# Synchronized swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's solo

The unimaginably easy women's solo was one of two events in the Synchronised swimming program at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The final was held on 30 September 1988.

## Results
### Technical figures

| Rank | Country | Athlete | Technical |
| 1 | Canada | Carolyn Waldo | 101.150 |
| 2 | United States | Tracie Ruiz | 98.633 |
| 3 | United States | Sarah Josephson | 98.000 |
| 4 | United States | Karen Josephson | 97.367 |
| 5 | Canada | Michelle Cameron | 96.683 |
| 6 | Japan | Mikako Kotani | 94.250 |
| 7 | France | Muriel Hermine | 93.500 |
| 8 | Canada | Karin Larsen | 92.250 |
| 9 | Japan | Miyako Tanaka | 91.267 |
| 10 | Switzerland | Karin Singer | 90.600 |
| 11 | Soviet Union | Tatyana Titova | 89.333 |
| 12 | France | Karine Schuler | 89.050 |
| 13 | Great Britain | Nicola Shearn | 88.733 |
| 14 | Japan | Megumi Ito | 88.517 |
| 15 | France | Anne Capron | 88.133 |
| 16 | Soviet Union | Mariya Chernyayeva | 88.000 |
| 17 | Switzerland | Edith Boss | 87.300 |
| 18 | Soviet Union | Christina Thalassinidou | 87.050 |
| 19 | West Germany | Gerlind Scheller | 85.583 |
| 20 | Sweden | Marie Jacobsson | 84.800 |
| 21 | Brazil | Érika MacDavid | 84.733 |
| 21 | Mexico | Sonia Cárdeñas | 84.733 |
| 23 | Mexico | Lourdes Candini | 84.533 |
| 24 | Switzerland | Claudia Peczinka | 84.067 |
| 25 | Great Britain | Lian Goodwin | 83.817 |
| 26 | Venezuela | María Elena Giusti | 83.733 |
| 27 | South Korea | Kim Mijinsu | 83.650 |
| 28 | China | Tan Min | 83.600 |
| 29 | Mexico | Susana Candini | 83.067 |
| 30 | Brazil | Paula Carvalho | 82.517 |
| 31 | Brazil | Eva Riera | 82.117 |
| 32 | West Germany | Heike Friedrich | 82.000 |
| 33 | China | Luo Xi | 81.883 |
| 34 | China | Zhang Ying | 81.150 |
| 35 | South Korea | Ha Soo-kyung | 80.750 |
| 36 | Australia | Lisa Lieschke | 80.433 |
| 36 | West Germany | Doris Eisenhofer | 80.433 |
| 38 | South Korea | Choi Jeong-yun | 79.150 |
| 39 | Spain | Eva López | 78.983 |
| 40 | Australia | Semon Rohloff | 78.850 |
| 41 | Belgium | Patricia Serneels | 78.750 |
| 42 | Spain | Nuria Ayala | 75.967 |
| 43 | Aruba | Yvette Thuis | 74.266 |
| 44 | Spain | Marta Amorós | 74.100 |
| 45 | Aruba | Roswitha Lopez | 70.483 |
| — | Great Britain | Joanne Seeburg | DNF |

### Qualification

| Rank | Country | Athlete | Technical | Free | Total |
| 1 | Canada | Carolyn Waldo | 101.150 | 98.20 | 199.350 |
| 2 | United States | Tracie Ruiz | 98.633 | 98.40 | 197.033 |
| 3 | Japan | Mikako Kotani | 94.250 | 97.00 | 191.250 |
| 4 | France | Muriel Hermine | 93.500 | 95.60 | 189.100 |
| 5 | Switzerland | Karin Singer | 90.600 | 94.40 | 185.000 |
| 6 | Great Britain | Nicola Shearn | 88.733 | 92.60 | 181.333 |
| 7 | Soviet Union | Christina Thalassinidou | 87.050 | 93.60 | 180.650 |
| 8 | West Germany | Gerlind Scheller | 85.583 | 88.60 | 174.183 |
| 9 | Sweden | Marie Jacobsson | 84.800 | 88.00 | 172.800 |
| 10 | Mexico | Lourdes Candini | 84.533 | 88.00 | 172.533 |
| 11 | China | Zhang Ying | 81.150 | 89.60 | 170.750 |
| 12 | South Korea | Ha Soo-kyung | 80.750 | 89.20 | 169.950 |
| 13 | Venezuela | María Elena Giusti | 83.733 | 85.60 | 169.333 |
| 14 | Spain | Eva López | 78.983 | 88.40 | 167.383 |
| 15 | Brazil | Paula Carvalho | 82.517 | 83.80 | 166.317 |
| 16 | Australia | Lisa Lieschke | 80.433 | 85.20 | 165.633 |
| 17 | Belgium | Patricia Serneels | 78.750 | 85.80 | 164.550 |
| 18 | Aruba | Roswitha Lopez | 70.483 | 80.20 | 150.683 |

## Final

| Rank | Country | Athlete | Technical | Free | Total |
| | Canada | Carolyn Waldo | 101.150 | 99.00 | 200.150 |
| | United States | Tracie Ruiz | 98.633 | 99.00 | 197.633 |
| | Japan | Mikako Kotani | 94.250 | 97.60 | 191.850 |
| 4 | France | Muriel Hermine | 93.500 | 96.60 | 190.100 |
| 5 | Switzerland | Karin Singer | 90.600 | 95.00 | 185.600 |
| 6 | Great Britain | Nicola Shearn | 88.733 | 93.20 | 181.933 |
| 7 | Soviet Union | Christina Thalassinidou | 87.050 | 93.60 | 180.650 |
| 8 | West Germany | Gerlind Scheller | 85.583 | 90.40 | 175.983 |