# Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The Women's 100 metres Hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 37 competitors, with five qualifying heats (37 runners), three second-rounds (24) and two semifinals (16) before the final (8) took place on Friday September 30, 1988.

## Medalists

| Gold | Yordanka Donkova Bulgaria |
| Silver | Gloria Siebert East Germany |
| Bronze | Claudia Zackiewicz West Germany |

## Records

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 12.21 | Yordanka Donkova | Stara Zagora (BUL) | August 20, 1988 |
| Olympic Record | 12.56 | Vera Komisova | Moscow (URS) | July 28, 1980 |
The following Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
| September 29, 1988 | Yordanka Donkova (BUL) | 12.47s | OR | |
| September 30, 1988 | Yordanka Donkova (BUL) | 12.38s | OR | |

## Results
### Final

Wind +0.2
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| | Yordanka Donkova | Bulgaria | 12.38 | OR |
| | Gloria Siebert | East Germany | 12.61 |
| | Claudia Zackiewicz | West Germany | 12.75 |
| 4 | Nataliya Grygoryeva | Soviet Union | 12.79 | |
| 5 | Florence Colle | France | 12.98 |
| 6 | Julie Rocheleau | Canada | 12.99 |
| 7 | Monique Ewanje-Epee | France | 13.14 |
| 8 | Cornelia Oschkenat | East Germany | 13.73 |

### Semifinals

* Held on Friday 1988-09-30
Heat 1 Wind +0.5
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Yordanka Donkova | Bulgaria | 12.58 |
| 2 | Gloria Siebert | East Germany | 12.60 |
| 3 | Julie Rocheleau | Canada | 12.91 |
| 4 | Florence Colle | France | 12.92 |
| 5 | Kerstin Knabe | East Germany | 12.93 |
| 6 | Lesley-Ann Skeete | Great Britain | 13.23 |
| 7 | LaVonna Martin | United States | 13.29 |
| 8 | Gail Devers | United States | 13.51 |
Heat 2 Wind +0.5
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Cornelia Oschkenat | East Germany | 12.63 |
| 2 | Claudia Zackiewicz | West Germany | 12.75 |
| 3 | Nataliya Grygoryeva | Soviet Union | 12.81 |
| 4 | Monique Ewanje-Epee | France | 12.95 |
| 5 | Marjan Olyslager | Netherlands | 13.08 |
| 6 | Sally Gunnell | Great Britain | 13.13 |
| 7 | Jacqueline Humphrey | United States | 13.59 |
| – | Ludmila Narozhilenko | Soviet Union | DNF |

### Quarterfinals

First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1 +1.3, Heat 2 +0.2, Heat 3 +1.0
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Yordanka Donkova | Bulgaria | 12.47 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Ludmila Narozhilenko | Soviet Union | 12.62 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Cornelia Oschkenat | East Germany | 12.69 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Gloria Siebert | East Germany | 12.74 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Kerstin Knabe | East Germany | 12.81 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Claudia Zackiewicz | West Germany | 12.87 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Nataliya Grygoryeva | Soviet Union | 12.89 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Julie Rocheleau | Canada | 12.90 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Florence Colle | France | 13.00 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Marjan Olyslager | Netherlands | 13.02 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Sally Gunnell | Great Britain | 13.04 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Monique Ewanje-Epee | France | 13.10 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | LaVonna Martin | United States | 13.20 | q |
| 14 | 3 | Gail Devers-Roberts | United States | 13.22 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Jacqueline Humphrey | United States | 13.25 | q |
| 16 | 1 | Lesley-Ann Skeete | Great Britain | 13.27 | q |
| 17 | 2 | Wendy Jeal | Great Britain | 13.32 | |
| 18 | 3 | Gretha Tromp | Netherlands | 13.42 | |
| 19 | 2 | Du Juan | China | 13.58 | |
| 20 | 2 | Rita Heggli | Switzerland | 13.95 | |
| 21 | 3 | Liu Huajin | China | 14.37 | |
| | 3 | Anne Piquereau | France | DNF | |
| | 3 | Maria Usifo | Nigeria | DNF | |
| | 1 | Jane Flemming | Australia | DNS | |

### Heats

First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.
Wind: Heat 1 -0.3, Heat 2 +0.1, Heat 3 +0.5, Heat 4 +1.4, Heat 5 +0.8
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Gloria Siebert | East Germany | 12.65 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Cornelia Oschkenat | East Germany | 12.72 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Ludmila Narozhilenko | Soviet Union | 12.76 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Yordanka Donkova | Bulgaria | 12.89 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Nataliya Grygoryeva | Soviet Union | 12.96 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Claudia Zackiewicz | West Germany | 13.00 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Liu Huajin | China | 13.02 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Marjan Olyslager | Netherlands | 13.04 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Julie Rocheleau | Canada | 13.07 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Kerstin Knabe | East Germany | 13.13 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Gail Devers-Roberts | United States | 13.18 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Monique Ewanje-Epee | France | 13.18 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | LaVonna Martin | United States | 13.20 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Jacqueline Humphrey | United States | 13.24 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | Sally Gunnell | Great Britain | 13.26 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Florence Colle | France | 13.32 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Wendy Jeal | Great Britain | 13.32 | q |
| 18 | 3 | Lesley-Ann Skeete | Great Britain | 13.38 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | Gretha Tromp | Netherlands | 13.48 | q |
| 20 | 2 | Maria Usifo | Nigeria | 13.50 | q |
| 21 | 5 | Du Juan | China | 13.51 | Q |
| 22 | 1 | Jane Flemming | Australia | 13.53 | q |
| 23 | 5 | Anne Piquereau | France | 13.56 | Q |
| 24 | 2 | Dinah Yankey | Ghana | 13.64 | |
| 25 | 3 | Rita Heggli | Switzerland | 13.72 | Q |
| 26 | 1 | Sandra Taváres | Mexico | 13.81 | |
| 27 | 4 | Bang Sin-hye | South Korea | 13.84 | |
| 28 | 5 | Nancy Vallecilla | Ecuador | 13.97 | |
| 29 | 3 | Chen Wen-Ing | Chinese Taipei | 14.01 | |
| 30 | 4 | Cheung Suet Yee | Hong Kong | 14.26 | |
| 31 | 3 | Agrippina de la Cruz | Philippines | 14.36 | |
| 32 | 5 | Manuela Marxer | Liechtenstein | 14.38 | |
| 33 | 1 | Sainiana Tukana | Fiji | 15.50 | |
| | 3 | Ginka Zagorcheva | Bulgaria | DNF | |
| | 2 | Sylvia Dethier | Belgium | DQ | |
| | 5 | Tilaka Jinadasa | Sri Lanka | DQ | |
| | 5 | Michele Johnson | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | DNS | |