United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics

United States at the
1988 Summer Olympics

IOC code USA
NOC United States Olympic Committee
in Seoul
Competitors 527 (332 men and 195 women) in 27 sports
Flag bearer Evelyn Ashford
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold Silver Bronze Total
36 31 27 94
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

The United States 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.[1]

USA 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.

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze


Archery

The United States continued to be a strong contender in archery, though it found that 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.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Women's Team Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 100 metres

  • Heat – 10.14s
  • Semi Final – 9.97s
  • Final – 9.92s (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat – 10.28
  • Semi Final – 10.15s
  • Final – 9.99s (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Heat – 10.37
  • Semi Final – 10.23s
  • Final – 10.04s (→ 4th place)

Men's 200 metres

  • Heat – 20.56s
  • Semi Final – 20.06s
  • Final – 19.75s (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat – 20.57s
  • Semi Final – 20.23s
  • Final – 19.79s (→ Silver Medal)
  • Heat – 20.54s
  • Semi Final – 20.62s (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

  • Heat – 44.41s
  • Semi Final – 44.35s
  • Final – 43.87s (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat – 44.46s
  • Semi Final – 44.33s
  • Final – 43.93s (→ Silver Medal)
  • Heat – 44.83s
  • Semi Final – 44.36s
  • Final – 44.09s (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat – 1:48.83
  • Semi Final – 1:45.04
  • Final – 1:44.80 (→ 5th place)
  • Heat – 1:49.86 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

  • Heat – 3:41.57
  • Semi Final – 3:38.20
  • Final – 3:36.99 (→ 5th place)
  • Heat – 3:38.33
  • Semi Final – 3:39.12
  • Final – 3:40.80 (→ 10th place)
  • Heat – 3:41.91
  • Semi Final – 3:48.03 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5.000 metres

  • Heat – 13:47.85
  • Semi Final – 13:22.61
  • Final – 13:23.69 (→ 5th place)
  • Heat – 13:58.45
  • Semi Final – 13:37.11 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat – 14:37.98
  • Semi Final – 14:04.12 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

  • First Round – 28:16.16
  • Final – 29:09.74 (→ 18th place)
  • First Round – 28:45.04 (→ did not advance)
  • First Round – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

  • Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Heat – 3:02.16
  • Semi Final – 3:02.84
  • Final – 2:56.16 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Marathon

  • Final – 2"14:44 (→ 14th place)
  • Final – 2"19:09 (→ 29th place)

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase

  • Heat – 8:33.89
  • Semi Final – 8:18.94
  • Final – 8:14.39 (→ 6th place)
  • Heat – 8:38.40
  • Semi Final – 8:23.89 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat – 8:36.56
  • Semi Final – 8:27.78 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualification – 2.28m
  • Final – 2.36m (→ Silver Medal)
  • Qualification – 2.25m
  • Final – 2.31m (→ 10th place)
  • Qualification – 2.25m
  • Final – 2.31m (→ 11th place)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification – 8.08m
  • Final – 8.73m (→ Gold Medal)
  • Qualification – 8.34m
  • Final – 8.49m (→ Silver Medal)
  • Qualification – 8.19m
  • Final – 8.27m (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualifying Heat – 73.66m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualifying Heat – 72.70m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualifying Heat – 72.64m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

  • Qualifying Heat – 20.83m
  • Final – 22.39m (→ Silver Medal)
  • Qualifying Heat – 19.71m
  • Final – 20.16m (→ 9th place)
  • Qualifying Heat – 19.73m
  • Final – 19.27 (→ 11th place)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualifying Heat – 62.48m
  • Final – 65.90m (→ 5th place)
  • Qualifying Heat – 63.16m
  • Final – 62.46m (→ 10th place)
  • Qualifying Heat – 59.08m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification – 77.48m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification – 72.72m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification – 78.42m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

  • 100 metres – 11.18s
  • Long Jump – 7.05m
  • Shot Put – 14.12m
  • High Jump – 2.06m
  • 400 metres – 49.34s
  • 110m Hurdles – 14.39s
  • Discus Throw – 41.68m
  • Pole Vault – 5.70m
  • Javelin Throw – 61.60m
  • 1.500 metres – 4:51.20s
  • 100 metres – 11.15s
  • Long Jump – 7.12m
  • Shot Put – 14.52m
  • High Jump – 2.03m
  • 400 metres – 49.15s
  • 110m Hurdles – 14.66s
  • Discus Throw – 42.36m
  • Pole Vault – 4.90m
  • Javelin Throw – 66.46m
  • 1.500 metres – 4:29.62s

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Final – 3'56:55 (→ 22nd place)
  • Final – 3'57:44 (→ 23rd place)
  • Final – 4'12:49 (→ 34th place)

Women's competition

Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Heat – 3:25.86
  • Final – 3:15.51 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's Marathon

  • Final – 2:33:42 (→ 17th place)
  • Final – 2:40:59 (→ 39th place)
  • Final – 2:41:04 (→ 40th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification – 62.72m
  • Final – 63.42m (→ 11th place)
  • Qualification – 57.50m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification – 57.04m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification – 63.24m
  • Final – 61.78m (→ 7th place)
  • Qualification – 56.12m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification – 57.94m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

  • Qualification – 19.45m
  • Final – 17.60m (→ 12th place)
  • Qualification – 17.09m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification – 18.55m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result – 7291 points (→ Gold Medal)
  • Final Result – 6297 points (→ 8th place)
  • Final Result – 5972 points (→ 18th place)

Basketball

Men's team competition

  • Defeated Spain (97-53)
  • Defeated Canada (102-70)
  • Defeated Brazil (102-87)
  • Defeated China (108-57)
  • Defeated Egypt (102-35)
  • Defeated Puerto Rico (94-57)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (76-82)
  • Defeated Australia (78-49) → Bronze Medal

Boxing

Light Flyweight ( 48 kg)

  • First round – Bye
  • Second round – Defeated Kwang-So Oh (KOR), 3:2
  • Third round – Defeated Hien Dang Hieu (VIE), RSC-1
  • Quarterfinals – Defeated Robert Olsen (CAN), 5:0
  • Semifinal – Defeated Róbert Isaszegi (HUN), 4:1
  • Final – Lost to Ivailo Marinov Khristov (BUL), 0:5

Flyweight ( 51 kg)

  • First Round – Defeated Andrea Mannai (ITA), 5:0
  • Second Round – Defeated Bishnu Bahadur Singh (NEP), RSC-2
  • Third Round – Lost to Kim Kwang-Sun (KOR), 0:5

Bantamweight ( 54 kg)

  • First Round – Bye
  • Second Round – Defeated Erik Perez (GUA), RSC-1
  • Third Round – Defeated Shahuraj Birajdor (IND), walk-over
  • Quarterfinals – Defeated Stephen Mwema (KEN), 5:0
  • Semifinals – Defeated Phajol Moolsan (THA), RSC-1
  • Final – Defeated Aleksandar Khristov (BUL), 5:0

Featherweight ( 57 kg)

Lightweight ( 60 kg)

  • First Round – Bye
  • Second Round – Defeated Lee Kang-Su (KOR), 5:0
  • Third Round – Defeated Kassim Traoré (MLI), RSC-2
  • Quarterfinals – Defeated Emil Chuprenski (BUL), 3:2
  • Semifinals – Lost to Andreas Zülow (GDR), 0:5

Light Welterweight ( 63.5 kg)

  • First Round – Bye
  • Second Round – Defeated Kampompo Miango (ZAI), KO-2
  • Third Round – Defeated Chun Jil-Chun (KOR), KO-2
  • Quarterfinals – Lost to Grahame Cheney (AUS), 2:3

Welterweight ( 67 kg)

Light Middleweight ( 71 kg)

  • First Round – Bye
  • Second Round – Defeated M'tendere Makalamba (MLW), KO-1
  • Third Round – Defeated Michal Franek (TCH), 5:0
  • Quarterfinals – Defeated Yevgeni Zaytsev (URS), 5:0
  • Semifinals – Defeated Richard Woodhall (GBR), 5:0
  • Final – Lost to Park Si-Hun (KOR), 2:3

Middleweight ( 75 kg)

  • First Round – Bye
  • Second Round – Lost to Ha Jong-Ho (KOR), walk-over

Light Heavyweight ( 81 kg)

  • First Round – Bye
  • Second Round – Defeated Mikaele Masoe (ASA), RSC-2
  • Quarterfinals – Defeated Lajos Eros (HUN), 5:0
  • Semifinals – Defeated Henryk Petrich (POL), AB-3
  • Final – Defeated Nuramgomed Shanavazov (URS), 5:0

Heavyweight ( 91 kg)

  • First Round – Bye
  • Second Round – Defeated Rudolf Gavenčiak (TCH), RSC-3
  • Quarterfinals – Defeated Luigi Gaudiano (ITA), KO-1
  • Semifinals – Defeated Arnold Vanderlyde (NED), RSC-2
  • Final – Defeated Baik Hyun-Man (KOR), KO-1

Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

  • First Round – Bye
  • Second Round – Defeated Ikonomonya Botowamungu (AUT), KO-2
  • Quarterfinals – Defeated Peter Hrivnák (TCH), RSC-1
  • Semifinals – Defeated Aleksandr Miroshnichenko (URS), 5:0
  • Final – Lost to Lennox Lewis (CAN), RSC-2

Canoeing

Cycling

Nineteen cyclists, fifteen men and four women, represented the United States in 1988. Connie Paraskevin-Young won bronze in the women's sprint.

Men's road race
Men's team time trial
Men's sprint
Men's 1 km time trial
Men's individual pursuit
Men's team pursuit
Men's points race
Women's road race
Women's sprint

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented the United States in 1988.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Football

Failed to qualify for second round.

Gymnastics

Handball

Hockey

Women's team competition

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

Head Coach: Boudewijn Castelijn

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented the United States in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

  • Heat – 22.39
  • Final – 22.14 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat – 22.61
  • Final – 22.36 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heat – 49.04
  • Final – 48.63 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat – 49.20
  • Final – 49.08 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heat – 1:48.39
  • Final – 1:47.99 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Heat – 1:48.96
  • Final – 1:48.86 (→ 7th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Heat – 3:50.82
  • Final – 3:48.09 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat – 3:52.64
  • B-Final – 3:55.34 (→ 14th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Heat – 15:07.41
  • Final – 15:14.76 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat – 15:39.51 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Heat – 54.51
  • Final – 55.18 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Heat – 57.19
  • B-Final – 57.06 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Heat – 2:01.73
  • Final – 2:02.26 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat – 2:03.64
  • B-Final – 2:02.95 (→ 10th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heat – 1:03.05
  • Final – 1:02.55 (→ 6th place)
  • Heat – 1:04.04
  • B-Final – 1:04.17 (→ 15th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Heat – 2:15.85
  • Final – 2:15.45 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat – 2:19.47 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Heat – 53.46
  • Final – 53.01 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Heat – 54.44
  • Final – 54.07 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Heat – 1:59.78
  • Final – 1:59.19 (→ 5th place)
  • Heat – 2:00.86
  • B-Final – 2:00.26 (→ 9th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Heat – 2:04.64
  • B-Final – 2:03.05 (→ 9th place)
  • Heat – 2:05.32
  • B-Final – 2:06.82 (→ 16th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Heat – 4:20.84
  • Final – 4:17.36 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Heat – 4:24.10
  • B-Final – 4:22.95 (→ 9th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat – 3:19.52
  • Final – 3:16.53 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat – 7:18.76
  • Final – 7:12.51 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat – 3:43.00
  • Final – 3:36.93 (→ Gold Medal)


Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Heat – 25.91
  • Final – 25.78 (→ 5th place)
  • Heat – 26.02
  • Final – 25.71 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heat – 56.37
  • Final – 56.25 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat – 56.97
  • B-Final – 56.83 (→ 12th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heat – 1:59.50
  • Final – 1:59.04 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat – 2:01.45
  • Final – 2:00.23 (→ 6th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Heat – 4:10.12
  • Final – 4:03.85 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat – 4:10.73
  • Final – 4:08.16 (→ 4th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Heat – 8:28.13
  • Final – 8:20.20 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat – 8:31.57
  • Final – 8:30.86 (→ 5th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Heat – 1:02.85
  • Final – 1:02.71 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat – 1:02.63
  • Final – 1:02.78 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Heat – 2:13.91
  • Final – 2:12.39 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat – 2:14.77
  • Final – 2:15.02 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heat – 1:10.59
  • Final – 1:09.60 (→ 6th place)
  • Heat – 1:11.09
  • B-Final – 1:11.08 (→ 13th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Heat – 2:34.21
  • B-Final – 2:32.90 (→ 13th place)
  • Heat – 2:32.11
  • B-Final – 2:33.46 (→ 14th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Heat – 1:00.97
  • Final – 1:00.48 (→ 5th place)
  • Heat – 1:11.09
  • B-Final – 1:00.97 (→ 7th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Heat – 2:12.35
  • Final – 2:10.80 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Heat – 2:13.05
  • Final – 2:11.55 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Heat – 2:17.45
  • Final – 2:17.99 (→ 8th place)
  • Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Heat – 4:43.04
  • Final – 4:37.76 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat – 4:50.03
  • B-Final – 4:51.93 (→ 11th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat – 3:45.10
  • Final – 3:44.25 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat – 4:10.38
  • Final – 4:07.90 (→ Silver Medal)

Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented the United States in 1988.

Women's solo
Women's duet

Table tennis

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

  • First Round – Bye
  • Second Round – Defeated Claudia Hernandez-Salas (Mexico) 6-1 6-4
  • Third Round – Defeated Barbara Paulus (Austria) 7-5 6-2
  • Quarterfinals – Defeated Pam Shriver (USA) 6-2 6-3
  • Semifinals – Lost to Steffi Graf (West Germany) 2-6 0-6

Men's Doubles Competition

Volleyball

Men's team competition

  • United States – Japan 3-0 (15-13, 15-2, 15-2)
  • United States – The Netherlands 3-1 (15-7, 12-15, 15-1, 15-11)
  • United States – Argentina 3-2 (11-15, 11-15, 15-4, 17-15, 15-7)
  • United States – France 3-0 (17-15, 15-6, 15-13)
  • United States – Tunisia 3-0 (15-4, 15-6, 15-4)
  • United States – Brazil 3-0 (15-3, 15-5, 15-11)
  • United States – Soviet Union 3-1 (13-15, 15-10, 15-4, 15-8) → Gold Medal

Women's team competition

  • Lost to PR China (0-3)
  • Defeated Brazil (3-2)
  • Lost to Peru (2-3)
  • 5th/8th place: Lost to East Germany (1-3)
  • 7th/8th place: Defeated South Korea (3-2) → Seventh place

Water polo

Men's team competition

  • Defeated Yugoslavia (7-6)
  • Lost to Spain (7-9)
  • Defeated China (14-7)
  • Defeated Greece (18-9)
  • Defeated Hungary (10-9)
  • Defeated Soviet Union (8-7)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (7-9) → Silver Medal

Weightlifting

Light-heavyweight 75–82.5 kg

Wrestling

References

  1. "United States at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
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