Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Tennis returned to the Summer Olympic Games at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, having been left out since the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Tennis had been a demonstration sport at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

The tournament took place from September 20 - October 1 on outdoor hardcourts at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center.

[edit] Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
United States Tim Mayotte
United States (USA)
Sweden Stefan Edberg
Sweden (SWE)
United States Brad Gilbert
United States (USA)
Men's doubles United States Ken Flach
and Robert Seguso
United States (USA)
Spain Emilio Sánchez
and Sergio Casal
Spain (ESP)
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
and Milan Šrejber
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Sweden Stefan Edberg
and Anders Järryd
Sweden (SWE)
Women's singles West Germany Steffi Graf
West Germany (FRG)
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
Argentina (ARG)
United States Zina Garrison
United States (USA)
Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva
Bulgaria (BUL)
Women's doubles United States Pam Shriver
and Zina Garrison
United States (USA)
Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
and Helena Suková
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Australia Elizabeth Smylie
and Wendy Turnbull
Australia (AUS)
West Germany Steffi Graf
and Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
West Germany (FRG)

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States United States (USA) 2 1 2 5
2 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1 1 1 3
3 West Germany West Germany (FRG) 1 0 1 2
4 Argentina Argentina (ARG) 0 1 0 1
Spain Spain (ESP) 0 1 0 1
6 Sweden Sweden (SWE) 0 0 2 2
7 Australia Australia (AUS) 0 0 1 1
Bulgaria Bulgaria (BUL) 0 0 1 1