# 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 29 and 30 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Aliuska López Cuba |
| Silver | Birgit Wolf West Germany |
| Bronze | Zhanna Gurbanova Soviet Union |

## Results
### Final

29 July Wind: -2.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Aliuska López | Cuba | 13.23 |
| | Birgit Wolf | West Germany | 13.51 |
| | Zhanna Gurbanova | Soviet Union | 13.64 |
| 4 | Yuliya Filipova | Soviet Union | 13.76 |
| 5 | Anna Leszczyńska | Poland | 13.92 |
| 6 | Michaela Hübel | West Germany | 14.15 |
| | Jacqui Agyepong | United Kingdom | DQ |
| | Terry Robinson | United States | DNF |

### Semifinals

30 July

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: +1.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aliuska López | Cuba | 12.96 | Q |
| 2 | Yuliya Filipova | Soviet Union | 13.57 | Q |
| 3 | Anna Leszczyńska | Poland | 13.67 | Q |
| 4 | Terry Robinson | United States | 13.68 | q |
| 5 | Michaela Hübel | West Germany | 13.86 | q |
| 6 | Brigita Bukovec | Yugoslavia | 13.96 | |
| 7 | Rita Rosseland | Norway | 14.13 | |
| 8 | Louise Fraser | United Kingdom | 14.14 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: +3.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Birgit Wolf | West Germany | 13.49 w | Q |
| 2 | Zhanna Gurbanova | Soviet Union | 13.62 w | Q |
| 3 | Jacqui Agyepong | United Kingdom | 13.86 w | Q |
| 4 | Wang Shu-Hua | Chinese Taipei | 13.86 w | |
| 5 | Gillian Russell | Jamaica | 13.95 w | |
| 6 | Lisa Wells | United States | 14.08 w | |
| 7 | Val Beckles | Canada | 14.61 w | |
| | Yanelis Valiente | Cuba | DNF | |

### Repechage Heat

29 July Wind: -0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Louise Fraser | United Kingdom | 14.22 | q |
| | Monika Bauernfried | Austria | DNF | |

### Heats

29 July

#### Heat 1

Wind: -1.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Zhanna Gurbanova | Soviet Union | 13.77 | Q |
| 2 | Anna Leszczyńska | Poland | 13.89 | Q |
| 3 | Terry Robinson | United States | 13.93 | Q |
| 4 | Val Beckles | Canada | 13.97 | q |
| 5 | Louise Fraser | United Kingdom | 14.22 | q |
| 6 | Michelle Deverell | Australia | 14.43 | |
| 7 | Filiz Türker | Turkey | 14.50 | |
| | Michelle Freeman | Jamaica | DQ | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: -0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Birgit Wolf | West Germany | 13.74 | Q |
| 2 | Lisa Wells | United States | 14.10 | Q |
| 3 | Gillian Russell | Jamaica | 14.19 | Q |
| 4 | Monika Bauernfried | Austria | 14.22 | |
| 5 | Regina Gabarró | Spain | 14.43 | |
| 6 | Carolina Gutiérrez | Argentina | 14.49 | |
| 7 | Vanessa Jack | New Zealand | 14.73 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: -1.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aliuska López | Cuba | 13.51 | Q |
| 2 | Jacqui Agyepong | United Kingdom | 13.72 | Q |
| 3 | Michaela Hübel | West Germany | 14.05 | Q |
| 4 | Rita Rosseland | Norway | 14.09 | q |
| 5 | Brigita Bukovec | Yugoslavia | 14.19 | q |
| 6 | Chan Sau Ying | Hong Kong | 15.09 | |
| 7 | Clarice Kuhn | Brazil | 29.55 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: -2.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yuliya Filipova | Soviet Union | 13.93 | Q |
| 2 | Yanelis Valiente | Cuba | 13.99 | Q |
| 3 | Wang Shu-Hua | Chinese Taipei | 14.24 | Q |
| 4 | María José Mardomingo | Spain | 14.52 | |
| 5 | Karen Knight | Australia | 14.71 | |
| 6 | Andrea Little | Canada | 14.86 | |
| | Hope Obika | Nigeria | DNS | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
* Argentina (1)
* Australia (2)
* Austria (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (2)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Cuba (2)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Jamaica (2)
* New Zealand (1)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Spain (2)
* Turkey (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* West Germany (2)
* Yugoslavia (1)