United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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NOC	United States Olympic Committee
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors	527 (332 men and 195 women) in 27 sports
Flag bearer	Evelyn Ashford
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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]

Medalists

Gold

Jay Barrs — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
Carl Lewis — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
Joe DeLoach — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
Steve Lewis — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
Roger Kingdom — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
Andre Phillips — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles
Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Butch Reynolds, and Kevin Robinzine — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Carl Lewis — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
Florence Griffith-Joyner — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
Florence Griffith-Joyner — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
Evelyn Ashford, Alice Brown, Sheila Echols, and Florence Griffith-Joyner — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
Louise Ritter — Athletics, Women's High Jump
Jackie Joyner-Kersee — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
Jackie Joyner-Kersee — Athletics, Women's Heptathlon
Cynthia Brown, Vicky Bullett, Cynthia Cooper, Anne Donovan, Teresa Edwards, Kamie Ethridge, Jennifer Gillom, Bridgette Gordon, Andrea Lloyd, Katrina McClain, Suzanne McConnell, and Teresa Weatherspoon — Basketball, Women's Team Competition
Kennedy McKinney — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
Andrew Maynard — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
Ray Mercer — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
Greg Barton — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000 m Kayak Singles
Greg Barton and Norman Bellingham — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000 m Kayak Pairs
Greg Louganis — Diving, Men's Springboard
Greg Louganis — Diving, Men's Platform
Lynne Jewell and Allison Jolly — Sailing, Women's 470
Matt Biondi — Swimming, Men's 50 m Freestyle
Matt Biondi — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
Matt Biondi, Troy Dalbey, Chris Jacobs, and Tom Jager — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Matt Biondi, Matt Cetlinski, Troy Dalbey, and Doug Gjertsen — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
David Berkoff, Matt Biondi, Chris Jacobs, and Richard Schroeder — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Janet Evans — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
Janet Evans — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle
Janet Evans — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Ken Flach and Robert Seguso — Tennis, Men's Doubles
Zina Garrison and Pam Shriver — Tennis, Women's Doubles
Craig Buck, Bob Ctvrtlik, Scott Fortune, Karch Kiraly, Ricci Luyties, Douglas Partie, Jon Root, Eric Sato, Dave Saunders, Jeff Stork, Troy Tanner, and Steve Timmons — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition
John Smith — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight (62 kg)
Kenny Monday — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight (74 kg)

Silver

Jay Barrs, Richard McKinney, and Darrell Pace — Archery, Men's Team Competition
Carl Lewis — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
Butch Reynolds — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
Hollis Conway — Athletics, Men's High Jump
Mike Powell — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
Randy Barnes — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
Evelyn Ashford — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Florence Griffith-Joyner, Denean Howard-Hill, and Diane Dixon — Athletics, Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
Michael Carbajal — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
Roy Jones — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
Michelle Mitchell — Diving, Women's Platform
Gregory Best — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
Gregory Best, Joe Fargis, Lisa Jacquin, and Anne Kursinski — Equestrian, Jumping Team
Kevin Asano — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)
Thomas Bohrer, Richard Kennelly, David Krmpotich, and Raoul Rodriguez — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
Anne Marden — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls
Hal Haenel and Mark Reynolds — Sailing, Men's Star
William Baylis, Robert Billingham and John Kostecki — Sailing, Men's Soling
Erich Buljung — Shooting, Men's Air Pistol
Tom Jager — Swimming, Men's 50 m Freestyle
Chris Jacobs — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
David Berkoff — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
Matt Biondi — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
David Wharton — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley
Beth Barr, Janel Jorgensen, Tracey McFarlane, and Mary Wayte — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Tracie Ruiz — Synchronised Swimming, Women's Solo
Karen Josephson and Sarah Josephson — Synchronised Swimming, Women's Duet
Tim Mayotte — Tennis, Men's Singles
James Bergeson, Greg Boyer, Peter Campbell, Jeffrey Campbell, Jody Campbell, Christopher Duplanty, Michael Evans, Douglas Kimbell, Edward Klass, Alan Mouchawar, Kevin Robertson, Terry Schroeder, and Craig Wilson — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition
Bruce Baumgartner — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight

Bronze

Melanie Skillman, Denise Parker and Debra Ochs — Archery, Women's Team Competition
Calvin Smith — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
Danny Everett — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
Tonie Campbell — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
Edwin Moses — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles
Larry Myricks — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
Kim Gallagher — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
William Anderson, Stacey Augmon, Vernell Coles, Jeffrey Grayer, Hersey Hawkins, Dan Majerle, Danny Manning, Herman Reid, Mitch Richmond, David Robinson and Charles Smith — Basketball, Men's Team Competition
Romallis Ellis — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
Kenneth Gould — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
Connie Paraskevin-Young — Cycling, Women's Sprint
Kelly McCormick — Diving, Women's Springboard
Wendy Williams — Diving, Women's Platform
Phoebe Mills — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
Michael Swain — Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg)
Seth Bauer, William Burden, Jeffrey McLaughlin, Peter Nordell, Ted Patton, John Pescatore, John Rusher, Jonathan Smith and Michael Teti — Rowing, Men's Eights
Mike Gebhardt — Sailing, Men's Lechner Sailboard
Charles McKee and John Shadden — Sailing, Men's 470
Matt Biondi — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle
Jill Sterkel — Swimming, Women's 50 m Freestyle
Mary T. Meagher — Swimming, Women's 200 m Butterfly
Mitzi Kremer, Dara Torres, Laura Walker and Mary Wayte — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Brad Gilbert — Tennis, Men's Singles
Zina Garrison — Tennis, Women's Singles
Dennis Koslowski — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
Nathaniel Carr — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight (68 kg)
William Scherr — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight (100 kg)

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:

Melanie Skillman — Semi Final (→ 10th place)
Denise Parker — 1/8 final (→ 21st place)
Debra Ochs — Preliminary Round (→ 26th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

Jay Barrs — Final (→ Gold Medal)
Richard McKinney — Final (→ 6th place)
Darrell Pace — Semi Final (→ 9th place)

Women's Team Competition:

Skillman, Parker, and Ochs — Final (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Team Competition:

Barrs, McKinney, and Pace — Final (→ Silver Medal)

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 100 metres

Carl Lewis

Heat — 10.14s
Semi Final — 9.97s
Final — 9.92s (→ Gold Medal)

Calvin Smith

Heat — 10.28
Semi Final — 10.15s
Final — 9.99s (→ Bronze Medal)

Dennis Mitchell

Heat — 10.37
Semi Final — 10.23s
Final — 10.04s (→ 4th place)

Men's 200 metres

Joe DeLoach

Heat — 20.56s
Semi Final — 20.06s
Final — 19.75s (→ Gold Medal)

Carl Lewis

Heat — 20.57s
Semi Final — 20.23s
Final — 19.79s (→ Silver Medal)

Roy Martin

Heat — 20.54s
Semi Final — 20.62s (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

Steve Lewis

Heat — 44.41s
Semi Final — 44.35s
Final — 43.87s (→ Gold Medal)

Butch Reynolds

Heat — 44.46s
Semi Final — 44.33s
Final — 43.93s (→ Silver Medal)

Danny Everett

Heat — 44.83s
Semi Final — 44.36s
Final — 44.09s (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 800 metres

Johnny Gray

Heat — 1:48.83
Semi Final — 1:45.04
Final — 1:44.80 (→ 5th place)

Mark Everett

Heat — 1:49.86 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

Steve Scott

Heat — 3:41.57
Semi Final — 3:38.20
Final — 3:36.99 (→ 5th place)

Jeff Atkinson

Heat — 3:38.33
Semi Final — 3:39.12
Final — 3:40.80 (→ 10th place)

Mark Deady

Heat — 3:41.91
Semi Final — 3:48.03 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5.000 metres

Sydney Maree

Heat — 13:47.85
Semi Final — 13:22.61
Final — 13:23.69 (→ 5th place)

Doug Padilla

Heat — 13:58.45
Semi Final — 13:37.11 (→ did not advance)

Terry Brahm

Heat — 14:37.98
Semi Final — 14:04.12 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

Bruce Bickford

First Round — 28:16.16
Final — 29:09.74 (→ 18th place)

Pat Porter

First Round — 28:45.04 (→ did not advance)

Steve Plasencia

First Round — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

Dennis Mitchell, Albert Robinson, Calvin Smith, and Lee McNeill

Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

Andrew Valmon, Kevin Robinzine, Antonio McKay, and Steve Lewis

Heat — 3:02.16
Semi Final — 3:02.84

Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Kevin Robinzine, and Butch Reynolds

Final — 2:56.16 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Marathon

Pete Pfitzinger

Final — 2"14:44 (→ 14th place)

Ed Eyestone

Final — 2"19:09 (→ 29th place)

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase

Henry Marsh

Heat — 8:33.89
Semi Final — 8:18.94
Final — 8:14.39 (→ 6th place)

Brian Diemer

Heat — 8:38.40
Semi Final — 8:23.89 (→ did not advance)

Brian Abshire

Heat — 8:36.56
Semi Final — 8:27.78 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

Hollis Conway

Qualification — 2.28m
Final — 2.36m (→ Silver Medal)

Jim Howard

Qualification — 2.25m
Final — 2.31m (→ 10th place)

Brian Stanton

Qualification — 2.25m
Final — 2.31m (→ 11th place)

Men's Long Jump

Carl Lewis

Qualification — 8.08m
Final — 8.73m (→ Gold Medal)

Mike Powell

Qualification — 8.34m
Final — 8.49m (→ Silver Medal)

Larry Myricks

Qualification — 8.19m
Final — 8.27m (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Hammer Throw

Lance Deal

Qualifying Heat — 73.66m (→ did not advance)

Kenneth Flax

Qualifying Heat — 72.70m (→ did not advance)

Jud Logan

Qualifying Heat — 72.64m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

Randy Barnes

Qualifying Heat — 20.83m
Final — 22.39m (→ Silver Medal)

Gregg Tafralis

Qualifying Heat — 19.71m
Final — 20.16m (→ 9th place)

Jim Doehring

Qualifying Heat — 19.73m
Final — 19.27 (→ 11th place)

Men's Discus Throw

Mac Wilkins

Qualifying Heat — 62.48m
Final — 65.90m (→ 5th place)

Mike Buncic

Qualifying Heat — 63.16m
Final — 62.46m (→ 10th place)

Randy Heisler

Qualifying Heat — 59.08m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

Tom Petranoff

Qualification — 77.48m (→ did not advance)

Brian Crouser

Qualification — 72.72m (→ did not advance)

Dave Stephens

Qualification — 78.42m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

Tim Bright — 8216 points (→ 7th place)

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

David Johnson — 8180 points (→ 9th place)

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

Marco Evoniuk

Final — 3'56:55 (→ 22nd place)

Carl Schueler

Final — 3'57:44 (→ 23rd place)

Andrew Kaestner

Final — 4'12:49 (→ 34th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

Lillie Leatherwood, Sherri Howard, Denean Howard, and Diane Dixon

Heat — 3:25.86

Denean Howard, Diane Dixon, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, and Florence Griffith-Joyner

Final — 3:15.51 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's Marathon

Nancy Ditz

Final — 2:33:42 (→ 17th place)

Margaret Groos

Final — 2:40:59 (→ 39th place)

Cathy O'Brien

Final — 2:41:04 (→ 40th place)

Women's Discus Throw

Carol Cady

Qualification — 62.72m
Final — 63.42m (→ 11th place)

Ramona Pagel

Qualification — 57.50m (→ did not advance)

Connie Price

Qualification — 57.04m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

Donna Mayhew

Qualification — 63.24m
Final — 61.78m (→ 7th place)

Lynda Sutfin

Qualification — 56.12m (→ did not advance)

Karin Smith

Qualification — 57.94m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

Bonnie Dasse

Qualification — 19.45m
Final — 17.60m (→ 12th place)

Connie Price

Qualification — 17.09m (→ did not advance)

Ramona Pagel

Qualification — 18.55m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Final Result — 7291 points (→ Gold Medal)

Cindy Greiner

Final Result — 6297 points (→ 8th place)

Wendy Brown

Final Result — 5972 points (→ 18th place)

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

Defeated Spain (97-53)
Defeated Canada (102-70)
Defeated Brazil (102-87)
Defeated China (108-57)
Defeated Egypt (102-35)

Quarterfinals

Defeated Puerto Rico (94-57)

Semifinals

Lost to Soviet Union (76-82)

Final

Defeated Australia (78-49) → Bronze Medal

Team Roster

Head Coach: John Thompson

Boxing

Light Flyweight (— 48 kg)

Michael Carbajal → Silver Medal

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)

Arthur Johnson

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)

Kennedy McKinney (→ Gold Medal)

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)

Kelcie Banks

First Round — Lost to Regilio Tuur (NED) on knock-out

Lightweight (— 60 kg)

Romallis Ellis (→ Bronze Medal)

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)

Todd Foster

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)

Kenneth Gould (→ Bronze Medal)

First Round — Defeated Joseph Marwa (TNZ), 4:1
Second Round — Defeated Alfred Addo Ankamah (GHA), 5:0
Third Round — Defeated Maselino Masoe (ASA), 5:0
Quarterfinals — Defeated Joni Nyman (FIN), 5:0
Semifinals — Lost to Laurent Boudouani (FRA), 1:4

Light Middleweight (— 71 kg)

Roy Jones Jr. (→ Silver Medal)

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)

Anthony Hembrick

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

Light Heavyweight (— 81 kg)

Andrew Maynard (→ Gold Medal)

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)

Ray Mercer (→ Gold Medal)

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)

Riddick Bowe (→ Silver Medal)

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

Women's Individual Road Race

Inga Benedict-Thompson — 2:00:52 (→ 8th place)
Bunki Bankaitis-Davis — 2:00:52 (→ 14th place)
Sally Zack — 2:00:52 (→ 16th place)

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

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

Men's foil

Men's team foil

Peter Lewison, Dave Littell, Mike Marx, Greg Massialas, George Nonomura

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Robert Marx, Lee Shelley, Rob Stull, Stephen Trevor

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Bob Cottingham, Paul Friedberg, Mike Lofton, Steve Mormando, Peter Westbrook

Women's foil

Women's team foil

Caitlin Bilodeaux, Elaine Cheris, Sharon Monplaisir, Mary O'Neill, Molly Sullivan

Football

Preliminary Round (Group C)

Sept 18: USA 1-1 Argentina
Sept 20: USA 0-0 South Korea
Sept 22: USA 2-4 Soviet Union

Failed to qualify for second round.

Team Roster

Head Coach: Lothar Osiander

Gymnastics

Handball

Hockey

Women's Team Competition

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

Preliminary Round (Group A)

USA — Netherlands 1-3
USA — Argentina 1-2
USA — Great Britain 2-2

Classification Matches

5th/8th place: USA — West Germany 1-2
7th/8th place: USA — Argentina 1-3 (→ 8th place)

Team Roster

Head Coach: Boudewijn Castelijn

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented the United States in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

Robert Nieman — 5034 pts (→ 18th place)
Robert Stull — 4588 pts (→ 49th place)
Michael Gostigan — 4023 pts (→ 60th place)

Men's Team Competition:

Nieman, Stull, and Gostigan — 13645 pts (→ 16th place)

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

Matt Biondi

Heat — 22.39
Final — 22.14 (→ Gold Medal)

Tom Jager

Heat — 22.61
Final — 22.36 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

Matt Biondi

Heat — 49.04
Final — 48.63 (→ Gold Medal)

Chris Jacobs

Heat — 49.20
Final — 49.08 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

Matt Biondi

Heat — 1:48.39
Final — 1:47.99 (→ Bronze Medal)

Troy Dalbey

Heat — 1:48.96
Final — 1:48.86 (→ 7th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

Matt Cetlinski

Heat — 3:50.82
Final — 3:48.09 (→ 4th place)

Dan Jorgensen

Heat — 3:52.64
B-Final — 3:55.34 (→ 14th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

Matt Cetlinski

Heat — 15:07.41
Final — 15:14.76 (→ 4th place)

Lars Jorgensen

Heat — 15:39.51 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

David Berkoff

Heat — 54.51
Final — 55.18 (→ Silver Medal)

Jay Mortenson

Heat — 57.19
B-Final — 57.06 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

Dan Veatch

Heat — 2:01.73
Final — 2:02.26 (→ 7th place)

Steve Bigelow

Heat — 2:03.64
B-Final — 2:02.95 (→ 10th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Richard Schroeder

Heat — 1:03.05
Final — 1:02.55 (→ 6th place)

Daniel Watters

Heat — 1:04.04
B-Final — 1:04.17 (→ 15th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Mike Barrowman

Heat — 2:15.85
Final — 2:15.45 (→ 4th place)

Kirk Stackle

Heat — 2:19.47 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Matt Biondi

Heat — 53.46
Final — 53.01 (→ Silver Medal)

Jay Mortenson

Heat — 54.44
Final — 54.07 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

Melvin Stewart

Heat — 1:59.78
Final — 1:59.19 (→ 5th place)

Mark Dean

Heat — 2:00.86
B-Final — 2:00.26 (→ 9th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

David Wharton

Heat — 2:04.64
B-Final — 2:03.05 (→ 9th place)

Bill Stapleton

Heat — 2:05.32
B-Final — 2:06.82 (→ 16th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

David Wharton

Heat — 4:20.84
Final — 4:17.36 (→ Silver Medal)

Jeff Kostoff

Heat — 4:24.10
B-Final — 4:22.95 (→ 9th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Brent Lang, Doug Gjertsen, Shaun Jordan, and Troy Dalbey

Heat — 3:19.52

Chris Jacobs, Troy Dalbey, Tom Jager, and Matt Biondi

Final — 3:16.53 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Craig Oppel, Dan Jorgensen, Matt Cetlinski, and Doug Gjertsen

Heat — 7:18.76

Troy Dalbey, Matt Cetlinski, Doug Gjertsen, and Matt Biondi

Final — 7:12.51 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

David Berkoff, Richard Schroeder, Jay Mortenson, and Tom Jager

Heat — 3:43.00

David Berkoff, Richard Schroeder, Matt Biondi, and Chris Jacobs

Final — 3:36.93 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

Leigh Ann Fetter

Heat — 25.91
Final — 25.78 (→ 5th place)

Jill Sterkel

Heat — 26.02
Final — 25.71 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

Dara Torres

Heat — 56.37
Final — 56.25 (→ 7th place)

Mitzi Kremer

Heat — 56.97
B-Final — 56.83 (→ 12th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

Mary Wayte

Heat — 1:59.50
Final — 1:59.04 (→ 4th place)

Mitzi Kremer

Heat — 2:01.45
Final — 2:00.23 (→ 6th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

Janet Evans

Heat — 4:10.12
Final — 4:03.85 (→ Gold Medal)

Tami Bruce

Heat — 4:10.73
Final — 4:08.16 (→ 4th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

Janet Evans

Heat — 8:28.13
Final — 8:20.20 (→ Gold Medal)

Tami Bruce

Heat — 8:31.57
Final — 8:30.86 (→ 5th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

Betsy Mitchell

Heat — 1:02.85
Final — 1:02.71 (→ 4th place)

Beth Barr

Heat — 1:02.63
Final — 1:02.78 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

Beth Barr

Heat — 2:13.91
Final — 2:12.39 (→ 4th place)

Andrea Hayes

Heat — 2:14.77
Final — 2:15.02 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

Tracey McFarlane

Heat — 1:10.59
Final — 1:09.60 (→ 6th place)

Susan Johnson

Heat — 1:11.09
B-Final — 1:11.08 (→ 13th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

Susan Rapp

Heat — 2:34.21
B-Final — 2:32.90 (→ 13th place)

Tracey McFarlane

Heat — 2:32.11
B-Final — 2:33.46 (→ 14th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

Janel Jorgensen

Heat — 1:00.97
Final — 1:00.48 (→ 5th place)

Mary T. Meagher

Heat — 1:11.09
B-Final — 1:00.97 (→ 7th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

Mary T. Meagher

Heat — 2:12.35
Final — 2:10.80 (→ Bronze Medal)

Trina Radke

Heat — 2:13.05
Final — 2:11.55 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

Whitney Hedgepeth

Heat — 2:17.45
Final — 2:17.99 (→ 8th place)

Mary Wayte

Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

Janet Evans

Heat — 4:43.04
Final — 4:37.76 (→ Gold Medal)

Erika Hansen

Heat — 4:50.03
B-Final — 4:51.93 (→ 11th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Laura Walker, Paige Zemina, Jill Sterkel and Mary Wayte

Heat — 3:45.10

Mary Wayte, Mitzi Kremer, Laura Walker and Dara Torres

Final — 3:44.25 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Betsy Mitchell, Tracey McFarlane, Mary T. Meagher and Dara Torres

Heat — 4:10.38

Beth Barr, Tracey McFarlane, Janel Jorgensen and Mary Wayte

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

Chris Evert

First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Sandra Cecchini (Italy) 6-2 6-2
Third Round — Lost to Raffaella Reggi (Italy) 6-2 4-6 1-6

Zina Garrison → Bronze Medal

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

Pam Shriver

First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Jill Hetherington (Canada) 6-2 6-3
Third Round — Defeated Katerina Maleeva (Bulgaria) 6-3 3-6 6-2
Quarterfinals — Lost to Zina Garrison (USA) 2-6 3-6

Men's Doubles Competition

Ken Flach and Robert Seguso → Gold Medal

First Round — Defeated Suharyadi Suharyadi and Donald Wailan-Walalangi (Indonesia) 6-3 6-1 7-5
Second Round — Defeated Gábor Köves and László Markovits (Hungary) 6-4 6-4 6-4
Quarterfinals — Defeated Morten Christensen and Michael Tauson (Denmark) 6-4 7-5 6-2
Semifinals — Defeated Miloslav Mečíř and Milan Šrejber (Czechoslovakia) 6-2 6-4 6-1
Final — Defeated Emilio Sánchez and Sergio Casal (Spain) 6-3 6-4 6-7 6-7 9-7

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

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)

Semi Finals

United States — Brazil 3-0 (15-3, 15-5, 15-11)

Final

United States — Soviet Union 3-1 (13-15, 15-10, 15-4, 15-8) → Gold Medal

Team Roster

Head Coach: Marvin Dunphy

Women's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

Lost to PR China (0-3)
Defeated Brazil (3-2)
Lost to Peru (2-3)

Classification Matches

5th/8th place: Lost to East Germany (1-3)
7th/8th place: Defeated South Korea (3-2) → Seventh place

Team Roster

Head Coach: Terry Liskevych

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

Defeated Yugoslavia (7-6)
Lost to Spain (7-9)
Defeated China (14-7)
Defeated Greece (18-9)
Defeated Hungary (10-9)

Semi Finals

Defeated Soviet Union (8-7)

Final

Lost to Yugoslavia (7-9) → Silver Medal

Team Roster

Head Coach: Bill Barnett

Weightlifting

Light-heavyweight 75–82.5 kg

Curt White — 14th place

Wrestling

References

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