Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed, for the last time before its dissolution, at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 481 competitors, 319 men and 162 women, took part in 221 events in 27 sports. Athletes from 12 of the ex-Soviet republics would compete as the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and each nation would field independent teams in subsequent Games.

Soviet Union at the
1988 Summer Olympics
IOC codeURS
NOCSoviet Olympic Committee
in Seoul, South Korea
17 September 1988 (1988-09-17) – 2 October 1988 (1988-10-02)
Competitors481 (319 men, 162 women) in 27 sports
Flag bearer Aleksandr Karelin (wrestling)
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
55
Silver
31
Bronze
46
Total
132
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Estonia (1920–1936, 1992–)
 Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–)
 Lithuania (1924–1928, 1992–)
 Unified Team (1992)
 Armenia (1994–)
 Belarus (1994–)
 Georgia (1994–)
 Kazakhstan (1994–)
 Kyrgyzstan (1994–)
 Moldova (1994–)
 Russia (1994–2016)
 Ukraine (1994–)
 Uzbekistan (1994–)
 Azerbaijan (1996–)
 Tajikistan (1996–)
 Turkmenistan (1996–)
 ROC (2020)
 Individual Neutral Athletes (2024)

The Soviet Union dominated the medal count, winning 55 gold and 132 total medals. It is the largest Olympic medal tally in history achieved by a non-host nation. Currently, China's and the United States' 48 gold medals in 2008 and 2012 respectively, and the United States' 126 total medals in 2024 are the closest results to the USSR's 1988 performance. The Soviet Union medal tally currently ranks fourth both in terms of gold and total medals, after the United States' 1984 performance, the Soviet Union's 1980 performance, the United States' 1904 performance, and Great Britain's 1908 performance.

Medalists

The Soviet Union finished first in the medal standings with 55 gold and 132 total medals.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 3 6
Athletics 39 44 85
Basketball 12 12 24
Boxing 12 – 12
Canoeing 12 5 17
Cycling 14 4 18
Diving 4 4 8
Equestrian 6 2 8
Fencing 15 5 20
Field hockey 15 0 15
Football 18 – 18
Gymnastics 6 8 14
Handball 14 15 29
Judo 7 – 7
Modern pentathlon 3 – 3
Rowing 30 23 53
Sailing 13 2 15
Shooting 17 6 23
Swimming 19 8 27
Synchronized swimming – 3 3
Table tennis 2 3 5
Tennis 4 3 6
Volleyball 12 12 24
Water polo 13 – 13
Weightlifting 9 – 9
Wrestling 20 – 20
Total 321 162 483

Archery

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Lioudmila Arjannikova – final, 4th place
  • T. Mountain – final, 8th place
  • N. Boutouzova – quarterfinal, 18th place

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Vladimir Echeev – final, bronze medal
  • K. Chkolny – 1/8 final, 20th place
  • Juri Leontiev – preliminary round, 29th place

Women's tournament:

  • Arjannikova, Mountain and Boutouzova – final, 4th place

Men's tournament:

  • Echeev, Chkolny and Leontiev – final, 5th place

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's Marathon

  • Ravil Kashapov
  • Final — 2:13.49 (→ 10th place)

Men's long jump

  • Leonid Volochine
  • Qualification — 7.89m
  • Final — 7.89m (→ 8th place)
  • Robert Emmiyan
  • Qualification — DNF (→ did not advance)
  • Vladimir Otchkan
  • Qualification — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's discus throw

  • Romas Ubartas
  • Qualification – 65.58m
  • Final – 67.48m (→ Silver medal)
  • Yuriy Dumchev
  • Qualification – 62.08m
  • Final – 66.42m (→ 4th place)
  • Vaclavas Kidykas
  • Qualification – 60.88m (→ did not advance)

Men's shot put

  • Sergey Smirnov
  • Qualification — 20.48m
  • Final — 20.36m (→ 8th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Sergey Litvinov
  • Qualification — 81.24m
  • Final — 84.80m (→ Gold medal)
  • Yuriy Sedykh
  • Qualification — 78.48m
  • Final — 83.76m (→ Silver medal)
  • Jüri Tamm
  • Qualification — 69.68m
  • Final — 81.16m (→ Bronze medal)

Men's javelin throw

  • Viktor Yevsyukov
  • Qualification — 79.26m
  • Final — 82.32m (→ 5th place)
  • Vladimir Ovchinnikov
  • Qualification — 80.26m
  • Final — 79.12m (→ 7th place)

Men's decathlon

  • Pavel Tarnovetsky — 8167 points (→ 10th place)
  1. 100 metres — 11.23s
  2. Long Jump — 7.28m
  3. Shot Put — 15.25m
  4. High Jump — 1.97m
  5. 400 metres — 48.60s
  6. 110m Hurdles — 14.76s
  7. Discus Throw — 48.02m
  8. Pole Vault — 5.20m
  9. Javelin Throw — 59.48m
  10. 1.500 metres — 4:52.24s

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Mikhail Shchennikov
  • Final — 1:20:47 (→ 6th place)
  • Aleksey Pershin
  • Final — 1:22:32 (→ 14th place)
  • Yevgeniy Misyulya
  • Final — 1:24:39 (→ 27th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Vyacheslav Ivanenko
  • Final — 3:38:29 (→ Gold medal)
  • Aleksandr Potashov
  • Final — 3:41:00 (→ 4th place)
  • Vitaliy Popovych
  • Final — 3:59:23 (→ 26th place)

Women's competition

Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Lyudmila Dzhigalova, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina and Olga Bryzgina
  • Heat — 3:27.14
  • Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina and Olga Bryzgina
  • Final — 3:15.18 (→ Gold medal)

Women's Marathon

  • Tatyana Polovinskaya
  • Final — 2:27.05 (→ 4th place)
  • Zoya Ivanova
  • Final — 2:30.25 (→ 9th place)
  • Raisa Smekhnova
  • Final — 2:33.19 (→ 16th place)

Women's discus throw

  • Ellina Zvereva
  • Qualification – 63.26m
  • Final – 68.94m (→ 5th place)
  • Larisa Mikhalchenko
  • Qualification – 64.32m
  • Final – 64.08m (→ 10th place)
  • Galina Murasova
  • Qualification – 62.54m
  • Final – NM (→ no ranking)

Women's javelin throw

  • Irina Kostyuchenkova
  • Qualification – 63.24m
  • Final – 67.00m (→ 4th place)
  • Natalya Yermolovich
  • Qualification – 64.44m
  • Final – 64.84m (→ 6th place)

Women's shot put

  • Natalya Lisovskaya
  • Qualification – 19.78m
  • Final – 22.24m (→ Gold medal)
  • Natalya Akhrimenko
  • Qualification – 19.40m
  • Final – 20.13m (→ 7th place)
  • Valentina Fedjuschina
  • Qualification – 19.06m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Natalya Shubenkova
  • Final Result — 6540 points (→ 4th place)
  • Remigija Sablovskaitė
  • Final Result — 6456 points (→ 5th place)
  • Svetlana Buraga
  • Final Result — 6232 points (→ 10th place)

Basketball

Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Soviet Union roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Soviet Union men's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
F/C 4 Alexander Volkov 24 – (1964-03-29)29 March 1964 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) PBC CSKA Moscow
PG 5 Tiit Sokk 23 – (1964-11-15)15 November 1964 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) KK Kalev
F 6 Sergei Tarakanov 30 – (1958-04-25)25 April 1958 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) PBC CSKA Moscow
SG 7 Šarūnas Marčiulionis 24 – (1964-06-13)13 June 1964 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Statyba
G 8 Igors Miglinieks 24 – (1964-05-04)4 May 1964 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) PBC CSKA Moscow
F 9 Valeri Tikhonenko 24 – (1964-08-19)19 August 1964 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) BC SKA Alma-Ata
SG 10 Rimas Kurtinaitis 28 – (1960-05-15)15 May 1960 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Žalgiris
C 11 Arvydas Sabonis 23 – (1964-12-19)19 December 1964 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in) BC Žalgiris
C 12 Viktor Pankrashkin 30 – (1957-12-10)10 December 1957 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in) PBC CSKA Moscow
PG 13 Valdemaras Chomičius 29 – (1959-05-04)4 May 1959 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) BC Žalgiris
C 14 Alexander Belostenny 29 – (1959-02-24)24 February 1959 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) BC Budivelnyk
C 15 Valery Goborov 22 – (1966-01-20)20 January 1966 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) PBC CSKA Moscow
Head coach
Alexander Gomelsky
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 17 September 1988
Group play
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Yugoslavia 5 4 1 468 384 +84 9 Quarterfinals
2  Soviet Union 5 4 1 460 393 +67 9
3  Australia 5 3 2 429 408 +21 8
4  Puerto Rico 5 3 2 382 387 −5 8
5  Central African Republic 5 1 4 346 436 −90 6 9th–12th classification round
6  South Korea (H) 5 0 5 384 461 −77 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Yugoslavia 1–0 Soviet Union
  2. Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Puerto Rico
18 September 1988
Soviet Union  79–92  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 33–39, 46–53
Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
20 September 1988
Australia  69–91  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 35–53, 34–38
Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
21 September 1988
Puerto Rico  81–93 (OT)  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 39–37, 37–39 Overtime: 5–17
Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
23 September 1988
South Korea  73–110  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 38–59, 35–51
Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
24 September 1988
Central African Republic  78–87  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 31–40, 47–47
Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
Quarterfinals
26 September 1988
19:30
Boxscore
Soviet Union  110–105  Brazil
Scoring by half: 53–58, 57–47
Pts: Kurtinaitis 24
Rebs: Sabonis 9
Asts: Sabonis, Tarakanov, Volkov 2		 Pts: Schmidt 46
Rebs: Israel 11
Asts: Maury 5
Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
Semifinals
28 September 1988 (1988-09-28)
12:00
Boxscore
United States  76–82  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 37–47, 39–35
Pts: Robinson 19
Rebs: Robinson 12
Asts: Coles 2		 Pts: Kurtinaitis 28
Rebs: Sabonis 13
Asts: Volkov 5
Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
Gold medal match
30 September 1988 (1988-09-30)
Boxscore
Yugoslavia  63–76  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 28–31, 35–45
Pts: Petrović 24
Rebs: Divac 7
Asts: Petrović 4		 Pts: Marčiulionis 21
Rebs: Sabonis 15
Asts: Marčiulionis 6
Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Soviet Union roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Soviet Union women's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
4 Olga Yevkova 23 – (1965-07-15)15 July 1965
5 Irina Gerlits 22 – (1966-04-29)29 April 1966
6 Olesya Barel 28 – (1960-02-09)9 February 1960
G 7 Irina Sumnikova 23 – (1964-10-15)15 October 1964 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
8 Olga Buryakina 30 – (1958-03-17)17 March 1958
9 Olga Yakovleva 24 – (1963-12-15)15 December 1963
10 Irina Minkh 24 – (1964-04-16)16 April 1964
11 Aleksandra Leonova 24 – (1964-09-04)4 September 1964
C 12 Yelena Khudashova 23 – (1965-07-10)10 July 1965 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
13 Vitalija Tuomaitė 23 – (1964-11-22)22 November 1964
C 14 Natalya Zasulskaya 19 – (1969-05-28)28 May 1969 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
15 Galina Savitskaya 27 – (1961-07-13)13 July 1961
Head coach
Leonid Yachmenev
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 17 September 1988
Group play
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 2 1 178 196 −18 5 Semifinals
2  Soviet Union 3 2 1 208 188 +20 5
3  Bulgaria 3 1 2 217 241 −24 4 Classification round
4  South Korea (H) 3 1 2 244 222 +22 4
Source: FIBA[dead link]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Soviet Union
  2. Head-to-head record: Bulgaria 1–0 South Korea
19 September 1988
11:45
Boxscore
Bulgaria  62–91  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 26–50, 36–41
Pts: Dermendzhieva, Staneva 17
Rebs: Staneva 6
Asts: Slavcheva 3		 Pts: Zasulskaya 23
Rebs: Yakovleva, Zasulskaya 10
Asts: Minkh 4
Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
22 September 1988
11:45
Boxscore[dead link]
South Korea  66–69  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 35–33, 31–36
Pts: Choi 20
Rebs: Sung 14		 Pts: Savitskaya 18
Rebs: Savitskaya 6
Asts: Sumnikova 2
Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
25 September 1988 (1988-09-25)
21:30
Boxscore
Australia  60–48  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 30–30, 30–18
Pts: Maher 20
Rebs: Maher 8
Asts: Maher 6		 Pts: Yakovleva 13
Rebs: 4 players 4
Asts: Minkh 2
Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
Semifinals
27 September 1988 (1988-09-27)
11:45
Boxscore
United States  102–88  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 50–39, 52–49
Pts: Cooper 27
Rebs: McClain 15
Asts: Edwards 6		 Pts: Zasulskaya 16
Rebs: Tuomaitė 6
Asts: Yakovleva 2
Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
Bronze medal match
28 September 1988 (1988-09-28)
21:30
Boxscore
Australia  53–68  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 21–32, 32–36
Pts: Maher 22
Rebs: Maher, Timms 3
Asts: Maher 4		 Pts: Savitskaya 16
Rebs: Yakovleva 7
Asts: Buryakina 2
Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • Alexander Makhmutov
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Carlos Eluaiza (Argentina), 5:0
  • Third Round — Defeated Jesus Beltre (Dominican Republic), 4:1
  • Quarterfinals — Lost to Ivailo Marinov (Bulgaria), 0:5

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

  • Timofey Skryabin

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • Aleksandr Artemyev

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • Mekhak Ghazaryan

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

  • Kostya Tszyu

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

  • Vyacheslav Yanovsky

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

  • Vladimir Yereshchenko

Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • Yevgeni Zaytsev

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

  • Ruslan Taramov

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

  • Nurmagomed Shanavazov

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

  • Ramzan Sebiyev

Men's Super-Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

  • Alex Miroshnichenko

Canoeing

Cycling

Eighteen cyclists, fourteen men and four women, represented the Soviet Union in 1988.

Men's road race
  • Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
  • Asiat Saitov
  • Riho Suun
Men's team time trial
  • Vasil Zhdanov
  • Viktor Klimov
  • Asiat Saitov
  • Igor Sumnikov
Men's sprint
  • Nikolai Kovsh
Men's 1 km time trial
  • Aleksandr Kirichenko
Men's individual pursuit
  • Gintautas Umaras
Men's team pursuit
  • Viatcheslav Ekimov
  • Artūras Kasputis
  • Dmitry Nelyubin
  • Gintautas Umaras
  • Mindaugas Umaras
Men's points race
  • Marat Ganeyev
Women's road race
  • Laima Zilporytė — 2:00:52 (→ Bronze medal)
  • Valentina Yevpak — 2:00:52 (→ 5th place)
  • Alla Jakovleva — 2:00:52 (→ 34th place)
Women's sprint
  • Erika Salumäe

Diving

Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Aleksandr Portnov 3 m springboard 561.81 12 Q 563.37 10
Valery Goncharov 570.63 11 Q 554.16 12
Giorgi Chogovadze 10 m platform 540.90 7 Q 585.96 4
Vladimir Timoshinin 570.75 4 Q 534.66 8
Women
Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Irina Lashko 3 m springboard 488.43 3 Q 526.65 4
Marina Babkova 456.42 8 Q 506.43 5
Anzhela Stasyulevich 10 m platform 401.04 5 Q 386.22 4
Yelena Miroshina 399.27 6 Q 381.93 6

Equestrian

Men's show jump team
  • Raimundas Udrakis

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1988.

Men's foil
  • Aleksandr Romankov
  • Ilgar Mamedov
  • Boris Koretsky
Men's team foil
  • Aleksandr Romankov, Ilgar Mamedov, Vladimer Aptsiauri, Anvar Ibragimov, Boris Koretsky
Men's épée
  • Andrey Shuvalov
  • Wladimir Reznitschenko
  • Mykhailo Tyshko
Men's team épée
  • Andrey Shuvalov, Pavel Kolobkov, Wladimir Reznitschenko, Mykhailo Tyshko, Igor Tikhomirov
Men's sabre
  • Heorhiy Pohosov
  • Andrey Alshan
  • Sergey Mindirgasov
Men's team sabre
  • Sergey Mindirgasov, Mikhail Burtsev, Heorhiy Pohosov, Andrey Alshan, Sergey Koryashkin
Women's foil
  • Tatyana Sadovskaya
  • Yelena Glikina
  • Olga Voshchakina
Women's team foil
  • Yelena Glikina, Yelena Grishina, Tatyana Sadovskaya, Marina Soboleva, Olga Voshchakina

Football

Gymnastics

Handball

Hockey

Men's tournament

  • Preliminary round (group B)
  • Soviet Union – India 1–0
  • Soviet Union – South Korea 3–1
  • Soviet Union – Canada 0–0
  • Soviet Union – Great Britain 1–3
  • Soviet Union – West Germany 0–6
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th–8th place: Soviet Union – Pakistan 0–1
  • 7th–8th place: Soviet Union – Argentina 4–1 (→ 7th place)
  • Team roster
  • (01.) Vladimir Pleshakov (gk)
  • (02.) Viktor Deputatov
  • (03.) Igor Yulchiev
  • (04.) Sos Hayrapetyan
  • (05.) Nikolai Sankovetch
  • (06.) Vladimir Antakov (captain)
  • (07.) Vyacheslav Chechenev
  • (08.) Igor Atanov
  • (09.) Sergei Chakhvorostov
  • (10.) Sergei Pleshakov
  • (11.) Mikhail Nechipurenko
  • (12.) Alexander Domachev (gk)
  • (13.) Igor Davydov
  • (14.) Aleksandr Miasnikov
  • (15.) Yevgeni Nechaev
  • (16.) Mikhail Bukatin
  • Head coach: Leonid Pavlovsky

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1988. Vaho Iagorashvili won a bronze in the individual event.

Individual
  • Vaho Iagorashvili
  • German Yuferov
  • Anatoly Avdeyev
Team
  • Vaho Iagorashvili
  • German Yuferov
  • Anatoly Avdeyev

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

The Soviet Union had 30 male and 23 female rowers participate in all 14 rowing events in 1988.

Men's competition
Men's single sculls
  • Jüri Jaanson
Men's double sculls
  • Oleksandr Marchenko
  • Vasil Yakusha
Men's coxless pair
  • Igor Zuborenko
  • Valery Vyrvich
Men's coxed pair
  • Andrey Korikov
  • Roman Kazantsev
  • Andrey Lipsky (cox)
Men's quadruple sculls
  • Pavel Krupko
  • Oleksandr Zaskalko
  • Sergey Kinyakin
  • Yuriy Zelikovich
Men's coxless four
  • Ivan Vysotskiy
  • Sergey Smirnov
  • Yuriy Pimenov
  • Nikolay Pimenov
Men's coxed four
  • Sigitas Kučinskas
  • Jonas Narmontas
  • Vladimir Romanishin
  • Igor Zotov
  • Sergey Titov (cox)
Men's eight
  • Veniamin But
  • Mykola Komarov
  • Vasily Tikhonov
  • Aleksandr Dumchev
  • Pavlo Hurkovskiy
  • Viktor Diduk
  • Viktor Omelyanovich
  • Andrey Vasilyev
  • Aleksandr Lukyanov (cox)
Women's competition
Women's single sculls
  • Nataliya Kvasha
Women's double sculls
  • Marina Zhukova
  • Mariya Omelianovych
Women's coxless pair
  • Sarmīte Stone
  • Marina Smorodina
Women's quadruple sculls
  • Irina Kalimbet
  • Svitlana Maziy
  • Inna Frolova
  • Antonina Zelikovich
Women's coxed four
  • Reda Ribinskaitė
  • Elena Tereshina
  • Irina Teterina
  • Marina Suprun
  • Valentina Khokhlova (cox)
Women's eight
  • Margarita Teselko
  • Marina Znak
  • Nadezhda Sugako
  • Sandra Brazauskaitė
  • Olena Pukhaieva
  • Sariya Zakyrova
  • Nataliya Fedorenko
  • Lidiya Averyanova
  • Aušra Gudeliūnaitė (cox)

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

  • Gennadiy Prigoda
    1. Heat – 22.57
    2. Final – 22.71 (→ Bronze medal)
  • Vladimir Tkachenko
    1. Heat – 22.81
    2. Final – 22.88 (→ 6th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Gennadiy Prigoda
    1. Heat – 50.13
    2. Final – 49.75 (→ 4th place)
  • Yuri Bashkatov
    1. Heat – 50.08
    2. Final – 50.08 (→ 5th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Alexei Kouznetsov
    1. Heat – 1:50.84
    2. B-Final – 1:51.03 (→ 12th place)
  • Yuri Bashkatov
    1. Heat – 1:52.04 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Alexandre Bazanov
    1. Heat – 3:58.74 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Vladimir Salnikov
    1. Heat – 15:07.83
    2. Final – 15:00.40 (→ Gold medal)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Igor Polyansky
    1. Heat – 55.04
    2. Final – 55.20 (→ Bronze medal)
  • Serguei Zabolotnov
    1. Heat – 56.13
    2. Final – 55.37 (→ 4th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Igor Polyansky
    1. Heat – 2:01.70
    2. Final – 1:59.37 (→ Gold medal)
  • Serguei Zabolotnov
    1. Heat – 2:01.27
    2. Final – 2:00.52 (→ 4th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Dmitry Volkov
    1. Heat – 1:02.49
    2. Final – 1:02.20 (→ Bronze medal)
  • Alexei Matveev
    1. Heat – 1:03.25
    2. B-Final – 1:03.01 (→ 9th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Valeri Lozik
    1. Heat – 2:16.31
    2. Final – 2:16.16 (→ 5th place)
  • Vadim Alexeev
    1. Heat – 2:17.15
    2. B-Final – 2:16.70 (→ 6th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Vadim Yaroshchuk
    1. Heat – 54.17
    2. Final – 54.60 (→ 8th place)
  • Konstantine Petrov
    1. Heat – 55.84 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Vadim Yaroshchuk
    1. Heat – 2:01.05
    2. B-Final – 2:00.34 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Vadim Yaroshchuk
    1. Heat – 2:02.77
    2. Final – 2:02.40 (→ Bronze medal)
  • Mikhail Zoubkov
    1. Heat – 2:03.79
    2. Final – 2:02.92 (→ 4th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Mikhail Zoubkov
    1. Heat – 4:25.30
    2. B-Final – 4:25.44 (→ 13th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Raimundas Mažuolis, Alexei Borislavski, Nikolai Evseev and Vladimir Tkachenko
    1. Heat – 3:19.89
  • Gennadiy Prigoda, Yuri Bashkatov, Nikolai Evseev and Vladimir Tkachenko
    1. Final – 3:18.33 (→ Silver medal)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Serguei Kouriaev, Alexandre Bazanov, Nikolai Evseev and Aleksei Kouznetsov
    1. Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Serguei Zabolotnov, Valeri Lozik, Konstantine Petrov and Nikolai Evseev
    1. Heat – 3:45.29
  • Igor Polyansky, Dmitry Volkov, Vadim Yaroshchuk and Gennadiy Prigoda
    1. Final – 3:39.96 (→ Bronze medal)


Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Inna Abramova
    1. Heat – 26.27
    2. B-Final – 26.48 (→ 14th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Natalia Trefilova
    1. Heat – 56.66
    2. B-Final – 56.48 (→ 9th place)
  • Svetlana Issakova
    1. Heat – 57.17
    2. B-Final – 57.07 (→ 15th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Natalia Trefilova
    1. Heat – 2:00.54
    2. Final – 1:59.24 (→ 5th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Natalia Trefilova
    1. Heat – 4:12.20
    2. Final – 4:13.92 (→ 8th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Natalia Trefilova
    1. Heat – 8:43.19 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Yelena Volkova
    1. Heat – 1:09.86
    2. Final – 1:09.24 (→ 5th place)
  • Svetlana Kouzmina
    1. Heat – 1:10.83
    2. B-Final – 1:10.42 (→ 9th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Yulia Bogatcheva
    1. Heat – 2:28.94
    2. Final – 2:28.54 (→ 5th place)
  • Svetlana Kouzmina
    1. Heat – 2:30.93
    2. B-Final – 2:30.03 (→ 10th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Ana Elizbarashvili
    1. Heat – 1:16.04
    2. Final – 1:14.05 (→ Qualified)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Svetlana Koptchikova
    1. Heat – 1:01.65
    2. B-Final – 1:01.48 (→ 9th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Svetlana Koptchikova
    1. Heat – 2:15.26
    2. B-Final – 2:14.43 (→ 12th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Yelena Dendeberova
    1. Heat – 2:15.30
    2. Final – 2:13.31 (→ Silver medal)
  • Yulia Bogatcheva
    1. Heat – 2:19.07
    2. B-Final – 2:19.91 (→ 15th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Yelena Dendeberova
    1. Heat – 4:46.63
    2. Final – 4:40.44 (→ 4th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Inna Abramova, Svetlana Issakova, Yelena Dendeberova and Svetlana Koptchikova
    1. Heat – 3:46.28
  • Yelena Dendeberova, Svetlana Issakova, Natalia Trefilova and Svetlana Koptchikova
    1. Final – 3:44.99 (→ 5th place)

Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented the Soviet Union in 1988.

Women's solo
  • Christina Thalassinidou
  • Mariya Chernyayeva
  • Tatyana Titova
Women's duet
  • Mariya Chernyayeva
  • Tatyana Titova

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

  • Alexander Volkov
    1. First round — Lost to Carl-Uwe Steeb (West Germany) 5–7 4–6 3–6

Women's Singles Competition

  • Larisa Neiland
    1. First Round – Bye
    2. Second Round – Defeated Sara Gomer (Great Britain) 6–7 7–6 9–7
    3. Third Round – Defeated Il-Soon Kim (South Korea) 6–3 7–6
    4. Quarterfinals – Lost to Steffi Graf (West Germany) 2–6 6–4 3–6
  • Leila Meskhi
    1. First Round – Defeated Regina Rajchrtová (Czechoslovakia) 7–5 7–5
    2. Second Round – Lost to Steffi Graf (West Germany) 5–7 1–6
  • Natasha Zvereva
    1. First Round – Bye
    2. Second Round – Defeated Anne Minter (Australia) 6–4 3–6 6–1
    3. Third Round – Defeated Tine Scheuer-Larsen (Denmark) 6–1 6–2
    4. Quarterfinals – Lost to Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina) 4–6 3–6

Volleyball

Men's tournament

  • Preliminary round (group A)
  • Defeated Bulgaria (3–0)
  • Defeated Sweden (3–0)
  • Defeated South Korea (3–0)
  • Defeated Italy (3–1)
  • Lost to Brazil (2–3)
  • Semi Finals
  • Defeated Argentina (3–0)
  • Final
  • Lost to the United States (1–3) → Silver medal
  • Team roster
  • Yuri Panchenko
  • Andrei Kuzentsov
  • Vyatcheslav Zaytsev (c)
  • Igor Runov
  • Vladimir Chkourikhine
  • Yevgueny Krasilnikov
  • Raimond Vilde
  • Valery Lossev
  • Yuri Sapega
  • Oleksandr Sorokalet
  • Yaroslav Antonov
  • Yuri Tcherednik
  • Head coach: Guennady Parchine

Women's tournament

  • Preliminary round (group A)
  • Lost to Japan (2–3)
  • Defeated South Korea (3–2)
  • Defeated East Germany (3–0)
  • Semi Finals
  • Defeated PR China (3–0)
  • Final
  • Defeated Peru (3–2) → Gold medal
  • Team roster
  • Valentina Ogienko (c)
  • Yelena Volkova
  • Irina Smirnova-Ilchenko
  • Tatyana Sidorenko
  • Irina Parkhomchuk-Kirillova
  • Olga Shkournova
  • Marina Nikulina
  • Elena Ovtchnikova
  • Olga Krivocheeva
  • Svetlana Korytova
  • Marina Koumych
  • Tatyana Krainova
  • Head coach: Nikolai Karpol

Water polo

Men's tournament

  • Preliminary round (group A)
  • Drew with Italy (9–9)
  • Defeated Australia (11–4)
  • Defeated France (14–8)
  • Defeated South Korea (17–4)
  • Lost to West Germany (8–9)
  • Semi Finals
  • Lost to United States (7–8)
  • Bronze medal match
  • Defeated West Germany (14–13) → Bronze medal
  • Team roster
  • Evgueni Charonov
  • Nourlan Mendygaliev
  • Evgeni Grichine
  • Alexandre Kolotov
  • Sergei Naoumov
  • Victor Berendiouga
  • Serguei Kotenko
  • Dmitri Apanasenko
  • Georgui Mchvenieradze
  • Mikhail Ivanov
  • Serguei Markotch
  • Nikolai Smirnov
  • Mikhail Giorgadze
  • Head coach: Boris Popov

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

Athlete

 Event First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth round Sixth round Seventh round Final round Rank
Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

  • Alexander Karelin — Wrestling, Heavyweight

Medals by republic

In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different republics in one team.

RankRepublicGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russian SFSR613149141
2 Ukrainian SSR19132456
3 Byelorussian SSR143825
4 Lithuanian SSR113317
5 Kazakh SSR83819
6 Georgian SSR51511
7 Latvian SSR5106
8 Moldavian SSR2327
9 Armenian SSR2204
10 Estonian SSR2125
11 Azerbaijan SSR2114
12 Uzbek SSR1214
13 Kirghiz SSR1203
14 Tajik SSR1001
Totals (14 entries)13466103303

See also

  • Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

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