1988 UK Athletics Championships other women to retain their titles. The main international track and field competition for the United Kingdom that year was the Olympic Games. Three UK champions went on to win Olympic silver in Seoul: Linford Christie, Liz McColgan and Fatima Whitbread. Colin Jackson only ran the 100 m at the UK Championships, but took a silver in his hurdles speciality at the Olympics. 1988 UK Athletics Championships The 1988 UK Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Moorways Stadium, Derby. It was the second time that the English city hosted
Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles for the bronze, running 53.63 to Busch's 53.69. With six of the top seven running personal bests, the Seoul final rewrote the all-time list, with fifth-placed Sally Gunnell (54.03) and sixth-placed Gudrun Abt (54.04) also moving into the all-time top ten. These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics. The following Olympic records were set during this competition. <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles The Women's 400 metres Hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of