1988 Summer Olympics medal table

none January 2025 1988 Summer Olympics medals Kristin Otto 1986.jpg Kristin Otto of East Germany won the most gold medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics, winning six gold medals in women's swimming. Swimmer Kristin Otto shown from the waist up wearing a jacket, with spectators on bleachers that can be seen in the background Seoul, KOR 1988 Summer Most total medals URS 1988 Summer 132 Most gold medals URS 1988 Summer 55 Medalling NOCs 52 1984 Olympics medal tables 1992 thumb|right|450px|World map showing the medal achievements of each country during the 1988 Summer Olympics Legend: #FFD700 represents countries that won at least one gold medal. #808080 represents countries that won at least one silver medal but no gold medals. #C87137 represents countries that won at least one bronze medal (no gold or silver). #5af represents participating countries that did not win medals. #444 represents entities that did not participate at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Seoul, South Korea, from 17 September to 2 October 1988. A total of 8,397 athletes representing 159 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in 237 events in 23 sports across 31 different disciplines.https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/seoul-1988 https://web.archive.org/web/20240923172429/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/seoul-1988 23 September 2024 Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics – Athletes, Medals & Results International Olympic Committee 14 December 2024 livehttps://iaba.ie/100-years-of-irish-olympic-boxing-the-team-of-seoul-1988/ https://web.archive.org/web/20241214025258/https://iaba.ie/100-years-of-irish-olympic-boxing-the-team-of-seoul-1988/ 14 December 2024 14 December 2024 18 July 2024 100 years of Irish Olympic Boxing: the team of Seoul, 1988 Irish Athletic Boxing Association live https://noc.by/en/olympic-games/games/summer-games/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240821121411/https://noc.by/en/olympic-games/games/summer-games/ 21 August 2024 14 December 2024 Olympic Summer Games Belarus Olympic Committee live Table tennis was introduced to the Summer Olympic Games program at these games,https://www.ittf.com/2024/06/24/table-tennis-serves-up-a-historic-debut-at-seoul-1988/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240716150227/https://www.ittf.com/2024/06/24/table-tennis-serves-up-a-historic-debut-at-seoul-1988/ 16 July 2024 Table Tennis' Smashing Debut at Seoul 1988 24 June 2024 14 December 2024 International Table Tennis Federation live while tennis was reintroduced following its removal after the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/Factsheets-Reference-Documents/Games/OG/History-of-sports/Reference-document-Tennis-History-at-the-OG.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20240808151017/https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/Factsheets-Reference-Documents/Games/OG/History-of-sports/Reference-document-Tennis-History-at-the-OG.pdf 8 August 2024 19 October 2017 14 December 2024 History of Tennis at the Olympic Games International Olympic Committee live Overall, athletes representing 52 NOCs received at least one medal, and 31 NOCs won at least one gold medal. The Soviet Union won the most gold medals and the most overall medals, with 55 and 132 respectively. Suriname's team won their first Olympic gold medal, which was also their first Olympic medal of any color.https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2024/07/28/anthony-nesty-us-swimming-coach-suriname/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240728154410/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2024/07/28/anthony-nesty-us-swimming-coach-suriname/ 28 July 2024 28 July 2024 A legend in Suriname, Anthony Nesty calms the waters as U.S. swim coach The Washington Post Maese Rick subscription live The other teams that earned their first Olympic medal were Costa Rica, Djibouti,https://olympics.com/en/news/djiboutis-42-kilometre-run-to-olympic-glory https://web.archive.org/web/20240816024236/https://olympics.com/en/news/djiboutis-42-kilometre-run-to-olympic-glory 16 August 2024 6 October 2020 14 December 2024 Djibouti's 42 kilometre run to Olympic glory International Olympic Committee live Indonesia,https://www.newspapers.com/image/229972100/ 2 October 1988 Sport-by-sport Orlando Sentinel 14 December 2024 Newspapers.com the Netherlands Antilles,https://olympics.com/en/news/jan-boersma-from-no-sailing-federation-to-olympic-medallist-netherlands-antilles https://web.archive.org/web/20240816060242/https://olympics.com/en/news/jan-boersma-from-no-sailing-federation-to-olympic-medallist-netherlands-antilles live 16 August 2024 10 November 2020 14 December 2024 Jan Boersma: Without a sailing federation to winning Olympic silver for Netherlands Antilles International Olympic Committee Senegal,https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/53467531 https://web.archive.org/web/20200818162338/https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/53467531 18 August 2020 Africa Olympic stories: Amadou Dia Ba, Senegal's solo medallist 3 August 2020 14 December 2024 BBC Sport Dia Ba Amadou Amadou Dia Ba live and the United States Virgin Islands, for Netherlands Antilles, it was their only Olympic medal before the country's dissolution in 2010.https://www.sailing.org/2016/07/26/the-mens-rsx-a-history-lesson/ The Men's RS:X - A History Lesson... Sailing.org 26 July 2016 30 July 2026 Swimmer Kristin Otto of East Germany won the most gold medals for an individual at the games, with six gold medals.https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-and-sun-bulletin-e-german-swimmer/160872674/ E. German swimming wins record sixth gold Press & Sun-Bulletin Newspapers.com Gannett News Service 26 September 1988 14 December 2024 Fellow swimmer Matt Biondi of the United States won the most overall medals, winning seven medals with five golds, one silver, and one bronze, tying Mark Spitz's record for most medals won in a single games.https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-and-sun-bulletin-biondi-wins-seven/160872958/ 26 September 1988 Newspapers.com 14 December 2024 Press & Sun-Bulletin Associated Press Biondi wins seventh medal Medals table thumb|Swimmer Sylvia Poll, the first-ever Olympic medalist for Costa Ricahttps://www.panamsports.org/en/news-sport/panam-sports-legends-sylvia-poll/ https://web.archive.org/web/20231209154708/https://www.panamsports.org/en/news-sport/panam-sports-legends-sylvia-poll/ 9 December 2023 10 December 2018 14 December 2024 Panam Sports Legends: Sylvia Poll Panam Sports live |alt=Swimmer Sylvia Poll show from the waist up wearing a suit in front of a podium thumb|Sailor Peter Holmberg, the first-ever Olympic medalist for the United States Virgin Islandshttps://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/sports/life-changing-medal-nearly-33-years-later-peter-holmberg-is-still-usvi-s-only-olympic/article_20b2480f-ef9c-5a20-8682-e652e321be16.html https://web.archive.org/web/20210722152448/https://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/sports/life-changing-medal-nearly-33-years-later-peter-holmberg-is-still-usvi-s-only-olympic/article_20b2480f-ef9c-5a20-8682-e652e321be16.html Life Changing Medal: Nearly 33 years later, Peter Holmberg is still USVI's only Olympic medalist 22 July 2021 22 July 2021 Kiser Bill The Virgin Islands Daily News live |alt=Sailor Peter Holmberg shown from the chest up in a tracksuit with sunglasses on his head. The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC's conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals won by athletes from each nation, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals.Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024 https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2580716.html The Independent 11 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240812015233/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2594580.html 12 August 2024 live Ostlere Lawrence 12 August 2024 en A Medal Count That Adds Up To Little https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html The New York Times 18 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004238/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html 21 March 2023 Araton Harvey subscription 25 July 2024 live If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ Diario AS 10 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240811152350/https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ 11 August 2024 live Cons Roddy 11 August 2024 en-us Events in boxing resulted in a bronze medal being awarded to each of the two competitors who lost their semi-final matches, as opposed to fighting in a third place tiebreaker.Explained: Two bronze medals are awarded in the Olympics boxing competition https://olympics.com/en/news/why-two-bronze-medals-boxing International Olympic Committee 1 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20230328143327/https://olympics.com/en/news/why-two-bronze-medals-boxing 28 March 2023 live Ansari Aarish 2 August 2024 Events in judo used a repechage system which also results in two bronze medals being awarded.Repechage in wrestling and other sports explained – the second chance https://olympics.com/en/news/what-is-repechage-rules International Olympic Committee 21 June 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240802015913/https://olympics.com/en/news/what-is-repechage-rules 2 August 2024 live Nag Utathya 2 August 2024 In the gymnastics events, there were five ties for medals. Three gold medals and no silver or bronze medals were awarded due to a three-way first-place tie in the men's pommel horse. Two gold medals and no silver medal were awarded in the men's horizontal bar and men's rings, with the former also having a tie for bronze. Two bronze medals were awarded in the men's floor and women's balance beam events.https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/seoul-1988/results/gymnastics-artistic https://web.archive.org/web/20240819131159/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/seoul-1988/results/gymnastics-artistic 19 August 2024 20 December 2024 International Olympic Committee Seoul 1988 Gymnastics Artistic Results live Outside of gymnastics, the men's high jump in athletics and the women's 50 metre freestyle in swimming both resulted in two bronzes being awarded due to third-place ties.https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/seoul-1988/results/athletics/high-jump-men https://web.archive.org/web/20241009070040/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/seoul-1988/results/athletics/high-jump-men 9 October 2024 Seoul 1988 Athletics high jump men Results International Olympic Committee 20 December 2024 live https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/seoul-1988/results/swimming/50m-freestyle-women https://web.archive.org/web/20241009070156/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/seoul-1988/results/swimming/50m-freestyle-women 9 October 2024 Seoul 1988 Swimming 50m freestyle women Results International Olympic Committee 20 December 2024 live 1988 Summer Olympics medal tableSeoul 1988 Olympic Medal Table – Gold, Silver & Bronze https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/seoul-1988/medals https://web.archive.org/web/20240911052931/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/seoul-1988/medals 11 September 2024 International Olympic Committee 13 December 2024 live KOR 10 Remaining NOCs flagIOC 1988 Summer NOC National Olympic Committee 55 31 46 37 35 30 36 31 27 12 10 11 yes 11 14 15 11 6 6 10 12 13 7 11 6 6 4 6 6 4 4 5 11 12 5 10 9 5 2 2 4 3 7 3 6 5 3 4 5 3 3 2 3 2 8 3 2 5 2 5 9 2 3 0 2 2 5 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 7 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Changes due to doping 1988 Summer Olympics#Doping Key #F7D9D3 ※ darkgray Disqualified athlete(s) + List of official changes in medal standings Ruling date Sport/Event Athlete (NOC National Olympic Committee)Total Notes 22 September 1988 Weightlifting,Men's 56 kg BUL 1988 SummerMitko Grablev ※ −1 −1Mitko Grablev was disqualified after testing positive for furosemide and became the first doping case of the 1988 Summer Olympics. The medals were then reallocated, with Okzen Mirzoyan of the Soviet Union awarded the gold, He Yingqiang of China the silver, and Liu Shoubin of China the bronze.https://www.newspapers.com/image/624266998 Newspapers.com 23 September 1988 19 December 2024 The Sacramento Bee Bulgarians lose a gold https://www.newspapers.com/image/463681090 24 September 1988 Ottawa Citizen Newspapers.com Reuters 19 September 2024 2nd 'lifter stripped of gold medal URS 1988 SummerOksen Mirzoyan +1 −1 0 CHN 1988 SummerHe Yingqiang +1 −1 0 CHN 1988 SummerLiu Shoubin +1 +1 24 September 1988 Weightlifting,Men's 67.5 kg BUL 1988 SummerAngel Genchev ※ −1 −1Angel Genchev was disqualified after testing positive for furosemide, with the gold medal being awarded to Joachim Kunz of East Germany, the silver medal to Israel Militosyan of the Soviet Union, and the bronze medal to Li Jinhe of China. After Grablev and Genchev were stripped of their titles, Bulgarian officials commented that they condemned the usage of drugs in sport, and withdrew their remaining weightlifters in protest at the decision.https://www.olympedia.org/results/29915 https://web.archive.org/web/20240429124034/https://www.olympedia.org/results/29915 29 April 2024 19 December 2024 Olympedia Lightweight (≤67½ kilograms), Men live GDR 1988 SummerJoachim Kunz +1 −1 0 URS 1988 SummerIsrael Militosyan +1 −1 0 CHN 1988 SummerLi Jinhe +1 +1 27 September 1988 Athletics,Men's 100 metres CAN 1988 SummerBen Johnson ※ −1 −1 Three days after Ben Johnson won the 100 metres title and set a world record of 9.79 seconds, Park Jong-sei of the IOC's Olympic Doping Control Center saw that Johnson's urine sample tested positive for stanozolol. Johnson was subsequently disqualified with the medals being reallocated. Carl Lewis of the United States was awarded the gold and the world record was transferred to him, Linford Christie of Great Britain was awarded the silver, and Calvin Smith of the United States was awarded the bronze.https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/ben-johnson-sprinter-olympic-gold-steroids-1.7191078 https://web.archive.org/web/20240827155430/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/ben-johnson-sprinter-olympic-gold-steroids-1.7191078 27 August 2024 4 May 2024 14 December 2024 Disgraced Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson still believes he has a place among the greats Rachini Mouhamad Canadian Broadcasting Corporation live https://www.olympedia.org/results/63261 https://web.archive.org/web/20240429053609/https://www.olympedia.org/results/63261 29 April 2024 100 metres, Men Olympedia 14 December 2024 live USA 1988 SummerCarl Lewis +1 −1 0 GBR 1988 SummerLinford Christie +1 −1 0 USA 1988 SummerCalvin Smith +1 +1 28 September 1988 Weightlifting,Men's 100 kg HUN 1988 SummerAndor Szanyi ※ −1 −1 Andor Szanyi, who originally won the silver medal in the men's 100 kg event in weightlifting two days before, tested positive for stanozolol and was disqualified afterwards. The silver was then awarded to Nicu Vlad of Romania and the bronze was awarded to Peter Immesberger of West Germany.https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/09/28/Weightlifting-silver-medalist-Andor-Szanyi-of-Hungary-failed-his/3454591422400/ https://web.archive.org/web/20241214065632/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/09/28/Weightlifting-silver-medalist-Andor-Szanyi-of-Hungary-failed-his/3454591422400/ 14 December 2024 14 December 2024 28 September 1988 Weightlifting silver medalist Andor Szanyi of Hungary failed his... United Press International live https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/seoul-1988/results/weightlifting/90-100kg-firstheavyweight-men https://web.archive.org/web/20241130051328/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/seoul-1988/results/weightlifting/90-100kg-firstheavyweight-men 30 November 2024 14 December 2024 Seoul 1988 Weightlifting 90 100kg firstheavyweight men Results International Olympic Committee live ROM 1988 SummerNicu Vlad +1 −1 0 FRG 1988 SummerPeter Immesberger +1 +1 + List of official changes by countryNOC National Olympic Committee Gold Silver Bronze Net Change BUL 1988 Summer −2 0 0 −2 CAN 1988 Summer −1 0 0 −1 CHN 1988 Summer 0 +1 +1 +2 GDR 1988 Summer +1 −1 0 0 FRG 1988 Summer 0 0 +1 +1 GBR 1988 Summer 0 +1 −1 0 HUN 1988 Summer 0 −1 0 −1 ROM 1988 Summer 0 +1 −1 0 URS 1988 Summer +1 0 −1 0 USA 1988 Summer +1 −1 +1 +1 See also Olympics All-time Olympic Games medal table 1988 Summer Paralympics medal table 1988 Winter Olympics medal table References External links 1988 Summer Olympics 1988 Summer Olympics medal table Olympics.com https://olympics.com/en/seoul-1988/medals 11 August 2024 Medal count 1988