- Source: United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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. 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. That was mainly caused by the extensive state-sponsored doping programs that were developed in these communist countries to fulfil their political agenda on an international stage.
Medalists
The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
* - Indicates that the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final.
Archery
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
Women
Athletics
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to further PED usage between 1981 and 1988 and his world record of 9.83 seconds from the 1987 World Championships was rescinded as well, allowing Lewis's 9.92 seconds in the Olympic final became the new world record.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.
Men
Track and road events
* - Indicates the athlete ran in a preliminary round but not the final.
Field events
Combined event – Decathlon
Women
* - 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
Combined event – Heptathlon
Basketball
Summary
= 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
The following is the United States roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Bronze medal game
= Women's tournament
=Team roster
The following is the United States roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Group play
Semifinal
Gold medal game
Boxing
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.
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.
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.
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. 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. Members of the U.S. Army Boxing Team (Anthony Hembrick, Andrew Maynard, Kennedy McKinney, Ray Mercer) trained for the Olympics at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
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.
Canoeing
Men
Women
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
Nineteen cyclists represented the United States in 1988. Connie Paraskevin-Young won bronze in the women's sprint.
= Road
== Track
=Points race
Pursuit
Sprint
Time trial
Diving
Men
Women
Equestrian
Dressage
Eventing
Jumping
Fencing
19 fencers represented the United States in 1988.
Men
Women
Field hockey
Summary
= 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
5th-8th place classification
8th place game
Football
Summary
Roster
Head coach: Lothar Osiander
Preliminary round
Gymnastics
= Artistic
=Men
Team
Individual finals
Women
Team
Individual finals
= Rhythmic
=Handball
Summary
= Men's tournament
=Roster
The following players represented the United States:
Brian Bennett
James Buehning
Scott Driggers
Craig Fitschen
Steven Goss
Bob Hillary
Boyd Janny
Bryant Johnson
William Kessler
Stephen Kirk
Peter Lash
Joseph McVein
Rod Oshita
Joe Story
Mike Sullivan
Preliminary round
11th place match
= Women's tournament
=Roster
The following players represented the United States:
Kathy Callaghan
Kim Clarke
Laura Coenen
Sandra DeLaRiva
Megan Gallagher
Amy Gamble
Sam Jones
Portia Lack
Karyn Palgut
Carol Peterka
Angie Raynor
Cindy Stinger
Penny Stone
Sherry Winn
Preliminary round
Placement round
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1988.
Rowing
Men
Women
* - 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
Men
Women
Open
Shooting
Men
Women
Open shotgun
Swimming
Men
Women
* - 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
Three female synchronized swimmers represented the United States in 1988.
Table tennis
Tennis
Men
Women
Volleyball
Summary
= Men's tournament
=Roster
The following volleyball players represented the United States:
Troy Tanner
Dave Saunders
Jon Root
Bob Ctvrtlik
Doug Partie
Steve Timmons
Craig Buck
Scott Fortune
Ricci Luyties
Jeff Stork
Eric Sato
Karch Kiraly
Head coach: Marv Dunphy
Preliminary round
Semifinal
Final
= 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
Head coach: Terry Liskevych
Preliminary round
Classification semifinal
7th place final
Water polo
Summary
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
Head coach: Bill Barnett
Preliminary round
Semifinal
Gold medal game
Weightlifting
Wrestling
See also
United States at the 1987 Pan American Games
United States at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
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