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, three second-rounds and two semifinals before the final took place on Friday September 30, 1988.Medalists
Records
These were the standing World and Olympic records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 12.21 |  Yordanka Donkova | Stara Zagora | August 20, 1988 |
| Olympic Record | 12.56 |  Vera Komisova | Moscow | July 28, 1980 |
The following Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
| September 29, 1988 | | 12.47s | OR | |
| September 30, 1988 | | 12.38s | OR | |
Results
Final
Semifinals
- Held on Friday 1988-09-30
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
| 1. | | 12.58 |
| 2. | | 12.60 |
| 3. | | 12.91 |
| 4. | | 12.92 |
| 5. | | 12.93 |
| 6. | | 13.23 |
| 7. | | 13.29 |
| 8. | | 13.51 |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
| 1. | | 12.63 |
| 2. | | 12.75 |
| 3. | | 12.81 |
| 4. | | 12.95 |
| 5. | | 13.08 |
| 6. | | 13.13 |
| 7. | | 13.59 |
| - | | DNF |
Quarterfinals
First 4 of each heat and next 4 fastest qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Yordanka Donkova | | 12.47 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Ludmila Narozhilenko | | 12.62 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Cornelia Oschkenat | | 12.69 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Gloria Siebert | | 12.74 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Kerstin Knabe | | 12.81 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Claudia Zackiewicz | | 12.87 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Nataliya Grygoryeva | | 12.89 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Julie Rocheleau | | 12.90 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Florence Colle | | 13.00 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Marjan Olyslager | | 13.02 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Sally Gunnell | | 13.04 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Monique Ewanje-Epee | | 13.10 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | LaVonna Martin | | 13.20 | q |
| 14 | 3 | Gail Devers-Roberts | | 13.22 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Jacqueline Humphrey | | 13.25 | q |
| 16 | 1 | Lesley-Ann Skeete | | 13.27 | q |
| 17 | 2 | Wendy Jeal | | 13.32 | |
| 18 | 3 | Gretha Tromp | | 13.42 | |
| 19 | 2 | Du Juan | | 13.58 | |
| 20 | 2 | Rita Heggli | | 13.95 | |
| 21 | 3 | Liu Huajin | | 14.37 | |
| 3 | Anne Piquereau | | | |
| 3 | Maria Usifo | | | |
| 1 | Jane Flemming | | | |
Heats
First 4 of each heat and next 4 fastest qualified for the quarterfinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Gloria Siebert | | 12.65 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Cornelia Oschkenat | | 12.72 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Ludmila Narozhilenko | | 12.76 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Yordanka Donkova | | 12.89 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Nataliya Grygoryeva | | 12.96 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Claudia Zackiewicz | | 13.00 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Liu Huajin | | 13.02 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Marjan Olyslager | | 13.04 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Julie Rocheleau | | 13.07 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Kerstin Knabe | | 13.13 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Gail Devers-Roberts | | 13.18 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Monique Ewanje-Epee | | 13.18 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | LaVonna Martin | | 13.20 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Jacqueline Humphrey | | 13.24 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | Sally Gunnell | | 13.26 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Florence Colle | | 13.32 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Wendy Jeal | | 13.32 | q |
| 18 | 3 | Lesley-Ann Skeete | | 13.38 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | Gretha Tromp | | 13.48 | q |
| 20 | 2 | Maria Usifo | | 13.50 | q |
| 21 | 5 | Du Juan | | 13.51 | Q |
| 22 | 1 | Jane Flemming | | 13.53 | q |
| 23 | 5 | Anne Piquereau | | 13.56 | Q |
| 24 | 2 | Dinah Yankey | | 13.64 | |
| 25 | 3 | Rita Heggli | | 13.72 | Q |
| 26 | 1 | Sandra Taváres | | 13.81 | |
| 27 | 4 | Bang Sin-hye | | 13.84 | |
| 28 | 5 | Nancy Vallecilla | | 13.97 | |
| 29 | 3 | Chen Wen-Ing | | 14.01 | |
| 30 | 4 | Cheung Suet Yee | | 14.26 | |
| 31 | 3 | Agrippina de la Cruz | | 14.36 | |
| 32 | 5 | Manuela Marxer | | 14.38 | |
| 33 | 1 | Sainiana Tukana | | 15.50 | |
| 3 | Ginka Zagorcheva | | | |
| 2 | Sylvia Dethier | | | |
| 5 | Tilaka Jinadasa | | | |
| 5 | Michele Johnson | | | |
