Seoul, 29 September 1988, Olympic Games, Olympic Stadium, Final (+1.2w), 16.40 Hr.
1. 21.34 Florence Griffith-Joyner USA World Record
2. 21.72 Grace Jackson JAM AR
3. 21.95 Heike Drechsler GDR
4. 21.99 Merlene Ottey JAM
5. 22.09 Silke Möller GDR
6. 22.17 Gwen Torrence USA
7. 22.33 Maya Azarashvili URS
8. 22.42 Galina Malchugina URS PB
Florence Griffith-Joyner missed the world record by only 0.06 in quarter-finals in a 21.77 submax effort. The next day, she smashed it in 21.56 during the semi finals. Only 1.40 hours later, she did it again in final, 21.34, a record that still stands today. Former record holder Heike Drechsler placed 3rd in 21.95 while Merlene Ottey didn’t get a medal in spite of running under 22 sec. The times for 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th and 8th are still the all-time bests for place.
With the 2nd slowest reaction time of the finalists (0.205), Flo-Jo covered the first 50m in 6.29 and was 3rd at that point behind Ottey (6.20) and Möller (6.28). At 100m, she was now leading in 11.11, from Ottey 11.13 and Möller 11.21. At 150m it was clear that no one would catch her as her 16.10 was the fastest time ever. The biomechanical report (International Athletics Foundation / Charles University 1990) has Griffith-Joyner in 11.18 at 100m (and 11.19 for Ottey and 11.25 for Möller), but these are obviously wrong when analysis the tapes. I used the 100m times given in the official results, measured with a photofinish at half way, as they are coherent with video analysis. Oddly enough the 50m and 150m intermediate times from IAF report are correct.
This video shows one of the 2 official photofinishes taken by Omega’s photosprint, an interesting interview of the winner regarding her tactics, technique and relaxation during that race, and rare slow-motion footage from the IAF biomec project and Piasenta’s high speed films.
Added short 1988 sound from Diana Ross, her favourite singer.
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