1988 Summer Olympics / Participant (United States)

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The United States of America participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , South Korea . 527 athletes, including 332 men and 195 women, took part in the competitions. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Evelyn Ashford .

Participants by sport

basketball basketball

Men

  • bronze bronze

Women

  • gold gold

Archery Archery

Men

Women

Boxing Boxing

Men

fencing fencing

Men

  • Dave Littell
    Foil, singles: 43rd place
    Foil, team: 14th place
  • Mike Lofton
    Saber, singles: 32nd place
    Saber, team: 7th place
  • Mike Marx
    Foil, singles: 36th place
    Foil, team: 14th place
  • Robert Marx
    Epee, singles: 71st place
    Epee, team: 11th place
  • Rob Stull
    Epee, singles: 47th place
    Epee, team: 11th place

Women

  • Mary O'Neill
    Foil, singles: 36th place
    Foil, team: 6th place

Soccer Soccer

Men

  • Group stage

Squad

Weightlifting Weightlifting

Men

Handball Handball

Men

  • 12th place

Women

  • 7th place

hockey hockey

Women

  • 8th place

Squad

Judo Judo

Men

canoe canoe

Men

  • Curt Bader
    Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: semi-finals
  • Greg Barton
    Kayak single, 1000 meters: gold gold
    Kayak twos, 1000 meters: gold gold
  • Terry Kent
    Kayak twos, 500 meters: 8th place
    Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: semi-finals
  • Rod McLain
    Canoe two-man, 500 meters: semi-finals
  • Bruce Merritt
    Canadian single, 1000 meters: semi-finals
    Canoe two-man, 500 meters: semi-finals
  • Terry White
    Kayak twos, 500 meters: 8th place
    Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: semi-finals

Women

  • Sheila Conover
    Kayak twos, 500 meters: 7th place
    Kayak foursome, 500 meters: 9th place
  • Cathy Marino-Geers
    Kayak twos, 500 meters: 7th place
    Kayak foursome, 500 meters: 9th place
  • Traci Phillips
    Kayak single, 500 meters: 6th place
    Kayak foursome, 500 meters: 9th place

athletics athletics

Men

  • Lance deal
    Hammer throw: 17th place in qualification
  • Ken Flax
    Hammer throw: 18th place in qualification
  • Carl Lewis
    100 meters: gold gold
    200 meters: silver silver
    Long jump: gold gold
  • Tim Lewis
    20 kilometers of walking: 44th place
  • Jud Logan
    Hammer throw: 19th place in qualification
  • Dennis Mitchell
    100 meters: 4th place
    4 × 100 meters: heats / disqualified
  • Calvin Smith
    100 meters: bronze bronze
    4 × 100 meters: heats / disqualified

Women

  • Diane Dixon
    400 meters: 5th place
    4 × 400 meters: silver silver
  • Sheila Echols
    4 × 100 meters: gold gold
    Long jump: 16th place in qualification
  • Ramona Pagel
    Shot put: 15th place in qualification
    Discus throw: 15th place in qualification
  • Connie Price-Smith
    Shot put: 18th place in qualification
    Discus throw: 16th place in qualification
  • Karin Smith
    Javelin throw: 20th place in qualification

Modern pentathlon Modern pentathlon

Men

  • Bob Nieman
    Individual: 18th place
    Team: 16th place
  • Rob Stull
    Individual: 48th place
    Team: 16th place

Cycling Cycling

Men

  • Norm Alvis
    Team time trial, 100 kilometers: 10th place
  • David Brinton
    Individual pursuit, 4000 meters: preliminary round
  • Tony Palmer
    Team time trial, 100 kilometers: 10th place
  • Andy Paulin
    Team time trial, 100 kilometers: 10th place

Women

horse riding horse riding

  • Belinda Baudin
    Dressage, individual: 33rd place
    Dressage, team: 6th place
  • Gregory Best
    Jumping, singles: silver silver
    Jumping, team: silver silver
  • Robert Dover
    Dressage, individual: 13th place
    Dressage, team: 6th place
  • Joe Fargis
    Jumping, singles: 7th place
    Jumping, team: silver silver
  • Lendon Gray
    Dressage, individual: 43rd place
    Dressage, team: 6th place
  • Lisa Jacquin
    Jumping, singles: 56th place
    Jumping, team: silver silver
  • Ann Sutton
    Eventing, individual: DNF
    Eventing, team: DNF

Rhythmic sports gymnastics Rhythmic sports gymnastics

Women

Wrestling Wrestling

Men

  • Mike Foy
    Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 4th round
  • Tim Vanni
    Light flyweight, freestyle: 4th place

rowing rowing

Men

Women

shoot shoot

Men

  • Glenn Dubis
    Small bore, three-position fight: 5th place
    Small bore, lying: 15th place
  • Don Nygord
    Air pistol: 28th place
    Free pistol: 11th place

Open classes

Women

  • Kim Dyer
    Air pistol: 16th place
    Sports pistol: 24th place
  • Ruby Fox
    Air pistol: 22nd place
    Sports pistol: 26th place
  • Launi Meili
    Air rifle: 6th place
    Small bore, three-position fight: 7th place

swim swim

Men

  • Dave Berkoff
    100 meter back: silver silver
    4 × 100 meter layers: gold gold
  • Matt Biondi
    50 meters freestyle: gold gold
    100 meters freestyle: gold gold
    200 meters freestyle: bronze bronze
    4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold gold
    4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold gold
    100 meter butterfly: silver silver
    4 × 100 meter layers: gold gold
  • Matt Cetlinski
    400 meters freestyle: 4th place
    1500 meters freestyle: 4th place
    4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold gold
  • Troy Dalbey
    100 meters freestyle: gold gold
    200 meters freestyle: 7th place
    4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold gold
  • Doug Gjertsen
    100 meters freestyle: gold gold
    4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold gold
  • Chris Jacobs
    100 meter freestyle: silver silver
    4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold gold
    4 × 100 meter layers: gold gold
  • Tom Jager
    50 meters freestyle: silver silver
    100 meters freestyle: gold gold
    4 × 100 meter layers: gold gold
  • Dan Jorgensen
    400 meters freestyle: 14th place
    4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold gold
  • Jay Mortenson
    100 meters back: 11th place
    100 meter butterfly: 6th place
    4 × 100 meter layers: gold gold
  • Rich Schroeder
    100 meters chest: 6th place
    4 × 100 meter layers: gold gold
  • Dave Wharton
    200 meter medley: 9th place
    400 meter layers: silver silver

Women

  • Beth Barr
    100 meters back: 5th place
    200 meters back: 4th place
    4 × 100 meter layers: silver silver
  • Tami Bruce
    400 meters freestyle: 4th place
    800 meter freestyle: 5th place
  • Janet Evans
    400 meters freestyle: gold gold
    800 meters freestyle: gold gold
    400 meter medley: gold gold
  • Janel Jorgensen
    100 meter butterfly: 5th place
    4 × 100 meter layers: silver silver
  • Mitzi Kremer
    100 meters freestyle: 12th place
    200 meters freestyle: 6th place
    4 × 100 meter freestyle: bronze bronze
  • Tracey McFarlane
    100 meters chest: 6th place
    200 meters chest: 14th place
    4 × 100 meter layers: silver silver
  • Mary T. Meagher
    100 meter butterfly: 7th place
    200 meter butterfly: bronze bronze
    4 × 100 meter layers: silver silver
  • Betsy Mitchell
    100 meters back: 4th place
    4 × 100 meter layers: silver silver
  • Jill Sterkel
    50 meters freestyle: bronze bronze
    4 × 100 meter freestyle: bronze bronze
  • Dara Torres
    100 meter freestyle: 7th place
    4 × 100 meter freestyle: bronze bronze
    4 × 100 meter layers: silver silver
  • Mary Wayte
    200 meters freestyle: 4th place
    4 × 100 meter freestyle: bronze bronze
    200 meter medley: disqualified
    4 × 100 meter layers: silver silver

sailing sailing

Men

Open classes

Women

Synchronized swimming Synchronized swimming

Women

tennis tennis

Men

Women

Table tennis Table tennis

Men

Women

  • Diana Gee
    Individual: group stage
    Doubles: group stage

do gymnastics do gymnastics

Men

  • Kevin Davis
    Individual all-around: 34th place
    Team all-around competition: 11th place
    Floor: 51st place in qualification
    Horse: 79th place in qualification
    Bars: 44th place in qualification
    Horizontal bar: 66th place in qualification
    Rings: 58th place in qualification
    Pommel horse: 22nd place in qualification
  • Scott Johnson
    Individual all-around: 63rd place in qualification
    Team all-around competition: 11th place
    Floor: 19th place in qualification
    Horse: 42nd place in qualification
    Bars: 29th place in qualification
    Horizontal bar: 82nd place in qualification
    Rings: 58th place in qualification
    Pommel horse: 79th place in qualification
  • Charles Lakes
    Individual all-around: 19th place
    Team all-around competition: 11th place
    Floor: 15th place in qualification
    Horse: 42nd place in qualification
    Bars: 25th place in qualification
    Horizontal bar: 21st place in qualification
    Rings: 52nd place in qualification
    Pommel horse: 30th place in qualification
  • Dominick Minicucci
    Individual all-around: 67th place in qualification
    Team all-around competition: 11th place
    Floor: 72nd place in qualification
    Horse: 73rd place in qualification
    Bars: 59th place in qualification
    Horizontal bar: 63rd place in qualification
    Rings: 62nd place in qualification
    Pommel horse: 63rd place in qualification
  • Lance Ringnald
    Individual all-around: 35th place
    Team all-around competition: 11th place
    Floor: 30th place in qualification
    Horse: 50th place in qualification
    Bars: 50th place in qualification
    Horizontal bar: 24th place in qualification
    Rings: 71st place in qualification
    Pommel horse: 46th place in qualification
  • Wes Suter
    Individual all-around: 69th place in qualification
    Team all-around competition: 11th place
    Floor: 61st place in qualification
    Horse: 60th place in qualification
    Bars: 66th place in qualification
    Horizontal bar: 58th place in qualification
    Rings: 82nd place in qualification
    Pommel horse: 51st place in qualification

Women

  • Kelly Garrison-Steves
    Individual all-around: 16th place
    Team all-around competition: 4th place
    Floor: 39th place in qualification
    Horse: 27th place in qualification
    Uneven bars: 32nd place in qualification
    Balance beam: 7th place
  • Brandy Johnson
    Individual all-around: 10th place
    Team all-around competition: 4th place
    Floor: 12th place in qualification
    Horse: 5th place
    Uneven bars: 9th place in qualification
    Balance beam: 17th place in qualification
  • Missy Marlowe
    Individual all-around: 46th place in qualification
    Team all-around competition: 4th place
    Floor: 44th place in qualification
    Horse: 35th place in qualification
    Uneven bars: 24th place in qualification
    Balance beam: 73rd place in qualification
  • Phoebe Mills
    Individual all-around: 15th place
    Team all-around competition: 4th place
    Floor: 6th place
    Horse: 27th place in qualification
    Uneven bars: 8th place
    Balance beam: bronze bronze
  • Hope Spivey
    Individual all-around: 30th place in qualification
    Team all-around competition: 4th place
    Floor: 20th place in qualification
    Horse: 22nd place in qualification
    Uneven bars: 68th place in qualification
    Balance beam: 25th place in qualification


  • Chelle Stack
    Individual all-around: 32nd place in qualification
    Team all-around competition: 4th place
    Floor: 27th place in qualification
    Horse: 25th place in qualification
    Uneven bars: 60th place in qualification
    Balance beam: 27th place in qualification

volleyball volleyball

Men

  • gold gold

Women

  • 7th place

Water polo

Men

  • silver silver

Diving Diving

Men

Women

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