Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's field hockey
at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Women's field hockey at the Games of XXIV Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
City	Seoul
Dates	21–30 September
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	Seongnam Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	72 (3.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lisanne Lejeune (8 goals)
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The women's field hockey tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics was the 3rd edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a ten-day period beginning on 21 September, and culminating with the medal finals on 30 September. All games were played at the Seongnam Stadium in Seoul, South Korea.^[1]

Australia won the gold medal for the first time after defeating South Korea 2–0 in the final. Netherlands won the bronze medal by defeating Great Britain 3–1.^[2]

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	5th–8th place classification
4	United States	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

21 September 1988 09:00 Argentina  0–1  Great Britain Report MacLeod  32' Umpires: Christianne Asselman (BEL) Margaret Lanning (CAN)

21 September 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)

23 September 1988 10:45 Netherlands  5–1  Great Britain L. Lejeune  6', 20', 31', 39' Von Weiler  66' Report Dixon  34' Umpires: Dominique Ache (BEL) Salobrar Hernandez (ESP)

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

25 September 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)

25 September 1988 13:30 Netherlands  1–0  Argentina H. Lejeune  19' Report Umpires: Dominique Ache (BEL) Naomi Kato (JPN)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	2	1	0	12	7	+5	5	Semi-finals
2	Australia	3	1	2	0	7	6	+1	4
3	West Germany	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	2	5th–8th place classification
4	Canada	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

21 September 1988 10:45 South Korea  4–1  West Germany Lim  3', 35+' Chung S.  61' Seo K.  70+' Report Gehrmann  13' Umpires: Salobrar Hernandez (ESP) Pauline Bullock (GBR)

21 September 1988 15:15 Australia  1–1  Canada Bowman  50' Report Forshaw  12' Umpires: A Poelmans (NED) Jean Robertson (GBR)

23 September 1988 09:00 Australia  1–0  West Germany Bowman  68' Report Umpires: Pauline Bullock (GBR) Jean Robertson (GBR)

23 September 1988 13:30 South Korea  3–1  Canada Park  25', 26' Seo H.  70+' Report Johnson  28' Umpires: Laura Crespo (ARG) Jolanda Mohlmann (GBR)

25 September 1988 10:45 Canada  1–2  West Germany Lyn  49' Report Blumenberg  26' Jungjohann  51' Umpires: Laura Crespo (ARG) A Poelmans (NED)

25 September 1988 15:15 Australia  5–5  South Korea Pereira  6', 32', 34' Bowman  24' Clement  64' Report Kim Y.  23' Lim  28', 31', 45' Chung S.  44' Umpires: Jolanda Mohlman (NED) R Tong (RSA)

	Cross-overs				Fifth place
	27 September
	United States	1
					29 September
	West Germany	2
					West Germany	4
	27 September
					Canada	2
	Argentina	1
	Canada (a.e.t)	2
					Seventh place
					29 September
					United States	1
					Argentina (a.e.t)	3

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

27 September 1988 11:00 Argentina  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Canada Palma  67' Report Forshaw  33' Creelman  85' Umpires: Jean Robertson (GBR) Jan Hadfield (AUS)

29 September 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)

29 September 1988 09:00 West Germany  4–2  Canada Blumenberg  14', 59', 64' Schmid  57' Report Forshaw  18', 52' Umpires: Dominique Ache (BEL) Jean Robertson (GBR)

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	27 September
	Netherlands	2
					30 September
	Australia	3
					Australia	2
	27 September
					South Korea	0
	South Korea	1
	Great Britain	0
					Bronze medal match
					30 September
					Netherlands	3
					Great Britain	1

27 September 1988 13:00 Netherlands  2–3  Australia L. Lejeune  16' Bolhuis  61' Report Tooth  3' Patmore  48', 56' Umpires: Christianne Asselman (BEL) Salobrar Hernandez (ESP)

27 September 1988 15:15 South Korea  1–0  Great Britain Seo H.  18' Report Umpires: Laura Crespo (ARG) R Tong (RSA)

30 September 1988 13:00 Netherlands  3–1  Great Britain Bolhuis  6' L. Lejeune  21', 34' Report Nevill  9' Umpires: Laura Crespo (ARG) R Tong (RSA)

30 September 1988 15:15 Australia  2–0  South Korea Bowman  41' Capes  57' Report Umpires: Salobrar Hernandez (ESP) Jolanda Mohlmann (NED)

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Australia	5	3	2	0	12	8	+4	8	Gold Medal
	South Korea	5	3	1	1	13	9	+4	7	Silver Medal
	Netherlands	5	4	0	1	14	6	+8	8	Bronze Medal
4	Great Britain	5	1	1	3	5	12	−7	3	Fourth place
5	West Germany	5	3	0	2	9	9	0	6	Eliminated in group stage
6	Canada	5	1	1	3	7	11	−4	3
7	Argentina	5	2	0	3	6	6	0	4
8	United States	5	0	1	4	6	12	−6	1

There were 72 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.6 goals per match.

8 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

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