Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics


The Soviet Union competed, for the last time before its dissolution, at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 481 competitors, 319 men and 162 women, took part in 221 events in 27 sports. Athletes from 12 of the ex-Soviet republics would compete as the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and each nation would field independent teams in subsequent Games.
The Soviet Union utterly dominated the medal count, winning 55 gold and 132 total medals. No nation came even close to repeating this result after 1988. Currently, China's 48 gold medals in 2008 and USA's 121 total medals in 2016 are the closest results to USSR's 1988 performance.

Medalists

Gold

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Archery

Women's Individual Competition:
Men's Individual Competition:
Women's tournament:
Men's tournament:

Men's competition

Men's Marathon
Men's Long Jump
Men's Discus Throw
Men's Shot Put
Men's Hammer Throw
Men's Javelin Throw
Men's Decathlon
Men's 20 km Walk
Men's 50 km Walk
Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
Women's Marathon
Women's Discus Throw
Women's Javelin Throw
Women's Shot Put
Women's Heptathlon

Men's tournament

;Team roster
;Group play
;Quarterfinals
;Semifinals
;Gold medal match

Women's tournament

;Team roster
;Group play
;Semifinals
;Bronze medal match

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight
Men's Flyweight
Men's Bantamweight
Men's Featherweight
Men's Lightweight
Men's Light-Welterweight
Men's Welterweight
Men's Light-Middleweight
Men's Middleweight
Men's Light-Heavyweight
Men's Heavyweight
Men's Super-Heavyweight

Cycling

Eighteen cyclists, fourteen men and four women, represented the Soviet Union in 1988.
;Men's road race
;Men's team time trial
;Men's sprint
;Men's 1 km time trial
;Men's individual pursuit
;Men's team pursuit
;Men's points race
;Women's road race
;Women's sprint
Men's 10m Platform
;Men's show jump team
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1988.
;Men's foil
;Men's team foil
;Men's épée
;Men's team épée
;Men's sabre
;Men's team sabre
;Women's foil
;Women's team foil

Gymnastics

Handball

Hockey

Men's tournament

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1988. Vaho Iagorashvili won a bronze in the individual event.
;Individual
;Team

Rowing

The Soviet Union had 30 male and 23 female rowers participate in all 14 rowing events in 1988.
;Men's competition
; Men's single sculls
; Men's double sculls
; Men's coxless pair
; Men's coxed pair
; Men's quadruple sculls
; Men's coxless four
; Men's coxed four
; Men's eight
;Women's competition
; Women's single sculls
; Women's double sculls
; Women's coxless pair
; Women's quadruple sculls
; Women's coxed four
; Women's eight

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle
Men's 100 m Freestyle
Men's 200 m Freestyle
Men's 400 m Freestyle
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
Men's 100 m Backstroke
Men's 200 m Backstroke
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Men's 100 m Butterfly
Men's 200 m Butterfly
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Women's 50 m Freestyle
Women's 100 m Freestyle
Women's 200 m Freestyle
Women's 400 m Freestyle
Women's 800 m Freestyle
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Women's 100 m Butterfly
Women's 200 m Butterfly
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Three synchronized swimmers represented the Soviet Union in 1988.
;Women's solo
;Women's duet

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition
Women's Singles Competition

Men's tournament

Men's tournament

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

Athlete

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