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1988 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
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1988 United States Olympic trials Indianapolis, Indiana, United States July 15–23 IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium Senior Outdoor 1987 USA Championships1984 Olympic trials 1989 USA Championships1992 Olympic trials
The 1988 United States Olympic trials for track and field were held at IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. This is the only time this venue has been used for the Olympic trials. With the 2013 installation of Field Turf, it is unlikely to host the event again. Organised by The Athletics Congress (TAC), the nine-day competition lasted from July 15 to 23. The national championships in track and field for the United States was a separate event that year, held a week earlier in Tampa, Florida, the last time the Olympic trials were not also the National Championships. The women's Marathon Olympic trials were held on May 1 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The men's Marathon trials were in Jersey City, New Jersey on April 24. That same day, the 50K Racewalk trials were held adjacent to the stadium.
The results of the event determined qualification for the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics held two and a half months later in Seoul, South Korea.Hymans Richard The history of the United States Olympic Trials - Track & Field http://www.legacy.usatf.org/statistics/champions/OlympicTrials/HistoryOfTheOlympicTrials.pdf USA Track & Field 2008 December 22, 2019 March 27, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160327114422/http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/OlympicTrials/HistoryOfTheOlympicTrials.pdf dead http://trackfield.brinkster.net/OlympicTrials.asp?TourCode=T&Year=1988&Gender=M&TF=T&P=F&By=Y&Count= Track and Field Statistics
This meet is memorable as the site of Florence Griffith Joyner's world record 10.49 in the 100 metres. The record race, in the quarterfinal round, has been questioned because of the wind reading of 0.0 even though video of the race shows flags extended in the background. About the same time on a parallel runway, the final round of the men's triple jump was being conducted. Willie Banks jumped 18.20 on his last attempt with a +5.2 wind reading, That jump has only been surpassed three times by two individuals. Over the four rounds, Griffith Joyner ran three separate races that are faster than any woman has ever run, except for her own, wind aided 10.54 +3.0 to win the 1988 Olympics.
This meet also had the only race where five men have run under 48 seconds for 400 metres hurdles.
1988 U.S. Olympic track and field trials results
1988 U.S. Olympic track and field trials results
Men
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Men track events
100 meters Wind +5.2Carl Lewis 9.78wDennis Mitchell 9.86wCalvin Smith 9.87w 200 meters Wind +1.8Joe DeLoach 19.96Carl Lewis 20.01Roy Martin 20.05 400 metersButch Reynolds 43.93Danny Everett 43.98Steve Lewis 44.37 800 metersJohnny Gray 1:43.96Mark Everett 1:44.46Tracy Baskin 1:44.91 1500 metersJeff Atkinson 3.40.94Steve Scott 3.41.12Mark Deady 3.41.31 5000 metersDoug Padilla 13.37.86Terry Brahm 13.40.08Sydney Maree 13.44.71 10,000 metersBruce Bickford 29:07.25Steve Plasencia 29:08.58Pat Porter 29:09.02 110 m hurdles Wind +2.5Roger Kingdom 13.21wTonie Campbell 13.25wArthur Blake 13.28w 400 m hurdlesEdwin Moses 47.37Andre Phillips 47.58Kevin Young 47.72 3000 m s'chaseBrian Abshire 8.23.64Henry Marsh 8.24.21Brian Diemer 8.24.40 20K racewalkGary Morgan 1:34:12 Tim Lewis 1:36:31Carl Schueler 1:36:36 50K racewalkCarl Schueler 3:57:48Marco Evoniuk 4:03:03Andy Kaestner 4:05:07 MarathonMark Conover 2:12:26Ed Eyestone 2:12:49Pete Pfitzinger 2:13:09
Men field events
High jumpJim Howard 2.34Hollis Conway 2.32Brian Stanton 2.32 Pole vaultKory Tarpenning 5.89 Earl Bell 5.79Billy Olson 5.69 Long jumpCarl Lewis 8.76 +0.8Larry Myricks 8.74w +1.4Mike Powell 8.36w +2.8 Triple jumpWillie Banks 18.20w +5.2Charlie Simpkins 17.93w +5.2Robert Cannon 17.63w +4.3 Shot putRandy Barnes 21.88Gregg Tafralis 20.88Jim Doehring 20.63 Discus throwMac Wilkins 66.00Mike Buncic 65.30Randy Heisler 64.94 Hammer throwKen Flax 77.28Lance Deal 75.64Jud Logan 75.10 Javelin throwDave Stephens 79.66Brian Crouser 79.46Tom Petranoff 79.46 DecathlonGary Kinder 8293 (10.82/7.20/16.34/2.02/49.74/14.95/47.72/5.00/66.32/4:55.39)Tim Bright 8287 (10.95/7.38/13.59/2.05/49.44/14.40/41.62/5.60/60.54/4:45.12)Dave Johnson 8245 (11.14/7.36/14.63/2.05/49.27/14.84/45.64/4.70/68.22/4:33.92)
Women
Women track events
100 meters Wind +1.2Florence Griffith Joyner 10.61 Evelyn Ashford 10.81 Gwen Torrence 10.91
Semi Final 1 (Wind +1.6 mps)
Rank Name Time Notes1 Florence Griffith Joyner 10.70 2 Evelyn Ashford 10.85
Semi Final 2 (Wind +1.3 mps)
Rank Name Time Notes1 Sheila Echols 10.99 2 Gwen Torrence 11.00
Quarter Final 1 (Wind +0.0 mps)
Rank Name Time Notes1 Florence Griffith Joyner 10.49 WR2 Diane Williams 10.88 3 Gail Devers 10.98
Quarter Final 2 (Wind +0.0 mps)
Rank Name Time Notes1 Sheila Echols 10.83 2 Alice Brown 10.92
Quarter Final 3 (Wind +5.0 mps)
Rank Name Time Notes1 Gwen Torrence 10.78w 2 Evelyn Ashford 10.91w
Heat 1 (Wind +3.2 mps)
Rank Name Time Notes1 Florence Griffith Joyner 10.60w 2 Danette Young 11.16w
Heat 2 (Wind +3.9 mps)
Rank Name Time Notes1 Sheila Echols 10.83w 2 Alice Brown 10.88w 3 Jeanette Bolden 11.10w 4 Angela Burnham 11.26w (Rio Mesa High School)
Heat 3 (Wind +2.7 mps)
Rank Name Time Notes1 Gwen Torrence 10.93w 2 Diane Williams 11.07w 3 Jennifer Inniss 11.08w 4 Carlette Guidry 11.24w
Heat 4 (Wind +3.5 mps)
Rank Name Time Notes1 Evelyn Ashford 11.01 2 Gail Devers 11.16
200 meters Wind +1.3Florence Griffith Joyner 21.85Pam Marshall 21.93 Gwen Torrence 22.02
Quarter Final 1 (Wind -0.1 mps)
Rank Name Time Notes1 Florence Griffith Joyner 21.77 AR
400 metersDiane Dixon 50.38 Denean Howard 50.40 Valerie Brisco 50.53 800 metersKim Gallagher 1:58.01 Delisa Walton-Floyd 1:59.20 Joetta Clark 1:59.93 1500 metersMary Slaney 3:58.92 Regina Jacobs 4:00.46 Kim Gallagher 4:05.41 3000 metersMary Slaney 8:42.53 Vicki Huber 8:46.48 PattiSue Plumer 8:49.21 10,000 metersLynn Nelson 31:51.27Francie Larrieu-Smith 32:03.63Lynn Jennings 32:07.74 100 m hurdles Wind +0.1Jackie Humphrey 12.88 Gail Devers 12.90LaVonna Martin 12.93 400 m hurdlesSchowonda Williams 54.93 Leslie Maxie 55.29 LaTanya Sheffield 55.70 MarathonMargaret Groos 2:29:50Nancy Ditz 2:30:14Cathy O'Brien 2:30:16
Women field events
High jumpLouise Ritter 1.99 Trish King 1.96 Coleen Sommer 1.96 Long jumpJackie Joyner Kersee 7.45w +2.6Sheila Echols 6.88 (2nd best 6.88w) +2.0Carol Lewis 6.88 (2nd best 6.85w) +1.6 Triple jumpNiambi Dennis 13.63 Shonda Swift 13.61Cynthea Rhodes 13.54 Shot putRamona Pagel 19.33 Bonnie Dasse 18.83Connie Price 18.14 Discus throwConnie Price 61.28 (2nd best 59.21) Ramona Pagel 61.28 (2nd best 57.18) Carol Cady 60.66 Javelin throwDonna Mayhew 63.66Karin Smith 56.46 Lynda Sutfin 56.08 HeptathlonJackie Joyner 7215 WR (12.71/1.93/15.65/22.30/7.00/50.08/2:20.70) Cindy Greiner 6266 (13.63/1.87/13.51/24.69/6.36/40.40/2:20.63)Wendy Brown 6079 (13.77/1.81/12.86/24.76/6.36/45.88/2:28.80)
References
External links
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