Athletics Medal Winners at the 1988 Summer Olympics: Athletics, also known, especially in American English, as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events, which can roughly be divided into running, throwing, and jumping. ... The Games of the XXIV Olympiad were held in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. ...

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
Men's 100 m	Carl Lewis,  United States	9.92	Linford Christie,  United Kingdom	9.97	Calvin Smith,  United States	9.99
Men's 200 m	Joe DeLoach, USA		Carl Lewis, USA		Robson da Silva, Brazil
Men's 400 m	Steve Lewis, USA		Butch Reynolds, USA		Danny Everett, USA
Men's 800 m	Paul Ereng, Kenya		Joaquim Cruz, Brazil		Said Aouita, Morocco
Men's 1,500 m	Peter Rono,	Kenya	Peter Elliott, Great Britain		Jens-Peter Herold, East Germany
Men's 5,000 m	John Ngugi, Kenya		Dieter Baumann, West Germany		Hansjörg Kunze, East Germany
Men's 10,000 m	Brahim Boutayeb, Morocco		Salvatore Antibo, Italy		Kipkemboy Kimeli, Kenya
Men's Marathon	Gelindo Bordin, Italy		Douglas Wakiihuri, Kenya		Ahmed Saleh, Djibouti
Men's 110 m Hurdles	Roger Kingdom, USA		Colin Jackson, Great Britain		Anthony Campbell, USA
Men's 400 m Hurdles	Andre Phillips]], USA		Amadou Dia Ba, Senegal		Edwin Moses, USA
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase	Julius Kariuki, Kenya		Peter Koech, Kenya		Mark Rowland, Great Britain
Men's 4 x 100 m Relay	USSR, Viktor Bryzgin, Vladimir Krylov, Vladimir Muravyov, Vitaly Savin		Great Britain, Elliott Bunney, John Paul Lyndon Regis, Michael McFarlane, Linford Christie		Bruno Marie-Rose, Danuel Sangouma, Gilles Quenehervé, Max Moriniére
Men's 4 x 400 m Relay	USA, Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Kevin Robinzine, Butch Reynolds		Jamaica, Howard Davis, Devon Morris, Winthrop Graham, Bert Cameron		West Germany, Norbert Dobeleit, Edgar Itt, Jörg Vaihinger, Ralf Lübke
Men's 20 km Walk	Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.png Jozef Pribilinec, Czechoslovakia		Ronald Weigel, East Germany		Maurizio Damilano,  Italy	1:20:14
Men's 50 km Walk	Vyacheslav Ivanenko,  Soviet Union	3:38:29	Ronald Weigel,  East Germany	3:38:56	Hartwig Gauder,  East Germany	3:39:45
Men's High Jump	Gennadi Avdeyenko,  Soviet Union	7'9¾"	Hollis Conway,  United States	7'8¾"	Rudolf Povarnitsyn,  Soviet Union Patrik Sjöberg,  Sweden	7'8¾"
Men's Pole Vault	Sergey Bubka,  Soviet Union	19'4¼"	Rodion Gataullin,  Soviet Union	19'2¼"	Grigori Yegorov,  Soviet Union	19'¼"
Men's Long Jump	Carl Lewis,  United States	28'7½"	Mike Powell,  United States	27'10¼"	Larry Myricks,  United States	27'1¾"
Men's Triple Jump	Khristo Markov,  Bulgaria	57'9½"	Igor Lapshin,  Soviet Union	57'5¾"	Aleksandr Kovalenko,  Soviet Union	57'2"
Men's Shot Put	Ulf Timmermann,  East Germany	73'8¾"	Randy Barnes,  United States	73'5½"	Werner Günthör,  Switzerland	72'1¾"
Men's Discus	Jürgen Schult,  East Germany	225'9"	Romas Ubartas,  Soviet Union	221'5"	Rolf Danneberg,  West Germany	221'1"
Men's Hammer Throw	Sergey Litvinov,  Soviet Union	278'2"	Yuriy Sedykh,  Soviet Union	274'10"	Jüri Tamm,  Soviet Union	266'3"
Men's Javelin	Tapio Korjus,  Finland	276'6"	Jan Železný,  Czechoslovakia	276'0"	Seppo Räty,  Finland	273'2"
Men's Decathlon	Christian Schenk,  East Germany	8488	Torsten Voss,  East Germany	8399	Dave Steen,  Canada	8328
Women's 100 m	Florence Griffith-Joyner,  United States	10.54	Evelyn Ashford,  United States	10.83	Heike Drechsler,  East Germany	10.85
Women's 200 m	Florence Griffith-Joyner,  United States	21.34	Grace Jackson,  Jamaica	21.72	Heike Drechsler,  East Germany	21.95
Women's 400 m	Olga Bryzgina,  Soviet Union	48.65	Petra Müller,  East Germany	49.45	Olga Nasarova,  Soviet Union	49.90
Women's 800 m	Sigrun Wodars,  East Germany	1:56.10	Christine Wachtel,  East Germany	1:56.64	Kim Gallagher,  United States	1:56.91
Women's 1,500 m	Paula Ivan, Romania	3:53.96	Laimutė Baikauskaitė,  Soviet Union	4:00.24	Tatyana Samolenko,  Soviet Union	4:00.30
Women's 3,000 m	Tatyana Samolenko,  Soviet Union	8:26.53	Paula Ivan, Romania	8:27.15	Yvonne Murray,  United Kingdom	8:29.02
Women's 10,000 m	Olga Bondarenko,  Soviet Union	31:05.21	Elizabeth McColgan,  United Kingdom	31:08.44	Yelena Yupiyeva,  Soviet Union	31:19.82
Women's Marathon	Rosa Mota,  Portugal	2:25:40	Lisa Martin,  Australia	2:25:53	Katrin Dörre,  East Germany	2:26:21
Women's 100 m Hurdles	Yordanka Donkova,  Bulgaria	12.38	Gloria Siebert,  East Germany	12.61	Claudia Zaczkiewicz,  West Germany	12.75
Women's 400 m Hurdles	Debra Flintoff-King,  Australia	53.17	Tatyana Ledovskaya,  Soviet Union	53.18	Ellen Fiedler,  East Germany	53.63
Women's 4 x 100 m Relay	United States	41.98	East Germany	42.09	Soviet Union	42.75
Women's 4 x 400 m Relay	Soviet Union	3:15.18	United States	3:15.51	East Germany	3:18.29
Women's High Jump	Louise Ritter,  United States	6'8"	Stefka Kostadinova,  Bulgaria	6'7"	Tamara Bykova,  Soviet Union	6'6¼"
Women's Long Jump	Jackie Joyner-Kersee,  United States	24'3½"	Heike Drechsler,  East Germany	23'8¼"	Galina Chistyakova,  Soviet Union	23'4"
Women's Shot Put	Natalia Lisovskaya,  Soviet Union	72'11¾"	Kathrin Neimke,  East Germany	69'1½"	Meisu Li,  China	69'1¼"
Women's Discus	Martina Hellmann,  East Germany	237'2"	Diana Gansky,  East Germany	235'10"	Tsvetanka Khristova,  Bulgaria	228'10"
Women's Javelin	Petra Felke,  East Germany	245'0"	Fatima Whitbread,  United Kingdom	230'8"	Beate Koch,  East Germany	220'9"
Women's Heptathlon	Jackie Joyner-Kersee,  United States	7291	Sabine John,  East Germany	6897	Anke Behmer,  East Germany	6858

• Ben Johnson led the 100m race at 9.79 seconds, but was later disqualified for doping.

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LaimutÄ— BaikauskaitÄ— (born June 10, 1956) is a retired middle distance runner who represented the USSR and later Lithuania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh (born December 15, 1963 in Sekretarka; Orenburg) is a retired middle distance runner who represented the USSR and later Ukraine. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh (born December 15, 1963 in Sekretarka; Orenburg) is a retired middle distance runner who represented the USSR and later Ukraine. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Paula Ivan (born July 20, 1963 in Heresti, Romania) is a former Romanian athlete and Olympic gold winner. ... Image File history File links Romania_flag_1947-1989. ... Yvonne Murray, MBE (born 1964) is a former Scottish long distance track and road running athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Elizabeth McColgan, usually known as Liz McColgan, (born March 24, 1964) is a former Scottish long distance track and road running athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Rosa Mota is a Portuguese former marathonist, one of her countrys foremost athletes. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... Lisa Martin (born May 12, 1960) is a retired Australian long-distance runner. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_East_Germany. ... National motto: none Official languages German Capital East Berlin Largest city East Berlin Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 106th 108,333 km² Negligible Creation -Abolition 7 October 1949 3 October 1990 Currency East German mark Time zone  â€“ in summer CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) National anthem Auferstanden aus Ruinen Internet... Yordanka Donkova (born September 28, 1961 in Yana, Sofia, Bulgaria) is a former hurdling athlete notable for winning an Olympic gold medal and bronze medal as well as 9 medals at European indoor and outdoor championships. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bulgaria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_East_Germany. ... National motto: none Official languages German Capital East Berlin Largest city East Berlin Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 106th 108,333 km² Negligible Creation -Abolition 7 October 1949 3 October 1990 Currency East German mark Time zone  â€“ in summer CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) National anthem Auferstanden aus Ruinen Internet... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_East_Germany. ... National motto: none Official languages German Capital East Berlin Largest city East Berlin Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 106th 108,333 km² Negligible Creation -Abolition 7 October 1949 3 October 1990 Currency East German mark Time zone  â€“ in summer CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) National anthem Auferstanden aus Ruinen Internet... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Stefka Kostadinova (born March 25, 1965, Plovdiv, Bulgaria) is a famous Bulgarian athlete specialising in the high jump and current President of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bulgaria. ... Tamara Bykova (Russian Тамара Быкова; b. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... At World Championship 1987 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (born March 3, 1962) is generally considered as the best all-around female athlete in the world and the all-time greatest heptathlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Heike Drechsler (born December 16, 1964 Gera) is a German athlete, who has won 2 Olympic gold medals. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_East_Germany. ... National motto: none Official languages German Capital East Berlin Largest city East Berlin Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 106th 108,333 km² Negligible Creation -Abolition 7 October 1949 3 October 1990 Currency East German mark Time zone  â€“ in summer CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) National anthem Auferstanden aus Ruinen Internet... Galina Chistyakova (Галина Чистякова in Russian; born July 26, 1962 in Izmail, Ukraine) is a retired athlete who represented the USSR. Competing in long jump, she won the 1985 European Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the European Championships one year later. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Kathrin Neimke (July 18, 1966 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt), is a German track and field athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_East_Germany. ... National motto: none Official languages German Capital East Berlin Largest city East Berlin Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 106th 108,333 km² Negligible Creation -Abolition 7 October 1949 3 October 1990 Currency East German mark Time zone  â€“ in summer CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) National anthem Auferstanden aus Ruinen Internet... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ... Martina Hellmann, nee Opitz (born December 12, 1960 in Leipzig, Saxony), is a retired German track and field athlete who represented East Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_East_Germany. ... National motto: none Official languages German Capital East Berlin Largest city East Berlin Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 106th 108,333 km² Negligible Creation -Abolition 7 October 1949 3 October 1990 Currency East German mark Time zone  â€“ in summer CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) National anthem Auferstanden aus Ruinen Internet... Diana Gansky, née Sachse (December 14, 1963 in Bergen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania), is a German track and field athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_East_Germany. ... National motto: none Official languages German Capital East Berlin Largest city East Berlin Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 106th 108,333 km² Negligible Creation -Abolition 7 October 1949 3 October 1990 Currency East German mark Time zone  â€“ in summer CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) National anthem Auferstanden aus Ruinen Internet... Tsvetanka Khristova (born March 14, 1962 in Rozova Dolina, Kazanlak) is a Bulgarian discus thrower. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bulgaria. ... Petra Felke, married name Meier (born July 30, 1959 in Saalfeld/Saale, Thüringen), is a former German track and field athlete and Olympic champion who represented East Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_East_Germany. ... National motto: none Official languages German Capital East Berlin Largest city East Berlin Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 106th 108,333 km² Negligible Creation -Abolition 7 October 1949 3 October 1990 Currency East German mark Time zone  â€“ in summer CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) National anthem Auferstanden aus Ruinen Internet... Fatima Whitbread is a Turkish Cypriot originated British ex-athlete, a javelin thrower who won the World Championship in 1987. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_East_Germany. ... National motto: none Official languages German Capital East Berlin Largest city East Berlin Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 106th 108,333 km² Negligible Creation -Abolition 7 October 1949 3 October 1990 Currency East German mark Time zone  â€“ in summer CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) National anthem Auferstanden aus Ruinen Internet... At World Championship 1987 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (born March 3, 1962) is generally considered as the best all-around female athlete in the world and the all-time greatest heptathlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_East_Germany. ... National motto: none Official languages German Capital East Berlin Largest city East Berlin Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 106th 108,333 km² Negligible Creation -Abolition 7 October 1949 3 October 1990 Currency East German mark Time zone  â€“ in summer CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) National anthem Auferstanden aus Ruinen Internet... Image File history File links Flag_of_East_Germany. ... National motto: none Official languages German Capital East Berlin Largest city East Berlin Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 106th 108,333 km² Negligible Creation -Abolition 7 October 1949 3 October 1990 Currency East German mark Time zone  â€“ in summer CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) National anthem Auferstanden aus Ruinen Internet... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Doping drugs on display at The Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland In sports, doping refers to the use of performance-enhancing drugs, such as anabolic steroids, particularly those that are forbidden by the organizations that regulate competitions. ...