| Host City: Seoul, South Korea |
Format: Top six in each heat and next three fastest advanced to the final. |
| Date Started: September 23, 1988 |
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| Date Finished: September 25, 1988 |
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| (Competitors: 35; Countries: 24; Finalists: 15) |
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Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
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| Overview by IAAF |
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| Ivan ran the fastest heat ever with 8:43.10, and Los Angeles silver medallist Sly was the slowest of 15 qualifiers with 8:49.71. Mary Slaney led 1000m in 2:46.7 with nine others on her heels. The American went on to finish 10th. At 2000m Huber had taken the lead, and led until 2500m, when Murray went to the front. The Scotswoman immediately wound up the pace, with Ivan and Samolenko the only takers. Ivan went past Murray with a little over half a lap to go, and held off Samolenko till the finishing straight. The Ukrainian World Champion finished off with a 59.4 lap to edge Ivan by 4m, in clocking the third fastest time ever. |
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| Summary by Sports-reference.com |
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| The race was expected to be between 1987 World Champion Tatyana Samolenko (RUS), American Mary Decker-Slaney, who had disastrously fallen in the 1984 fallen, and the defending champion, Maricica Puică (ROM). Puică went out in the heats with an injured lower leg. In the final, Decker-Slaney led for the 1,800 metres, but the pack was together. The lead was then taken by unheralded American Vicki Huber, as Decker-Slaney faded, eventually finishing 10th. At 2,500 metres, Yvonne Murray of Scotland took the lead, pushing the pace to offset her lack of a sprint. Samolenko bided her time and on the final straight, powered past the field to win over Romania’s Paula Ivan, Murray getting the bronze medal. |
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Results |
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| 3000 m |
Women |
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Final |
25 September |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
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Records |
| 1 |
8.26.53 |
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Tatyana Dorovskikh |
Soviet Union |
URS |
12 Aug 61 |
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NR |
| 2 |
8.27.15 |
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Paula Ivan |
Romania |
ROU |
20 Jul 63 |
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| 3 |
8.29.02 |
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Yvonne Murray |
Great Britain |
GBR |
4 Oct 64 |
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| 4 |
8.30.45 |
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Yelena Romanova |
Soviet Union |
URS |
20 Mar 63 |
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| 5 |
8.31.67 |
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Natalya Artyomova |
Soviet Union |
URS |
5 Jan 63 |
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| 6 |
8.37.25 |
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Vicki Huber |
United States |
USA |
29 May 67 |
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| 7 |
8.37.70 |
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Wendy Sly |
Great Britain |
GBR |
5 Nov 59 |
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| 8 |
8.38.43 |
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Lynn Williams |
Canada |
CAN |
11 Jul 60 |
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| 9 |
8.43.92 |
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Elly van Hulst |
Netherlands |
NED |
9 Jun 59 |
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| 10 |
8.47.13 |
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Mary Slaney |
United States |
USA |
4 Aug 58 |
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| 11 |
8.48.32 |
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Cornelia Bürki |
Switzerland |
SUI |
3 Oct 53 |
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| 12 |
8.49.14 |
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Annette Sergent-Palluy |
France |
FRA |
17 Nov 62 |
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| 13 |
8.59.17 |
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PattiSue Plumer |
United States |
USA |
27 Apr 62 |
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| 14 |
9.04.75 |
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Angela Chalmers |
Canada |
CAN |
6 Sep 63 |
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| 15 |
9.11.95 |
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Debbie Bowker |
Canada |
CAN |
16 Dec 58 |
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| 3000 m |
Women |
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Heat 1 |
23 September |
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| Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
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Records |
| 1 |
8.48.47 |
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Yelena Romanova |
Soviet Union |
URS |
20 Mar 63 |
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| 2 |
8.48.54 |
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Elly van Hulst |
Netherlands |
NED |
9 Jun 59 |
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| 3 |
8.48.60 |
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Angela Chalmers |
Canada |
CAN |
6 Sep 63 |
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| 4 |
8.48.70 |
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Lynn Williams |
Canada |
CAN |
11 Jul 60 |
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| 5 |
8.48.93 |
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Vicki Huber |
United States |
USA |
29 May 67 |
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| 6 |
8.49.71 |
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Wendy Sly |
Great Britain |
GBR |
5 Nov 59 |
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| 7 |
8.54.19 |
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Wang Xiuting |
China |
CHN |
11 May 65 |
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| 8 |
8.57.28 |
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Jill Hunter |
Great Britain |
GBR |
14 Oct 66 |
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| 9 |
9.01.30 |
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Christine Pfitzinger |
New Zealand |
NZL |
24 Jan 59 |
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| 10 |
9.01.82 |
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Jackie Perkins |
Australia |
AUS |
29 Aug 65 |
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| 11 |
9.02.18 |
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Andri Avraam |
Cyprus |
CYP |
20 Jan 63 |
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NR |
| 12 |
9.03.39 |
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Angelines Rodríguez |
Spain |
ESP |
24 Sep 69 |
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| 13 |
9.05.92 |
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Fernanda Ribeiro |
Portugal |
POR |
23 Jun 69 |
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| 14 |
9.06.90 |
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Susan Sirma |
Kenya |
KEN |
26 May 66 |
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| 15 |
9.21.18 |
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Lim Chun-Ae |
South Korea |
KOR |
1 Jul 69 |
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DNF |
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Marie-Pierre Duros |
France |
FRA |
7 Jun 67 |
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DNF |
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Maricica Puica |
Romania |
ROU |
29 Jul 50 |
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| 3000 m |
Women |
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Heat 2 |
23 September |
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| Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
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Records |
| 1 |
8.43.10 |
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Paula Ivan |
Romania |
ROU |
20 Jul 63 |
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| 2 |
8.43.73 |
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Yvonne Murray |
Great Britain |
GBR |
4 Oct 64 |
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| 3 |
8.43.81 |
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Debbie Bowker |
Canada |
CAN |
16 Dec 58 |
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| 4 |
8.44.15 |
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Mary Slaney |
United States |
USA |
4 Aug 58 |
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| 5 |
8.44.18 |
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Tatyana Dorovskikh |
Soviet Union |
URS |
12 Aug 61 |
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| 6 |
8.44.30 |
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Natalya Artyomova |
Soviet Union |
URS |
5 Jan 63 |
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| 7 |
8.45.21 |
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PattiSue Plumer |
United States |
USA |
27 Apr 62 |
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| 8 |
8.45.94 |
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Annette Sergent-Palluy |
France |
FRA |
17 Nov 62 |
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| 9 |
8.48.37 |
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Cornelia Bürki |
Switzerland |
SUI |
3 Oct 53 |
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| 10 |
8.51.34 |
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Vera Michallek |
West Germany |
FRG |
6 Nov 58 |
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| 11 |
8.51.53 |
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Chen Qingmei |
China |
CHN |
4 Apr 63 |
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| 12 |
8.53.04 |
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Roberta Brunet |
Italy |
ITA |
20 May 65 |
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| 13 |
9.03.10 |
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Anne Keenan-Buckley |
Ireland |
IRL |
7 Jan 62 |
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| 14 |
9.26.57 |
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Khin Khin Htwe |
Myanmar |
MYA |
29 Nov 67 |
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| 15 |
9.47.98 |
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Daphrose Nyiramutuzo |
Rwanda |
RWA |
1 Sep 72 |
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| 16 |
10.32.88 |
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Dikanda Diba |
DR Congo |
COD |
10 Oct 66 |
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DNF |
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Polonie Avek |
Papua New Guinea |
PNG |
28 Jan 66 |
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DNF |
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Fatima Aouam |
Morocco |
MAR |
16 Dec 59 |
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