Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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.

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.

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{| class="wikitable sortable"

!Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

!Date

| || || Shooting || Women's 10 metre air rifle || 18 September

| || || Shooting || Women's 25 metre pistol || 19 September

| || || Weightlifting || Men's 56 kg || 19 September

| || || Shooting || Trap || 20 September

| || || Wrestling || Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg || 20 September

| || || Cycling || Men's track time trial || 20 September

| || || Gymnastics || Men's artistic team all-around || 20 September

| || || Wrestling || Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg || 21 September

| || || Gymnastics || Women's artistic team all-around || 21 September

| || || Gymnastics || Men's artistic individual all-around || 22 September

| || || Wrestling || Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg || 22 September

| || || Wrestling || Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg || 22 September

| || || Cycling || Men's individual pursuit || 22 September

| || || Swimming || Men's 200 metre backstroke || 22 September

| || || Shooting || Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol || 23 September

| || || Gymnastics || Women's artistic individual all-around || 23 September

| || || Gymnastics || Men's floor || 24 September

| || || Gymnastics || Men's pommel horse || 24 September

| || || Gymnastics || Men's rings || 24 September

| || || Gymnastics || Men's parallel bars || 24 September

| || || Gymnastics || Men's horizontal bar || 24 September

| || || Cycling || Women's sprint || 24 September

| || || Cycling || Men's team pursuit || 24 September

| || || Weightlifting || Men's 82.5 kg || 19 September

| || || Gymnastics || Women's vault || 25 September

| || || Athletics || Men's high jump || 25 September

| || || Athletics || Women's 3000 metres || 25 September

| || || Swimming || Men's 1500 metre freestyle || 25 September

| || || Weightlifting || Men's 90 kg || 25 September

| || || Athletics || Men's hammer throw || 26 September

| || || Athletics || Women's 400 metres || 26 September

| || || Weightlifting || Men's 100 kg || 26 September

| || || Fencing || Men's team foil || 27 September

| || || Weightlifting || Men's 110 kg || 27 September

| || || Athletics || Men's pole vault || 28 September

| || || Weightlifting || Men's +110 kg || 29 September

| || || Wrestling || Men's freestyle 90 kg || 29 September

| || Soviet Union women's national volleyball team || Volleyball || Women's tournament || 29 September

| || || Canoeing || Men's C-2 500 metres || 30 September

| || || Athletics || Men's 50 kilometres walk || 30 September

| || Soviet Union men's national basketball team || Basketball || Men's tournament || 30 September

| || || Athletics || Women's 10,000 metres || 30 September

| || || Gymnastics || Women's rhythmic individual all-around || 30 September

| || || Canoeing || Men's C-1 1000 metres || 1 October

| || || Canoeing || Men's C-2 1000 metres || 1 October

| || || Athletics || Women's shot put || 1 October

| || || Athletics || Men's 4 × 100 metres relay || 1 October

| || || Athletics || Women's 4 × 400 metres relay || 1 October

| || || Wrestling || Men's freestyle 57 kg || 1 October

| || || Wrestling || Men's freestyle 68 kg || 1 October

| || || Wrestling || Men's freestyle 130 kg || 1 October

| || Soviet Union men's national handball team || Handball || Men's tournament || 1 October

| || Soviet Union Olympic football team || Football || Men's tournament || 1 October

| || || Boxing || Light welterweight || 2 October

| || || Shooting || Women's 10 metre air pistol || 21 September

| || || Wrestling || Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg || 21 September

| || || Weightlifting || Men's 67.5 kg || 21 September

| || || Gymnastics || Men's artistic individual all-around || 22 September

| || || Swimming || Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay || 23 September

| || || Gymnastics || Men's floor || 24 September

| || || Gymnastics || Men's parallel bars || 24 September

| || || Athletics || Men's triple jump || 24 September

| || || Cycling || Men's sprint || 24 September

| || || Swimming || Women's 200 metre individual medley || 24 September

| || || Rowing || Women's quadruple sculls || 25 September

| || || Rowing || Men's eight || 25 September

| || || Gymnastics || Women's balance beam || 25 September

| || || Gymnastics || Women's floor || 25 September

| || || Weightlifting || Men's 90 kg || 25 September

| || || Athletics || Men's hammer throw || 26 September

| || || Sailing || Men's 470 || 27 September

| || || Athletics || Women's 400 metres hurdles || 28 September

| || || Athletics || Men's pole vault || 28 September

| || || Fencing || Men's team sabre || 29 September

| || || Judo || Men's 86 kg || 29 September

| || || Wrestling || Men's freestyle 62 kg || 29 September

| || || Canoeing || Men's C-1 500 metres || 30 September

| || || Canoeing || Men's K-2 500 metres || 30 September

| || || Wrestling || Men's freestyle 74 kg || 30 September

| || || Wrestling || Men's freestyle 100 kg || 30 September

| || || Canoeing || Men's K-4 1000 metres || 1 October

| || || Athletics || Women's 1500 metres || 1 October

| || || Athletics || Men's discus throw || 1 October

| || || Boxing || Light heavyweight || 2 October

| || Soviet Union men's national volleyball team || Volleyball || Men's tournament || 2 October

| || || Shooting || Women's 10 metre air rifle || 18 September

| || || Shooting || Men's 50 metre pistol || 18 September

| || || Swimming || Men's 100 metre breaststroke || 19 September

| || || Wrestling || Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg || 20 September

| || || Shooting || Women's 10 metre air pistol || 21 September

| || || Shooting || Women's 50 metre rifle three positions || 21 September

| || || Fencing || Men's foil || 21 September

| || || Modern pentathlon || Men's individual || 22 September

| || || Gymnastics || Men's artistic individual all-around || 22 September

| || || Shooting || Men's 50 metre rifle three positions || 22 September

| || || Gymnastics || Women's artistic individual all-around || 23 September

| || || Shooting || Men's 50 metre running target || 23 September

| || || Rowing || Men's double sculls || 24 September

| || || Athletics || Men's triple jump || 24 September

| || || Cycling || Men's points race || 24 September

| || || Swimming || Men's 50 metre freestyle || 24 September

| || || Swimming || Men's 100 metre backstroke || 24 September

| || || Fencing || Men's épée || 24 September

| || || Gymnastics || Women's uneven bars || 25 September

| || || Athletics || Men's high jump || 25 September

| || || Judo || Men's 60 kg || 25 September

| || || Swimming || Men's 200 metre individual medley || 25 September

| || || Swimming || Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay || 25 September

| || || Cycling || Women's individual road race || 26 September

| || || Athletics || Men's hammer throw || 26 September

| || || Athletics || Women's 400 metres || 26 September

| || || Sailing || Women's 470 || 27 September

| || || Judo || Men's 71 kg || 27 September

| || || Athletics || Men's pole vault || 28 September

| || || Judo || Men's 78 kg || 28 September

| || Soviet Union women's national basketball team || Basketball || Women's tournament || 28 September

| || || Athletics || Women's long jump || 29 September

| || || Wrestling || Men's freestyle 48 kg || 29 September

| || || Boxing || Flyweight || 29 September

| || || Boxing || Super heavyweight || 29 September

| || Soviet Union women's national handball team || Handball || Women's tournament || 29 September

| || || Fencing || Men's team épée || 30 September

| || || Athletics || Women's high jump || 30 September

| || || Athletics || Women's 10,000 metres || 30 September

| || || Archery || Men's individual || 30 September

| || || Wrestling || Men's freestyle 52 kg || 30 September

| || || Gymnastics || Women's rhythmic individual all-around || 30 September

| || || Athletics || Women's 1500 metres || 1 October

| || || Athletics || Women's 4 × 100 metres relay || 1 October

| || Soviet Union men's national water polo team || Water polo || Men's tournament || 1 October

| || || Judo || Men's +95 kg || 1 October

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{| class="wikitable sortable"

!colspan=5|Medals by sport

|-style="text-align:center"

! Sport !! style="background:#f7f6a8" | !! style="background:#dce5e5" | !! style="background:#ffdab9" | !! Total

|-style="text-align:center"

|Archery

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1

|-style="text-align:center"

|Athletics

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |10

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |6

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |10

|26

|-style="text-align:center"

|Basketball

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1

|-style="text-align:center"

|Boxing

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |2

|-style="text-align:center"

|Canoeing

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |3

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |3

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

|-style="text-align:center"

|Cycling

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |4

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |2

|-style="text-align:center"

|Fencing

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |3

|-style="text-align:center"

|Football

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

|-style="text-align:center"

|Gymnastics

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |12

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |5

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |4

|21

|-style="text-align:center"

|Handball

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1

|-style="text-align:center"

|Judo

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |4

|-style="text-align:center"

|Modern Pentathlon

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1

|-style="text-align:center"

|Rowing

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |2

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1

|-style="text-align:center"

|Sailing

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1

|-style="text-align:center"

|Shooting

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |4

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |6

|11

|-style="text-align:center"

|Swimming

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |2

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |2

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |5

|-style="text-align:center"

|Volleyball

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

|-style="text-align:center"

|Water Polo

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1

|-style="text-align:center"

|Weightlifting

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |6

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |2

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

|-style="text-align:center"

|Wrestling

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |8

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |4

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |3

|15

|-style="text-align:center"

! Total

! style="background:gold;" | 55

! style="background:silver;" | 31

! style="background:#c96;" | 46

! 132

Competitors

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

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! width=180|Sport

! width=55|Men

! width=55|Women

! width=55|Total

| style="text-align:left"|Archery

| 3 || 3 || 6

| style="text-align:left"|Athletics

| 39 || 44 || 85

| style="text-align:left"|Basketball

| 12 || 12 || 24

| style="text-align:left"|Boxing

| 12 || – || 12

| style="text-align:left"|Canoeing

| 12 || 5 || 17

| style="text-align:left"|Cycling

| 14 || 4 || 18

| style="text-align:left"|Diving

| 4 || 4 || 8

| style="text-align:left"|Equestrian

| 6 || 2 || 8

| style="text-align:left"|Fencing

| 15 || 5 || 20

| style="text-align:left"|Field hockey

| 15 || 0 || 15

| style="text-align:left"|Football

| 18 || – || 18

| style="text-align:left"|Gymnastics

| 6 || 8 || 14

| style="text-align:left"|Handball

| 14 || 15 || 29

| style="text-align:left"|Judo

| 7 || – || 7

| style="text-align:left"|Modern pentathlon

| 3 || – || 3

| style="text-align:left"|Rowing

| 30 || 23 || 53

| style="text-align:left"|Sailing

| 13 || 2 || 15

| style="text-align:left"|Shooting

| 17 || 6 || 23

| style="text-align:left"|Swimming

| 19 || 8 || 27

| style="text-align:left"|Synchronized swimming

| – || 3 || 3

| style="text-align:left"|Table tennis

| 2 || 3 || 5

| style="text-align:left"|Tennis

| 4 || 3 || 6

| style="text-align:left"|Volleyball

| 12 || 12 || 24

| style="text-align:left"|Water polo

| 13 || – || 13

| style="text-align:left"|Weightlifting

| 9 || – || 9

| style="text-align:left"|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 Ochkan

:* Qualification — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's discus throw

Romas Ubartas

:* Qualification – 65.58m

:* Final – 67.48m (→ Image:Med 2.png 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 (→ Image:Med 1.png Gold medal)

Yuriy Sedykh

:* Qualification — 78.48m

:* Final — 83.76m (→ Image:Med 2.png Silver medal)

Jüri Tamm

:* Qualification — 69.68m

:* Final — 81.16m (→ Image:Med 3.png 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 Tarnovetskiy — 8167 points (→ 10th place)

:# 100 metres — 11.23s

:# Long Jump — 7.28m

:# Shot Put — 15.25m

:# High Jump — 1.97m

:# 400 metres — 48.60s

:# 110m Hurdles — 14.76s

:# Discus Throw — 48.02m

:# Pole Vault — 5.20m

:# Javelin Throw — 59.48m

:# 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 (→ Image:Med 1.png 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 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 (→ Image:Med 1.png 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

;Group play

----

;Quarterfinals

;Semifinals

;Gold medal match

Women's tournament

;Team roster

;Group play

----

;Semifinals

;Bronze medal match

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

Vasily 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 (→ Image:Med 3.png Bronze medal)
Valentina Yevpak — 2:00:52 (→ 5th place)
Alla Jakovleva — 2:00:52 (→ 34th place)

;Women's sprint

Erika Salumäe

Diving

;Men

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Preliminary

!colspan="2"|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Aleksandr Portnov

|align=left rowspan=2|3 m springboard

|561.81

|12 Q

|563.37

|10

|-align=center

|align=left|Valery Goncharov

|570.63

|11 Q

|554.16

|12

|-align=center

|align=left|Giorgi Chogovadze

|align=left rowspan=2|10 m platform

|540.90

|7 Q

|585.96

|-align=center

|align=left|Vladimir Timoshinin

|570.75

|4 Q

|534.66

;Women

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Preliminary

!colspan="2"|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Irina Lashko

|align=left rowspan=2|3 m springboard

|488.43

|3 Q

|526.65

|-align=center

|align=left|Marina Babkova

|456.42

|8 Q

|506.43

|-align=center

|align=left|Anzhela Stasyulevich

|align=left rowspan=2|10 m platform

|401.04

|5 Q

|386.22

|-align=center

|align=left|Yelena Miroshina

|399.27

|6 Q

|381.93

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.) Vladimir Antakov (captain)

:* (06.) Vyacheslav Chechenev

:* (07.) Igor Atanov

:* (08.) Sergei Chakhvorostov

:* (09.) Sergei Pleshakov

:* (10.) Mikhail Nechipurenko

:* (11.) Alexander Domachev (gk)

:* (12.) Igor Davydov

:* (13.) Aleksandr Miasnikov

:* (14.) Yevgeni Nechaev

:* (15.) 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
Heat – 22.57
Final – 22.71 (→ Bronze Bronze medal)
Vladimir Tkachenko
Heat – 22.81
Final – 22.88 (→ 6th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

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

Men's 200 m Freestyle

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

Men's 400 m Freestyle

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

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

Vladimir Salnikov
Heat – 15:07.83
Final – 15:00.40 (→ Gold Gold medal)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

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

Men's 200 m Backstroke

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

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

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

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

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

Men's 100 m Butterfly

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

Men's 200 m Butterfly

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

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

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

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

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

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

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

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

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

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

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

Women's 50 m Freestyle

Inna Abramova
Heat – 26.27
B-Final – 26.48 (→ 14th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

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

Women's 200 m Freestyle

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

Women's 400 m Freestyle

Natalia Trefilova
Heat – 4:12.20
Final – 4:13.92 (→ 8th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

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

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

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

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

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

Women's 100 m Butterfly

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

Women's 200 m Butterfly

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

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

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

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

Yelena Dendeberova
Heat – 4:46.63
Final – 4:40.44 (→ 4th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Inna Abramova, Svetlana Issakova, Yelena Dendeberova and Svetlana Koptchikova
Heat – 3:46.28
Yelena Dendeberova, Svetlana Issakova, Natalia Trefilova and Svetlana Koptchikova
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
First round — Lost to Carl-Uwe Steeb (West Germany) 5–7 4–6 3–6

Women's Singles Competition

Larisa Neiland
First Round – Bye
Second Round – Defeated Sara Gomer (Great Britain) 6–7 7–6 9–7
Third Round – Defeated Il-Soon Kim (South Korea) 6–3 7–6
Quarterfinals – Lost to Steffi Graf (West Germany) 2–6 6–4 3–6
Leila Meskhi
First Round – Defeated Regina Rajchrtová (Czechoslovakia) 7–5 7–5
Second Round – Lost to Steffi Graf (West Germany) 5–7 1–6
Natasha Zvereva
First Round – Bye
Second Round – Defeated Anne Minter (Australia) 6–4 3–6 6–1
Third Round – Defeated Tine Scheuer-Larsen (Denmark) 6–1 6–2
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) → 16px Silver medal

Team roster

:*Yuri Panchenko

:*Andrei Kuznetsov

:*Vyatcheslav Zaytsev (c)

:*Igor Runov

:*Vladimir Chkourikhine

:*Yevgueny Krasilnikov

:*Raimond Vilde

:*Valery Lossev

:*Yuri Sapega

:*Oleksandr Sorokalet

:*Yaroslav Antonov

:*Yuri Tcherednik

Head coach: Gennady Parchin

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) → 16px Gold medal

Team roster

:*Valentina Ogienko (c)

:*Yelena Volkova

:*Irina Smirnova-Ilchenko

:*Tatyana Sidorenko

:*Irina Parkhomchuk-Kirillova

:*Olga Shkurnova

:*Marina Nikulina

:*Yelena Ovchinnikova

:*Olga Krivosheyeva

:*Svetlana Korytova

:*Marina Kumysh

:*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) → Image:Med 3.png Bronze medal

Team roster

:* Evgueni Charonov

:* Nurlan Mendygaliyev

:* Yevgeny Grishin

:* Aleksandr Kolotov

:* Sergey Naumov

:* Viktor Berendiuha

:* Sergey Kotenko

:* Dmitri Apanasenko

:* Georgui Mchvenieradze

:* Mikhail Ivanov

:* Serguei Markotch

:* Nikolai Smirnov

:* Mikhail Giorgadze

Head coach: Boris Popov

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

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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.

Medalists

Competitors

Archery

Athletics

Men's competition

Women's competition

Basketball

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Football

Gymnastics

Handball

Hockey

Men's tournament

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Volleyball

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Water polo

Men's tournament

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

Athlete

Medals by republic

See also

References