United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics

United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Seoul
Competitors	527 (332 men and 195 women) in 27 sports
Flag bearer	Evelyn Ashford
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 36 Silver 31 Bronze 27 Total 94
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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.^[1] 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.^[2][3][4]

Medalists[edit]

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[edit]

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

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round		1/8 final		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Jay Barrs	Individual	1294	3 Q	313	13 Q	326	4 Q	334	2 Q	338
Richard McKinney		1288	4 Q	321	6 Q	327	3 Q	332	3 Q	324	6
Darrell Pace		1257	19 Q	306	18 Q	329	1 Q	322	9	Did not advance
Jay Barrs Richard McKinney Darrell Pace	Team	3839	2 Q	—				992	1 Q	972

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round		1/8 final		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Debra Ochs	Individual	1227	26	Did not advance
Denise Parker		1263	11 Q	298	21	Did not advance
Melanie Skillman		1252	15 Q	307	14 Q	318	9 Q	311	10	Did not advance
Debra Ochs Denise Parker Melanie Skillman	Team	3742	4 Q	—				988	2 Q	952

Athletics[edit]

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Carl Lewis	100 m	10.14	1 Q	9.99	1 Q	9.97	1 Q	9.92 WR
Dennis Mitchell		10.37	1 Q	10.13	2 Q	10.23	3 Q	10.04	4
Calvin Smith		10.28	1 Q	10.16	1 Q	10.15	2 Q	9.99
Joe DeLoach	200 m	20.98	1 Q	20.56	1 Q	20.06	1 Q	19.75 OR
Carl Lewis		20.72	2 Q	20.57	1 Q	20.23	1 Q	19.79
Roy Martin		20.65	1 Q	20.54	2 Q	20.62	6	Did not advance
Danny Everett	400 m	45.63	1 Q	44.33	1 Q	44.36	2 Q	44.09
Steve Lewis		45.31	1 Q	44.41	1 Q	44.35	1 Q	43.87
Butch Reynolds		46.28	3 Q	44.46	1 Q	44.33	1 Q	43.93
Tracy Baskin	800 m	1:50.38	4	Did not advance
Mark Everett		1:49.86	4	Did not advance
Johnny Gray		1:48.83	1 Q	1:45.96	1 Q	1:45.04	4 Q	1:44.80	5
Jeff Atkinson	1500 m	3:38.33	2Q	—		3:39.12	5 Q	3:40.80	10
Mark Deady		3:41.91	2 Q			3:39.47	8	Did not advance
Steve Scott		3:41.57	2 Q			3:38.20	1 Q	3:36.99	5
Terry Brahm	5000 m	13:45.28	13 q	—		14:04.12	15	Did not advance
Sydney Maree		13:47.85	2 Q			13:22.61	2 Q	13:23.69	5
Doug Padilla		13:58.45	5 Q			13:37.11	11	Did not advance
Bruce Bickford	10,000 m	28:16.16	7 Q	—				29:09.74	18
Steve Plasencia		DNF						Did not advance
Pat Porter		28:45.04	11					Did not advance
Arthur Blake	110 m hurdles	13.66	1 Q	13.65	2 Q	13.52	2 Q	13.96	8
Tonie Campbell		13.45	1 Q	13.47	1 Q	13.47	2 Q	13.38
Roger Kingdom		13.40	1 Q	13.17 OR	1 Q	13.37	1 Q	12.98 OR
Edwin Moses	400 m hurdles	49.38	1 Q	—		47.89	1 Q	47.56
Andre Phillips		49.34	1 Q			48.19	1 Q	47.19 OR
Kevin Young		49.35	1 Q			48.56	2 Q	47.94	4
Brian Abshire	3000 m steeplechase	8:36.56	4 Q	—		8:27.78	9	Did not advance
Brian Diemer		8:38.40	4 Q			8:23.89	7	Did not advance
Henry Marsh		8:33.89	6 Q			8:18.94	7 q	8:14.39	6
Lee McNeill Dennis Mitchell Albert Robinson Calvin Smith	4 × 100 m relay	DSQ		—		Did not advance
Danny Everett Steve Lewis Antonio McKay* Butch Reynolds Kevin Robinzine Andrew Valmon*	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.16	1 Q	—		3:02.84	1 Q	2:56.16 WR
Mark Conover	Marathon	—						DNF
Ed Eyestone								2:19:09	29
Pete Pfitzinger								2:14:44	14
Jim Heiring	20 km walk	—						1:27:30	38
Tim Lewis								1:31:00	44
Gary Morgan								1:27:26	37
Marco Evoniuk	50 km walk	—						3:56:55	22
Andrew Kaestner								4:12:49	34
Carl Schueler								3:57:44	23

* - Indicates the athlete ran in a preliminary round but not the final.

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Carl Lewis	Long jump	8.06	3 Q	8.72
Larry Myricks		8.19	2 Q	8.27
Mike Powell		8.34	1 Q	8.49
Willie Banks	Triple jump	16.57	7 Q	17.03	6
Robert Cannon		15.69	29	Did not advance
Charles Simpkins		16.35	10 Q	17.29	5
Hollis Conway	High jump	2.28	=5 Q	2.36
Jim Howard		2.25	=13 q	2.31	10
Brian Stanton		2.25	=9 q	2.31	11
Earl Bell	Pole vault	5.40	=4 q	5.70	4
Billy Olson		5.40	=9 q	5.50	12
Kory Tarpenning		5.40	=4 q	5.50	10
Randy Barnes	Shot put	20.83	3 Q	22.39
Jim Doehring		19.73	11 q	19.89	11
Gregg Tafralis		19.71	12 q	20.16	9
Mike Buncic	Discus throw	63.16	6 q	62.46	10
Randy Heisler		59.08	17	Did not advance
Mac Wilkins		62.48	7 q	65.90	5
Brian Crouser	Javelin throw	72.72	29	Did not advance
Tom Petranoff		77.48	18	Did not advance
Dave Stephens		78.42	14	Did not advance
Lance Deal	Hammer throw	73.66	17	Did not advance
Kenneth Flax		72.70	18	Did not advance
Jud Logan		72.64	19	Did not advance

Combined event – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Points	Rank
Tim Bright	Result	11.18	7.05	14.12	2.06	49.34	14.39	41.68	5.70	61.60	4:51.20	8216	7
	Points	821	826	736	859	845	925	699	1132	762	611
Dave Johnson	Result	11.15	7.12	14.52	2.03	49.15	14.66	42.36	4.90	66.46	4:29.62	8180	9
	Points	827	842	760	831	854	891	713	880	835	747
Gary Kinder	Result	11.31	7.00	14.89	1.97	51.79	DNS					DNF
	Points	793	814	783	776	734

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Evelyn Ashford	100 m	11.10	1 Q	10.88	1 Q	10.99	1 Q	10.83
Florence Griffith-Joyner		10.88 OR	1 Q	10.62 OR	1 Q	10.70	1 Q	10.54**
Gwen Torrence		11.12	1 Q	10.99	2 Q	11.02	3 Q	10.97	5
Florence Griffith-Joyner	200 m	22.51	1 Q	21.76 OR	1 Q	21.56 WR	1 Q	21.34 WR
Pamela Marshall		DNF		Did not advance
Gwen Torrence		22.87	1 Q	22.25	1 Q	22.53	3 Q	22.17	6
Valerie Brisco-Hooks	400 m	51.96	1 Q	51.24	2 Q	49.90	2 Q	50.16	4
Diane Dixon		52.45	1 Q	51.98	2 Q	49.84	3 Q	50.72	5
Denean Howard		52.26	1 Q	51.02	3 Q	49.87	4 Q	51.12	6
Joetta Clark	800 m	2:00.83	2 Q	—		2:03.32	7	Did not advance
Kim Gallagher		2:01.70	1 Q			1:57.39	2 Q	1:56.91
Delisa Walton-Floyd		2:02.37	2 Q			1:58.82	2 Q	1:57.80	5
Mary Decker	1500 m	4:03.61	2 Q	—				4:02.49	8
Kim Gallagher		4:07.22	4 Q					4:16.25	11
Regina Jacobs		4:18.09	11					Did not advance
Mary Decker	3000 m	8:44.15	4 Q	—				8:47.13	10
Vicki Huber		8:48.93	5 Q					8:37.25	6
PattiSue Plumer		8:45.21	7 q					8:59.17	13
Lynn Jennings	10,000 m	32:18.44	8 Q	—				31:39.93	6
Francie Larrieu-Smith		31:52.02	6 Q					31:35.52	5
Lynn Nelson		32:15.45	6 Q					32:32.24	15
Gail Devers	100 m hurdles	13.18	3 Q	13.22	4 Q	13.51	8	Did not advance
Jacqueline Humphrey		13.24	4 Q	13.25	6 q	13.59	7	Did not advance
LaVonna Martin		13.20	3 Q	13.20	5 q	13.29	7	Did not advance
Leslie Maxie	400 m hurdles	57.60	5	—		Did not advance
Latanya Sheffield		55.61	4 q			54.36	3 Q	55.32	8
Schowonda Williams		55.98	2 Q			56.71	7	Did not advance
Evelyn Ashford Alice Brown Sheila Echols Florence Griffith-Joyner Dannette Young*	4 × 100 m relay	42.39	1 Q	—		42.12	1 Q	41.98
Valerie Brisco-Hooks Diane Dixon Florence Griffith-Joyner Denean Howard Sherri Howard* Lillie Leatherwood*	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.86	1 Q	—				3:15.51
Nancy Ditz	Marathon	—						2:33:42	17
Margaret Groos								2:40:59	39
Cathy O'Brien								2:41:04	40

* - 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

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sheila Echols	Long jump	6.37	16	Did not advance
Jackie Joyner-Kersee		6.96	3 Q	7.40 OR
Carol Lewis		6.40	13	Did not advance
Patricia King	High jump	1.84	19	Did not advance
Louise Ritter		1.92	=11 Q	2.03 OR
Coleen Sommer		1.87	18	Did not advance
Bonnie Dasse	Shot put	19.45	11 q	17.60	12
Ramona Pagel		18.55	15	Did not advance
Connie Price		17.09	18	Did not advance
Carol Cady	Discus throw	62.72	10 Q	63.42	11
Ramona Pagel		57.50	15	Did not advance
Connie Price		57.04	16	Did not advance
Donna Mayhew	Javelin throw	61.56	12 q	61.78	7
Karin Smith		57.94	20	Did not advance
Lynda Sutfin		56.12	24	Did not advance

Combined event – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Points	Rank
Wendy Brown	Result	14.07	1.83	12.69	24.83	6.13	44.34	2:26.43	5972	18
	Points	968	1016	707	902	890	751	738
Cindy Greiner	Result	13.55	1.80	14.13	24.48	6.47	38.00	2:13.65	6297	8
	Points	1043	978	803	935	997	629	912
Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Result	12.69	1.86	15.80	22.56	7.27 OR	45.66	2:08.51	7291 WR
	Points	1172	1054	915	1123	1264	776	987

Basketball[edit]

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Spain W 97–53	Canada W 76–70	Brazil W 102–87	China W 108–57	Egypt W 102–35	1 Q	Puerto Rico W 94–57	Soviet Union L 76–82	Bronze medal final  Australia W 78–49
United States women	Women's tournament	Czechoslovakia W 87–81	Yugoslavia W 101–74	China W 102–88	—		1 Q	—	Soviet Union W 102–88	Yugoslavia W 77–70

Men's tournament[edit]

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.^[5]

United States men's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Mitch Richmond 23 – (1965-06-30)30 June 1965 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Kansas State Wildcats G 5 Charles Smith 20 – (1967-11-29)29 November 1967 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Georgetown Hoyas G 6 Bimbo Coles 20 – (1968-04-22)22 April 1968 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Virginia Tech Hokies G 7 Hersey Hawkins 21 – (1966-09-29)29 September 1966 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Bradley Braves G/F 8 Jeff Grayer 22 – (1965-12-17)17 December 1965 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Iowa State Cyclones F 9 Charles Smith 23 – (1965-07-16)16 July 1965 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Pittsburgh Panthers F 10 Willie Anderson 22 – (1966-01-08)8 January 1966 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Georgia Bulldogs G/F 11 Stacey Augmon 20 – (1968-08-01)1 August 1968 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) UNLV Runnin' Rebels G/F 12 Dan Majerle 23 – (1965-09-09)9 September 1965 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Central Michigan Chippewas F 13 Danny Manning 22 – (1966-05-17)17 May 1966 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Kansas Jayhawks C 14 J. R. Reid 20 – (1968-03-31)31 March 1968 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) North Carolina Tar Heels C 15 David Robinson 23 – (1965-08-06)6 August 1965 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Navy Midshipmen	Head coach John Thompson 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	United States	5	5	0	485	302	+183	10	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	5	4	1	484	435	+49	9
3	Brazil	5	3	2	590	522	+68	8
4	Canada	5	2	3	479	455	+24	7
5	China	5	1	4	433	527	−94	6	9th–12th classification round
6	Egypt	5	0	5	338	568	−230	5

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Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Women's tournament[edit]

Team roster

The following is the United States roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[6]

United States women's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Teresa Edwards 24 – (1964-07-19)19 July 1964 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) PG 5 Kamie Ethridge 24 – (1964-04-21)21 April 1964 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) F/C 6 Cindy Brown 23 – (1965-03-16)16 March 1965 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) C 7 Anne Donovan 26 – (1961-11-01)1 November 1961 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) PG 8 Teresa Weatherspoon 22 – (1965-12-08)8 December 1965 F 9 Bridgette Gordon 21 – (1967-04-27)27 April 1967 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) F 10 Vicky Bullett 20 – (1967-10-04)4 October 1967 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) F 11 Andrea Lloyd-Curry 23 – (1965-09-02)2 September 1965 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) F 12 Katrina McClain Johnson 23 – (1965-09-19)19 September 1965 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) F/C 13 Jennifer Gillom 24 – (1964-06-13)13 June 1964 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) G 14 Cynthia Cooper-Dyke 25 – (1963-04-14)14 April 1963 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) CD CREF 15 Suzie McConnell-Serio 22 – (1966-07-29)29 July 1966 Penn State Lady Lions	Head coach Kay Yow 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	United States	3	3	0	282	234	+48	6	Semifinals
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	199	211	−12	5
3	China	3	1	2	200	214	−14	4	Classification round
4	Czechoslovakia	3	0	3	202	224	−22	3

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Semifinal

Gold medal game

Boxing[edit]

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.^[7][8][9] 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.^[10] 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.^[11] 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.^[12] 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.^[13] Members of the U.S. Army Boxing Team (Anthony Hembrick, Andrew Maynard, Kennedy McKinney, Ray Mercer) trained for the Olympics at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.^[14]

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.^[15]

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Michael Carbajal	Light flyweight	Bye	O (KOR) W 3–2	Hiền (VIE) W RSC	Olson (CAN) W 5–0	Isaszegi (HUN) W 4–1	Marinov (BUL) L 0–5
Arthur Johnson	Flyweight	Mannai (ITA) W 5–0	Singh (NEP) W RSC	Kim (KOR) L 0–5	Did not advance			=9
Kennedy McKinney	Bantamweight	Bye	Pérez (GUA) W RSC	Birajdar (IND) W WO	Mwema (KEN) W 5–0	Moolasan (THA) W RSC	Khristov (BUL) W 5–0
Kelcie Banks	Featherweight	Tuur (NED) L KO	Did not advance					=33
Romallis Ellis	Lightweight	Bye	Lee (KOR) W 5–0	Traoré (MLI) W RSC	Chuprenski (BUL) W 3–2	Zülow (GDR) L 0–5	Did not advance
Todd Foster	Light welterweight	Bye	Rahilou (MAR) W KO	Jeon (KOR) W KO	Cheney (AUS) L 2–3	Did not advance		=5
Kenneth Gould	Welterweight	Marwa (TAN) W 4–1	Ankamah (GHA) W 5–0	Masoe (ASA) W 5–0	Nyman (FIN) W 5–0	Boudouani (FRA) L 1–4	Did not advance
Roy Jones Jr.	Light middleweight	Bye	Makalamba (MAW) W KO	Franke (TCH) W 5–0	Zaytsev (URS) W 5–0	Woodhall (GBR) W 5–0	Park (KOR) L 2–3
Andrew Maynard	Light heavyweight	Bye	Masoe (ASA) W RSC	—	Erős (HUN) W 5–0	Petrich (POL) W RET	Shanavazov (URS) W 5–0
Ray Mercer	Heavyweight	Bye	Gavenčiak (TCH) W RSC	—	Gaudiano (ITA) W KO	Vanderlyde (NED) W RSC	Baik (KOR) W KO
Riddick Bowe	Super heavyweight	Bye	Botowamungu (AUT) W KO	—	Hrivňák (TCH) W RSC	Miroshnichenko (URS) W 5–0	Lewis (CAN) L RSC

Canoeing[edit]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jim Terrell	C-1 500 m	Bye*		Bye		2:00.13	4	Did not advance
Bruce Merritt	C-1 1000 m	4:17.73	6 R	4:41.75	3 SF	4:16.51	4	Did not advance
Rodney McLain Bruce Merritt	C-2 500 m	1:51.48	6 R	1:53.36	3 SF	1:53.32	5	Did not advance
Gregory Steward Ronald Urick	C-2 1000 m	4:26.56	6 R	4:17.77	4	Did not advance
Mike Herbert	K-1 500 m	1:43.41	4 R	Bye*		1:43.40	2 QF	1:46.73	4
Greg Barton	K-1 1000 m	3:42.26	1 SF	Bye		3:40.96	1 QF	3:55.27
Terry Kent Terry White	K-2 500 m	1:34.69	3 SF	Bye		1:36.33	3 QF	1:36.62	8
Greg Barton Norman Bellingham	K-2 1000 m	3:20.50	2 SF	—		3:25.36	1 QF	3:32.42
Curt Bader Michael Harbold Terry Kent Terry White	K-4 1000 m	3:07.70	2 SF	Bye		3:15.60	5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Traci Phillips	K-1 500 m	1:59.53	4 SF	—		1:59.48	3 QF	2:00.81	6
Shelia Conover Cathy Marino-Geers	K-2 500 m	1:50.54	2 SF	Bye		1:54.16	3 QF	1:50.33	7
Shelia Conover Shirley Dery-Batlik Cathy Marino-Geers Traci Phillips	K-4 500 m	1:41.77	4 SF	—		1:43.17	3 QF	1:47.94	9

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[edit]

Nineteen cyclists represented the United States in 1988. Connie Paraskevin-Young won bronze in the women's sprint.

Road[edit]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Scott McKinley	Men's road race	4:32:56	65
Bob Mionske		4:32:46	4
Craig Schommer		4:32:56	69
Norman Alvis Jim Copeland Tony Palmer Andy Paulin	Men's team time trial	2:02:35.7	10
Bunki Bankaitis-Davis	Women's road race	2:00:52	14
Inga Thompson		2:00:52	8
Sally Zack		2:00:52	16

Track[edit]

Points race

Athlete	Event	Round one		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Frankie Andreu	Points race	11	11 Q	21	8

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
David Brinton	Individual pursuit	4:48.93	14 Q	Sturgess (GBR) L 4:47.27	Did not advance
Dave Lettieri Michael McCarthy Leonard Nitz Carl Sundquist	Team pursuit	4:22.96	9	Did not advance

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ken Carpenter	Men's sprint	10.792	5	Abrams (GUY),  Faccini (ITA) L	Alwi (MAS),  Harnett (CAN),  Lynch (BAR) L	Did not advance
Connie Paraskevin-Young	Women's sprint	11.845	4	Speight (AUS),  Tabor (CAN) W 12.11	Bye	—		Zhou (CHN) W 12.85, W 12.94	Salumäe (URS) L, L	Bronze medal final  Gautheron (FRA) W 14.07, W 12.41

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bobby Livingston	1 km time trial	1:06.926	14

Diving[edit]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mark Bradshaw	3 m springboard	588.15	7 Q	642.99	5
Greg Louganis		629.67	3 Q	730.80
Patrick Jeffrey	10 m platform	553.89	5 Q	483.54	12
Greg Louganis		617.67	1 Q	638.61

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Wendy Lucero	3 m springboard	477.99	4 Q	498.81	6
Kelly McCormick		473.73	5 Q	533.19
Michele Mitchell	10 m platform	426.45	2 Q	436.95
Wendy Williams		402.54	4 Q	400.44

Equestrian[edit]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualifying		Final
			Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Belinda Baudin	Christopher	Individual	1248	33	Did not advance
Robert Dover	Federleicht		1327	12 Q	1320	13
Lendon Gray	Later On		1212	43	Did not advance
Jessica Ransehousen	Orpheus		1308	=15 Q	1282	17
Belinda Baudin Robert Dover Lendon Gray Jessica Ransehousen	as above	Team	3883	=6	—

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country				Jumping
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Total	Rank
Bruce Davidson	Dr. Peaches	Individual	50.40	6	76.40	20	126.80	18	15	29	141.80	18
Phyllis Dawson	Albany II		54.60	10	40	13	94.60	10	5	=11	99.60	10
Karen Lende O'Connor	The Optimist		64.20	21	DNF				Did not advance
Ann Sutton	Tarzan		57.20	14	DNF				Did not advance
Bruce Davidson Phyllis Dawson Karen Lende O'Connor Ann Sutton	as above	Team	162.20	4	DNF				Did not advance

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualifying						Final
			Round 1		Round 2		Total		Round 1		Round 2		Total
			Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Greg Best	Gem Twist	Individual	69.50	=1	63.50	=10	133.00	=5 Q	4	=4 Q	0	1	4
Joseph Fargis	Mill Pearl		69.50	=1	63.50	=10	133.00	=5 Q	4	=4 Q	8	=8	12	=7
Lisa Ann Jacquin	For the Moment		16.00	58	24.00	51	40.00	56	Did not advance
Anne Kursinski	Starman		69.50	=1	52.00	23	121.50	11 Q	4	=4 Q	4	=3	8	=4
Greg Best Joseph Fargis Lisa Ann Jacquin Anne Kursinski	as above	Team	—						12.25	2	8.25	1	20.50

Fencing[edit]

19 fencers represented the United States in 1988.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1 pool		Quarterfinal pool		Semifinal pool		Elimination round
								Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Barrage 1	Barrage 2	Barrage 3	Barrage 4	Quarterfinal	Semifinal / Cl.	Final / BM / Pl.
		W–T–L	Rank	W–L	Rank	W–L	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Peter Lewison	Individual foil	2–2	3 Q	2–3	5 Q	3–1	1 Q	Sypniewski (POL) W 10–6	Érsek (HUN) L 7–10	Did not advance	Bye	Emura (JPN) W 10–8	Gátai (HUN) W 10–8	Romankov (URS) L 1–10	Did not advance			12
Dave Littell		2–0–3	4 Q	1–4	6	Did not advance												43
Mike Marx		3–0–2	3 Q	3–2	2 Q	0–4	5	Did not advance										36
Peter Lewison Dave Littell Mike Marx Greg Massialas George Nonomura	Team foil	0–0–3	4	—											Did not advance			14
Robert Marx	Individual épée	0–0–4	5	Did not advance														71
Rob Stull		1–1–2	4 Q	3–1	2 Q	0–5	6	Did not advance										47
Stephen Trevor		2–2	4 Q	4–0	1 Q	1–4	5	Did not advance										=38
Robert Marx Lee Shelley Rob Stull Stephen Trevor	Team épée	1–0–1	2 Q	—											Hungary (HUN) L 3–9	Did not advance		11
Mike Lofton	Individual sabre	1–0–5	6	Did not advance						—	Did not advance		—		Did not advance			32
Steve Mormando		3–0–3	3 Q	2–2	4 Q	3–2	3 Q	Alshan (URS) L 1–10	Did not advance		Dalla Barba (ITA) L 7–10	Did not advance			Did not advance			16
Peter Westbrook		3–0–3	4 Q	2–2	4 Q	1–4	5	Did not advance			Did not advance				Did not advance			20
Bob Cottingham Paul Friedberg Mike Lofton Steve Mormando Peter Westbrook	Team sabre	1–0–2	3	—											Did not advance			7

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1 pool		Quarterfinal pool		Semifinal pool		Elimination round
								Round 1	Round 2	Barrage 1	Barrage 2	Quarterfinal	Semifinal / Cl.	Final / BM / Pl.
		W–L	Rank	W–L	Rank	W–L	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Caitlin Bilodeaux	Individual foil	3–1	1 Q	4–1	1 Q	3–2	2 Q	Fichtel (FRG) L 1–8	Did not advance	Królikowska (POL) W 8–6	Sun (CHN) L 5–8	Did not advance			11
Sharon Monplaisir		2–2	3 Q	1–4	6	Did not advance									35
Mary O'Neill		1–3	4 Q	0–5	6	Did not advance									36
Caitlin Bilodeaux Elaine Cheris Sharon Monplaisir Mary O'Neill Molly Sullivan	Team foil	1–1	2 Q	—								Hungary (HUN) L 5–9	Classification semifinal  South Korea (KOR) W 9–2	5th place final  China (CHN) L 8–8	6

Field hockey[edit]

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round				Semifinal / Cl.	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
United States women	Women's tournament	Netherlands L 1–3	Argentina L 1–2	Great Britain T 2–2	4	5th-8th place classification  West Germany L 1–2	7th place final  Argentina L 1–3	8

Women's tournament[edit]

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

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	6	Semi-finals
2	Great Britain	3	1	1	1	4	7	−3	3
3	Argentina	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	2
4	United States	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

September 21, 1988 13:30 Netherlands  3–1  United States H. Lejeune  29' Von Weiler  34' L. Lejeune  68' Report Johnson  44' Umpires: Dominique Ache (BEL) R Tong (RSA)

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September 23, 1988 15:15 Argentina  2–1  United States Colombo  11' Garbo  36' Report Donnelly  61' Umpires: Dominique Ache (BEL) Naomi Kato (JPN)

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September 25, 1988 09:00 United States  2–2  Great Britain Morgan  37' Johnson  60' Report Dixon  32' Parker  51' Umpires: Jan Hadfield (AUS) Margaret Lanning (CAN)

5th-8th place classification

September 27, 1988 09:00 United States  1–2  West Germany Donnelly  19' Report Wollschläger  41' Blumenberg  49' Umpires: Jolanda Mohlmann (NED) Naomi Kato (JPN)

8th place game

September 29, 1988 11:00 United States  1–3 (a.e.t.)  Argentina Morgan  41' Report Minnand  47' Hussey  82' Palma  84' Umpires: Margaret Lanning (CAN) A Poelmans (NED)

Football[edit]

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Argentina T 1–1	South Korea T 0–0	Soviet Union L 2–4	4	Did not advance

Roster

Head coach: Lothar Osiander

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
1	GK	David Vanole	February 6, 1963	25	?	Los Angeles Heat	3	0	270	0	0	0
2	DF	Steve Trittschuh	April 24, 1965	23	?	St. Louis Steamers	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	John Doyle	March 16, 1966	22	?	University of San Francisco	2	1	135	0	1	0
4	DF	Kevin Crow	September 17, 1961	27	?	San Diego Sockers	3	0	270	0	0	0
5	DF	Mike Windischmann	December 6, 1965	22	?	Los Angeles Lazers	1	1	22	0	1	0
6	FW	Frank Klopas	September 1, 1966	22	?	AEK Athens FC	2	0	180	0	0	0
7	FW	Jim Gabarra	September 22, 1959	28	?	Los Angeles Lazers	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Rick Davis	November 24, 1958	29	?	Tacoma Stars	3	0	270	0	0	1
9	FW	Brent Goulet	June 19, 1964	24	?	Crewe Alexandra F.C.	3	1	203	1	1	0
10	FW	Peter Vermes	November 21, 1966	21	?	New Jersey Eagles	2	0	180	0	0	0
11	FW	Eric Eichmann	May 7, 1965	23	?	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	Paul Krumpe	March 4, 1963	25	?	Los Angeles Heat	3	0	245	1	0	0
13	MF	John Harkes	March 8, 1967	21	?	National team	2	0	92	1	1	0
14	DF	John Stollmeyer	October 25, 1962	25	?	Cleveland Force	2	0	59	1	1	0
15	MF	Tab Ramos	September 21, 1966	22	?	New Jersey Eagles	2	0	119	2	0	0
16	MF	Bruce Murray	January 25, 1966	22	?	Washington Stars	2	0	180	0	0	0
17	MF	Desmond Armstrong	November 2, 1964	23	?	Baltimore Blast	3	0	205	0	1	1
18	GK	Jeff Duback	January 5, 1964	24	?	Boston Bolts	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	Brian Bliss	September 28, 1965	22	?	Cleveland Force	3	0	270	0	0	1
20	DF	Paul Caligiuri	May 9, 1964	24	?	SV Meppen	3	0	270	0	0	0

Preliminary round

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	5
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