1988 Summer Olympics medal table

File:Sylvia Poll (cropped) 2.jpg, the first-ever Olympic medalist for Costa Rica{{cite web|url=https://www.panamsports.org/en/news-sport/panam-sports-legends-sylvia-poll/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209154708/https://www.panamsports.org/en/news-sport/panam-sports-legends-sylvia-poll/ |archive-date=9 December 2023 |date=10 December 2018 |access-date=14 December 2024 |title=Panam Sports Legends: Sylvia Poll |work=Panam Sports |url-status=live }}|alt=Swimmer Sylvia Poll show from the waist up wearing a suit in front of a podium]]

File:Peter-Holmberg.jpg, the first-ever Olympic medalist for the United States Virgin Islands{{cite web|url=https://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/sports/life-changing-medal-nearly-33-years-later-peter-holmberg-is-still-usvi-s-only-olympic/article_20b2480f-ef9c-5a20-8682-e652e321be16.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722152448/https://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/sports/life-changing-medal-nearly-33-years-later-peter-holmberg-is-still-usvi-s-only-olympic/article_20b2480f-ef9c-5a20-8682-e652e321be16.html |title=Life Changing Medal: Nearly 33 years later, Peter Holmberg is still USVI's only Olympic medalist |archive-date=22 July 2021 |date=22 July 2021 |last1=Kiser |first1=Bill |work=The Virgin Islands Daily News |url-status=live }} |alt=Sailor Peter Holmberg shown from the chest up in a tracksuit with sunglasses on his head.]]

The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC's conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals won by athletes from each nation, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals.{{cite web |title=Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2580716.html |website=The Independent | date=11 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812015233/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2594580.html |archive-date=12 August 2024 |url-status=live |last1=Ostlere |first1=Lawrence |access-date=12 August 2024 |language=en }}{{cite web |title=A Medal Count That Adds Up To Little |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html |website=The New York Times | date=18 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004238/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html |archive-date=21 March 2023 |last1=Araton |first1=Harvey |url-access=subscription |access-date=25 July 2024 |url-status=live }} If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.{{cite web |title=What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained |url=https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ |website=Diario AS |date=10 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811152350/https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ |archive-date=11 August 2024 |url-status=live |last1=Cons |first1=Roddy |access-date=11 August 2024 |language=en-us }}

Events in boxing resulted in a bronze medal being awarded to each of the two competitors who lost their semi-final matches, as opposed to fighting in a third place tiebreaker.{{cite web |title=Explained: Two bronze medals are awarded in the Olympics boxing competition |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/why-two-bronze-medals-boxing |website=International Olympic Committee | date=1 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328143327/https://olympics.com/en/news/why-two-bronze-medals-boxing |archive-date=28 March 2023 |url-status=live |last1=Ansari |first1=Aarish |access-date=2 August 2024 }} Events in judo used a repechage system which also results in two bronze medals being awarded.{{cite web |title=Repechage in wrestling and other sports explained – the second chance |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/what-is-repechage-rules |website=International Olympic Committee | date=21 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802015913/https://olympics.com/en/news/what-is-repechage-rules |archive-date=2 August 2024 |url-status=live |last1=Nag |first1=Utathya |access-date=2 August 2024 }}

In the gymnastics events, there were five ties for medals. Three gold medals and no silver or bronze medals were awarded due to a three-way first-place tie in the men's pommel horse. Two gold medals and no silver medal were awarded in the men's horizontal bar and men's rings, with the former also having a tie for bronze. Two bronze medals were awarded in the men's floor and women's balance beam events.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/seoul-1988/results/gymnastics-artistic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819131159/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/seoul-1988/results/gymnastics-artistic |archive-date=19 August 2024 |access-date=20 December 2024 |work=International Olympic Committee |title=Seoul 1988 Gymnastics Artistic Results |url-status=live}} Outside of gymnastics, the men's high jump in athletics and the women's 50 metre freestyle in swimming both resulted in two bronzes being awarded due to third-place ties.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/seoul-1988/results/athletics/high-jump-men |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009070040/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/seoul-1988/results/athletics/high-jump-men |archive-date=9 October 2024 |title=Seoul 1988 Athletics high jump men Results |work=International Olympic Committee |access-date=20 December 2024 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/seoul-1988/results/swimming/50m-freestyle-women |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009070156/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/seoul-1988/results/swimming/50m-freestyle-women |archive-date=9 October 2024 |title=Seoul 1988 Swimming 50m freestyle women Results |work=International Olympic Committee |access-date=20 December 2024 |url-status=live }}

{{Medals table

| caption = 1988 Summer Olympics medal table{{cite web |title=Seoul 1988 Olympic Medal Table – Gold, Silver & Bronze |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/seoul-1988/medals |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911052931/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/seoul-1988/medals |archive-date=11 September 2024 |work=International Olympic Committee |access-date=13 December 2024 |url-status=live}}

| host = KOR

| flag_template = flagIOC

| event = 1988 Summer

| team =

| gold_URS = 55 | silver_URS = 31 | bronze_URS = 46

| gold_GDR = 37 | silver_GDR = 35 | bronze_GDR = 30

| gold_USA = 36 | silver_USA = 31 | bronze_USA = 27

| gold_KOR = 12 | silver_KOR = 10 | bronze_KOR = 11 | host_KOR = yes

| gold_FRG = 11 | silver_FRG = 14 | bronze_FRG = 15

| gold_HUN = 11 | silver_HUN = 6 | bronze_HUN = 6

| gold_BUL = 10 | silver_BUL = 12 | bronze_BUL = 13

| gold_ROU = 7 | silver_ROU = 11 | bronze_ROU = 6

| gold_FRA = 6 | silver_FRA = 4 | bronze_FRA = 6

| gold_ITA = 6 | silver_ITA = 4 | bronze_ITA = 4

| gold_CHN = 5 | silver_CHN = 11 | bronze_CHN = 12

| gold_GBR = 5 | silver_GBR = 10 | bronze_GBR = 9

| gold_KEN = 5 | silver_KEN = 2 | bronze_KEN = 2

| gold_JPN = 4 | silver_JPN = 3 | bronze_JPN = 7

| gold_AUS = 3 | silver_AUS = 6 | bronze_AUS = 5

| gold_YUG = 3 | silver_YUG = 4 | bronze_YUG = 5

| gold_TCH = 3 | silver_TCH = 3 | bronze_TCH = 2

| gold_NZL = 3 | silver_NZL = 2 | bronze_NZL = 8

| gold_CAN = 3 | silver_CAN = 2 | bronze_CAN = 5

| gold_POL = 2 | silver_POL = 5 | bronze_POL = 9

| gold_NOR = 2 | silver_NOR = 3 | bronze_NOR = 0

| gold_NED = 2 | silver_NED = 2 | bronze_NED = 5

| gold_DEN = 2 | silver_DEN = 1 | bronze_DEN = 1

| gold_BRA = 1 | silver_BRA = 2 | bronze_BRA = 3

| gold_FIN = 1 | silver_FIN = 1 | bronze_FIN = 2

| gold_ESP = 1 | silver_ESP = 1 | bronze_ESP = 2

| gold_TUR = 1 | silver_TUR = 1 | bronze_TUR = 0

| gold_MAR = 1 | silver_MAR = 0 | bronze_MAR = 2

| gold_AUT = 1 | silver_AUT = 0 | bronze_AUT = 0

| gold_POR = 1 | silver_POR = 0 | bronze_POR = 0

| gold_SUR = 1 | silver_SUR = 0 | bronze_SUR = 0

| gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 4 | bronze_SWE = 7

| gold_SUI = 0 | silver_SUI = 2 | bronze_SUI = 2

| gold_JAM = 0 | silver_JAM = 2 | bronze_JAM = 0

| gold_ARG = 0 | silver_ARG = 1 | bronze_ARG = 1

| gold_CHI = 0 | silver_CHI = 1 | bronze_CHI = 0

| gold_CRC = 0 | silver_CRC = 1 | bronze_CRC = 0

| gold_INA = 0 | silver_INA = 1 | bronze_INA = 0

| gold_IRI = 0 | silver_IRI = 1 | bronze_IRI = 0

| gold_AHO = 0 | silver_AHO = 1 | bronze_AHO = 0

| gold_PER = 0 | silver_PER = 1 | bronze_PER = 0

| gold_SEN = 0 | silver_SEN = 1 | bronze_SEN = 0

| gold_ISV = 0 | silver_ISV = 1 | bronze_ISV = 0

| gold_BEL = 0 | silver_BEL = 0 | bronze_BEL = 2

| gold_MEX = 0 | silver_MEX = 0 | bronze_MEX = 2

| gold_COL = 0 | silver_COL = 0 | bronze_COL = 1

| gold_DJI = 0 | silver_DJI = 0 | bronze_DJI = 1

| gold_GRE = 0 | silver_GRE = 0 | bronze_GRE = 1

| gold_MGL = 0 | silver_MGL = 0 | bronze_MGL = 1

| gold_PAK = 0 | silver_PAK = 0 | bronze_PAK = 1

| gold_PHI = 0 | silver_PHI = 0 | bronze_PHI = 1

| gold_THA = 0 | silver_THA = 0 | bronze_THA = 1

}}

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Medal count

1988