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United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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{{infobox country at games

| NOC = USA

| NOCname = United States Olympic Committee

| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 1988

| flagcaption = Flag of the United States

| oldcode =

| website =

| location = Seoul

| competitors = 527 (332 men and 195 women)

| sports = 27

| flagbearer = Evelyn Ashford

| rank = 3

| gold = 36

| silver = 31

| bronze = 27

| officials =

| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year =

| app_end_year =

| summerappearances =

| winterappearances =

| seealso = 1906 Intercalated Games

}}

The United States of America (USA) competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 527 competitors, 332 men and 195 women, took part in 230 events in 27 sports.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1988/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043427/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1988/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |title=United States at the 1988 Summer Games |access-date=July 30, 2011 |work=sports-reference.com}}

Medal totals

The United States finished outside of the top two in the overall medal count (third behind the Soviet Union and East Germany) for the first time and in the gold medal count for only the second time. It was revealed thereafter that the Soviet Union and East Germany operated extensive state-sponsored doping programs to prepare for the Games.{{Cite web | url=https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00810A005600130009-0.pdf | title=Information Report - Soviet Sports and Intelligence Activities | date=December 28, 1954 | publisher=CIA | website=www.cia.gov}}{{cite web |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/the-1980-moscow-olympics-rank-as-the-cleanest-in-history-athletes-recall-how-the-u-s-s-r-cheated-the-system-/30741567.html |title=The 1980 Olympics Are The 'Cleanest' In History. Athletes Recall How Moscow Cheated The System. |last1=Aleksandrov |first1=Alexei |last2=Aleksandrov |first2=Grebeniuk |last3=Runets |first3=Volodymyr |publisher= |date=July 22, 2020 |website=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |access-date=December 26, 2021}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/14/sports/olympics/soviet-doping-plan-russia-rio-games.html |title=The Soviet Doping Plan: Document Reveals Illicit Approach to '84 Olympics |last=Ruiz |first=Rebecca R. |date= August 13, 2016 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=September 3, 2016 }}

Medalists

{{Further|1988 Summer Olympics medal table}}

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

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|style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"|

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

!Date

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Janet|Evans}}

|Swimming

|Women's 400 meter individual medley

|{{dts|September 19}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Greg|Louganis}}

|Diving

|Men's 3 meter springboard

|{{dts|September 20}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Matt|Biondi}}
Matt Cetlinski
Troy Dalbey
Doug Gjertsen
Dan Jorgensen*
Craig Oppel*

|Swimming

|Men's 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay

|{{dts|September 21}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Matt|Biondi}}

|Swimming

|Men's 100 meter freestyle

|{{dts|September 22}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Janet|Evans}}

|Swimming

|Women's 400 meter freestyle

|{{dts|September 22}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Matt|Biondi}}
Troy Dalbey
Doug Gjertsen*
Chris Jacobs
Tom Jager
Shaun Jordan*
Brent Lang*

|Swimming

|Men's 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay

|{{dts|September 23}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Carl|Lewis}}

|Athletics

|Men's 100 meters

|{{dts|September 24}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Jackie|Joyner-Kersee}}

|Athletics

|Women's heptathlon

|{{dts|September 24}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Matt|Biondi}}

|Swimming

|Men's 50 meter freestyle

|{{dts|September 24}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Janet|Evans}}

|Swimming

|Women's 800 meter freestyle

|{{dts|September 24}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Andre|Phillips}}

|Athletics

|Men's 400 meter hurdles

|{{dts|September 25}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Carl|Lewis}}

|Athletics

|Men's long jump

|{{dts|September 25}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Florence|Griffith-Joyner}}

|Athletics

|Women's 100 meters

|{{dts|September 25}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|David|Berkoff}}
Matt Biondi
Chris Jacobs
Tom Jager*
Jay Mortenson*
Richard Schroeder

|Swimming

|Men's 4 × 100 meter medley relay

|{{dts|September 25}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Roger|Kingdom}}

|Athletics

|Men's 110 meter hurdles

|{{dts|September 26}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Greg|Louganis}}

|Diving

|Men's 10 meter platform

|{{dts|September 27}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Lynne|Jewell}}
Allison Jolly

|Sailing

|Women's 470

|{{dts|September 27}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Joe|DeLoach}}

|Athletics

|Men's 200 meters

|{{dts|September 28}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Steve|Lewis|Steve Lewis (athlete)}}

|Athletics

|Men's 400 meters

|{{dts|September 28}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Florence|Griffith-Joyner}}

|Athletics

|Women's 200 meters

|{{dts|September 29}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Jackie|Joyner-Kersee}}

|Athletics

|Women's long jump

|{{dts|September 29}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|United States|women's national basketball team}}
{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|small=yes|style=width:22em|{{ubl|Cynthia Brown|Vicky Bullett|Cynthia Cooper|Anne Donovan|Teresa Edwards|Kamie Ethridge|Jennifer Gillom|Bridgette Gordon|Andrea Lloyd|Katrina McClain|Suzie McCoonnell|Teresa Weatherspoon}}}}

|Basketball

|Women's tournament

|{{dts|September 29}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|John|Smith|John Smith (American wrestler)}}

|Wrestling

|Freestyle 62 kilogram

|{{dts|September 29}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Jay|Barrs}}

|Archery

|Men's individual

|{{dts|September 30}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Louise|Ritter}}

|Athletics

|Women's high jump

|{{dts|September 30}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Ken|Flach}}
Robert Seguso

|Tennis

|Men's doubles

|{{dts|September 30}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Zina|Garrison}}
Pam Shriver

|Tennis

|Women's doubles

|{{dts|September 30}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Kenny|Monday}}

|Wrestling

|Freestyle 74 kilogram

|{{dts|September 30}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Danny|Everett}}
Steve Lewis
Antonio McKay*
Butch Reynolds
Kevin Robinzine
Andrew Valmon*

|Athletics

|Men's 4 × 400 meter relay

|{{dts|October 1}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Evelyn|Ashford}}
Alice Brown
Sheila Echols
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Dannette Young*

|Athletics

|Women's 4 × 100 meter relay

|{{dts|October 1}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Kennedy|McKinney}}

|Boxing

|Bantamweight

|{{dts|October 1}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Ray|Mercer}}

|Boxing

|Heavyweight

|{{dts|October 1}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Greg|Barton}}

|Canoeing

|Men's K-1 1000 meters

|{{dts|October 1}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Greg|Barton}}
Norman Bellingham

|Canoeing

|Men's K-2 1000 meters

|{{dts|October 1}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Andrew|Maynard|Andrew Maynard (boxer)}}

|Boxing

|Light heavyweight

|{{dts|October 2}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|United States|men's national volleyball team}}
{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|small=yes|style=width:22em|{{ubl|Craig Buck|Bob Ctvrtlik|Scott Fortune|Karch Kiraly|Ricci Luyties|Douglas Partie|Jon Root|Eric Sato|Dave Saunders|Jeff Stork|Troy Tanner|Steve Timmons}}}}

|Volleyball

|Men's tournament

|{{dts|October 2}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Michele|Mitchell|Michele Mitchell (diver)}}

|Diving

|Women's 10 meter platform

|{{dts|September 18}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Matt|Biondi}}

|Swimming

|Men's 100 meter butterfly

|{{dts|September 21}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|David|Wharton}}

|Swimming

|Men's 400 meter individual medley

|{{dts|September 21}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Chris|Jacobs|Chris Jacobs (swimmer)}}

|Swimming

|Men's 100 meter freestyle

|{{dts|September 22}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Randy|Barnes}}

|Athletics

|Men's shot put

|{{dts|September 23}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Hollis|Conway}}

|Athletics

|Men's high jump

|{{dts|September 24}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Erich|Buljung}}

|Shooting

|Men's 10 meter air pistol

|{{dts|September 24}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Tom|Jager}}

|Swimming

|Men's 50 meter freestyle

|{{dts|September 24}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|David|Berkoff}}

|Swimming

|Men's 100 meter backstroke

|{{dts|September 24}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Beth|Barr}}
Janel Jorgensen
Tracey McFarlane
Mary T. Meagher*
Betsy Mitchell*
Dara Torres*
Mary Wayte

|Swimming

|Women's 4 × 100 meter medley relay

|{{dts|September 24}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Mike|Powell|Mike Powell (athlete)}}

|Athletics

|Men's long jump

|{{dts|September 25}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Evelyn|Ashford}}

|Athletics

|Women's 100 meters

|{{dts|September 25}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Kevin|Asano}}

|Judo

|–60 kilogram

|{{dts|September 25}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Thomas|Bohrer}}
Richard Kennelly
David Krmpotich
Raoul Rodriguez

|Rowing

|Men's four

|{{dts|September 25}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Anne|Marden}}

|Rowing

|Women's single sculls

|{{dts|September 25}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Hal|Haenel}}
Mark Reynolds

|Sailing

|Star

|{{dts|September 27}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|William|Baylis}}
Robert Billingham
John Kostecki

|Sailing

|Soling

|{{dts|September 27}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Carl|Lewis}}

|Athletics

|Men's 200 meters

|{{dts|September 28}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Butch|Reynolds}}

|Athletics

|Men's 400 meters

|{{dts|September 28}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Gregory|Best}}
Joe Fargis
Lisa Jacquin
Anne Kursinski

|Equestrian

|Team jumping

|{{dts|September 28}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Tracie|Ruiz}}

|Synchronized swimming

|Solo

|{{dts|September 30}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Jay|Barrs}}
Richard McKinney
Darrell Pace

|Archery

|Men's team

|{{dts|October 1}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Valerie|Brisco-Hooks}}
Diane Dixon
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Denean Howard
Sherri Howard*
Lillie Leatherwood*

|Athletics

|Women's 4 × 400 meter relay

|{{dts|October 1}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Michael|Carbajal}}

|Boxing

|Light flyweight

|{{dts|October 1}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Karen|Josephson}}
Sarah Josephson

|Synchronized swimming

|Duet

|{{dts|October 1}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Tim|Mayotte}}

|Tennis

|Men's singles

|{{dts|October 1}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|United States|men's national water polo team}}
{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|small=yes|style=width:22em|{{ubl|James Bergeson|Greg Boyer|Peter Campbell|Jeffrey Campbell|Jody Campbell|Christopher Duplanty|Michael Evans|Douglas Kimbell|Edward Klass|Alan Mouchawar|Kevin Robertson|Terry Schroeder|Craig Wilson}}}}

|Water polo

|Men's tournament

|{{dts|October 1}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Bruce|Baumgartner}}

|Wrestling

|Freestyle 130 kilogram

|{{dts|October 1}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Roy|Jones Jr.}}

|Boxing

|Light middleweight

|{{dts|October 2}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Riddick|Bowe}}

|Boxing

|Super heavyweight

|{{dts|October 2}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Gregory|Best}}

|Equestrian

|Individual jumping

|{{dts|October 2}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Wendy|Williams|Wendy Williams (diver)}}

|Diving

|Women's 10 meter platform

|{{dts|September 18}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Matt|Biondi}}

|Swimming

|Men's 200 meter freestyle

|{{dts|September 19}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Dennis|Koslowski}}

|Wrestling

|Greco-Roman 100 kilogram

|{{dts|September 21}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Mitzi|Kremer}}
Jill Sterkel*
Dara Torres
Laura Walker
Mary Wayte
Paige Zemina*

|Swimming

|Women's 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay

|{{dts|September 22}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Calvin|Smith}}

|Athletics

|Men's 100 meters

|{{dts|September 24}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Connie|Paraskevin-Young}}

|Cycling

|Women's sprint

|{{dts|September 24}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Edwin|Moses}}

|Athletics

|Men's 400 meter hurdles

|{{dts|September 25}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Larry|Myricks}}

|Athletics

|Men's long jump

|{{dts|September 25}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Kelly|McCormick}}

|Diving

|Women's 3 meter springboard

|{{dts|September 25}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Phoebe|Mills}}

|Gymnastics

|Balance beam

|{{dts|September 25}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Seth|Bauer}}
Doug Burden
Jeffrey McLaughlin
Peter Nordell
Ted Patton
John Pescatore
Jack Rusher
Jonathan Smith
Mike Teti

|Rowing

|Men's eight

|{{dts|September 25}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Jill|Sterkel}}

|Swimming

|Women's 50 meter freestyle

|{{dts|September 25}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Mary T.|Meagher}}

|Swimming

|Women's 200 meter butterfly

|{{dts|September 25}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Tonie|Campbell}}

|Athletics

|Men's 110 meter hurdles

|{{dts|September 26}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Kim|Gallagher}}

|Athletics

|Women's 800 meters

|{{dts|September 26}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Michael|Swain}}

|Judo

|–71 kilogram

|{{dts|September 27}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Mike|Gebhardt}}

|Sailing

|Men's Division II

|{{dts|September 27}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Charles|McKee}}
John Shadden

|Sailing

|Men's 470

|{{dts|September 27}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Danny|Everett}}

|Athletics

|Men's 400 meters

|{{dts|September 28}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|United States|men's national basketball team|1988 United States men's Olympic basketball team}}
{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|small=yes|style=width:22em|{{ubl|Willie Anderson|Stacey Augmon|Bimbo Coles|Jeffrey Grayer|Hersey Hawkins|Dan Majerle|Danny Manning|Herman Reid|Mitch Richmond|David Robinson|Charles D. Smith|Charles E. Smith}}}}

|Basketball

|Men's tournament

|{{dts|September 30}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|William|Scherr}}

|Wrestling

|Freestyle 100 kilogram

|{{dts|September 30}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Debra|Ochs}}
Denise Parker
Melanie Skillman

|Archery

|Women's team

|{{dts|October 1}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Romallis|Ellis}}

|Boxing

|Lightweight

|{{dts|October 1}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Kenneth|Gould}}

|Boxing

|Welterweight

|{{dts|October 1}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Brad|Gilbert}}

|Tennis

|Men's singles

|{{dts|October 1}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Zina|Garrison}}

|Tennis

|Women's singles

|{{dts|October 1}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Nathaniel|Carr}}

|Wrestling

|Freestyle 68 kilogram

|{{dts|October 1}}

| style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;"|

{{Clear}}

class=wikitable style="font-size:85%; float:right;text-align:center"
bgcolor=EFEFEF

!colspan=7|Medals by sport

Sport

|bgcolor=F7F6A8| {{gold01}}

|bgcolor=DCE5E5| {{silver02}}

|bgcolor=FFDBA9| {{bronze03}}

|Total

Athletics

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|13

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|7

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|6

|26

Swimming

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|8

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|6

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|4

|18

Boxing

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|3

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|3

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|2

|8

Wrestling

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|2

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|3

|6

Diving

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|2

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|2

|5

Tennis

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|2

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|2

|5

Canoeing

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|2

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|2

Sailing

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|1

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|2

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|2

|5

Archery

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|1

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|1

|3

Basketball

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|1

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|1

|2

Volleyball

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|1

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|1

Rowing

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|0

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|2

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|1

|3

Equestrian

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|0

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|2

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|2

Synchronized swimming

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|0

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|2

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|2

Judo

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|0

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|1

|2

Shooting

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|0

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|1

Water polo

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|0

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|1

Cycling

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|0

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|1

|1

Gymnastics

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|0

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|1

|1

Total

!style=background:gold|36

!style=background:silver|31

!style=background:#C96|27

!94

{{Clear}}

class=wikitable style="font-size:85%; float:right;text-align:center"
colspan=7|Medals by day
Day

|Date

| bgcolor=F7F6A8| {{gold01}}

| bgcolor=DCE5E5| {{silver02}}

| bgcolor=FFDAB9| {{bronze03}}

|Total

1

|September 18

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|0

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|1

|2

2

|September 19

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|1

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|1

|2

3

|September 20

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|1

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|1

4

|September 21

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|1

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|2

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|1

|4

5

|September 22

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|2

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|1

|4

6

|September 23

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|1

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|2

7

|September 24

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|4

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|5

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|2

|11

8

|September 25

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|4

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|5

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|7

|16

9

|September 26

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|1

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|2

|3

10

|September 27

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|2

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|2

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|3

|7

11

|September 28

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|2

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|3

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|1

|6

12

|September 29

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|4

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|4

13

|September 30

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|5

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|2

|8

14

|October 1

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|6

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|7

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|6

|19

15

|October 2

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|2

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|3

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|5

colspan=2|Total

!style=background:gold|36

!style=background:silver|31

!style=background:#C96|27

!94

{{Clear}}

class=wikitable style="font-size:85%; float:right;text-align:center"
bgcolor=EFEFEF

!colspan=6|Medals by gender

Gender

| bgcolor=F7F6A8| {{gold01}}

| bgcolor=DCE5E5| {{silver02}}

| bgcolor=FFDAB9| {{bronze03}}

|Total

|Percentage

Male

| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |24

| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |23

| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |17

|64

|68.1%

Female

| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |12

| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |7

| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |10

|29

|30.8%

Mixed

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|0

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|1

|1.1%

Total

!style=background:gold| 36

!style=background:silver| 31

!style=background:#C96| 27

!94

!100%

{{Clear}}

class=wikitable style="font-size:85%; float:right;text-align:center"
bgcolor=EFEFEF

!colspan=7|Multiple medalists

Name

|Sport

| bgcolor=F7F6A8| {{gold01}}

| bgcolor=DCE5E5| {{silver02}}

| bgcolor=FFDAB9| {{bronze03}}

|Total

Matt Biondi

|Swimming

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|5

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|1

|7

Florence Griffith-Joyner

|Athletics

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|3

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|4

Janet Evans

|Swimming

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|3

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|3

Chris Jacobs

|Swimming

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|2

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|3

Tom Jager

|Swimming

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|2

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|3

Carl Lewis

|Athletics

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|2

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|3

Greg Barton

|Canoeing

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|2

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|2

Troy Dalbey

|Swimming

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|2

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|2

Doug Gjertsen

|Swimming

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|2

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|2

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

|Athletics

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|2

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|2

Steve Lewis

|Athletics

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|2

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|2

Greg Louganis

|Diving

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|2

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|2

Evelyn Ashford

|Athletics

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|1

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|2

Jay Barrs

|Archery

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|1

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|2

David Berkoff

|Swimming

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|1

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|2

Butch Reynolds

|Athletics

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|1

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|2

Danny Everett

|Athletics

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|1

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|1

|2

Zina Garrison

|Tennis

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|1

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|1

|2

Gregory Best

|Equestrian

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|0

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|2

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|2

Mary T. Meagher

|Swimming

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|0

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|1

|2

Dara Torres

|Swimming

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|0

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|1

|2

Mary Wayte

|Swimming

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|0

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|1

|2

Jill Sterkel

|Swimming

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|0

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|2

|2

{{col-end}}

* - Indicates that the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final.

Archery

{{main|Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

The United States continued to be a strong contender in archery, though it found that South Korea had taken the top spot in the sport. Jay Barrs was the only non-Korean to win a gold medal for archery in Seoul. Two-time gold medallist Darrell Pace and 1984 silver medallist Richard McKinney joined Barrs in winning the team silver, while the women's team added a bronze medal despite not having any of the individual archers advance to the final. With her women's team bronze, 15-year-old Denise Parker become the youngest medalist in the history of Olympic archery.

;Men

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Preliminary round

!colspan=2|1/8 final

!colspan=2|Quarterfinal

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

align=left|Jay Barrs

|align=left rowspan=3|Individual

|1294

|3 Q

|313

|13 Q

|326

|4 Q

|334

|2 Q

|338

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Richard McKinney

|1288

|4 Q

|321

|6 Q

|327

|3 Q

|332

|3 Q

|324

|6

align=left|Darrell Pace

|1257

|19 Q

|306

|18 Q

|329

|1 Q

|322

|9

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Jay Barrs
Richard McKinney
Darrell Pace

|align=left|Team

|3839

|2 Q

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|992

|1 Q

|972

|{{silver02}}

;Women

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Preliminary round

!colspan=2|1/8 final

!colspan=2|Quarterfinal

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

align=left|Debra Ochs

|align=left rowspan=3|Individual

|1227

|26

|colspan=8|Did not advance

align=left|Denise Parker

|1263

|11 Q

|298

|21

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=left|Melanie Skillman

|1252

|15 Q

|307

|14 Q

|318

|9 Q

|311

|10

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Debra Ochs
Denise Parker
Melanie Skillman

|align=left|Team

|3742

|4 Q

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|988

|2 Q

|952

|{{bronze03}}

Athletics

{{main|Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

The men's 100 meter sprint was marred by the usage of performance-enhancing drugs when the initial winner, Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson, tested positive for banned substances after the race and was stripped of the gold medal and his world record time of 9.79 seconds, thus allowing Carl Lewis to repeat as gold medal winner. In 1989, Johnson admitted to further PED usage between 1981 and 1988 and his world record of 9.83 seconds from the 1987 World Championships was rescinded as well, allowing Lewis's 9.92 seconds in the Olympic final became the new world record. This put the United States in position to sweep the gold medals in the men's sprint distances, including a sweep of all medals at the 400 meter distance. The United States men also won medals while setting Olympic records at both hurdle distances. In the men's relays, a fumbled baton exchange in the heat of the 4 × 100 caused a heartbreaking disqualification for the favored American team. In the 4 × 400, however, the United States cruised to victory while equaling the 20-year-old world record which had been set in Mexico City. In men's field events, the highlight came from Carl Lewis defending his gold medal from Los Angeles and leading the United States to a medal sweep in the long jump. In the women's events, Florence Griffth-Joyner had dominating performances in the 100 and 200 meter sprints, lowering the Olympic record by over 0.2 seconds in the 100 and lowering the world record by almost 0.4 seconds in the 200. She also helped the United States to strong performances in the relays, winning gold in the 4 × 100 and coming in second, while beating the previous world record, to a record-shattering performance by the Soviet team in the 4 × 400. Meanwhile, in the heptathlon, Jackie Joyner-Kersee dominated the competition while setting a world record that has not been approached in the succeeding 30 years. Joyner-Kersee's long jump performance in the heptathlon was enough to set the Olympic record for the discipline, only for her to eclipse it in the final of the long jump event. The high jump event also saw Louise Ritter eclipse the Olympic record on the way to a gold medal. Finally, the only United States medal in the middle-distance events came from Kim Gallagher, who captured bronze in the 800 meters.

{{smalldiv|1=

;Key

  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target}}

;Men

;;Track and road events

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Quarterfinal

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=left|Carl Lewis

|align=left rowspan=3|100 m

|10.14

|1 Q

|9.99

|1 Q

|9.97

|1 Q

|9.92 {{WR|athletics}}

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Dennis Mitchell

|10.37

|1 Q

|10.13

|2 Q

|10.23

|3 Q

|10.04

|4

align=left|Calvin Smith

|10.28

|1 Q

|10.16

|1 Q

|10.15

|2 Q

|9.99

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Joe DeLoach

|align=left rowspan=3|200 m

|20.98

|1 Q

|20.56

|1 Q

|20.06

|1 Q

|19.75 {{OlyR|athletics}}

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Carl Lewis

|20.72

|2 Q

|20.57

|1 Q

|20.23

|1 Q

|19.79

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Roy Martin

|20.65

|1 Q

|20.54

|2 Q

|20.62

|6

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Danny Everett

|align=left rowspan=3|400 m

|45.63

|1 Q

|44.33

|1 Q

|44.36

|2 Q

|44.09

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Steve Lewis

|45.31

|1 Q

|44.41

|1 Q

|44.35

|1 Q

|43.87

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Butch Reynolds

|46.28

|3 Q

|44.46

|1 Q

|44.33

|1 Q

|43.93

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Tracy Baskin

|align=left rowspan=3|800 m

|1:50.38

|4

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=left|Mark Everett

|1:49.86

|4

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=left|Johnny Gray

|1:48.83

|1 Q

|1:45.96

|1 Q

|1:45.04

|4 Q

|1:44.80

|5

align=left|Jeff Atkinson

|align=left rowspan=3|1500 m

|3:38.33

|2Q

|colspan=2 rowspan=3 {{n/a}}

|3:39.12

|5 Q

|3:40.80

|10

align=left|Mark Deady

|3:41.91

|2 Q

|3:39.47

|8

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Steve Scott

|3:41.57

|2 Q

|3:38.20

|1 Q

|3:36.99

|5

align=left|Terry Brahm

|align=left rowspan=3|5000 m

|13:45.28

|13 q

|colspan=2 rowspan=3 {{n/a}}

|14:04.12

|15

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Sydney Maree

|13:47.85

|2 Q

|13:22.61

|2 Q

|13:23.69

|5

align=left|Doug Padilla

|13:58.45

|5 Q

|13:37.11

|11

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Bruce Bickford

|align=left rowspan=3|10,000 m

|28:16.16

|7 Q

|colspan=4 rowspan=3 {{n/a}}

|29:09.74

|18

align=left|Steve Plasencia

|colspan=2|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Pat Porter

|28:45.04

|11

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Arthur Blake

|align=left rowspan=3|110 m hurdles

|13.66

|1 Q

|13.65

|2 Q

|13.52

|2 Q

|13.96

|8

align=left|Tonie Campbell

|13.45

|1 Q

|13.47

|1 Q

|13.47

|2 Q

|13.38

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Roger Kingdom

|13.40

|1 Q

|13.17 {{OlyR|athletics}}

|1 Q

|13.37

|1 Q

|12.98 {{OlyR|athletics}}

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Edwin Moses

|align=left rowspan=3|400 m hurdles

|49.38

|1 Q

|colspan=2 rowspan=3 {{n/a}}

|47.89

|1 Q

|47.56

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Andre Phillips

|49.34

|1 Q

|48.19

|1 Q

|47.19 {{OlyR|athletics}}

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Kevin Young

|49.35

|1 Q

|48.56

|2 Q

|47.94

|4

align=left|Brian Abshire

|align=left rowspan=3|3000 m steeplechase

|8:36.56

|4 Q

|colspan=2 rowspan=3 {{n/a}}

|8:27.78

|9

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Brian Diemer

|8:38.40

|4 Q

|8:23.89

|7

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Henry Marsh

|8:33.89

|6 Q

|8:18.94

|7 q

|8:14.39

|6

align=left|Lee McNeill
Dennis Mitchell
Albert Robinson
Calvin Smith

|align=left|4 × 100 m relay

|colspan=2|{{abbr|DSQ|Disqualified}}

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Danny Everett
Steve Lewis
Antonio McKay*
Butch Reynolds
Kevin Robinzine
Andrew Valmon*

|align=left|4 × 400 m relay

|3:02.16

|1 Q

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|3:02.84

|1 Q

|2:56.16 {{WR|athletics}}

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Mark Conover

|align=left rowspan=3|Marathon

|colspan=6 rowspan=3 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}

align=left|Ed Eyestone

|2:19:09

|29

align=left|Pete Pfitzinger

|2:14:44

|14

align=left|Jim Heiring

|align=left rowspan=3|20 km walk

|colspan=6 rowspan=3 {{n/a}}

|1:27:30

|38

align=left|Tim Lewis

|1:31:00

|44

align=left|Gary Morgan

|1:27:26

|37

align=left|Marco Evoniuk

|align=left rowspan=3|50 km walk

|colspan=6 rowspan=3 {{n/a}}

|3:56:55

|22

align=left|Andrew Kaestner

|4:12:49

|34

align=left|Carl Schueler

|3:57:44

|23

* - Indicates the athlete ran in a preliminary round but not the final.

;;Field events

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=left|Carl Lewis

|align=left rowspan=3|Long jump

|8.06

|3 Q

|8.72

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Larry Myricks

|8.19

|2 Q

|8.27

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Mike Powell

|8.34

|1 Q

|8.49

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Willie Banks

|align=left rowspan=3|Triple jump

|16.57

|7 Q

|17.03

|6

align=left|Robert Cannon

|15.69

|29

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Charles Simpkins

|16.35

|10 Q

|17.29

|5

align=left|Hollis Conway

|align=left rowspan=3|High jump

|2.28

|=5 Q

|2.36

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Jim Howard

|2.25

|=13 q

|2.31

|10

align=left|Brian Stanton

|2.25

|=9 q

|2.31

|11

align=left|Earl Bell

|align=left rowspan=3|Pole vault

|5.40

|=4 q

|5.70

|4

align=left|Billy Olson

|5.40

|=9 q

|5.50

|12

align=left|Kory Tarpenning

|5.40

|=4 q

|5.50

|10

align=left|Randy Barnes

|align=left rowspan=3|Shot put

|20.83

|3 Q

|22.39

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Jim Doehring

|19.73

|11 q

|19.89

|11

align=left|Gregg Tafralis

|19.71

|12 q

|20.16

|9

align=left|Mike Buncic

|align=left rowspan=3|Discus throw

|63.16

|6 q

|62.46

|10

align=left|Randy Heisler

|59.08

|17

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Mac Wilkins

|62.48

|7 q

|65.90

|5

align=left|Brian Crouser

|align=left rowspan=3|Javelin throw

|72.72

|29

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Tom Petranoff

|77.48

|18

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Dave Stephens

|78.42

|14

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Lance Deal

|align=left rowspan=3|Hammer throw

|73.66

|17

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Kenneth Flax

|72.70

|18

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Jud Logan

|72.64

|19

|colspan=2|Did not advance

;;Combined event – Decathlon

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
Athlete

!Event

!{{abbr|100 m|100 meters}}

!{{abbr|LJ|Long jump}}

!{{abbr|SP|Shot put}}

!{{abbr|HJ|High jump}}

!{{abbr|400 m|400 meters}}

!{{abbr|110H|110 meter hurdles}}

!{{abbr|DT|Discus throw}}

!{{abbr|PV|Pole vault}}

!{{abbr|JT|Javelin throw}}

!{{abbr|1500 m|1500 meters}}

!Points

!Rank

align=left rowspan=2|Tim Bright

!style=font-size:95%|Result

|11.18

|7.05

|14.12

|2.06

|49.34

|14.39

|41.68

|5.70

|61.60

|4:51.20

|rowspan=2|8216

|rowspan=2|7

style=font-size:95%|Points

|821

|826

|736

|859

|845

|925

|699

|1132

|762

|611

align=left rowspan=2|Dave Johnson

!style=font-size:95%|Result

|11.15

|7.12

|14.52

|2.03

|49.15

|14.66

|42.36

|4.90

|66.46

|4:29.62

|rowspan=2|8180

|rowspan=2|9

style=font-size:95%|Points

|827

|842

|760

|831

|854

|891

|713

|880

|835

|747

align=left rowspan=2|Gary Kinder

!style=font-size:95%|Result

|11.31

|7.00

|14.89

|1.97

|51.79

|rowspan=2 colspan=5|{{abbr|DNS|Did not start}}

|rowspan=2 colspan=2|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}

style=font-size:95%|Points

|793

|814

|783

|776

|734

;Women

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Quarterfinal

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=left|Evelyn Ashford

|align=left rowspan=3|100 m

|11.10

|1 Q

|10.88

|1 Q

|10.99

|1 Q

|10.83

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Florence Griffith-Joyner

|10.88 {{OlyR|athletics}}

|1 Q

|10.62 {{OlyR|athletics}}

|1 Q

|10.70

|1 Q

|10.54**

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Gwen Torrence

|11.12

|1 Q

|10.99

|2 Q

|11.02

|3 Q

|10.97

|5

align=left|Florence Griffith-Joyner

|align=left rowspan=3|200 m

|22.51

|1 Q

|21.76 {{OlyR|athletics}}

|1 Q

|21.56 {{WR|athletics}}

|1 Q

|21.34 {{WR|athletics}}

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Pamela Marshall

|colspan=2|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=left|Gwen Torrence

|22.87

|1 Q

|22.25

|1 Q

|22.53

|3 Q

|22.17

|6

align=left|Valerie Brisco-Hooks

|align=left rowspan=3|400 m

|51.96

|1 Q

|51.24

|2 Q

|49.90

|2 Q

|50.16

|4

align=left|Diane Dixon

|52.45

|1 Q

|51.98

|2 Q

|49.84

|3 Q

|50.72

|5

align=left|Denean Howard

|52.26

|1 Q

|51.02

|3 Q

|49.87

|4 Q

|51.12

|6

align=left|Joetta Clark

|align=left rowspan=3|800 m

|2:00.83

|2 Q

|colspan=2 rowspan=3 {{n/a}}

|2:03.32

|7

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Kim Gallagher

|2:01.70

|1 Q

|1:57.39

|2 Q

|1:56.91

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Delisa Walton-Floyd

|2:02.37

|2 Q

|1:58.82

|2 Q

|1:57.80

|5

align=left|Mary Decker

|align=left rowspan=3|1500 m

|4:03.61

|2 Q

|colspan=4 rowspan=3 {{n/a}}

|4:02.49

|8

align=left|Kim Gallagher

|4:07.22

|4 Q

|4:16.25

|11

align=left|Regina Jacobs

|4:18.09

|11

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Mary Decker

|align=left rowspan=3|3000 m

|8:44.15

|4 Q

|colspan=4 rowspan=3 {{n/a}}

|8:47.13

|10

align=left|Vicki Huber

|8:48.93

|5 Q

|8:37.25

|6

align=left|PattiSue Plumer

|8:45.21

|7 q

|8:59.17

|13

align=left|Lynn Jennings

|align=left rowspan=3|10,000 m

|32:18.44

|8 Q

|colspan=4 rowspan=3 {{n/a}}

|31:39.93

|6

align=left|Francie Larrieu-Smith

|31:52.02

|6 Q

|31:35.52

|5

align=left|Lynn Nelson

|32:15.45

|6 Q

|32:32.24

|15

align=left|Gail Devers

|align=left rowspan=3|100 m hurdles

|13.18

|3 Q

|13.22

|4 Q

|13.51

|8

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Jacqueline Humphrey

|13.24

|4 Q

|13.25

|6 q

|13.59

|7

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|LaVonna Martin

|13.20

|3 Q

|13.20

|5 q

|13.29

|7

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Leslie Maxie

|align=left rowspan=3|400 m hurdles

|57.60

|5

|colspan=2 rowspan=3 {{n/a}}

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Latanya Sheffield

|55.61

|4 q

|54.36

|3 Q

|55.32

|8

align=left|Schowonda Williams

|55.98

|2 Q

|56.71

|7

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Evelyn Ashford
Alice Brown
Sheila Echols
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Dannette Young*

|align=left|4 × 100 m relay

|42.39

|1 Q

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|42.12

|1 Q

|41.98

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Diane Dixon
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Denean Howard
Sherri Howard*
Lillie Leatherwood*

|align=left|4 × 400 m relay

|3:25.86

|1 Q

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|3:15.51

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Nancy Ditz

|align=left rowspan=3|Marathon

|colspan=6 rowspan=3 {{n/a}}

|2:33:42

|17

align=left|Margaret Groos

|2:40:59

|39

align=left|Cathy O'Brien

|2:41:04

|40

* - Indicates the athlete ran in a preliminary round but not the final.
** - Griffith-Joyner's final time was faster than the Olympic record she had set in the quarterfinal but the wind reading during the race was 3 meters/second in favor of the sprinters, thus disallowing the race for any IAAF records.

;;Field events

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=left|Sheila Echols

|align=left rowspan=3|Long jump

|6.37

|16

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Jackie Joyner-Kersee

|6.96

|3 Q

|7.40 {{OlyR|athletics}}

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Carol Lewis

|6.40

|13

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Patricia King

|align=left rowspan=3|High jump

|1.84

|19

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Louise Ritter

|1.92

|=11 Q

|2.03 {{OlyR|athletics}}

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Coleen Sommer

|1.87

|18

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Bonnie Dasse

|align=left rowspan=3|Shot put

|19.45

|11 q

|17.60

|12

align=left|Ramona Pagel

|18.55

|15

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Connie Price

|17.09

|18

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Carol Cady

|align=left rowspan=3|Discus throw

|62.72

|10 Q

|63.42

|11

align=left|Ramona Pagel

|57.50

|15

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Connie Price

|57.04

|16

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Donna Mayhew

|align=left rowspan=3|Javelin throw

|61.56

|12 q

|61.78

|7

align=left|Karin Smith

|57.94

|20

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Lynda Sutfin

|56.12

|24

|colspan=2|Did not advance

;;Combined event – Heptathlon

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
Athlete

!Event

!{{abbr|100H|100 meter hurdles}}

!{{abbr|HJ|High jump}}

!{{abbr|SP|Shot put}}

!{{abbr|200 m|200 meters}}

!{{abbr|LJ|Long jump}}

!{{abbr|JT|Javelin throw}}

!{{abbr|800 m|800 meters}}

!Points

!Rank

align=left rowspan=2|Wendy Brown

!style=font-size:95%|Result

|14.07

|1.83

|12.69

|24.83

|6.13

|44.34

|2:26.43

|rowspan=2|5972

|rowspan=2|18

style=font-size:95%|Points

|968

|1016

|707

|902

|890

|751

|738

align=left rowspan=2|Cindy Greiner

!style=font-size:95%|Result

|13.55

|1.80

|14.13

|24.48

|6.47

|38.00

|2:13.65

|rowspan=2|6297

|rowspan=2|8

style=font-size:95%|Points

|1043

|978

|803

|935

|997

|629

|912

align=left rowspan=2|Jackie Joyner-Kersee

!style=font-size:95%|Result

|12.69

|1.86

|15.80

|22.56

|7.27 {{OlyR|athletics}}

|45.66

|2:08.51

|rowspan=2|7291 {{WR|athletics}}

|rowspan=2|{{gold01}}

style=font-size:95%|Points

|1172

|1054

|915

|1123

|1264

|776

|987

Basketball

{{main|Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

;Summary

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Team

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=6|Preliminary round

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal game}}

style=font-size:95%

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=left|United States men

|align=left|Men's tournament

|{{bk|ESP}}
W 97–53

|{{bk|CAN}}
W 76–70

|{{bk|BRA|1968}}
W 102–87

|{{bk|CHN}}
W 108–57

|{{bk|EGY}}
W 102–35

|1 Q

|{{bk|PUR|1952}}
W 94–57

|{{bk|URS}}
L 76–82

|Bronze medal final
{{bk|AUS}}
W 78–49

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|United States women

|align=left|Women's tournament

|{{bkw|TCH}}
W 87–81

|{{bkw|YUG}}
W 101–74

|{{bkw|CHN}}
W 102–88

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|1 Q

|{{n/a}}

|{{bkw|URS}}
W 102–88

|{{bkw|YUG}}
W 77–70

|{{gold01}}

=Men's tournament=

{{main|Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}

This was the last time that the United States was represented by college players in Olympic competition. Other countries, meanwhile, used their best professionals.

;Roster

{{#section:Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters|USA}}

;Group play

{{#section:Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B}}

{{#section:Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B3}}

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{{#section:Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B5}}

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{{#section:Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B7}}

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{{#section:Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B12}}

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{{#section:Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B14}}

;Quarterfinal

{{#section:Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|D3}}

;Semifinal

{{#section:Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|F2}}

;Bronze medal game

{{#section:Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|G1}}

=Women's tournament=

{{main|Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament}}

;Team roster

{{#section:Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters|USA}}

;Group play

{{#section:Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|B}}

{{#section:Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|B1}}

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{{#section:Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|B3}}

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{{#section:Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|B6}}

;Semifinal

{{#section:Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|D2}}

;Gold medal game

{{#section:Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|E2}}

Boxing

{{main|Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

There were several controversies involving the American boxers at the games. Young and talented Roy Jones Jr. dominated his opponents, never losing a round en route to the final, where he controversially lost a 3–2 decision to South Korean fighter Park Si-Hun despite pummeling Park for three rounds and landing 86 punches to Park's 32.{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE7DD153DF934A35753C1A96E948260 | work=The New York Times | title=In Losing, a Boxer Won | first=David | last=Mamet | date=October 7, 1988 | access-date=April 10, 2010}}{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9805E4D9163AF935A1575AC0A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1|title=Sports of The Times – Nice Gesture Substitutes For Justice – NYTimes.com|date=September 26, 1997|website=Query.nytimes.com|access-date=April 16, 2015}}{{cite web

| title = Seoul Games scarred by riots

|url=http://in.rediff.com/sports/2004/jul/05oly.htm

| work=in.rediff.com

| access-date =August 22, 2008 }}

The decision sparked outrage and an International Olympic Committee investigation found that the three judges who voted for Park Si-Hun had been bribed by South Korean officials.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ringtv.com/174221-10-notable-olympic-boxing-controversies/11/|title=10: Notable Olympic boxing controversies - Page 11 of 11|date=August 6, 2012|website=The Ring|access-date=February 8, 2020}}

With some elements of corruption in Olympic boxing coming to light, refereeing standards were changed after the games to avoid future controversies. Corruption was also suspected in Michael Carbajal's decision loss in his gold medal match.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-10-08-sp-3097-story.html|title=USA Boxing Seeks to Ban Olympic Judges : Roy Jones Decision in Gold-Medal Bout Prompts Action Against Three|last=Gustkey|first=Earl|date=October 8, 1988|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=February 8, 2020}}

In another controversial gold medal match, Riddick Bowe lost to future world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis. After Lewis landed several hard punches the referee gave Bowe two standing eight counts and waved the fight off after the second one, even though Bowe seemed able to continue.{{cite web|title=Lennox Lewis vs Riddick Bowe 88 Olympic Final|website = YouTube| date=April 13, 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K39AbwNl3QU|access-date=May 3, 2017}} In yet another controversy, Michael Carbajal lost the gold medal bout in the light flyweight, with suspicions of politics influencing the judges decision being quite widespread.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-10-08-sp-3097-story.html|title=USA Boxing Seeks to Ban Olympic Judges : Roy Jones Decision in Gold-Medal Bout Prompts Action Against Three|last=Gustkey|first=Earl|date=October 8, 1988|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=February 8, 2020}} Members of the U.S. Army Boxing Team (Anthony Hembrick, Andrew Maynard, Kennedy McKinney, Ray Mercer) trained for the Olympics at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.{{Cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/st-louis-sporting-news-oct-1988|title=NewspaperArchive® | 15,924 Historic Newspaper Archives}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Furthermore, middleweight Anthony Hembrick never had the opportunity to fight. Hembrick and his coach, Ken Adams, misinterpreted the fight schedule. Afterwards, they blamed the schedule for being too confusing. By the time Hembrick arrived at Chamshil Students' Gymnasium twelve minutes late, he had been disqualified and the match was being awarded to South Korean Ha Jong-ho.{{cite news|last1=Alfano|first1=Peter|title=THE SEOUL OLYMPICS: Boxing; Tardy Hembrick Is Banned|work=The New York Times|date=September 20, 1988}}

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!First round

!Second round

!Third round

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=left|Michael Carbajal

|align=left|Light flyweight

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|O|KOR|1988 Summer}}
W 3–2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Hiền|VIE|1988 Summer}}
W {{abbr|RSC|Referee stopped contest}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Olson|CAN|1988 Summer}}
W 5–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Isaszegi|HUN|1988 Summer}}
W 4–1

|{{flagIOCathlete|Marinov|BUL|1988 Summer}}
L 0–5

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Arthur Johnson

|align=left|Flyweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Mannai|ITA|1988 Summer}}
W 5–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Singh|NEP|1988 Summer}}
W {{abbr|RSC|Referee stopped contest}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Kim|KOR|1988 Summer}}
L 0–5

|colspan=3|Did not advance

|=9

align=left|Kennedy McKinney

|align=left|Bantamweight

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Pérez|GUA|1988 Summer}}
W {{abbr|RSC|Referee stopped contest}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Birajdar|IND|1988 Summer}}
W {{abbr|WO|Walkover}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Mwema|KEN|1988 Summer}}
W 5–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Moolasan|THA|1988 Summer}}
W {{abbr|RSC|Referee stopped contest}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Khristov|BUL|1988 Summer}}
W 5–0

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Kelcie Banks

|align=left|Featherweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Tuur|NED|1988 Summer}}
L {{abbr|KO|Knockout}}

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|=33

align=left|Romallis Ellis

|align=left|Lightweight

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Lee|KOR|1988 Summer}}
W 5–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Traoré|MLI|1988 Summer}}
W {{abbr|RSC|Referee stopped contest}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Chuprenski|BUL|1988 Summer}}
W 3–2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Zülow|GDR|1988 Summer}}
L 0–5

|Did not advance

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Todd Foster

|align=left|Light welterweight

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Rahilou|MAR|1988 Summer}}
W {{abbr|KO|Knockout}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Jeon|KOR|1988 Summer}}
W {{abbr|KO|Knockout}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Cheney|AUS|1988 Summer}}
L 2–3

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|=5

align=left|Kenneth Gould

|align=left|Welterweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Marwa|TAN|1988 Summer}}
W 4–1

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ankamah|GHA|1988 Summer}}
W 5–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Masoe|ASA|1988 Summer}}
W 5–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Nyman|FIN|1988 Summer}}
W 5–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Boudouani|FRA|1988 Summer}}
L 1–4

|Did not advance

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Roy Jones Jr.

|align=left|Light middleweight

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Makalamba|MAW|1988 Summer}}
W {{abbr|KO|Knockout}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Franke|TCH|1988 Summer}}
W 5–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Zaytsev|URS|1988 Summer}}
W 5–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Woodhall|GBR|1988 Summer}}
W 5–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Park|KOR|1988 Summer}}
L 2–3

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Andrew Maynard

|align=left|Light heavyweight

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Masoe|ASA|1988 Summer}}
W {{abbr|RSC|Referee stopped contest}}

|{{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Erős|HUN|1988 Summer}}
W 5–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Petrich|POL|1988 Summer}}
W {{abbr|RET|Opponent retired}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Shanavazov|URS|1988 Summer}}
W 5–0

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Ray Mercer

|align=left|Heavyweight

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Gavenčiak|TCH|1988 Summer}}
W {{abbr|RSC|Referee stopped contest}}

|{{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Gaudiano|ITA|1988 Summer}}
W {{abbr|KO|Knockout}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Vanderlyde|NED|1988 Summer}}
W {{abbr|RSC|Referee stopped contest}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Baik|KOR|1988 Summer}}
W {{abbr|KO|Knockout}}

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Riddick Bowe

|align=left|Super heavyweight

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Botowamungu|AUT|1988 Summer}}
W {{abbr|KO|Knockout}}

|{{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Hrivňák|TCH|1988 Summer}}
W {{abbr|RSC|Referee stopped contest}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Miroshnichenko|URS|1988 Summer}}
W 5–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Lewis|CAN|1988 Summer}}
L {{abbr|RSC|Referee stopped contest}}

|{{silver02}}

Canoeing

{{main|Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Repechage

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=left|Jim Terrell

|align=left|C-1 500 m

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye*}}

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}

|2:00.13

|4

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Bruce Merritt

|align=left|C-1 1000 m

|4:17.73

|6 R

|4:41.75

|3 SF

|4:16.51

|4

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Rodney McLain
Bruce Merritt

|align=left|C-2 500 m

|1:51.48

|6 R

|1:53.36

|3 SF

|1:53.32

|5

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Gregory Steward
Ronald Urick

|align=left|C-2 1000 m

|4:26.56

|6 R

|4:17.77

|4

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Mike Herbert

|align=left|K-1 500 m

|1:43.41

|4 R

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye*}}

|1:43.40

|2 QF

|1:46.73

|4

align=left|Greg Barton

|align=left|K-1 1000 m

|3:42.26

|1 SF

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}

|3:40.96

|1 QF

|3:55.27

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Terry Kent
Terry White

|align=left|K-2 500 m

|1:34.69

|3 SF

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}

|1:36.33

|3 QF

|1:36.62

|8

align=left|Greg Barton
Norman Bellingham

|align=left|K-2 1000 m

|3:20.50

|2 SF

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|3:25.36

|1 QF

|3:32.42

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Curt Bader
Michael Harbold
Terry Kent
Terry White

|align=left|K-4 1000 m

|3:07.70

|2 SF

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}

|3:15.60

|5

|colspan=2|Did not advance

;Women

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Repechage

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=left|Traci Phillips

|align=left|K-1 500 m

|1:59.53

|4 SF

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|1:59.48

|3 QF

|2:00.81

|6

align=left|Shelia Conover
Cathy Marino-Geers

|align=left|K-2 500 m

|1:50.54

|2 SF

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}

|1:54.16

|3 QF

|1:50.33

|7

align=left|Shelia Conover
Shirley Dery-Batlik
Cathy Marino-Geers
Traci Phillips

|align=left|K-4 500 m

|1:41.77

|4 SF

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|1:43.17

|3 QF

|1:47.94

|9

Key: QF – Qualified to medal final; SF – Qualified to semifinal; R – Qualified to repechage; * - Heat not held due to lack of competitors. All competitors scheduled for this heat advanced to the next round.

Cycling

{{main|Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

Nineteen cyclists represented the United States in 1988. Connie Paraskevin-Young won bronze in the women's sprint.

=Road=

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

align=left|Scott McKinley

|align=left rowspan=3|Men's road race

|4:32:56

|65

align=left|Bob Mionske

|4:32:46

|4

align=left|Craig Schommer

|4:32:56

|69

align=left|Norman Alvis
Jim Copeland
Tony Palmer
Andy Paulin

|align=left|Men's team time trial

|2:02:35.7

|10

align=left|Bunki Bankaitis-Davis

|align=left rowspan=3|Women's road race

|2:00:52

|14

align=left|Inga Thompson

|2:00:52

|8

align=left|Sally Zack

|2:00:52

|16

=Track=

;Points race

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Round one

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

align=left|Frankie Andreu

|align=left|Points race

|11

|11 Q

|21

|8

;Pursuit

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=left|David Brinton

|align=left|Individual pursuit

|4:48.93

|14 Q

|{{flagIOCathlete|Sturgess|GBR|1988 Summer}}
L 4:47.27

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Dave Lettieri
Michael McCarthy
Leonard Nitz
Carl Sundquist

|align=left|Team pursuit

|4:22.96

|9

|colspan=5|Did not advance

;Sprint

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Qualifying

!Round 1

!Repechage 1

!Round 2

!Repechage 2

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=left|Ken Carpenter

|align=left|Men's sprint

|10.792

|5

|{{flagIOCathlete|Abrams|GUY|1988 Summer}},
{{flagIOCathlete|Faccini|ITA|1988 Summer}}
L

|{{flagIOCathlete|Alwi|MAS|1988 Summer}},
{{flagIOCathlete|Harnett|CAN|1988 Summer}},
{{flagIOCathlete|Lynch|BAR|1988 Summer}}
L

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=left|Connie Paraskevin-Young

|align=left|Women's sprint

|11.845

|4

|{{flagIOCathlete|Speight|AUS|1988 Summer}},
{{flagIOCathlete|Tabor|CAN|1988 Summer}}
W 12.11

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Zhou|CHN|1988 Summer}}
W 12.85, W 12.94

|{{flagIOCathlete|Salumäe|URS|1988 Summer}}
L, L

|Bronze medal final
{{flagIOCathlete|Gautheron|FRA|1988 Summer}}
W 14.07, W 12.41

|{{bronze03}}

;Time trial

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

align=left|Bobby Livingston

|align=left|1 km time trial

|1:06.926

|14

Diving

{{main|Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Preliminary

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

align=left|Mark Bradshaw

|align=left rowspan=2|3 m springboard

|588.15

|7 Q

|642.99

|5

align=left|Greg Louganis

|629.67

|3 Q

|730.80

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Patrick Jeffrey

|align=left rowspan=2|10 m platform

|553.89

|5 Q

|483.54

|12

align=left|Greg Louganis

|617.67

|1 Q

|638.61

|{{gold01}}

;Women

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Preliminary

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

align=left|Wendy Lucero

|align=left rowspan=2|3 m springboard

|477.99

|4 Q

|498.81

|6

align=left|Kelly McCormick

|473.73

|5 Q

|533.19

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Michele Mitchell

|align=left rowspan=2|10 m platform

|426.45

|2 Q

|436.95

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Wendy Williams

|402.54

|4 Q

|400.44

|{{bronze03}}

Equestrian

{{main|Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

;Dressage

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Horse

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Qualifying

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

align=left|Belinda Baudin

|align=left|Christopher

|align=left rowspan=4|Individual

|1248

|33

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Robert Dover

|align=left|Federleicht

|1327

|12 Q

|1320

|13

align=left|Lendon Gray

|align=left|Later On

|1212

|43

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Jessica Ransehousen

|align=left|Orpheus

|1308

|=15 Q

|1282

|17

align=left|Belinda Baudin
Robert Dover
Lendon Gray
Jessica Ransehousen

|align=left|as above

|align=left|Team

|3883

|=6

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

;Eventing

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Horse

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Dressage

!colspan=4|Cross-country

!colspan=4|Jumping

style=font-size:95%

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

!Total

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

!Total

!Rank

align=left|Bruce Davidson

|align=left|Dr. Peaches

|align=left rowspan=4|Individual

|50.40

|6

|76.40

|20

|126.80

|18

|15

|29

|141.80

|18

align=left|Phyllis Dawson

|align=left|Albany II

|54.60

|10

|40

|13

|94.60

|10

|5

|=11

|99.60

|10

align=left|Karen Lende O'Connor

|align=left|The Optimist

|64.20

|21

|colspan=4|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Ann Sutton

|align=left|Tarzan

|57.20

|14

|colspan=4|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Bruce Davidson
Phyllis Dawson
Karen Lende O'Connor
Ann Sutton

|align=left|as above

|align=left|Team

|162.20

|4

|colspan=4|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}

|colspan=4|Did not advance

;Jumping

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=3|Athlete

!rowspan=3|Horse

!rowspan=3|Event

!colspan=6|Qualifying

!colspan=6|Final

style=font-size:95%

!colspan=2|Round 1

!colspan=2|Round 2

!colspan=2|Total

!colspan=2|Round 1

!colspan=2|Round 2

!colspan=2|Total

style=font-size:95%

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

align=left|Greg Best

|align=left|Gem Twist

|align=left rowspan=4|Individual

|69.50

|=1

|63.50

|=10

|133.00

|=5 Q

|4

|=4 Q

|0

|1

|4

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Joseph Fargis

|align=left|Mill Pearl

|69.50

|=1

|63.50

|=10

|133.00

|=5 Q

|4

|=4 Q

|8

|=8

|12

|=7

align=left|Lisa Ann Jacquin

|align=left|For the Moment

|16.00

|58

|24.00

|51

|40.00

|56

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=left|Anne Kursinski

|align=left|Starman

|69.50

|=1

|52.00

|23

|121.50

|11 Q

|4

|=4 Q

|4

|=3

|8

|=4

align=left|Greg Best
Joseph Fargis
Lisa Ann Jacquin
Anne Kursinski

|align=left|as above

|align=left|Team

|colspan=6 {{n/a}}

|12.25

|2

|8.25

|1

|20.50

|{{silver02}}

Fencing

{{main|Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

19 fencers represented the United States in 1988.

;Men

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=3|Athlete

!rowspan=3|Event

!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Round 1 pool

!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Quarterfinal pool

!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Semifinal pool

!colspan=11|Elimination round

style=font-size:95%

!Round 1

!Round 2

!Round 3

!Barrage 1

!Barrage 2

!Barrage 3

!Barrage 4

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal / {{abbr|Cl.|Classification match}}

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal bout/match}} / {{abbr|Pl.|Placement match}}

style=font-size:95%

!{{abbr|W–T–L|Wins–Ties–Losses}}

!Rank

!{{abbr|W–L|Wins–Losses}}

!Rank

!{{abbr|W–L|Wins–Losses}}

!Rank

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=left|Peter Lewison

|align=left rowspan=3|Individual foil

|2–2

|3 Q

|2–3

|5 Q

|3–1

|1 Q

|{{flagIOCathlete|Sypniewski|POL|1988 Summer}}
W 10–6

|{{flagIOCathlete|Érsek|HUN|1988 Summer}}
L 7–10

|Did not advance

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Emura|JPN|1988 Summer}}
W 10–8

|{{flagIOCathlete|Gátai|HUN|1988 Summer}}
W 10–8

|{{flagIOCathlete|Romankov|URS|1988 Summer}}
L 1–10

|colspan=3|Did not advance

|12

align=left|Dave Littell

|2–0–3

|4 Q

|1–4

|6

|colspan=12|Did not advance

|43

align=left|Mike Marx

|3–0–2

|3 Q

|3–2

|2 Q

|0–4

|5

|colspan=10|Did not advance

|36

align=left|Peter Lewison
Dave Littell
Mike Marx
Greg Massialas
George Nonomura

|align=left|Team foil

|0–0–3

|4

|colspan=11 {{n/a}}

|colspan=3|Did not advance

|14

align=left|Robert Marx

|align=left rowspan=3|Individual épée

|0–0–4

|5

|colspan=14|Did not advance

|71

align=left|Rob Stull

|1–1–2

|4 Q

|3–1

|2 Q

|0–5

|6

|colspan=10|Did not advance

|47

align=left|Stephen Trevor

|2–2

|4 Q

|4–0

|1 Q

|1–4

|5

|colspan=10|Did not advance

|=38

align=left|Robert Marx
Lee Shelley
Rob Stull
Stephen Trevor

|align=left|Team épée

|1–0–1

|2 Q

|colspan=11 {{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCteam|HUN|1988 Summer}}
L 3–9

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|11

align=left|Mike Lofton

|align=left rowspan=3|Individual sabre

|1–0–5

|6

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|rowspan=3 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|rowspan=3 colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=3|Did not advance

|32

align=left|Steve Mormando

|3–0–3

|3 Q

|2–2

|4 Q

|3–2

|3 Q

|{{flagIOCathlete|Alshan|URS|1988 Summer}}
L 1–10

|Did not advance

|{{flagIOCathlete|Dalla Barba|ITA|1988 Summer}}
L 7–10

|Did not advance

|colspan=3|Did not advance

|16

align=left|Peter Westbrook

|3–0–3

|4 Q

|2–2

|4 Q

|1–4

|5

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|colspan=3|Did not advance

|20

align=left|Bob Cottingham
Paul Friedberg
Mike Lofton
Steve Mormando
Peter Westbrook

|align=left|Team sabre

|1–0–2

|3

|colspan=11 {{n/a}}

|colspan=3|Did not advance

|7

;Women

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=3|Athlete

!rowspan=3|Event

!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Round 1 pool

!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Quarterfinal pool

!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Semifinal pool

!colspan=8|Elimination round

style=font-size:95%

!Round 1

!Round 2

!Barrage 1

!Barrage 2

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal / {{abbr|Cl.|Classification match}}

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal bout/match}} / {{abbr|Pl.|Placement match}}

style=font-size:95%

!{{abbr|W–L|Wins–Losses}}

!Rank

!{{abbr|W–L|Wins–Losses}}

!Rank

!{{abbr|W–L|Wins–Losses}}

!Rank

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=left|Caitlin Bilodeaux

|align=left rowspan=3|Individual foil

|3–1

|1 Q

|4–1

|1 Q

|3–2

|2 Q

|{{flagIOCathlete|Fichtel|FRG|1988 Summer}}
L 1–8

|Did not advance

|{{flagIOCathlete|Królikowska|POL|1988 Summer}}
W 8–6

|{{flagIOCathlete|Sun|CHN|1988 Summer}}
L 5–8

|colspan=3|Did not advance

|11

align=left|Sharon Monplaisir

|2–2

|3 Q

|1–4

|6

|colspan=9|Did not advance

|35

align=left|Mary O'Neill

|1–3

|4 Q

|0–5

|6

|colspan=9|Did not advance

|36

align=left|Caitlin Bilodeaux
Elaine Cheris
Sharon Monplaisir
Mary O'Neill
Molly Sullivan

|align=left|Team foil

|1–1

|2 Q

|colspan=8 {{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCteam|HUN|1988 Summer}}
L 5–9

|Classification semifinal
{{flagIOCteam|KOR|1988 Summer}}
W 9–2

|5th place final
{{flagIOCteam|CHN|1988 Summer}}
L 8–8

|6

Field hockey

{{main|Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

Summary

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Team

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=4|Preliminary round

!Semifinal / {{abbr|Cl.|Classification game}}

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal game}} / {{abbr|Pl.|Placement game}}

style=font-size:95%

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=left|United States women

|align=left|Women's tournament

|{{fhw|NED}}
L 1–3

|{{fhw|ARG|1861}}
L 1–2

|{{fhw|GBR}}
T 2–2

|4

|5th-8th place classification
{{fhw|FRG}}
L 1–2

|7th place final
{{fhw|ARG|1861}}
L 1–3

|8

=Women's tournament=

The US women's field hockey team competed for the second time at the Summer Olympics.

Roster

:* ( 1.) Patty Shea (gk)

:* ( 2.) Yolanda Hightower

:* ( 3.) Mary Koboldt

:* ( 4.) Marcia Pankratz

:* ( 5.) Cheryl Van Kuren

:* ( 6.) Diane Bracalente

:* ( 7.) Beth Beglin

:* ( 8.) Marcella Place

:* ( 9.) Sandra Vander-Heyden

:* (10.) Tracey Fuchs

:* (11.) Sheryl Johnson

:* (12.) Sandra Costigan

:* (13.) Christy Morgan

:* (14.) Barbara Marois

:* (15.) Megan Donnelly

:* (16.) Donna Lee

Head coach: Boudewijn Castelijn

Preliminary round

{{#section:Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A}}

{{#section:Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A2}}

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{{#section:Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A4}}

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{{#section:Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A5}}

5th-8th place classification

{{#section:Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|C1}}

8th place game

{{#section-h:Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Seventh and eighth place}}

Football

{{main|Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

;Summary

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Team

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=4|Preliminary round

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal game}}

style=font-size:95%

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=left|United States men

|align=left|Men's tournament

|{{fb|ARG|1861}}
T 1–1

|{{fb|KOR|1984}}
T 0–0

|{{fb|URS}}
L 2–4

|4

|colspan=4|Did not advance

Roster

Head coach: Lothar Osiander

border="0" width="100%" style="border: 1px solid #999; background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center"
align="center" bgcolor="#AAD0FF"

!width=4%|No.

!width=4%|Pos.

!width=23%|Player

!width=12%|DoB

!width=4%|Age

!width=4%|Caps

!width=21%|Club

!width=6%|Tournament
games

!width=6%|Tournament
goals

!width=4%|Minutes
played

!width=4%|Sub off

!width=4%|Sub on

!width=4%|Cards
yellow/red

1GKalign="left"| David VanoleFebruary 6, 196325?align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Los Angeles Heat30270000
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| 2

DFalign="left"| Steve TrittschuhApril 24, 196523?align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} St. Louis Steamers000000
3DFalign="left"| John DoyleMarch 16, 196622?align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} University of San Francisco21135010
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| 4

DFalign="left"| Kevin CrowSeptember 17, 196127?align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} San Diego Sockers30270000
5DFalign="left"| Mike WindischmannDecember 6, 196522?align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Los Angeles Lazers1122010
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| 6

FWalign="left"| Frank KlopasSeptember 1, 196622?align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE}} AEK Athens FC20180000
7FWalign="left"| Jim GabarraSeptember 22, 195928?align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Los Angeles Lazers000000
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| 8

MFalign="left"| Rick DavisNovember 24, 195829?align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Tacoma Stars3027000{{yel}}1
9FWalign="left"| Brent GouletJune 19, 196424?align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Crewe Alexandra F.C.31203110
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| 10

FWalign="left"| Peter VermesNovember 21, 196621?align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} New Jersey Eagles20180000
11FWalign="left"| Eric EichmannMay 7, 196523?align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Fort Lauderdale Strikers000000
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| 12

DFalign="left"| Paul KrumpeMarch 4, 196325?align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Los Angeles Heat30245100
13MFalign="left"| John HarkesMarch 8, 196721?align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} National team2092110
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| 14

DFalign="left"| John StollmeyerOctober 25, 196225?align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Cleveland Force2059110
15MFalign="left"| Tab RamosSeptember 21, 196622?align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} New Jersey Eagles20119200
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| 16

MFalign="left"| Bruce MurrayJanuary 25, 196622?align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Washington Stars20180000
17MFalign="left"| Desmond ArmstrongNovember 2, 196423?align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Baltimore Blast3020501{{yel}}1
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| 18

GKalign="left"| Jeff DubackJanuary 5, 196424?align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Boston Bolts000000
19DFalign="left"| Brian BlissSeptember 28, 196522?align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Cleveland Force3027000{{yel}}1
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| 20

DFalign="left"| Paul CaligiuriMay 9, 196424?align="left"| {{flagicon|FRG}} SV Meppen30270000

Preliminary round

{{:Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Group C|title=Group C|showteam=USA|show_matches=n}}

{{#section:Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|C2}}

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{{#section:Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|C3}}

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{{#section:Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|C5}}

Gymnastics

{{main|Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

=Artistic=

;Men

;;Team

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=3|Athlete

!rowspan=3|Event

!colspan=12|Apparatus

!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Total

style=font-size:95%

!colspan=2|{{abbr|F|Floor}}

!colspan=2|{{abbr|PH|Pommel horse}}

!colspan=2|{{abbr|R|Rings}}

!colspan=2|{{abbr|V|Vault}}

!colspan=2|{{abbr|PB|Parallel bars}}

!colspan=2|{{abbr|HB|Horizontal bar}}

style=font-size:95%

!{{abbr|C|Compulsory}}

!{{abbr|O|Optional}}

!{{abbr|C|Compulsory}}

!{{abbr|O|Optional}}

!{{abbr|C|Compulsory}}

!{{abbr|O|Optional}}

!{{abbr|C|Compulsory}}

!{{abbr|O|Optional}}

!{{abbr|C|Compulsory}}

!{{abbr|O|Optional}}

!{{abbr|C|Compulsory}}

!{{abbr|O|Optional}}

!Score

!Rank

align=left|Kevin Davis

|align=left rowspan=7|Team

|9.45

|9.75

|9.70

|9.80

|9.50

|9.60

|9.30

|9.45

|9.50

|9.85

|9.60

|9.25

|114.75

|=53 Q

align=left|Scott Johnson

|9.70

|9.85

|8.85

|9.65

|9.30

|9.80

|9.50

|9.70

|9.70

|9.80

|8.75

|9.60

|114.20

|63

align=left|Charles Lakes

|9.70

|9.90

|9.60

|9.80

|9.60

|9.60

|9.60

|9.60

|9.60

|9.95

|9.80

|9.70

|116.45

|28 Q

align=left|Dominick Minicucci, Jr.

|9.35

|9.55

|9.30

|9.60

|9.55

|9.50

|9.50

|9.35

|9.60

|9.65

|9.45

|9.50

|113.90

|=67

align=left|Lance Ringnald

|9.65

|9.80

|9.40

|9.70

|9.30

|9.55

|9.40

|9.70

|9.50

|9.80

|9.70

|9.75

|115.25

|47 Q

align=left|Wes Suter

|9.40

|9.70

|9.45

|9.60

|9.15

|9.35

|9.50

|9.50

|9.40

|9.80

|9.35

|9.65

|113.85

|69

align=left|Total

|colspan=2|96.90

|colspan=2|96.00

|colspan=2|95.30

|colspan=2|95.45

|colspan=2|97.10

|colspan=2|96.10

|576.85

|11

;;Individual finals

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=3|Athlete

!rowspan=3|Event

!colspan=12|Apparatus

!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Total

style=font-size:95%

!colspan=2|{{abbr|F|Floor}}

!colspan=2|{{abbr|PH|Pommel horse}}

!colspan=2|{{abbr|R|Rings}}

!colspan=2|{{abbr|V|Vault}}

!colspan=2|{{abbr|PB|Parallel bars}}

!colspan=2|{{abbr|HB|Horizontal bar}}

style=font-size:95%

!{{abbr|P|Preliminary (average score from qualification)}}

!{{abbr|F|Final round score}}

!{{abbr|P|Preliminary (average score from qualification)}}

!{{abbr|F|Final round score}}

!{{abbr|P|Preliminary (average score from qualification)}}

!{{abbr|F|Final round score}}

!{{abbr|P|Preliminary (average score from qualification)}}

!{{abbr|F|Final round score}}

!{{abbr|P|Preliminary (average score from qualification)}}

!{{abbr|F|Final round score}}

!{{abbr|P|Preliminary (average score from qualification)}}

!{{abbr|F|Final round score}}

!Score

!Rank

align=left|Kevin Davis

|align=left rowspan=3|All-around

|9.600

|9.650

|9.750

|9.700

|9.550

|9.650

|9.375

|9.800

|9.675

|9.650

|9.425

|9.500

|115.325

|34

align=left|Charles Lakes

|9.800

|9.900

|9.700

|9.950

|9.600

|9.700

|9.600

|9.750

|9.875

|9.800

|9.750

|9.850

|117.175

|19

align=left|Lance Ringnald

|9.725

|9.500

|9.525

|9.100

|9.250

|9.850

|9.500

|9.800

|9.600

|9.650

|9.500

|9.550

|115.075

|35

;Women

;;Team

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=3|Athlete

!rowspan=3|Event

!colspan=8|Apparatus

!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Total

style=font-size:95%

!colspan=2|{{abbr|V|Vault}}

!colspan=2|{{abbr|UB|Uneven bars}}

!colspan=2|{{abbr|BB|Balance beam}}

!colspan=2|{{abbr|F|Floor}}

style=font-size:95%

!{{abbr|C|Compulsory}}

!{{abbr|O|Optional}}

!{{abbr|C|Compulsory}}

!{{abbr|O|Optional}}

!{{abbr|C|Compulsory}}

!{{abbr|O|Optional}}

!{{abbr|C|Compulsory}}

!{{abbr|O|Optional}}

!Score

!Rank

align=left|Kelly Garrison-Steves

|align=left rowspan=7|Team

|9.700

|9.750

|9.700

|9.750

|9.775

|9.800 Q

|9.800

|9.550

|77.825

|21 Q

align=left|Brandy Johnson

|9.850

|9.800 Q

|9.775

|9.900

|9.725

|9.800

|9.875

|9.825

|78.550

|=11 Q

align=left|Missy Marlowe

|9.600

|9.750

|9.750

|9.775

|8.975

|9.725

|9.625

|9.650

|76.850

|46

align=left|Phoebe Mills

|9.650

|9.800

|9.750

|9.925 Q

|9.850

|9.900 Q

|9.900

|9.900 Q

|78.675

|=6 Q

align=left|Chelle Stack

|9.675

|9.825

|9.225

|9.875

|9.625

|9.675

|9.700

|9.800

|77.400

|=32

align=left|Hope Spivey

|9.725

|9.850

|9.650

|9.275

|9.675

|9.675

|9.800

|9.800

|77.450

|=30

align=left|Total

|colspan=2|97.625

|colspan=2|97.350

|colspan=2|97.550

|colspan=2|98.050

|390.575

|4

;;Individual finals

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=3|Athlete

!rowspan=3|Event

!colspan=8|Apparatus

!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!colspan=2|{{abbr|V|Vault}}

!colspan=2|{{abbr|UB|Uneven bars}}

!colspan=2|{{abbr|BB|Balance beam}}

!colspan=2|{{abbr|F|Floor}}

style=font-size:95%

!{{abbr|P|Preliminary (average score from qualification)}}

!{{abbr|F|Final round score}}

!{{abbr|P|Preliminary (average score from qualification)}}

!{{abbr|F|Final round score}}

!{{abbr|P|Preliminary (average score from qualification)}}

!{{abbr|F|Final round score}}

!{{abbr|P|Preliminary (average score from qualification)}}

!{{abbr|F|Final round score}}

!Score

!Rank

align=left|Kelly Garrison-Steves

|align=left rowspan=3|All-around

|9.725

|9.825

|9.725

|9.750

|9.787

|9.675

|9.675

|9.775

|77.937

|16

align=left|Brandy Johnson

|9.825

|9.825

|9.837

|9.875

|9.763

|9.825

|9.850

|9.725

|78.525

|10

align=left|Phoebe Mills

|9.725

|9.800

|9.837

|9.850

|9.875

|9.275

|9.900

|9.775

|78.037

|15

align=left|Brandy Johnson

|align=left|Vault

|9.825

|9.949

|colspan=6 {{n/a}}

|19.774

|5

align=left|Phoebe Mills

|align=left|Uneven bars

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|9.837

|9.950

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|19.787

|8

align=left|Kelly Garrison-Steves

|align=left rowspan=2|Balance beam

|colspan=4 rowspan=2 {{n/a}}

|9.787

|9.787

|colspan=2 rowspan=2 {{n/a}}

|19.574

|7

align=left|Phoebe Mills

|9.875

|9.887

|19.762

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Phoebe Mills

|align=left|Floor

|colspan=6 {{n/a}}

|9.900

|9.762

|19.662

|6

=Rhythmic=

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=6|Qualification

!colspan=6|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Rope

!Hoop

!Clubs

!Ribbon

!Total

!Rank

!Rope

!Hoop

!Clubs

!Ribbon

!Total

!Rank

align=left|Michelle Berube

|align=left rowspan=2|All-around

|9.55

|9.50

|9.55

|9.50

|38.10

|=22

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=left|Diane Simpson

|9.45

|9.45

|9.50

|9.40

|37.80

|26

|colspan=6|Did not advance

Handball

{{main|Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

Summary

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Team

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=6|Preliminary round

!colspan=3|Final / {{abbr|Pl.|Placement}} round

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}} / {{abbr|Pl.|Placement match}}

style=font-size:95%

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=left|United States men

|align=left|Men's tournament

|{{hb|ISL}}
L 15–22

|{{hb|YUG}}
L 23–31

|{{hb|URS}}
L 14–26

|{{hb|SWE}}
L 12–26

|{{hb|ALG}}
L 17–20

|6

|colspan=3 {{n/a}}

|11th place final
{{hb|JPN|1947}}
L 21–24

|12

align=left|United States women

|align=left|Women's tournament

|{{hbw|YUG}}
L 18–19

|{{hbw|TCH}}
L 19–33

|{{hbw|KOR|1984}}
L 18–24

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|4

|{{hbw|CHN}}
L 22–31

|{{hbw|CIV}}
W 27–16

|3

|{{n/a}}

|7

=Men's tournament=

{{main|Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}

Roster

{{#section-h:Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads|United States}}

Preliminary round

{{#section:Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A}}

{{#section:Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A3}}

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{{#section:Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A4}}

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{{#section:Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A9}}

----

{{#section:Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A11}}

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{{#section:Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A13}}

11th place match

{{#section-h:Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Eleventh place game}}

=Women's tournament=

{{main|Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament}}

Roster

{{#section-h:Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads|United States}}

Preliminary round

{{#section:Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A}}

{{#section:Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A2}}

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{{#section:Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A3}}

----

{{#section:Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A5}}

Placement round

{{#section:Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|C}}

{{#section:Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|C1}}

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{{#section:Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|C3}}

Judo

{{main|Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!Repechage 1

!Repechage 2

!Repechage 3

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal bout}}

style=font-size:95%

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=left|Kevin Asano

|align=left|–60 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Šedivák|TCH|1988 Summer}}
W 0001–0000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Lee|HKG|1988 Summer}}
W 1010–0000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Sheu|TPE|1988 Summer}}
W 1010–0000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Hosokawa|JPN|1988 Summer}}
W 0000–0000 {{abbr|Y|Judges' decision}}

|colspan=3 {{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Kim|KOR|1988 Summer}}
L 0000–0000 {{abbr|S|Decision by caution}}

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Joe Marchal

|align=left|–65 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Wu|TPE|1988 Summer}}
W 1000–0000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Yamamoto|JPN|1988 Summer}}
L 0000–1000

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|=7

align=left|Mike Swain

|align=left|–71 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ombito|KEN|1988 Summer}}
W 0200–0000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Beauchamp|CAN|1988 Summer}}
W 0000–0000 {{abbr|Y|Judges' decision}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Loll|GDR|1988 Summer}}
L 0001–0010

|Did not advance

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Stranz|FRG|1988 Summer}}
W 0000–0000 {{abbr|Y|Judges' decision}}

|Bronze medal final
{{flagIOCathlete|Brown|GBR|1988 Summer}}
{{tooltip|L0000–0001|Brown won the bout by koka but tested positive for furosemide two days later and was stripped of the medal, which was reallocated to Swain.}}

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Jason Morris

|align=left|–78 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Schaffter|SUI|1988 Summer}}
W 0000–0000 {{abbr|K|Decision by multiple warnings}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Varaev|URS|1988 Summer}}
L 0000–0000 {{abbr|Y|Judges' decision}}

|colspan=7|Did not advance

|=20

align=left|Rene Capo

|align=left|–86 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Spijkers|NED|1988 Summer}}
L 0000–0020

|colspan=3|Did not advance

|{{n/a}}

|colspan=3|Did not advance

|=19

align=left|Robert Berland

|align=left|–95 kg

|{{n/a}}

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Meiling|FRG|1988 Summer}}
L 0000–0000 {{abbr|C|Decision by multiple cautions}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Van de Walle|BEL|1988 Summer}}
L 0000–1000

|Did not advance

|=7

align=left|Steve Cohen

|align=left|+95 kg

|{{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Blas|GUM|1988 Summer}}
W 0101–0000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Salonen|FIN|1988 Summer}}
L 0000–0000 {{abbr|Y|Judges' decision}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|{{n/a}}

|colspan=3|Did not advance

|=13

Modern pentathlon

{{main|Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1988.

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=3|Riding
(show jumping)

!colspan=3|Fencing
(épée one touch)

!colspan=3|Swimming
(300 m freestyle)

!colspan=3|Shooting
(25 m rapid fire pistol)

!colspan=3|Running
(4000 m cross-country)

!colspan=2|Total

style=font-size:95%

!Penalties

!Rank

!MP points

!{{abbr|RR|Round robin}}

!Rank

!MP points

!Time

!Rank

!MP points

!Score

!Rank

!MP points

!Time

!Rank

!MP points

!MP points

!Rank

align=left|Michael Gostigan

|align=left rowspan=3|Individual

|colspan=2|{{abbr|EL|Eliminated}}

|0

|35 V – 30 D

|26

|820

|3:21.24

|14

|1264

|196

|=4

|1044

|14:50.75

|57

|895

|4023

|60

align=left|Robert Nieman

|156

|35

|944

|41 V – 24 D

|7

|932

|3:23.09

|22

|1248

|194

|=11

|1000

|14:45.89

|55

|910

|5034

|18

align=left|Robert Stull

|630

|59

|470

|44 V – 21 D

|=3

|983

|3:24.25

|27

|1240

|188

|=43

|868

|14:06.02

|42

|1027

|4588

|49

align=left|Michael Gostigan
Robert Nieman
Robert Stull

|align=left|Team

|{{n/a}}

|18

|1414

|{{n/a}}

|=2

|2735

|{{n/a}}

|7

|3752

|{{n/a}}

|4

|2912

|{{n/a}}

|15

|2832

|13645

|16

Rowing

{{main|Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Repechage

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=left|Andrew Sudduth

|align=left|Single sculls

|7:05.61

|2 R

|7:05.52

|1 SF

|6:59.70

|2 FA

|7:11.45

|6

align=left|Kurt Bausback
Edward Ives

|align=left|Coxless pair

|6:40.15

|3 R

|7:04.99

|3 SF

|6:50.47

|5 FB

|7:26.65

|9

align=left|Robert Espeseth
Jon Fish
Daniel Lyons

|align=left|Coxed pair

|7:17.36

|3 SF

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}

|7:07.05

|6 FB

|7:24.18

|11

align=left|Glenn Florio
Kevin Still

|align=left|Double sculls

|6:33.75

|6 R

|6:56.45

|5

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Thomas Bohrer
Richard Kennelly
David Krmpotich
Raoul Rodriguez

|align=left|Coxless four

|6:03.67

|1 SF

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}

|6:07.71

|3 FA

|6:05.53

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Tom Darling
Chris Huntington
John Terwilliger
John Walters
Mark Zembsch

|align=left|Coxed four

|6:08.36

|1 SF

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}

|6:15.30

|2 FA

|6:18.47

|5

align=left|Charlie Altekruse
John Frackleton
Greg Montesi
John Strotbeck

|align=left|Quadruple sculls

|5:54.08

|5 R

|5:59.07

|4

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Seth Bauer
Doug Burden
Jeffrey McLaughlin
Peter Nordell
Ted Patton
John Pescatore
Jack Rusher
Jonathan Smith
Mike Teti

|align=left|Eight

|5:39.26

|3 R

|5:35.63

|1 FA

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|5:48.26

|{{bronze03}}

;Women

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Repechage

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=left|Anne Marden

|align=left|Single sculls

|8:01.55

|1 SF

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}

|7:40.51

|2 FA

|7:50.28

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Mara Keggi
Barbara Kirch

|align=left|Pair

|8:16.85

|3 R

|8:05.55

|2 FA

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|7:56.27

|6

align=left|Monica Havelka
Cathy Thaxton-Tippett

|align=left|Double sculls

|7:38.62

|4 R

|7:29.52

|2 FA

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|7:21.28

|6

align=left|Elizabeth Bradley
Jennifer Corbet
Cynthia Eckert
Sarah Gengler
Kim Santiago

|align=left|Coxed four

|7:33.42

|4 R

|7:28.01

|2 FA

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|7:09.12

|5

align=left|Sherry Cassuto
Angie Herron
Jennie Marshall
Anne Martin

|align=left|Quadruple sculls

|6:42.93

|2 R

|6:39.10

|3 FB

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|6:14.28

|9

align=left|Betsy Beard
Susan Broome
Christine Campbell
Peg Mallery
Stephanie Maxwell-Pierson
Abby Peck
Anna Seaton
Juliet Thompson
Alison Townley

|align=left|Eight

|6:24.55

|3 R

|{{n/a}}*

|4 FA

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|6:26.66

|6

* - Race not run, times from heats were used to rank boats.
Qualification legend: FA = Final A (medal); FB = Final B (non-medal); SF = Semifinal; R = Repechage

Sailing

{{main|Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=7|Race

!colspan=2|Total

style=font-size:95%

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!Points

!Rank

align=left|Mike Gebhardt

|align=left|Division II

|8.0

|0.0

|8.0

|17.0

|10.0

|14.0

|8.0

|48.0

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Brian Ledbetter

|align=left|Finn

|22.0

|18.0

|14.0

|16.0

|25.0

|13.0

|8.0

|91.0

|10

align=left|Charles McKee
John Shadden

|align=left|470

|10.0

|3.0

|3.0

|17.0

|10.0

|18.0

|8.0

|51.0

|{{bronze03}}

;Women

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=7|Race

!colspan=2|Total

style=font-size:95%

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!Points

!Rank

align=left|Lynne Jewell
Allison Jolly

|align=left|470

|5.7

|0.0

|0.0

|3.0

|28.0

|3.0

|15.0

|26.7

|{{gold01}}

;Open

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=7|Race

!colspan=2|Total

style=font-size:95%

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!Points

!Rank

align=left|Paul Foerster
Andrew Goldman

|align=left|Flying Dutchman

|24.0

|20.0

|16.0

|5.7

|16.0

|8.0

|20.0

|85.7

|11

align=left|James Melvin
Patrick Muglia

|align=left|Tornado

|11.7

|16.0

|30.0

|20.0

|30.0

|15.0

|18.0

|110.7

|14

align=left|Hal Haenel
Mark Reynolds

|align=left|Star

|14.0

|8.0

|0.0

|10.0

|8.0

|8.0

|28.0

|48.0

|{{silver02}}

align=left|William Baylis
Robert Billingham
John Kostecki

|align=left|Soling

|3.0

|0.0

|8.0

|0.0

|3.0

|10.0

|0.0

|14.0

|{{silver02}}

Shooting

{{main|Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=4|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Total

!Rank

align=left|Erich Buljung

|align=left rowspan=2|10 m air pistol

|590 {{OlyR|shooting}}

|1 Q

|97.9

|5

|687.9 {{OlyR|shooting}}

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Don Nygord

|574

|28

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Rojelio Arredondo

|align=left rowspan=2|25 m rapid fire pistol

|590

|13

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|John McNally

|597

|2 Q

|93

|8

|690

|7

align=left|Don Nygord

|align=left rowspan=2|50 m pistol

|559

|11

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Darius Young

|556

|16

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Todd Bensley

|align=left rowspan=2|50 m running target

|581

|17

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Scott Swinney

|580

|18

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Roderick Fitz-Randolph

|align=left rowspan=2|10 m air rifle

|587

|17

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Robert Foth

|591

|5 Q

|101.5

|3

|692.5

|4

align=left|Glenn Dubis

|align=left rowspan=2|50 m rifle prone

|595

|15

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Webster Wright

|594

|24

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Glenn Dubis

|align=left rowspan=2|50 m rifle three positions

|1174

|4 Q

|99.5

|2

|1273.5

|5

align=left|Daniel Durben

|1169

|13

|colspan=4|Did not advance

;Women

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=4|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Total

!Rank

align=left|Kimberly Dyer

|align=left rowspan=2|10 m air pistol

|377

|16

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Ruby Fox

|375

|22

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Kimberly Dyer

|align=left rowspan=2|25 m pistol

|578

|24

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Ruby Fox

|577

|26

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Launi Meili

|align=left rowspan=2|10 m air rifle

|395 {{OlyR|shooting}}

|1 Q

|98.3

|8

|493.3

|6

align=left|Deena Wigger

|392

|10

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Launi Meili

|align=left rowspan=2|50 m rifle three positions

|582

|8 Q

|94.5

|6

|676.5

|7

align=left|Wanda Jewell

|579

|13

|colspan=4|Did not advance

;Open shotgun

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=4|Semifinal

!colspan=4|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Total

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Total

!Rank

align=left|Brian Ballard

|align=left rowspan=4|Trap

|144

|17 Q

|48

|=3

|192

|12

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Daniel Carlisle

|147

|8 Q

|47

|=12

|194

|9

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|George Haas III

|143

|23 Q

|49

|=1

|192

|12

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Carolyn Koch

|130

|47

|colspan=8|Did not advance

align=left|Daniel Carlisle

|align=left rowspan=4|Skeet

|149

|2 Q

|48

|=17

|197

|3 Q

|23

|=3

|220

|4

align=left|Terry Carlisle

|139

|49

|colspan=8|Did not advance

align=left|Matthew Dryke

|147

|10 Q

|49

|=23

|193

|24

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Richard Smith

|145

|26

|colspan=8|Did not advance

Swimming

{{main|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=left|Matt Biondi

|align=left rowspan=2|50 m freestyle

|22.39 {{OlyR|swimming}}

|1 FA

|22.14 {{WR|swimming}}

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Tom Jager

|22.61

|=3 FA

|22.36

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Matt Biondi

|align=left rowspan=2|100 m freestyle

|49.04 {{OlyR|swimming}}

|1 FA

|48.63 {{OlyR|swimming}}

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Chris Jacobs

|49.20 {{OlyR|swimming}}

|2 FA

|48.63

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Matt Biondi

|align=left rowspan=2|200 m freestyle

|1:48.39

|2 FA

|1:47.99

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Troy Dalbey

|1:48.96

|5 FA

|1:48.86

|7

align=left|Matt Cetlinski

|align=left rowspan=2|400 m freestyle

|3:50.82

|8 FA

|3:48.09

|4

align=left|Dan Jorgensen

|3:52.64

|11 FB

|3:55.34

|14

align=left|Matt Cetlinski

|align=left rowspan=2|1500 m freestyle

|15:07.41

|1 FA

|15:14.76

|4

align=left|Lars Jorgensen

|15:39.51

|23

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|David Berkoff

|align=left rowspan=2|100 m backstroke

|54.51 {{WR|swimming}}

|1 FA

|55.18

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Jay Mortenson

|57.19

|13 FB

|57.06

|11

align=left|Dan Veatch

|align=left rowspan=2|200 m backstroke

|2:01.73

|5 FA

|2:02.26

|7

align=left|Steve Bigelow

|2:03.64

|15 FB

|2:02.95

|10

align=left|Richard Schroeder

|align=left rowspan=2|100 m breaststroke

|1:03.05

|7 FA

|1:02.55

|6

align=left|Daniel Watters

|1:04.04

|15 FB

|1:04.17

|15

align=left|Mike Barrowman

|align=left rowspan=2|200 m breaststroke

|2:15.85

|3 FA

|2:15.45

|4

align=left|Kirk Stackle

|2:19.47

|19

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Matt Biondi

|align=left rowspan=2|100 m butterfly

|53.46

|2 FA

|53.01

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Jay Mortenson

|54.44

|8 FA

|54.07

|6

align=left|Mark Dean

|align=left rowspan=2|200 m butterfly

|2:00.86

|10 FB

|2:00.26

|9

align=left|Melvin Stewart

|1:59.78

|6 FA

|1:59.19

|5

align=left|Bill Stapleton

|align=left rowspan=2|200 m individual medley

|2:05.32

|12 FB

|2:06.82

|16

align=left|David Wharton

|2:04.44

|9 FB

|2:03.05

|9

align=left|Jeff Kostoff

|align=left rowspan=2|400 m individual medley

|4:24.10

|10 FB

|4:22.95

|9

align=left|David Wharton

|4:20.84

|4 FA

|4:17.36

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Matt Biondi
Troy Dalbey
Doug Gjertsen*
Chris Jacobs
Tom Jager
Shaun Jordan*
Brent Lang*

|align=left|4 × 100 m freestyle relay

|3:19.52

|1 FA

|3:16.53 {{WR|swimming}}

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Matt Biondi
Matt Cetlinski
Troy Dalbey
Doug Gjertsen
Dan Jorgensen*
Craig Oppel*

|align=left|4 × 200 m freestyle relay

|7:18.76

|2 FA

|7:12.51 {{WR|swimming}}

|{{gold01}}

align=left|David Berkoff
Matt Biondi
Chris Jacobs
Tom Jager*
Jay Mortenson*
Richard Schroeder

|align=left|4 × 100 m medley relay

|3:43.00

|1 FA

|3:36.93 {{WR|swimming}}

|{{gold01}}

;Women

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=left|Leigh Ann Fetter

|align=left rowspan=2|50 m freestyle

|25.91

|4 FA

|25.78

|5

align=left|Jill Sterkel

|26.02

|6 FA

|25.71

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Mitzi Kremer

|align=left rowspan=2|100 m freestyle

|56.97

|13 FB

|56.83

|12

align=left|Dara Torres

|56.37

|7 FA

|56.25

|7

align=left|Mitzi Kremer

|align=left rowspan=2|200 m freestyle

|2:01.45

|7 FA

|2:00.23

|6

align=left|Mary Wayte

|1:59.50

|3 FA

|1:59.04

|4

align=left|Tami Bruce

|align=left rowspan=2|400 m freestyle

|4:10.73

|3 FA

|4:08.16

|4

align=left|Janet Evans

|4:10.12

|1 FA

|4:03.85 {{WR|swimming}}

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Tami Bruce

|align=left rowspan=2|800 m freestyle

|8:31.57

|5 FA

|8:30.86

|5

align=left|Janet Evans

|8:28.13

|2 FA

|8:20.20 {{OlyR|swimming}}

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Beth Barr

|align=left rowspan=2|100 m backstroke

|1:02.63

|4 FA

|1:02.78

|5

align=left|Betsy Mitchell

|1:02.85

|5 FA

|1:02.71

|4

align=left|Beth Barr

|align=left rowspan=2|200 m backstroke

|2:13.91

|4 FA

|2:12.39

|4

align=left|Andrea Hayes

|2:14.77

|5 FA

|2:15.02

|6

align=left|Susan Johnson

|align=left rowspan=2|100 m breaststroke

|1:11.09

|12 FB

|1:11.08

|13

align=left|Tracey McFarlane

|1:10.59

|6 FA

|1:09.60

|6

align=left|Tracey McFarlane

|align=left rowspan=2|200 m breaststroke

|2:23.11

|12 FB

|2:33.46

|14

align=left|Susan Rapp

|2:34.21

|15 FB

|2:32.90

|13

align=left|Janel Jorgensen

|align=left rowspan=2|100 m butterfly

|1:00.97

|6 FA

|1:00.48

|5

align=left|Mary T. Meagher

|1:11.09

|8 FA

|1:00.97

|7

align=left|Mary T. Meagher

|align=left rowspan=2|200 m butterfly

|2:12.35

|3 FA

|2:10.80

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Trina Radke

|2:13.05

|7 FA

|2:11.55

|5

align=left|Whitney Hedgepeth

|align=left rowspan=2|200 m individual medley

|2:17.45

|8 FA

|2:17.99

|8

align=left|Mary Wayte

|colspan=2|{{abbr|DSQ|Disqualified}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Janet Evans

|align=left rowspan=2|400 m individual medley

|4:43.04

|3 FA

|4:37.76

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Erika Hansen

|4:50.03

|11 FB

|4:51.93

|11

align=left|Mitzi Kremer
Jill Sterkel*
Dara Torres
Laura Walker
Mary Wayte
Paige Zemina*

|align=left|4 × 100 m freestyle relay

|3:45.10

|3 FA

|3:44.25

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Beth Barr
Janel Jorgensen
Tracey McFarlane
Mary T. Meagher*
Betsy Mitchell*
Dara Torres*
Mary Wayte

|align=left|4 × 100 m medley relay

|4:10.38

|2 FA

|4:07.90

|{{silver02}}

* - Athlete swam in the heat but not the final.


Note: Times in the first round ranked across all heats.


Qualification legend: FA – Advance to medal final; FB – Advance to non-medal final

Synchronized swimming

{{main|Synchronised swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

Three female synchronized swimmers represented the United States in 1988.

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=3|Athlete

!rowspan=3|Event

!colspan=6|Qualification

!colspan=4|Final

style=font-size:95%

!colspan=2|Technical figures

!colspan=2|Free swim

!colspan=2|Total

!colspan=2|Free swim

!colspan=2|{{tooltip|Total|Total score calculated by adding technical figures score from qualifying to free swim score from final}}

style=font-size:95%

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

align=left|Tracie Ruiz

|align=left|Solo

|98.633

|2

|98.400

|1

|197.033

|2 Q

|99.000

|=1

|197.633

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Karen Josephson
Sarah Josephson

|align=left|Duet

|97.684

|2

|98.600

|1

|196.284

|2 Q

|99.600

|1

|197.284

|{{silver02}}

Table tennis

{{main|Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=8|Group stage

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style=font-size:95%

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=left|Sean O'Neill

|align=left|Men's singles

|{{flagIOCathlete|Saive|BEL|1988 Summer}}
L 0–3

|{{flagIOCathlete|Issaum|BRA|1988 Summer}}
W 3–2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Lofti|TUN|1988 Summer}}
W 3–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Gatien|FRA|1988 Summer}}
L 0–3

|{{flagIOCathlete|Cooke|GBR|1988 Summer}}
L 0–3

|{{flagIOCathlete|Jiang|CHN|1988 Summer}}
L 0–3

|{{flagIOCathlete|Klampár|HUN|1988 Summer}}
L 0–3

|6

|colspan=5|Did not advance

align=left|Insook Bhushan

|align=left rowspan=2|Women's singles

|{{flagIOCathlete|Bisiach|AUS|1988 Summer}}
W 3–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Uchiyama|JPN|1988 Summer}}
L 2–3

|{{flagIOCathlete|Popova|URS|1988 Summer}}
L 0–3

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ben Aïssa|TUN|1988 Summer}}
W 3–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Chen|CHN|1988 Summer}}
L 0–3

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|4

|colspan=5|Did not advance

align=left|Diana Gee

|{{flagIOCathlete|Jiao|CHN|1988 Summer}}
L 0–3

|{{flagIOCathlete|Kovtun|URS|1988 Summer}}
L 0–3

|{{flagIOCathlete|Domonkos|CAN|1988 Summer}}
L 2–3

|{{flagIOCathlete|Alejo|DOM|1988 Summer}}
W 3–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Urbán|HUN|1988 Summer}}
L 0–3

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|5

|colspan=5|Did not advance

align=left|Insook Bhushan
Diana Gee

|align=left|Women's doubles

|{{flagIOCathlete|Kloppenburg /
Vrieskoop|NED|1988 Summer}}
L 0–2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Hrachová /
Kasalova|TCH|1988 Summer}}
L 1–2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Chen /
Jiao|CHN|1988 Summer}}
L 1–2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Cheng /
Wan|MAS|1988 Summer}}
W 2–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Nemes /
Nolten|FRG|1988 Summer}}
L 1–2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Hoshino /
Ishida|JPN|1988 Summer}}
L 0–2

|{{n/a}}

|6

|{{n/a}}

|colspan=4|Did not advance

Tennis

{{main|Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=left|Brad Gilbert

|align=left rowspan=3|Singles

|{{flagIOCathlete|Tauson|DEN|1988 Summer}}
W 6–2, 7–5, 6–1

|{{flagIOCathlete|Cherkasov|URS|1988 Summer}}
W 6–4, 1–6, 6–1, 6–2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Seguso|USA|1988 Summer}}
W 6–2, 6–1, 6–2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Jaite|ARG|1988 Summer}}
W 5–7, 6–1, 7–6(7–1), 6–3

|{{flagIOCathlete|Mayotte|USA|1988 Summer}}
L 4–6, 4 6, 3–6

|Did not advance

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Tim Mayotte

|{{flagIOCathlete|Song|KOR|1988 Summer}}
W 6–3, 6–3, 6–4

|{{flagIOCathlete|Nargiso|ITA|1988 Summer}}
W 2–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Mansdorf|ISR|1988 Summer}}
W 6–4, 6–2, 6–4

|{{flagIOCathlete|Steeb|FRG|1988 Summer}}
W 7–6(7–4), 7–5, 6–3

|{{flagIOCathlete|Gilbert|USA|1988 Summer}}
W 6–4, 6–4, 6–3

|{{flagIOCathlete|Mečíř|TCH|1988 Summer}}
L 6–3, 2–6, 4–6, 2–6

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Robert Seguso

|{{flagIOCathlete|Odizor|NGR|1988 Summer}}
W 6–4, 6–3, 6–2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Cahill|NZL|1988 Summer}}
W 6–3, 7–6(7–3), 6–7(8–10), 6–2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Gilbert|USA|1988 Summer}}
L 2–6, 1–6, 2–6

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Ken Flach
Robert Seguso

|align=left|Doubles

|{{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Suharyadi /
Wailan-Walalangi|INA|1988 Summer}}
W 6–3, 6–1, 7–5

|{{flagIOCathlete|Köves /
Markovits|HUN|1988 Summer}}
W 6–4, 6–4, 6–4

|{{flagIOCathlete|Christensen /
Tauson|DEN|1988 Summer}}
W 6–4, 7–5, 6–2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Mečíř /
Šrejber|TCH|1988 Summer}}
W 6–2, 6–4, 6–1

|{{flagIOCathlete|Casal /
Sánchez|ESP|1988 Summer}}
W 6–3, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(1–7), 9–7

|{{gold01}}

;Women

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=left|Chris Evert

|align=left rowspan=3|Singles

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Cecchini|ITA|1988 Summer}}
W 6–2, 6–2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Reggi|ITA|1988 Summer}}
L 6–2, 4–6, 1–6

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=left|Zina Garrison

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Hernández|MEX|1988 Summer}}
W 6–1, 6–4

|{{flagIOCathlete|Paulus|AUT|1988 Summer}}
W 7–5, 6–2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Shriver|USA|1988 Summer}}
W 6–2, 6–3

|{{flagIOCathlete|Graf|FRG|1988 Summer}}
L 2–6, 0–6

|Did not advance

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Pam Shriver

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Hetherington|CAN|1988 Summer}}
W 6–2, 6–3

|{{flagIOCathlete|Maleeva|BUL|1988 Summer}}
W 6–3, 3–6, 6–2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Garrison|USA|1988 Summer}}
L 2–6, 3–6

|colspan=3|Did not advance

align=left|Zina Garrison
Pam Shriver

|align=left|Doubles

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Demongeot /
Tauziat|FRA|1988 Summer}}
W 7–5, 6–2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Smylie /
Turnbull|AUS|1988 Summer}}
W 7–6(7–5), 6–4

|{{flagIOCathlete|Novotná /
Suková|TCH|1988 Summer}}
W 4–6, 6–2, 10–8

|{{gold01}}

Volleyball

{{main|Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

Summary

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Team

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=6|Preliminary round

!Semifinal / {{abbr|Cl.|Classification match}}

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}} / {{abbr|Pl.|Placement match}}

style=font-size:95%

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=left|United States men

|align=left|Men's tournament

|{{vb|JPN|1947}}
W 3–0

|{{vb|NED}}
W 3–1

|{{vb|ARG|1861}}
W 3–2

|{{vb|FRA}}
W 3–0

|{{vb|TUN|1959}}
W 3–0

|1 Q

|{{vb|BRA|1968}}
W 3–0

|{{vb|URS}}
W 3–1

|{{gold01}}

align=left|United States women

|align=left|Women's tournament

|{{vbw|CHN}}
L 0–3

|{{vbw|BRA|1968}}
W 3–2

|{{vbw|PER}}
L 2–3

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|3

|5th-8th semifinal
{{vbw|GDR}}
L 1–3

|7th place final
{{vbw|KOR|1984}}
W 3–2

|7

=Men's tournament=

{{main|Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}

Roster

{{#section-h:Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters|United States}}

Preliminary round

{{#section:Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B}}

{{#section:Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B2}}

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{{#section:Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B4}}

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{{#section:Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B7}}

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{{#section:Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B10}}

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{{#section:Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B14}}

Semifinal

{{#section:Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|S1}}

Final

{{#section-h:Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Gold medal match}}

=Women's tournament=

{{main|Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament}}

Roster

:* Deitre Collins

:* Caren Kemner

:* Laurel Kessel

:* Liz Masakayan

:* Jayne McHugh

:* Melissa McLinden

:* Kim Oden

:* Prikeba Phipps

:* Angela Rock

:* Kimberly Ruddins

:* Liane Sato

:* Tammy Webb

Preliminary round

{{#section:Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|B}}

{{#section:Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|B1}}

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{{#section:Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|B3}}

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{{#section:Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|B6}}

Classification semifinal

{{#section:Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|C2}}

7th place final

{{#section-h:Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|7th place match}}

Water polo

{{main|Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

;Summary

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Team

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=6|Preliminary round

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style=font-size:95%

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=left|United States men

|align=left|Men's tournament

|{{wp|YUG}}
W 7–6

|{{wp|ESP}}
L 7–9

|{{wp|CHN}}
W 14–7

|{{wp|GRE}}
W 18–9

|{{wp|HUN}}
W 10–9

|1 Q

|{{wp|URS}}
W 8–7

|{{wp|YUG}}
L 7–9

|{{silver02}}

;Roster

:* Craig Wilson

:* Kevin Robertson

:* James Bergeson

:* Peter Campbell

:* Douglas Kimbell

:* Edward Klass

:* Alan Mouchawar

:* Jeffrey Campbell

:* Greg Boyer

:* Terry Schroeder

:* Jody Campbell

:* Christopher Duplanty

:* Michael Evans

;Preliminary round

{{:Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics|transcludesection=Group B|title=Group B|showteam=USA}}

{{waterpolobox

| date=September 21, 1988

| time=

| report=

| team1= {{wp-rt|USA}}

| score1= 7

| team2= {{wp|YUG}}

| score2= 6

| location= Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool

| attendance=

| referees=

| Q1=

| Q2=

| Q3=

| Q4=

| OT=

| PS=

| goals1=

| goals2=

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date=September 22, 1988

| time=

| report=

| team1= {{wp-rt|USA}}

| score1= 7

| team2= {{wp|ESP}}

| score2= 9

| location= Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool

| attendance=

| referees=

| Q1=

| Q2=

| Q3=

| Q4=

| OT=

| PS=

| goals1=

| goals2=

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date=September 23, 1988

| time=

| report=

| team1= {{wp-rt|USA}}

| score1= 14

| team2= {{wp|CHN}}

| score2= 7

| location= Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool

| attendance=

| referees=

| Q1=

| Q2=

| Q3=

| Q4=

| OT=

| PS=

| goals1=

| goals2=

}}

----

{{waterpolobox

| date=September 26, 1988

| time=

| report=

| team1= {{wp-rt|USA}}

| score1= 18

| team2= {{wp|GRE}}

| score2= 9

| location= Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool

| attendance=

| referees=

| Q1=

| Q2=

| Q3=

| Q4=

| OT=

| PS=

| goals1=

| goals2=

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date=September 27, 1988

| time=

| report=

| team1= {{wp-rt|HUN}}

| score1= 9

| team2= {{wp|USA}}

| score2= 10

| location= Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool

| attendance=

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Weightlifting

{{main|Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Snatch

!colspan=2|Clean & jerk

!colspan=2|Total

style=font-size:95%

!Weight

!Rank

!Weight

!Rank

!Weight

!Rank

align=left|Michael Jacques

|align=left|–67.5 kg

|125.0

|=14

|157.5

|13

|282.5

|13

align=left|Tony Urrutia

|align=left|–75 kg

|150.0

|=8

|177.5

|=10

|327.5

|8

align=left|Derrick Crass

|align=left rowspan=2|–82.5 kg

|140.0

|=14

|175.0

|9

|315.0

|11

align=left|Curt White

|140.0

|=14

|165.0

|=13

|305.0

|14

align=left|Brett Brian

|align=left rowspan=2|–90 kg

|140.0

|=14

|180.0

|=15

|320.0

|14

align=left|Arn Kritsky

|147.5

|11

|185.0

|=10

|332.5

|11

align=left|Jeff Michels

|align=left rowspan=2|–110 kg

|167.5

|12

|192.5

|13

|360.0

|13

align=left|Rich Schutz

|160.0

|14

|200.0

|=11

|360.0

|11

align=left|John Bergman

|align=left rowspan=2|+110 kg

|167.5

|7

|185.0

|14

|352.5

|10

align=left|Mario Martinez

|175.0

|=4

|232.5

|=3

|407.5

|4

Wrestling

{{main|Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

{{smalldiv|1=

Key:

  • TO – Victory by fall.
  • PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST – Technical superiority – a margin of victory of at least 15 points.
  • SP - Technical superiority - a margin of victory between 12 and 14 points, the loser with technical points.
  • SO - Technical superiority - a margin of victory between 12 and 14 points, the loser without technical points.
  • DQ - Decision by forfeit
  • PA - Decision by injury
  • PZ - Loser disqualified for passivity, no technical points scored by either wrestler.
  • P1 - Loser disqualified for passivity, winner leading by 11 points or less.
  • Q – Qualify to gold medal bout
  • q – Qualify to bronze medal bout

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class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=9|Pool stage

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal bout}} / {{abbr|Pl.|Placement bout}}

style=font-size:95%

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=left|Tim Vanni

|align=left|Freestyle 48 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Marcuño|ESP|1988 Summer}}
W 4–0ST

|{{flagIOCathlete|Kobayashi|JPN|1988 Summer}}
L 0–4TO

|{{flagIOCathlete|El-Messouti|SYR|1988 Summer}}
W 3.5–0.5SP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Zeinalnia|IRI|1988 Summer}}
W 4–0TO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Şükrüoğlu|TUR|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|2 q

|Bronze medal final
{{flagIOCathlete|Karamchakov|URS|1988 Summer}}
L 1–3PP

|4

align=left|Ken Chertow

|align=left|Freestyle 52 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Bourdin|FRA|1988 Summer}}
L 1–3PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Olvera|MEX|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Yordanov|BUL|1988 Summer}}
L 0.5–3.5SP

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|{{n/a}}

|9

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Barry Davis

|align=left|Freestyle 57 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Schwendtner|TCH|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ak|TUR|1988 Summer}}
L 1–3PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Nagy|HUN|1988 Summer}}
L 0–4TO

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|{{n/a}}

|7

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|John Smith

|align=left|Freestyle 62 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Orbán|HUN|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Shterev|BUL|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Skubacz|POL|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Lehto|FIN|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Schillaci|ITA|1988 Summer}}
W 4–0TO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Enkhee|MGL|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|1 Q

|{{flagIOCathlete|Sarkisyan|URS|1988 Summer}}
W 3–0PO

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Nate Carr

|align=left|Freestyle 68 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Podolszki|HUN|1988 Summer}}
W 4–0ST

|Shir (AFG)
W 4–0ST

|{{flagIOCathlete|Leipold|FRG|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Brown|AUS|1988 Summer}}
W 3–0PO

|{{flagIOCathlete|McKay|CAN|1988 Summer}}
W 3–0PO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Park|KOR|1988 Summer}}
L 1–3PP

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|2 q

|Bronze medal final
{{flagIOCathlete|Akaishi|JPN|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Kenny Monday

|align=left|Freestyle 74 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Walker|GBR|1988 Summer}}
W 3.5–0SO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Jessel|MEX|1988 Summer}}
W 4–0TO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Nagy|HUN|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Sejdi|YUG|1988 Summer}}
W 3–0PO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Holmes|CAN|1988 Summer}}
W 3–0PO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Enkhbayar|MGL|1988 Summer}}
W 3–0PO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Rauhala|FIN|1988 Summer}}
W 3–0PO

|{{n/a}}

|1 Q

|{{flagIOCathlete|Varayev|URS|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Mark Schultz

|align=left|Freestyle 82 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Nanev|BUL|1988 Summer}}
W 3–0PO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Trik|FRG|1988 Summer}}
W 4–0ST

|{{flagIOCathlete|Radomski|POL|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Kodei|NGR|1988 Summer}}
W 4–0TO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Gstöttner|GDR|1988 Summer}}
W 4–0TO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Tambouvtsev|URS|1988 Summer}}
L 1–3PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Gençalp|TUR|1988 Summer}}
L 0–3.5SO

|{{n/a}}

|3

|5th place final
{{flagIOCathlete|Sükhbat|MGL|1988 Summer}}
L 0–4PA

|6

align=left|Jim Scherr

|align=left|Freestyle 90 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Cox|CAN|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Tóth|HUN|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Verma|IND|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|English|GBR|1988 Summer}}
W 4–0ST

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ota|JPN|1988 Summer}}
L 0–4TO

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|3

|5th place final
{{flagIOCathlete|Alabakov|BUL|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|5

align=left|William Scherr

|align=left|Freestyle 100 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Wala|POL|1988 Summer}}
W 4–0TO

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Strnisko|TCH|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Loban|GBR|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Puşcaşu|ROU|1988 Summer}}
L 1–3PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Karaduchev|BUL|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|2 q

|Bronze medal final
{{flagIOCathlete|Neupert|GDR|1988 Summer}}
W 4–0TO

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Bruce Baumgartner

|align=left|Freestyle 130 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|El-Hadad|EGY|1988 Summer}}
W 4–0DQ

|{{flagIOCathlete|Schröder|GDR|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ramsaran|MRI|1988 Summer}}
W 4–0ST

|{{flagIOCathlete|Sandurski|POL|1988 Summer}}
W 4–0ST

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|1 Q

|{{flagIOCathlete|Gobejishvili|URS|1988 Summer}}
L 1–3PP

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Mark Fuller

|align=left|Greco-Roman 48 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Saito|JPN|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Rønningen|NOR|1988 Summer}}
L 1–3PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Maenza|ITA|1988 Summer}}
L 1–3PP

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|colspan=3 {{n/a}}

|5

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Shawn Sheldon

|align=left|Greco-Roman 52 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Rønningen|NOR|1988 Summer}}
L 1–3PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Hu|CHN|1988 Summer}}
L 0–2PZ

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|8

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Anthony Amado

|align=left|Greco-Roman 57 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Huh|KOR|1988 Summer}}
L 0–3P1

|{{flagIOCathlete|Bouallouche|MAR|1988 Summer}}
W 4–0TO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Sigde|NOR|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Holidis|GRE|1988 Summer}}
L 0–4TO

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|5

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Isaac Anderson

|align=left|Greco-Roman 62 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Tracz|POL|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Hu|CHN|1988 Summer}}
W 3–0P1

|{{flagIOCathlete|Loksairi|MAR|1988 Summer}}
W 3–0P1

|{{flagIOCathlete|An|KOR|1988 Summer}}
L 0–3PO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Madzhidov|URS|1988 Summer}}
L 1–3PP

|colspan=3 {{n/a}}

|3

|5th place final
{{flagIOCathlete|Behl|FRG|1988 Summer}}
L 1–3PP

|6

align=left|Andrew Seras

|align=left|Greco-Roman 68 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ichillumpa|PER|1988 Summer}}
W 4–0ST

|{{flagIOCathlete|Pittner|AUT|1988 Summer}}
W 4–0ST

|{{flagIOCathlete|Julfalakyan|URS|1988 Summer}}
L 1–3PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Lagerborg|SWE|1988 Summer}}
L 0–0DQ

|Did not advance

|colspan=3 {{n/a}}

|5

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|David Butler

|align=left|Greco-Roman 74 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Tracz|POL|1988 Summer}}
L 1–3PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Podlesek|YUG|1988 Summer}}
W 2–0PZ

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ito|JPN|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Kim|KOR|1988 Summer}}
L 0–3PO

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|6

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|John Morgan

|align=left|Greco-Roman 82 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Frinta|TCH|1988 Summer}}
W 4–0TO

|{{flagIOCathlete|N'To|CMR|1988 Summer}}
W 4–0DQ

|{{flagIOCathlete|Stoykov|BUL|1988 Summer}}
L 0–0DQ

|{{flagIOCathlete|Kleven|NOR|1988 Summer}}
L 1–3PP

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|4

|7th place final
{{flagIOCathlete|Daras|POL|1988 Summer}}
W 4–0DQ

|7

align=left|Michial Foy

|align=left|Greco-Roman 90 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Koschnitzke|GDR|1988 Summer}}
L 0–4TO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Cox|CAN|1988 Summer}}
W 4–0TO

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Stenibach|FRG|1988 Summer}}
L 1–3PP

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|6

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=left|Dennis Koslowski

|align=left|Greco-Roman 100 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Fukube|JPN|1988 Summer}}
W 4–0ST

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ahokas|FIN|1988 Summer}}
W 4–0ST

|{{flagIOCathlete|Marshall|CAN|1988 Summer}}
W 3–0P1

|{{flagIOCathlete|Gedekhauri|URS|1988 Summer}}
L 1–3PP

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Wroński|POL|1988 Summer}}
L 0–3PO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Tertei|YUG|1988 Summer}}
W 3–0PO

|{{n/a}}

|2 q

|Bronze medal final
{{flagIOCathlete|Georgiev|BUL|1988 Summer}}
W 3–0PO

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Duane Koslowski

|align=left|Greco-Roman 130 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Neumüller|AUT|1988 Summer}}
W 3–1PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Bechara|LIB|1988 Summer}}
W 4–0TO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Klauz|HUN|1988 Summer}}
L 0–3PO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Karelin|URS|1988 Summer}}
L 0–4ST

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|4

|7th place final
{{flagIOCathlete|Wrocławski|POL|1988 Summer}}
L 0–4DQ

|8

See also

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