81
3.	Sheila Echols	10.83
4.	Anelia Nuneva	10.85
5.	Diane Williams	10.86

[[200 metres]]

:Main race this year: Women's Olympic 200 metres

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Florence Griffith Joyner	21.34
2.	Grace Jackson	21.72
3.	Heike Drechsler	21.84
4.	Pam Marshall	21.93
5.	Merlene Ottey	21.99

[[400 metres]]

:Main race this year: Women's Olympic 400 metres

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Olga Bryzgina	48.65
2.	Olga Nazarova	49.11
3.	Petra Müller	49.30
4.	Aelita Yurchenko	49.47
5.	Grace Jackson	49.57

[[800 metres]]

:Main race this year: Women's Olympic 800 metres

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Inna Yevseyeva	1:56.0
—	Nadiya Olizarenko	1:56.0
3.	Sigrun Wodars	1:56.10
4.	Ana Fidelia Quirot	1:56.36
5.	Paula Ivan	1:56.42

[[1500 metres|1,500 metres]]

:Main race this year: Women's Olympic 1,500 metres

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Paula Ivan	3:53.96
2.	Mary Slaney	3:58.92
3.	Laimutė Baikauskaitė	4:00.24
4.	Tatyana Samolenko	4:00.30
5.	Regina Jacobs	4:00.46

[[Mile run world record progression|Mile]]

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Mary Slaney	4:21.25
2.	Paula Ivan	4:25.80

[[3000 metres|3,000 metres]]

:Main race this year: Women's Olympic 3,000 metres

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Tatyana Samolenko	8:26.53
2.	Paula Ivan	8:27.15
3.	Yvonne Murray	8:29.02
4.	Yelena Romanova	8:30.45
5.	Natalya Artyomova	8:31.67

[[5000 metres|5,000 metres]]

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Liz McColgan	15:03.29
2.	Ingrid Kristiansen	15:10.89
3.	Olga Bondarenko	15:11.16
4.	Lynn Jennings	15:11.83
5.	Lynn Nelson	15:12.7

[[10,000 metres]]

:Main race this year: Women's Olympic 10,000 metres

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Olga Bondarenko	31:05.21
2.	Liz McColgan	31:06.99
3.	Yelena Zhupiyeva	31:19.82
4.	Kathrin Ullrich	31:26.79
5.	Ingrid Kristiansen	31:31.37

[[Half marathon]]

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Grete Waitz	1:08:49

[[Marathon]]

:Main race this year: Women's Olympic Marathon

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Lisa Martin	2:23:51
2.	Rosa Mota	2:24:30
3.	Ingrid Kristiansen	2:25:41
4.	Katrin Dörre	2:26:21
5.	Tatyana Polovinskaya	2:27:05

[[Race Walking]]

Main article: 1988 Race Walking Year Ranking

[[Hurdling|100m hurdles]]

:Main race this year: Women's Olympic 100m hurdles

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Yordanka Donkova	12.21
2.	Ginka Zagorcheva	12.48
—	Gloria Siebert	12.48
—	Nataliya Grygoryeva	12.48
5.	Cornelia Oschkenat	12.52

[[Hurdling|400m hurdles]]

:Main race this year: Women's Olympic 400m hurdles

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Debbie Flintoff-King	53.17
2.	Tatyana Ledovskaya	53.18
3.	Ellen Fiedler	53.63
4.	Sabine Busch	53.69
5.	Sally Gunnell	54.03

[[High jump|High Jump]]

:Main competition this year: Women's Olympic High Jump

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Stefka Kostadinova	2.07 m
2.	Louise Ritter	2.03 m
3.	Silvia Costa	2.02 m
4.	Olga Turchak	2.00 m
—	Larisa Kositsyna	2.00 m
—	Alina Astafei	2.00 m

[[Long jump|Long Jump]]

:Main competition this year: Women's Olympic Long Jump

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Galina Chistyakova	7.52 m
2.	Heike Drechsler	7.48 m
3.	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	7.40 m
4.	Yelena Belevskaya	7.36 m
5.	Yelena Khlopotnova	7.29 m

[[Shot put]]

:Main competition this year: Women's Olympic Shot Put

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Natalya Lisovskaya	22.55 m
2.	Li Meisu	21.76 m
3.	Natalya Akhrimenko	21.73 m
4.	Huang Zhihong	21.28 m
5.	Heike Hartwig	21.27 m

[[Discus throw]]

:Main competition this year: Women's Olympic Discus Throw

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Gabriele Reinsch	76.80 m
2.	Ilke Wyludda	74.40 m
3.	Daniela Costian	73.84 m
4.	Diana Gansky	72.94 m
5.	Martina Hellmann	72.30 m

[[Javelin throw|Javelin (old design)]]

:Main competition this year: Women's Olympic Javelin Throw

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Petra Felke	80.00 m
2.	Tiina Lillak	73.30 m
3.	Tessa Sanderson	71.70 m
4.	Silke Renk	71.00 m
5.	Ivonne Leal	70.48 m

[[Heptathlon]]

:Main competition this year: Women's Olympic Heptathlon

RANK	1988 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	7291
2.	Sabine John	6897
3.	Anke Behmer	6858
4.	Chantal Beaugeant	6702
5.	Ines Schulz	6660

Births

January 17 — Anna Bulgakova, Russian hammer thrower
January 21 — Ashton Eaton, American decathlete
January 26 — Gilbert Yegon, Kenyan long-distance runner
April 29 — Jan Kudlička, Czech pole vaulter
May 20 — Yomara Hinestroza, Colombian sprinter
May 26 — Dani Samuels, Australian discus thrower
June 22 — Yekaterina Yevseyeva, Kazakh high jumper
July 5 — Vincent Chepkok, Kenyan long-distance runner
August 4 — Liam Zamel-Paez, Australian high jumper
August 10 — Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot, Kenyan marathon runner
August 24 — Matteo Galvan, Italian sprinter
August 29 — Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, English sprinter
September 5 — Chu Yafei, Chinese race walker
October 31 — Eglė Balčiūnaitė, Lithuanian middle-distance runner
December 17 — David Rudisha, Kenyan middle-distance runner

Deaths

July 8 — Ray Barbuti (83), American athlete (b. 1905)

References

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