United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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United States at the Olympic Games

Flag of the United States
IOC code: USA
NOC: United States Olympic Committee
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1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Flag Bearer Evelyn Ashford
Medals
Rank: 3		 Gold
36		 Silver
31		 Bronze
27		 Total
94
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

The United States competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

  • Jay Barrs — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
  • Greg Barton — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000 m Kayak Singles
  • Greg Barton and Norman Bellingham — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000 m Kayak Pairs
  • Lynne Jewell and Allison Jolly — Sailing, Women's 470
  • Matt Biondi, Matt Cetlinski, Troy Dalbey, and Doug Gjertsen — Swimming, Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
  • Craig Buck, Robert Ctvrtlik, Scott Fortune, Karch Kiraly, Ricci Luyties, Douglas Partie, Jon Root, Eric Sato, David Saunders, Jeffery Stork, Troy Tanner, and Stephen Timmons — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition
  • John Smith — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight (62 kg)
  • Kenny Monday — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight (74 kg)

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

  • Roy Jones — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
  • Michelle Mitchell — Diving, Women's Platform
  • Gregory Best — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
  • Gregory Best, Joe Fargis, Lisa Jacquin, and Anne Kursinski — Equestrian, Jumping Team
  • Kevin Asano — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)
  • Thomas Bohrer, Richard Kennelly, David Krmpotich, and Raoul Rodriguez — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
  • Anne Marden — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls
  • Hal Haenel and Mark Reynolds — Sailing, Men's Star
  • William Baylis, Robert Billingham and John Kostecki — Sailing, Men's Soling
  • Erich Buljung — Shooting, Men's Air Pistol
  • Tom Jager — Swimming, Men's 50 m Freestyle
  • Tracie Ruiz — Synchronised Swimming, Women's Solo
  • Karen Josephson and Sarah Josephson — Synchronised Swimming, Women's Duet

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

  • Melanie Skillman, Denise Parker, and Debra Ochs — Archery, Women's Team Competition
  • Tonie Campbell — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
  • Connie Parakevin-Young — Cycling, Women's Sprint
  • Kelly McCormick — Diving, Women's Springboard
  • Wendy Williams — Diving, Women's Platform
  • Michael Swain — Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg)
  • Seth Bauer, William Burden, Jeffrey McLaughlin, Peter Nordell, Ted Patton, John Pescatore, John Rusher, Jonathan Smith, and Michael Teti — Rowing, Men's Eights
  • Michael Gebhardt — Sailing, Men's Lechner Sailboard
  • Charles McKee and John Shadden — Sailing, Men's 470
  • Dennis Koslowski — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
  • Nathaniel Carr — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight (68 kg)
  • William Scherr — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight (100 kg)

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

The United States continued to be a strong contender in archery, though it found that 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.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Melanie Skillman – Semi Final (→ 10th place)
  • Denise Parker – 1/8 final (→ 21st place)
  • Debra Ochs – Preliminary Round (→ 26th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

Women's Team Competition:

  • Skillman, Parker, and Ochs – Final (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)

Men's Team Competition:

  • Barrs, McKinney, and Pace – Final (→ Silver Silver Medal)

[edit] Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • Carl Lewis
    1. Heat — 10.14s
    2. Semi Final — 9.97s
    3. Final — 9.92s (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • Calvin Smith
    1. Heat — 10.28
    2. Semi Final — 10.15s
    3. Final — 9.99s (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Dennis Mitchell
    1. Heat — 10.37
    2. Semi Final — 10.23s
    3. Final — 10.04s (→ 4th place)

Men's 200 metres

  • Joe DeLoach
    1. Heat — 20.56s
    2. Semi Final — 20.06s
    3. Final — 19.75s (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • Carl Lewis
    1. Heat — 20.57s
    2. Semi Final — 20.23s
    3. Final — 19.79s (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)
  • Roy Martin
    1. Heat — 20.54s
    2. Semi Final — 20.62s (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

  • Steve Lewis
    1. Heat — 44.41s
    2. Semi Final — 44.35s
    3. Final — 43.87s (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • Butch Reynolds
    1. Heat — 44.46s
    2. Semi Final — 44.33s
    3. Final — 43.93s (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)
  • Danny Everett
    1. Heat — 44.83s
    2. Semi Final — 44.36s
    3. Final — 44.09s (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)

Men's 800 metres

  • Johnny Gray
    1. Heat — 1:48.83
    2. Semi Final — 1:45.04
    3. Final — 1:44.80 (→ 5th place)

Men's 1500 metres

  • Steve Scott
    1. Heat — 3:41.57
    2. Semi Final — 3:38.20
    3. Final — 3:36.99 (→ 5th place)
  • Jeff Atkinson
    1. Heat — 3:38.33
    2. Semi Final — 3:39.12
    3. Final — 3:40.80 (→ 10th place)
  • Mark Deady
    1. Heat — 3:41.91
    2. Semi Final — 3:48.03 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5.000 metres

  • Sydney Maree
    1. Heat — 13:47.85
    2. Semi Final — 13:22.61
    3. Final — 13:23.69 (→ 5th place)
  • Doug Padilla
    1. Heat — 13:58.45
    2. Semi Final — 13:37.11 (→ did not advance)
  • Terry Brahm
    1. Heat — 14:37.98
    2. Semi Final — 14:04.12 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

  • Bruce Bickford
  1. First Round — 28:16.16
  2. Final — 29:09.74 (→ 18th place)
  • Pat Porter
  1. First Round — 28:45.04 (→ did not advance)
  • Steve Plasencia
  1. First Round — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 4x100m Relay

  1. Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400m Relay

  1. Heat — 3:02.16
  2. Semi Final — 3:02.84
  1. Final — 2:56.16 (→ Gold Gold Medal)

Men's Marathon

  1. Final — 2"14:44 (→ 14th place)
  • Ed Eyestone
  1. Final — 2"19:09 (→ 29th place)

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase

  • Henry Marsh
  1. Heat — 8:33.89
  2. Semi Final — 8:18.94
  3. Final — 8:14.39 (→ 6th place)
  1. Heat — 8:38.40
  2. Semi Final — 8:23.89 (→ did not advance)
  • Brian Abshire
  1. Heat — 8:36.56
  2. Semi Final — 8:27.78 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

  1. Qualification — 2.28m
  2. Final — 2.36m (→ Silver Silver Medal)
  • Jim Howard
  1. Qualification — 2.25m
  2. Final — 2.31m (→ 10th place)
  • Brian Stanton
  1. Qualification — 2.25m
  2. Final — 2.31m (→ 11th place)

Men's Long Jump

  1. Qualification — 8.08m
  2. Final — 8.73m (→ Gold Gold Medal)
  1. Qualification — 8.34m
  2. Final — 8.49m (→ Silver Silver Medal)
  1. Qualification — 8.19m
  2. Final — 8.27m (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)

Men's Decathlon

  1. 100 metres — 11.18s
  2. Long Jump — 7.05m
  3. Shot Put — 14.12m
  4. High Jump — 2.06m
  5. 400 metres — 49.34s
  6. 110m Hurdles — 14.39s
  7. Discus Throw — 41.68m
  8. Pole Vault — 5.70m
  9. Javelin Throw — 61.60m
  10. 1.500 metres — 4:51.20s
  1. 100 metres — 11.15s
  2. Long Jump — 7.12m
  3. Shot Put — 14.52m
  4. High Jump — 2.03m
  5. 400 metres — 49.15s
  6. 110m Hurdles — 14.66s
  7. Discus Throw — 42.36m
  8. Pole Vault — 4.90m
  9. Javelin Throw — 66.46m
  10. 1.500 metres — 4:29.62s

Men's 50km Walk

  • Marco Evoniuk
  • Final — 3'56:55 (→ 22nd place)
  • Carl Schueler
  • Final — 3'57:44 (→ 23rd place)
  • Andrew Kaestner
  • Final — 4'12:49 (→ 34th place)


Women's 4x400m Relay

  1. Heat — 3:25.86
  1. Final — 3:15.51 (→ Silver Silver Medal)

Women's Marathon

  • Nancy Ditz
    1. Final – 2"33:42 (→ 17th place)
  • Margaret Groos
    1. Final – 2"40:59 (→ 39th place)

[edit] Boxing

Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • Michael Carbajal → Silver Silver Medal
    1. First round – Bye
    2. Second round – Defeated Kwang-So Oh (KOR), 3:2
    3. Third round – Defeated Hien Dang Hieu (VIE), RSC-1
    4. Quarterfinals – Defeated Robert Olsen (CAN), 5:0
    5. Semifinal – Defeated Róbert Isaszegi (HUN), 4:1
    6. Final – Lost to Ivailo Marinov Khristov (BUL), 0:5

Flyweight (– 51 kg)

  • Arthur Johnson
    1. First Round — Defeated Andrea Mannai (ITA), 5:0
    2. Second Round — Defeated Bishnu Bahadur Singh (NEP), RSC-2
    3. Third Round — Lost to Kim Kwang-Sun (KOR), 0:5

Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • Kennedy McKinney (→ Gold Gold Medal)
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Erik Perez (GUY), RSC-1
    3. Third Round — Defeated Shahuraj Birajdor (IND), walk-over
    4. Quarterfinals — Defeated Stephen Mwema (KEN), 5:0
    5. Semifinals — Defeated Phajol Moolsan (THA), RSC-1
    6. Final — Defeated Aleksandar Hristov (BUL), 5:0

Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Lightweight (– 60 kg)

  • Romallis Ellis (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Lee Kang-Su (KOR), 5:0
    3. Third Round — Defeated Kassim Traoré (MLI), RSC-2
    4. Quarterfinals — Defeated Emil Chuprenski (BUL), 3:2
    5. Semifinals — Lost to Andreas Zülow (GDR), 0:5

Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

  • Todd Foster
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Kampompo Miango (ZAI), KO-2
    3. Third Round — Defeated Chun Jil-Chun (KOR), KO-2
    4. Quarterfinals — Lost to Grahame Cheney (AUS), 2:3

Welterweight (– 67 kg)

  • Kenneth Gould (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)
    1. First Round — Defeated Joseph Marva (TNZ), 4:1
    2. Second Round — Defeated Alfred Addo Ankamah (GHA), 5:0
    3. Third Round — Defeated Maselino Francis Masoe (ASA), 5:0
    4. Quarterfinals — Defeated Joni Nyman (FIN), 5:0
    5. Semifinals — Lost to Laurent Boudouani (FRA), 1:4

Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • Roy Jones Jr. (→ Silver Silver Medal)
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated M'tendere Makalamba (MLW), KO-1
    3. Third Round — Defeated Michal Franek (CZE), 5:0
    4. Quarterfinals — Defeated Evgeni Zaytsev (URS), 5:0
    5. Semifinals — Defeated Richard Woodhall (GBR), 5:0
    6. Final — Lost to Park Si-Hun (KOR), 2:3

Middleweight (– 75 kg)

  • Anthony Hembrick
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Lost to Ha Jong-Ho (KOR), walk-over

Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

  • Andrew Maynard (→ Gold Gold Medal)
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Mikaele Masoe (ASA), RSC-2
    3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Lajos Eros (HUN), 5:0
    4. Semifinals — Defeated Henryk Petrich (POL), AB-3
    5. Final — Defeated Nuramgomed Shanavazov (URS), 5:0

Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

  • Ray Mercer (→ Gold Gold Medal)
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Rudolf Gavenčiak (CZE), RSC-3
    3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Luigi Gaudiano (ITA), KO-1
    4. Semifinals — Defeated Arnold Vanderlyde (HOL), RSC-2
    5. Final — Defeated Baik Hyun-Man (KOR), KO-1

Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

  • Riddick Bowe (→ Silver Silver Medal)
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Ikonomonya Botowamungu (AUT), KO-2
    3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Peter Hrivnák (CZE), RSC-1
    4. Semifinals — Defeated Aleksandr Miroshnichenko (URS), 5:0
    5. Final — Lost to Lennox Lewis (CAN), RSC-2

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Women's Team Competition

The US women's field hockey team competed for the second time at the Summer Olympics.

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Classification Matches
  • Team Roster

Head Coach: Boudewijn Castelijn

[edit] Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Robert Nieman – 5034 pts (→ 18th place)
  • Robert Stull – 4588 pts (→ 49th place)
  • Michael Gostigan – 4023 pts (→ 60th place)

Men's Team Competition:

  • Nieman, Stull, and Gostigan – 13645 pts (→ 16th place)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

  • Matt Biondi
    1. Heat – 22.39
    2. Final – 22.14 (→ Gold Gold Medal)
  • Tom Jager
    1. Heat – 22.61
    2. Final – 22.36 (→ Silver Silver Medal)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Matt Biondi
    1. Heat – 49.04
    2. Final – 48.63 (→ Gold Gold Medal)
  • Chris Jacobs
    1. Heat – 49.20
    2. Final – 49.08 (→ Silver Silver Medal)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Matt Biondi
    1. Heat – 1:48.39
    2. Final – 1:47.99 (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)
  • Troy Dalbey
    1. Heat – 1:48.96
    2. Final – 1:48.86 (→ 7th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Matt Cetlinski
    1. Heat – 3:50.82
    2. Final – 3:48.09 (→ 4th place)
  • Daniel Jorgensen
    1. Heat – 3:52.64
    2. B-Final – 3:55.34 (→ 14th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Matt Cetlinski
    1. Heat – 15:07.41
    2. Final – 15:14.76 (→ 4th place)
  • Lars Jorgensen
    1. Heat – 15:39.51 (→ did not advance, 23th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • David Berkoff
    1. Heat – 54.51
    2. Final – 55.18 (→ Silver Silver Medal)
  • Jay Mortenson
    1. Heat – 57.19
    2. B-Final – 57.06 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Daniel Veatch
    1. Heat – 2:01.73
    2. Final – 2:02.26 (→ 7th place)
  • Steve Bigelow
    1. Heat – 2:03.64
    2. B-Final – 2:02.95 (→ 10th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Richard Schroeder
    1. Heat – 1:03.05
    2. Final – 1:02.55 (→ 6th place)
  • Daniel Watters
    1. Heat – 1:04.04
    2. B-Final – 1:04.17 (→ 15th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Kirk Stackle
    1. Heat – 2:19.47 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Matt Biondi
    1. Heat – 53.46
    2. Final – 53.01 (→ Silver Silver Medal)
  • Jay Mortenson
    1. Heat – 54.44
    2. Final – 54.07 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Mark Dean
    1. Heat – 2:00.86
    2. B-Final – 2:00.26 (→ 9th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • David Wharton
    1. Heat – 2:04.64
    2. B-Final – 2:03.05 (→ 9th place)
  • Bill Stapleton
    1. Heat – 2:05.32
    2. B-Final – 2:06.82 (→ 16th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • David Wharton
    1. Heat – 4:20.84
    2. Final – 4:17.36 (→ Silver Silver Medal)
  • Jeff Kostoff
    1. Heat – 4:24.10
    2. B-Final – 4:22.95 (→ 9th place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Brent Lang, Doug Gjertsen, Shaun Jordan, and Troy Dalbey
    1. Heat – 3:19.52
  • Chris Jacobs, Troy Dalbey, Tom Jager, and Matt Biondi
    1. Final – 3:16.53 (→ Gold Gold Medal)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Craig Oppel, Daniel Jorgensen, Matt Cetlinski, and Doug Gjertsen
    1. Heat – 7:18.76
  • Troy Dalbey, Matt Cetlinski, Doug Gjertsen, and Matt Biondi
    1. Final – 7:12.51 (→ Gold Gold Medal)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay


Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Leigh Fetter
    1. Heat – 25.91
    2. Final – 25.78 (→ 5th place)
  • Jill Sterkel
    1. Heat – 26.02
    2. Final – 25.71 (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Dara Torres
    1. Heat – 56.37
    2. Final – 56.25 (→ 7th place)
  • Mitzi Kremer
    1. Heat – 56.97
    2. B-Final – 56.83 (→ 12th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Mary Wayte
    1. Heat – 1:59.50
    2. Final – 1:59.04 (→ 4th place)
  • Mitzi Kremer
    1. Heat – 2:01.45
    2. Final – 2:00.23 (→ 6th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Janet Evans
    1. Heat – 4:10.12
    2. Final – 4:03.85 (→ Gold Gold Medal)
  • Tami Bruce
    1. Heat – 4:10.73
    2. Final – 4:08.16 (→ 4th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Janet Evans
    1. Heat – 8:28.13
    2. Final – 8:20.20 (→ Gold Gold Medal)
  • Tami Bruce
    1. Heat – 8:31.57
    2. Final – 8:30.86 (→ 5th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Betsy Mitchell
    1. Heat – 1:02.85
    2. Final – 1:02.71 (→ 4th place)
  • Beth Barr
    1. Heat – 1:02.63
    2. Final – 1:02.78 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Beth Barr
    1. Heat – 2:13.91
    2. Final – 2:12.39 (→ 4th place)
  • Andrea Hayes
    1. Heat – 2:14.77
    2. Final – 2:15.02 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Susan Johnson
    1. Heat – 1:11.09
    2. B-Final – 1:11.08 (→ 13th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Susan Rapp
    1. Heat – 2:34.21
    2. B-Final – 2:32.90 (→ 13th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Mary T Meagher
    1. Heat – 2:12.35
    2. Final – 2:10.80 (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)
  • Trina Radke
    1. Heat – 2:13.05
    2. Final – 2:11.55 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Mary Wayte
    1. Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Janet Evans
    1. Heat – 4:43.04
    2. Final – 4:37.76 (→ Gold Gold Medal)
  • Erika Hansen
    1. Heat – 4:50.03
    2. B-Final – 4:51.93 (→ 11th place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • United States – Japan 3-0 (15-13, 15-2, 15-2)
  • United States – The Netherlands 3-1 (15-7, 12-15, 15-1, 15-11)
  • United States – Argentina 3-2 (11-15, 11-15, 15-4, 17-15, 15-7)
  • United States – France 3-0 (17-15, 15-6, 15-13)
  • United States – Tunisia 3-0 (15-4, 15-6, 15-4)
  • Semi Finals
  • United States – Brazil 3-0 (15-3, 15-5, 15-11)
  • Final
  • United States – Soviet Union 3-1 (13-15, 15-10, 15-4, 15-8) → Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Craig Buck
  • Bob Ctvrtlik
  • Scott Fortune
  • Karch Kiraly
  • Ricci Luyties
  • Doug Partie
  • Jon Root
  • Eric Sato
  • Dave Saunders
  • Jeff Stork
  • Steve Timmons
  • Troy Tanner

Head Coach: Marvin Dunphy

[edit] Water Polo

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Defeated Yugoslavia (7-6)
  • Lost to Spain (7-9)
  • Defeated China (14-7)
  • Defeated Greece (18-9)
  • Defeated Hungary (10-9)
  • Semi Finals
  • Defeated Soviet Union (8-7)
  • Final
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (7-9) → Silver Silver Medal
  • Team Roster

Head Coach: Bill Barnett


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