# Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics

The Soviet Union (USSR) competed, for the last time before its dissolution, at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 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 dominated the medal count, winning 55 gold and 132 total medals. It is the largest Olympic medal tally in history achieved by a non-host nation. Currently, China's and the United States' 48 gold medals in 2008 and 2012 respectively, and the United States' 126 total medals in 2024 are the closest results to the USSR's 1988 performance. The Soviet Union medal tally currently ranks fourth both in terms of gold and total medals, after the United States' 1984 performance, the Soviet Union's 1980 performance, the United States' 1904 performance, and Great Britain's 1908 performance.

## Medalists

The Soviet Union finished first in the medal standings with 55 gold and 132 total medals.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Irina Shilova | Shooting | Women's 10 metre air rifle | 18 September |
| Gold | Nino Salukvadze | Shooting | Women's 25 metre pistol | 19 September |
| Gold | Oksen Mirzoyan | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg | 19 September |
| Gold | Dmytro Monakov | Shooting | Trap | 20 September |
| Gold | Kamandar Madzhidov | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg | 20 September |
| Gold | Aleksandr Kirichenko | Cycling | Men's track time trial | 20 September |
| Gold | Vladimir Artyomov Dmitry Bilozerchev Lado Gogoladze Sergey Kharkov Valery Lyukin Vladimir Novikov | Gymnastics | Men's artistic team all-around | 20 September |
| Gold | Aleksandr Karelin | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg | 21 September |
| Gold | Svetlana Boginskaya Svetlana Baitova Natālija Laščonova Yelena Shevchenko Yelena Shushunova Olga Strazheva | Gymnastics | Women's artistic team all-around | 21 September |
| Gold | Vladimir Artyomov | Gymnastics | Men's artistic individual all-around | 22 September |
| Gold | Levon Julfalakyan | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg | 22 September |
| Gold | Mikhail Mamiashvili | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg | 22 September |
| Gold | Gintautas Umaras | Cycling | Men's individual pursuit | 22 September |
| Gold | Igor Polyansky | Swimming | Men's 200 metre backstroke | 22 September |
| Gold | Afanasijs Kuzmins | Shooting | Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol | 23 September |
| Gold | Yelena Shushunova | Gymnastics | Women's artistic individual all-around | 23 September |
| Gold | Sergey Kharkov | Gymnastics | Men's floor | 24 September |
| Gold | Dmitry Bilozerchev | Gymnastics | Men's pommel horse | 24 September |
| Gold | Dmitry Bilozerchev | Gymnastics | Men's rings | 24 September |
| Gold | Vladimir Artyomov | Gymnastics | Men's parallel bars | 24 September |
| Gold | Vladimir Artyomov | Gymnastics | Men's horizontal bar | 24 September |
| Gold | Valery Lyukin | Gymnastics | Men's horizontal bar | 24 September |
| Gold | Erika Salumäe | Cycling | Women's sprint | 24 September |
| Gold | Artūras Kasputis Dmitry Nelyubin Gintautas Umaras Mindaugas Umaras Viatcheslav Ekimov | Cycling | Men's team pursuit | 24 September |
| Gold | Israil Arsamakov | Weightlifting | Men's 82.5 kg | 19 September |
| Gold | Svetlana Boginskaya | Gymnastics | Women's vault | 25 September |
| Gold | Gennady Avdeyenko | Athletics | Men's high jump | 25 September |
| Gold | Tatyana Samolenko | Athletics | Women's 3000 metres | 25 September |
| Gold | Vladimir Salnikov | Swimming | Men's 1500 metre freestyle | 25 September |
| Gold | Anatoly Khrapaty | Weightlifting | Men's 90 kg | 25 September |
| Gold | Sergey Litvinov | Athletics | Men's hammer throw | 26 September |
| Gold | Olga Bryzgina | Athletics | Women's 400 metres | 26 September |
| Gold | Pavel Kuznetsov | Weightlifting | Men's 100 kg | 26 September |
| Gold | Vladimer Aptsiauri Anvar Ibragimov Boris Koretsky Ilgar Mamedov Aleksandr Romankov | Fencing | Men's team foil | 27 September |
| Gold | Yury Zakharevich | Weightlifting | Men's 110 kg | 27 September |
| Gold | Sergey Bubka | Athletics | Men's pole vault | 28 September |
| Gold | Aleksandr Kurlovich | Weightlifting | Men's +110 kg | 29 September |
| Gold | Makharbek Khadartsev | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 90 kg | 29 September |
| Gold | Soviet Union women's national volleyball team Valentina OgiyenkoYelena VolkovaMarina KumyshIrina SmirnovaTatyana SidorenkoIrina ParkhomchukTatyana KraynovaOlga ShkurnovaMarina NikulinaYelena OvchinnikovaOlga KrivosheyevaSvetlana Korytova | Volleyball | Women's tournament | 29 September |
| Gold | Nicolae Juravschi Victor Reneischi | Canoeing | Men's C-2 500 metres | 30 September |
| Gold | Vyacheslav Ivanenko | Athletics | Men's 50 kilometres walk | 30 September |
| Gold | Soviet Union men's national basketball team Aleksandr VolkovTiit SokkSergey TarakanovŠarūnas MarčiulionisIgors MiglinieksValery TikhonenkoRimas KurtinaitisArvydas SabonisViktor PankrashkinValdemaras ChomičiusAleksandr BelostennyValery Goborov | Basketball | Men's tournament | 30 September |
| Gold | Olga Bondarenko | Athletics | Women's 10,000 metres | 30 September |
| Gold | Marina Lobach | Gymnastics | Women's rhythmic individual all-around | 30 September |
| Gold | Ivans Klementjevs | Canoeing | Men's C-1 1000 metres | 1 October |
| Gold | Nicolae Juravschi Victor Reneischi | Canoeing | Men's C-2 1000 metres | 1 October |
| Gold | Natalya Lisovskaya | Athletics | Women's shot put | 1 October |
| Gold | Viktor Bryzgin Vladimir Krylov Vladimir Muravyov Vitaly Savin | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 metres relay | 1 October |
| Gold | Olga Bryzgina Lyudmila Dzhigalova Tatyana Ledovskaya Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina | Athletics | Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | 1 October |
| Gold | Sergey Beloglazov | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 57 kg | 1 October |
| Gold | Arsen Fadzayev | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 68 kg | 1 October |
| Gold | Davit Gobejishvili | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 130 kg | 1 October |
| Gold | Soviet Union men's national handball team Aleksandr TuchkinAleksandr RymanovAleksandr KarshakevichYury NesterovGeorgi SviridenkoValery GopinAndrey TyumentsevMikhail VasilyevYuri ShevtsovAndrey LavrovVyacheslav AtavinValdemaras NovickisIgor ChumakKonstantin Sharovarov | Handball | Men's tournament | 1 October |
| Gold | Soviet Union Olympic football team Dmitry KharinGela KetashviliIgor SklyarovAleksey CherednikArvydas JanonisYevgeny KuznetsovIgor PonomaryovAleksandr BorodyukIgor DobrovolskyVladimir LyutyYevgeny YarovenkoSergey FokinVladimir TatarchukOleksiy MykhaylychenkoViktor LosevSergey GorlukovichYury SavichevArminas Narbekovas | Football | Men's tournament | 1 October |
| Gold | Vyacheslav Yanovsky | Boxing | Light welterweight | 2 October |
| Silver | Nino Salukvadze | Shooting | Women's 10 metre air pistol | 21 September |
| Silver | Daulet Turlykhanov | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg | 21 September |
| Silver | Israel Militosyan | Weightlifting | Men's 67.5 kg | 21 September |
| Silver | Valery Lyukin | Gymnastics | Men's artistic individual all-around | 22 September |
| Silver | Yuri Bashkatov Oleksiy Boryslavskiy Raimundas Mažuolis Gennady Prigoda Vladimir Tkachenko Nikolay Yevseyev | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | 23 September |
| Silver | Vladimir Artyomov | Gymnastics | Men's floor | 24 September |
| Silver | Valery Lyukin | Gymnastics | Men's parallel bars | 24 September |
| Silver | Igor Lapshin | Athletics | Men's triple jump | 24 September |
| Silver | Nikolay Kovsh | Cycling | Men's sprint | 24 September |
| Silver | Yelena Dendeberova | Swimming | Women's 200 metre individual medley | 24 September |
| Silver | Antonina Dumcheva Inna Frolova Irina Kalimbet Svitlana Maziy | Rowing | Women's quadruple sculls | 25 September |
| Silver | Veniamin But Viktor Diduk Aleksandr Dumchev Pavel Gurkovsky Mykola Komarov Aleksandr Lukyanov Viktor Omelyanovich Vasily Tikhonov Andrey Vasilyev | Rowing | Men's eight | 25 September |
| Silver | Yelena Shushunova | Gymnastics | Women's balance beam | 25 September |
| Silver | Svetlana Boginskaya | Gymnastics | Women's floor | 25 September |
| Silver | Nail Mukhamedyarov | Weightlifting | Men's 90 kg | 25 September |
| Silver | Yury Sedykh | Athletics | Men's hammer throw | 26 September |
| Silver | Tõnu Tõniste Toomas Tõniste | Sailing | Men's 470 | 27 September |
| Silver | Tatyana Ledovskaya | Athletics | Women's 400 metres hurdles | 28 September |
| Silver | Rodion Gataullin | Athletics | Men's pole vault | 28 September |
| Silver | Andrey Alshan Mikhail Burtsev Sergey Koryazhkin Sergey Mindirgasov Georgy Pogosov | Fencing | Men's team sabre | 29 September |
| Silver | Vladimir Shestakov | Judo | Men's 86 kg | 29 September |
| Silver | Stepan Sargsyan | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 62 kg | 29 September |
| Silver | Mykhaylo Slivinsky | Canoeing | Men's C-1 500 metres | 30 September |
| Silver | Viktor Denisov Igor Nagayev | Canoeing | Men's K-2 500 metres | 30 September |
| Silver | Adlan Varayev | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 74 kg | 30 September |
| Silver | Leri Khabelovi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 100 kg | 30 September |
| Silver | Viktor Denisov Sergey Kirsanov Aleksandr Motuzenko Igor Nagayev | Canoeing | Men's K-4 1000 metres | 1 October |
| Silver | Laimutė Baikauskaitė | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres | 1 October |
| Silver | Romas Ubartas | Athletics | Men's discus throw | 1 October |
| Silver | Nurmagomed Shanavazov | Boxing | Light heavyweight | 2 October |
| Silver | Soviet Union men's national volleyball team Yury PanchenkoAndrey KuznetsovVyacheslav ZaytsevIgor RunovVladimir ShkurikhinYevgeny KrasilnikovRaimonds VildeValery LosevYury SapegaAleksandr SorokaletYaroslav AntonovYury Cherednik | Volleyball | Men's tournament | 2 October |
| Bronze | Anna Malukhina | Shooting | Women's 10 metre air rifle | 18 September |
| Bronze | Ihar Basinski | Shooting | Men's 50 metre pistol | 18 September |
| Bronze | Dmitry Volkov | Swimming | Men's 100 metre breaststroke | 19 September |
| Bronze | Vladimir Popov | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg | 20 September |
| Bronze | Marina Dobrancheva | Shooting | Women's 10 metre air pistol | 21 September |
| Bronze | Valentina Cherkasova | Shooting | Women's 50 metre rifle three positions | 21 September |
| Bronze | Aleksandr Romankov | Fencing | Men's foil | 21 September |
| Bronze | Vakhtang Iagorashvili | Modern pentathlon | Men's individual | 22 September |
| Bronze | Dmitry Bilozerchev | Gymnastics | Men's artistic individual all-around | 22 September |
| Bronze | Kirill Ivanov | Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle three positions | 22 September |
| Bronze | Svetlana Boginskaya | Gymnastics | Women's artistic individual all-around | 23 September |
| Bronze | Gennadi Avramenko | Shooting | Men's 50 metre running target | 23 September |
| Bronze | Oleksandr Marchenko Vasily Yakusha | Rowing | Men's double sculls | 24 September |
| Bronze | Aleksandr Kovalenko | Athletics | Men's triple jump | 24 September |
| Bronze | Marat Ganeyev | Cycling | Men's points race | 24 September |
| Bronze | Gennady Prigoda | Swimming | Men's 50 metre freestyle | 24 September |
| Bronze | Igor Polyansky | Swimming | Men's 100 metre backstroke | 24 September |
| Bronze | Andrey Shuvalov | Fencing | Men's épée | 24 September |
| Bronze | Yelena Shushunova | Gymnastics | Women's uneven bars | 25 September |
| Bronze | Rudolf Povarnitsyn | Athletics | Men's high jump | 25 September |
| Bronze | Amiran Totikashvili | Judo | Men's 60 kg | 25 September |
| Bronze | Vadim Yaroshchuk | Swimming | Men's 200 metre individual medley | 25 September |
| Bronze | Valery Lozik Konstantin Petrov Igor Polyansky Gennady Prigoda Dmitry Volkov Vadim Yaroshchuk Nikolay Yevseyev Sergey Zabolotnov | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay | 25 September |
| Bronze | Laima Zilporytė | Cycling | Women's individual road race | 26 September |
| Bronze | Jüri Tamm | Athletics | Men's hammer throw | 26 September |
| Bronze | Olga Nazarova | Athletics | Women's 400 metres | 26 September |
| Bronze | Iryna Chunykhovska Larisa Moskalenko | Sailing | Women's 470 | 27 September |
| Bronze | Giorgi Tenadze | Judo | Men's 71 kg | 27 September |
| Bronze | Grigory Yegorov | Athletics | Men's pole vault | 28 September |
| Bronze | Bashir Varayev | Judo | Men's 78 kg | 28 September |
| Bronze | Soviet Union women's national basketball team Olga YevkovaIrina GerlitsOlesya BarelIrina SumnikovaOlga BuryakinaIrina MinkhAleksandra LeonovaYelena KhudashovaVitalija TuomaitėNataliya ZasulskayaGalina SavitskayaOlga Yakovleva | Basketball | Women's tournament | 28 September |
| Bronze | Galina Chistyakova | Athletics | Women's long jump | 29 September |
| Bronze | Sergey Karamchakov | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 48 kg | 29 September |
| Bronze | Timofey Skryabin | Boxing | Flyweight | 29 September |
| Bronze | Alex Miroshnichenko | Boxing | Super heavyweight | 29 September |
| Bronze | Soviet Union women's national handball team Natalya MitryukLarisa KarlovaSvetlana MankovaZinaida TurchinaOlga SemyonovaMarina BazanovaNatalya MorskovaYevgeniya TovstoganNataliya RusnachenkoYelena NemashkaloTatyana DzhandzhgavaNatalya AnisimovaElina GusevaNatalya LapitskayaTatyana Gorb | Handball | Women's tournament | 29 September |
| Bronze | Pavel Kolobkov Vladimir Reznichenko Andrey Shuvalov Igor Tikhomirov Mikhail Tishko | Fencing | Men's team épée | 30 September |
| Bronze | Tamara Bykova | Athletics | Women's high jump | 30 September |
| Bronze | Yelena Zhupiyeva | Athletics | Women's 10,000 metres | 30 September |
| Bronze | Vladimir Yesheyev | Archery | Men's individual | 30 September |
| Bronze | Volodymyr Tohuzov | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 52 kg | 30 September |
| Bronze | Aleksandra Timoshenko | Gymnastics | Women's rhythmic individual all-around | 30 September |
| Bronze | Tatyana Samolenko | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres | 1 October |
| Bronze | Lyudmila Kondratyeva Galina Malchugina Nataliya Pomoshchnikova Marina Zhirova | Athletics | Women's 4 × 100 metres relay | 1 October |
| Bronze | Soviet Union men's national water polo team Yevgeny SharonovNurlan MendygaliyevYevgeny GrishinAleksandr KolotovSergey NaumovViktor BerendyugaSergey KotenkoDmitry ApanasenkoGiorgi MshvenieradzeMikhail IvanovSerghei MarcociNikolay SmirnovMikheil Giorgadze | Water polo | Men's tournament | 1 October |
| Bronze | Grigory Verichev | Judo | Men's +95 kg | 1 October |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Archery | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athletics | 10 | 6 | 10 | 26 |
| Basketball | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Boxing | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Canoeing | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Cycling | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Fencing | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Football | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 12 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| Handball | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Modern Pentathlon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rowing | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Sailing | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Shooting | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| Swimming | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| Volleyball | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Water Polo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Wrestling | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| Total | 55 | 31 | 46 | 132 |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Athletics | 39 | 44 | 85 |
| Basketball | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Boxing | 12 | – | 12 |
| Canoeing | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| Cycling | 14 | 4 | 18 |
| Diving | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Equestrian | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Fencing | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| Field hockey | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Football | 18 | – | 18 |
| Gymnastics | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| Handball | 14 | 15 | 29 |
| Judo | 7 | – | 7 |
| Modern pentathlon | 3 | – | 3 |
| Rowing | 30 | 23 | 53 |
| Sailing | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| Shooting | 17 | 6 | 23 |
| Swimming | 19 | 8 | 27 |
| Synchronized swimming | – | 3 | 3 |
| Table tennis | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Tennis | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Volleyball | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Water polo | 13 | – | 13 |
| Weightlifting | 9 | – | 9 |
| Wrestling | 20 | – | 20 |
| Total | 321 | 162 | 483 |

## Archery

Women's Individual Competition:
* Lioudmila Arjannikova – final, 4th place
* T. Mountain – final, 8th place
* N. Boutouzova – quarterfinal, 18th place
Men's Individual Competition:
* Vladimir Echeev – final, bronze medal
* K. Chkolny – 1/8 final, 20th place
* Juri Leontiev – preliminary round, 29th place
Women's tournament:
* Arjannikova, Mountain and Boutouzova – final, 4th place
Men's tournament:
* Echeev, Chkolny and Leontiev – final, 5th place

## Athletics
### Men's competition

Men's Marathon
* Ravil Kashapov
   * Final — 2:13.49 (→ 10th place)
Men's long jump
* Leonid Volochine
   * Qualification — 7.89m
   * Final — 7.89m (→ 8th place)
* Robert Emmiyan
   * Qualification — DNF (→ did not advance)
* Vladimir Otchkan
   * Qualification — DNS (→ did not advance)
Men's discus throw
* Romas Ubartas
   * Qualification – 65.58m
   * Final – 67.48m (→ Silver medal)
* Yuriy Dumchev
   * Qualification – 62.08m
   * Final – 66.42m (→ 4th place)
* Vaclavas Kidykas
   * Qualification – 60.88m (→ did not advance)
Men's shot put
* Sergey Smirnov
   * Qualification — 20.48m
   * Final — 20.36m (→ 8th place)
Men's Hammer Throw
* Sergey Litvinov
   * Qualification — 81.24m
   * Final — 84.80m (→ Gold medal)
* Yuriy Sedykh
   * Qualification — 78.48m
   * Final — 83.76m (→ Silver medal)
* Jüri Tamm
   * Qualification — 69.68m
   * Final — 81.16m (→ Bronze medal)
Men's javelin throw
* Viktor Yevsyukov
   * Qualification — 79.26m
   * Final — 82.32m (→ 5th place)
* Vladimir Ovchinnikov
   * Qualification — 80.26m
   * Final — 79.12m (→ 7th place)
Men's decathlon
* Pavel Tarnovetsky — 8167 points (→ 10th place)
   * 100 metres — 11.23s
   * Long Jump — 7.28m
   * Shot Put — 15.25m
   * High Jump — 1.97m
   * 400 metres — 48.60s
   * 110m Hurdles — 14.76s
   * Discus Throw — 48.02m
   * Pole Vault — 5.20m
   * Javelin Throw — 59.48m
   * 1.500 metres — 4:52.24s
Men's 20 km Walk
* Mikhail Shchennikov
   * Final — 1:20:47 (→ 6th place)
* Aleksey Pershin
   * Final — 1:22:32 (→ 14th place)
* Yevgeniy Misyulya
   * Final — 1:24:39 (→ 27th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
* Vyacheslav Ivanenko
   * Final — 3:38:29 (→ Gold medal)
* Aleksandr Potashov
   * Final — 3:41:00 (→ 4th place)
* Vitaliy Popovych
   * Final — 3:59:23 (→ 26th place)

### Women's competition

Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
* Lyudmila Dzhigalova, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina and Olga Bryzgina
   * Heat — 3:27.14
* Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina and Olga Bryzgina
   * Final — 3:15.18 (→ Gold medal)
Women's Marathon
* Tatyana Polovinskaya
   * Final — 2:27.05 (→ 4th place)
* Zoya Ivanova
   * Final — 2:30.25 (→ 9th place)
* Raisa Smekhnova
   * Final — 2:33.19 (→ 16th place)
Women's discus throw
* Ellina Zvereva
   * Qualification – 63.26m
   * Final – 68.94m (→ 5th place)
* Larisa Mikhalchenko
   * Qualification – 64.32m
   * Final – 64.08m (→ 10th place)
* Galina Murasova
   * Qualification – 62.54m
   * Final – NM (→ no ranking)
Women's javelin throw
* Irina Kostyuchenkova
   * Qualification – 63.24m
   * Final – 67.00m (→ 4th place)
* Natalya Yermolovich
   * Qualification – 64.44m
   * Final – 64.84m (→ 6th place)
Women's shot put
* Natalya Lisovskaya
   * Qualification – 19.78m
   * Final – 22.24m (→ Gold medal)
* Natalya Akhrimenko
   * Qualification – 19.40m
   * Final – 20.13m (→ 7th place)
* Valentina Fedjuschina
   * Qualification – 19.06m (→ did not advance)
Women's Heptathlon
* Natalya Shubenkova
   * Final Result — 6540 points (→ 4th place)
* Remigija Sablovskaitė
   * Final Result — 6456 points (→ 5th place)
* Svetlana Buraga
   * Final Result — 6232 points (→ 10th place)

## Basketball
### Men's tournament
#### Team roster

The following is the Soviet Union roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 468 | 384 | +84 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 1 | 460 | 393 | +67 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 429 | 408 | +21 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 5 | 3 | 2 | 382 | 387 | −5 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 5 | 1 | 4 | 346 | 436 | −90 | 6 | 9th–12th classification round |
| 6 | South Korea (H) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 384 | 461 | −77 | 5 | 9th–12th classification round |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Yugoslavia 1–0 Soviet Union
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Puerto Rico
* 18 September 1988
| Soviet Union | 79–92 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 33–39, 46–53 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 20 September 1988
| Australia | 69–91 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 35–53, 34–38 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 21 September 1988
| Puerto Rico | 81–93 (OT) | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 39–37, 37–39 Overtime: 5–17 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 23 September 1988
| South Korea | 73–110 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 38–59, 35–51 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 24 September 1988
| Central African Republic | 78–87 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 31–40, 47–47 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

#### Quarterfinals

* 26 September 1988 19:30
* Boxscore
| Soviet Union | 110–105 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 53–58, 57–47 |||
| Pts: Kurtinaitis 24 Rebs: Sabonis 9 Asts: Sabonis, Tarakanov, Volkov 2 | | Pts: Schmidt 46 Rebs: Israel 11 Asts: Maury 5 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

#### Semifinals

* 28 September 1988 (1988-09-28) 12:00
* Boxscore
| United States | 76–82 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 37–47, 39–35 |||
| Pts: Robinson 19 Rebs: Robinson 12 Asts: Coles 2 | | Pts: Kurtinaitis 28 Rebs: Sabonis 13 Asts: Volkov 5 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

#### Gold medal match

* 30 September 1988 (1988-09-30)
* Boxscore
| Yugoslavia | 63–76 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 28–31, 35–45 |||
| Pts: Petrović 24 Rebs: Divac 7 Asts: Petrović 4 | | Pts: Marčiulionis 21 Rebs: Sabonis 15 Asts: Marčiulionis 6 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

### Women's tournament
#### Team roster

The following is the Soviet Union roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 178 | 196 | −18 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 1 | 208 | 188 | +20 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 217 | 241 | −24 | 4 | Classification round |
| 4 | South Korea (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 244 | 222 | +22 | 4 | Classification round |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Soviet Union
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Bulgaria 1–0 South Korea
* 19 September 1988 11:45
* Boxscore
| Bulgaria | 62–91 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 26–50, 36–41 |||
| Pts: Dermendzhieva, Staneva 17 Rebs: Staneva 6 Asts: Slavcheva 3 | | Pts: Zasulskaya 23 Rebs: Yakovleva, Zasulskaya 10 Asts: Minkh 4 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 22 September 1988 11:45
* Boxscore
| South Korea | 66–69 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 35–33, 31–36 |||
| Pts: Choi 20 Rebs: Sung 14 | | Pts: Savitskaya 18 Rebs: Savitskaya 6 Asts: Sumnikova 2 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 25 September 1988 (1988-09-25) 21:30
* Boxscore
| Australia | 60–48 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 30–30, 30–18 |||
| Pts: Maher 20 Rebs: Maher 8 Asts: Maher 6 | | Pts: Yakovleva 13 Rebs: 4 players 4 Asts: Minkh 2 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

#### Semifinals

* 27 September 1988 (1988-09-27) 11:45
* Boxscore
| United States | 102–88 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 50–39, 52–49 |||
| Pts: Cooper 27 Rebs: McClain 15 Asts: Edwards 6 | | Pts: Zasulskaya 16 Rebs: Tuomaitė 6 Asts: Yakovleva 2 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

#### Bronze medal match

* 28 September 1988 (1988-09-28) 21:30
* Boxscore
| Australia | 53–68 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 21–32, 32–36 |||
| Pts: Maher 22 Rebs: Maher, Timms 3 Asts: Maher 4 | | Pts: Savitskaya 16 Rebs: Yakovleva 7 Asts: Buryakina 2 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

## Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
* Alexander Makhmutov
   * First Round — Bye
   * Second Round — Defeated Carlos Eluaiza (Argentina), 5:0
   * Third Round — Defeated Jesus Beltre (Dominican Republic), 4:1
   * Quarterfinals — Lost to Ivailo Marinov (Bulgaria), 0:5
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
* Timofey Skryabin
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
* Aleksandr Artemyev
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
* Mekhak Ghazaryan
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
* Kostya Tszyu
Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
* Vyacheslav Yanovsky
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
* Vladimir Yereshchenko
Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)
* Yevgeni Zaytsev
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
* Ruslan Taramov
Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
* Nurmagomed Shanavazov
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
* Ramzan Sebiyev
Men's Super-Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)
* Alex Miroshnichenko

## Cycling

Eighteen cyclists, fourteen men and four women, represented the Soviet Union in 1988.

### Men's road race

* Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
* Asiat Saitov
* Riho Suun

### Men's team time trial

* Vasil Zhdanov
* Viktor Klimov
* Asiat Saitov
* Igor Sumnikov

### Men's sprint

* Nikolai Kovsh

### Men's 1 km time trial

* Aleksandr Kirichenko

### Men's individual pursuit

* Gintautas Umaras

### Men's team pursuit

* Viatcheslav Ekimov
* Artūras Kasputis
* Dmitry Nelyubin
* Gintautas Umaras
* Mindaugas Umaras

### Men's points race

* Marat Ganeyev

### Women's road race

* Laima Zilporytė — 2:00:52 (→ Bronze medal)
* Valentina Yevpak — 2:00:52 (→ 5th place)
* Alla Jakovleva — 2:00:52 (→ 34th place)

### Women's sprint

* Erika Salumäe

## Diving

Men's 10m Platform
* Georgy Chogovadze
   * Preliminary Round — 540.90
   * Final — 585.96 (→ 4th place)
* Vladimir Timoshinin
   * Preliminary Round — 570.75
   * Final — 534.66 (→ 8th place)

## Equestrian
### Men's show jump team

* Raimundas Udrakis

## Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1988.

### Men's foil

* Aleksandr Romankov
* Ilgar Mamedov
* Boris Koretsky

### Men's team foil

* Aleksandr Romankov, Ilgar Mamedov, Vladimer Aptsiauri, Anvar Ibragimov, Boris Koretsky

### Men's épée

* Andrey Shuvalov
* Wladimir Reznitschenko
* Mykhailo Tyshko

### Men's team épée

* Andrey Shuvalov, Pavel Kolobkov, Wladimir Reznitschenko, Mykhailo Tyshko, Igor Tikhomirov

### Men's sabre

* Heorhiy Pohosov
* Andrey Alshan
* Sergey Mindirgasov

### Men's team sabre

* Sergey Mindirgasov, Mikhail Burtsev, Heorhiy Pohosov, Andrey Alshan, Sergey Koryashkin

### Women's foil

* Tatyana Sadovskaya
* Yelena Glikina
* Olga Voshchakina

### Women's team foil

* Yelena Glikina, Yelena Grishina, Tatyana Sadovskaya, Marina Soboleva, Olga Voshchakina

## Hockey
### Men's tournament

* Preliminary round (group B)
   * Soviet Union – India 1–0
   * Soviet Union – South Korea 3–1
   * Soviet Union – Canada 0–0
   * Soviet Union – Great Britain 1–3
   * Soviet Union – West Germany 0–6
* Classification Matches
   * 5th–8th place: Soviet Union – Pakistan 0–1
   * 7th–8th place: Soviet Union – Argentina 4–1 (→ 7th place)
* Team roster
   * (01.) Vladimir Pleshakov (gk)
   * (02.) Viktor Deputatov
   * (03.) Igor Yulchiev
   * (04.) Sos Hayrapetyan
   * (05.) Nikolai Sankovetch
   * (06.) Vladimir Antakov (captain)
   * (07.) Vyacheslav Chechenev
   * (08.) Igor Atanov
   * (09.) Sergei Chakhvorostov
   * (10.) Sergei Pleshakov
   * (11.) Mikhail Nechipurenko
   * (12.) Alexander Domachev (gk)
   * (13.) Igor Davydov
   * (14.) Aleksandr Miasnikov
   * (15.) Yevgeni Nechaev
   * (16.) Mikhail Bukatin
* Head coach: Leonid Pavlovsky

## Modern pentathlon

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

### Individual

* Vaho Iagorashvili
* German Yuferov
* Anatoly Avdeyev

### Team

* Vaho Iagorashvili
* German Yuferov
* Anatoly Avdeyev

## Rowing

The Soviet Union had 30 male and 23 female rowers participate in all 14 rowing events in 1988.

### Men's single sculls

* Jüri Jaanson

### Men's double sculls

* Oleksandr Marchenko
* Vasil Yakusha

### Men's coxless pair

* Igor Zuborenko
* Valery Vyrvich

### Men's coxed pair

* Andrey Korikov
* Roman Kazantsev
* Andrey Lipsky (cox)

### Men's quadruple sculls

* Pavel Krupko
* Oleksandr Zaskalko
* Sergey Kinyakin
* Yuriy Zelikovich

### Men's coxless four

* Ivan Vysotskiy
* Sergey Smirnov
* Yuriy Pimenov
* Nikolay Pimenov

### Men's coxed four

* Sigitas Kučinskas
* Jonas Narmontas
* Vladimir Romanishin
* Igor Zotov
* Sergey Titov (cox)

### Men's eight

* Veniamin But
* Mykola Komarov
* Vasily Tikhonov
* Aleksandr Dumchev
* Pavlo Hurkovskiy
* Viktor Diduk
* Viktor Omelyanovich
* Andrey Vasilyev
* Aleksandr Lukyanov (cox)

### Women's single sculls

* Nataliya Kvasha

### Women's double sculls

* Marina Zhukova
* Mariya Omelianovych

### Women's coxless pair

* Sarmīte Stone
* Marina Smorodina

### Women's quadruple sculls

* Irina Kalimbet
* Svitlana Maziy
* Inna Frolova
* Antonina Zelikovich

### Women's coxed four

* Reda Ribinskaitė
* Elena Tereshina
* Irina Teterina
* Marina Suprun
* Valentina Khokhlova (cox)

### Women's eight

* Margarita Teselko
* Marina Znak
* Nadezhda Sugako
* Sandra Brazauskaitė
* Olena Pukhaieva
* Sariya Zakyrova
* Nataliya Fedorenko
* Lidiya Averyanova
* Aušra Gudeliūnaitė (cox)

## Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle
* Gennadiy Prigoda
** Heat – 22.57
** Final – 22.71 (→ Bronze medal)
* Vladimir Tkachenko
** Heat – 22.81
** Final – 22.88 (→ 6th place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
* Gennadiy Prigoda
** Heat – 50.13
** Final – 49.75 (→ 4th place)
* Yuri Bashkatov
** Heat – 50.08
** Final – 50.08 (→ 5th place)
Men's 200 m Freestyle
* Alexei Kouznetsov
** Heat – 1:50.84
** B-Final – 1:51.03 (→ 12th place)
* Yuri Bashkatov
** Heat – 1:52.04 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
* Alexandre Bazanov
** Heat – 3:58.74 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
* Vladimir Salnikov
** Heat – 15:07.83
** Final – 15:00.40 (→ Gold medal)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
* Igor Polyansky
** Heat – 55.04
** Final – 55.20 (→ Bronze medal)
* Serguei Zabolotnov
** Heat – 56.13
** Final – 55.37 (→ 4th place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
* Igor Polyansky
** Heat – 2:01.70
** Final – 1:59.37 (→ Gold medal)
* Serguei Zabolotnov
** Heat – 2:01.27
** Final – 2:00.52 (→ 4th place)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
* Dmitry Volkov
** Heat – 1:02.49
** Final – 1:02.20 (→ Bronze medal)
* Alexei Matveev
** Heat – 1:03.25
** B-Final – 1:03.01 (→ 9th place)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
* Valeri Lozik
** Heat – 2:16.31
** Final – 2:16.16 (→ 5th place)
* Vadim Alexeev
** Heat – 2:17.15
** B-Final – 2:16.70 (→ 6th place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
* Vadim Yaroshchuk
** Heat – 54.17
** Final – 54.60 (→ 8th place)
* Konstantine Petrov
** Heat – 55.84 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Men's 200 m Butterfly
* Vadim Yaroshchuk
** Heat – 2:01.05
** B-Final – 2:00.34 (→ 11th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
* Vadim Yaroshchuk
** Heat – 2:02.77
** Final – 2:02.40 (→ Bronze medal)
* Mikhail Zoubkov
** Heat – 2:03.79
** Final – 2:02.92 (→ 4th place)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
* Mikhail Zoubkov
** Heat – 4:25.30
** B-Final – 4:25.44 (→ 13th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
* Raimundas Mažuolis, Alexei Borislavski, Nikolai Evseev and Vladimir Tkachenko
** Heat – 3:19.89
* Gennadiy Prigoda, Yuri Bashkatov, Nikolai Evseev and Vladimir Tkachenko
** Final – 3:18.33 (→ Silver medal)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
* Serguei Kouriaev, Alexandre Bazanov, Nikolai Evseev and Aleksei Kouznetsov
** Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
* Serguei Zabolotnov, Valeri Lozik, Konstantine Petrov and Nikolai Evseev
** Heat – 3:45.29
* Igor Polyansky, Dmitry Volkov, Vadim Yaroshchuk and Gennadiy Prigoda
** Final – 3:39.96 (→ Bronze medal)
Women's 50 m Freestyle
* Inna Abramova
** Heat – 26.27
** B-Final – 26.48 (→ 14th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
* Natalia Trefilova
** Heat – 56.66
** B-Final – 56.48 (→ 9th place)
* Svetlana Issakova
** Heat – 57.17
** B-Final – 57.07 (→ 15th place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
* Natalia Trefilova
** Heat – 2:00.54
** Final – 1:59.24 (→ 5th place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
* Natalia Trefilova
** Heat – 4:12.20
** Final – 4:13.92 (→ 8th place)
Women's 800 m Freestyle
* Natalia Trefilova
** Heat – 8:43.19 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
* Yelena Volkova
** Heat – 1:09.86
** Final – 1:09.24 (→ 5th place)
* Svetlana Kouzmina
** Heat – 1:10.83
** B-Final – 1:10.42 (→ 9th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
* Yulia Bogatcheva
** Heat – 2:28.94
** Final – 2:28.54 (→ 5th place)
* Svetlana Kouzmina
** Heat – 2:30.93
** B-Final – 2:30.03 (→ 10th place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
* Ana Elizbarashvili
** Heat – 1:16.04
** Final – 1:14.05 (→ Qualified)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
* Svetlana Koptchikova
** Heat – 1:01.65
** B-Final – 1:01.48 (→ 9th place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
* Svetlana Koptchikova
** Heat – 2:15.26
** B-Final – 2:14.43 (→ 12th place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
* Yelena Dendeberova
** Heat – 2:15.30
** Final – 2:13.31 (→ Silver medal)
* Yulia Bogatcheva
** Heat – 2:19.07
** B-Final – 2:19.91 (→ 15th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
* Yelena Dendeberova
** Heat – 4:46.63
** Final – 4:40.44 (→ 4th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
* Inna Abramova, Svetlana Issakova, Yelena Dendeberova and Svetlana Koptchikova
** Heat – 3:46.28
* Yelena Dendeberova, Svetlana Issakova, Natalia Trefilova and Svetlana Koptchikova
** Final – 3:44.99 (→ 5th place)

## Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented the Soviet Union in 1988.

### Women's solo

* Christina Thalassinidou
* Mariya Chernyayeva
* Tatyana Titova

### Women's duet

* Mariya Chernyayeva
* Tatyana Titova

## Tennis

Men's Singles Competition
* Alexander Volkov
** First round — Lost to Carl-Uwe Steeb (West Germany) 5–7 4–6 3–6
Women's Singles Competition
* Larisa Neiland
** First Round – Bye
** Second Round – Defeated Sara Gomer (Great Britain) 6–7 7–6 9–7
** Third Round – Defeated Il-Soon Kim (South Korea) 6–3 7–6
** Quarterfinals – Lost to Steffi Graf (West Germany) 2–6 6–4 3–6
* Leila Meskhi
** First Round – Defeated Regina Rajchrtová (Czechoslovakia) 7–5 7–5
** Second Round – Lost to Steffi Graf (West Germany) 5–7 1–6
* Natasha Zvereva
** First Round – Bye
** Second Round – Defeated Anne Minter (Australia) 6–4 3–6 6–1
** Third Round – Defeated Tine Scheuer-Larsen (Denmark) 6–1 6–2
** Quarterfinals – Lost to Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina) 4–6 3–6

## Volleyball
### Men's tournament

* Preliminary round (group A)
   * Defeated Bulgaria (3–0)
   * Defeated Sweden (3–0)
   * Defeated South Korea (3–0)
   * Defeated Italy (3–1)
   * Lost to Brazil (2–3)
* Semi Finals
   * Defeated Argentina (3–0)
* Final
   * Lost to the United States (1–3) → Silver medal
* Team roster
   * Yuri Panchenko
   * Andrei Kuzentsov
   * Vyatcheslav Zaytsev
   * Igor Runov
   * Vladimir Chkourikhine
   * Yevgueny Krasilnikov
   * Raimond Vilde
   * Valery Lossev
   * Yuri Sapega
   * Oleksandr Sorokalet
   * Yaroslav Antonov
   * Yuri Tcherednik
* Head coach: Guennady Parchine

### Women's tournament

* Preliminary round (group A)
   * Lost to Japan (2–3)
   * Defeated South Korea (3–2)
   * Defeated East Germany (3–0)
* Semi Finals
   * Defeated PR China (3–0)
* Final
   * Defeated Peru (3–2) → Gold medal
* Team roster
   * Valentina Ogienko
   * Yelena Volkova
   * Irina Smirnova-Ilchenko
   * Tatyana Sidorenko
   * Irina Parkhomchuk-Kirillova
   * Olga Shkournova
   * Marina Nikulina
   * Elena Ovtchnikova
   * Olga Krivocheeva
   * Svetlana Korytova
   * Marina Koumych
   * Tatyana Krainova
* Head coach: Nikolai Karpol

## Water polo
### Men's tournament

* Preliminary round (group A)
   * Drew with Italy (9–9)
   * Defeated Australia (11–4)
   * Defeated France (14–8)
   * Defeated South Korea (17–4)
   * Lost to West Germany (8–9)
* Semi Finals
   * Lost to United States (7–8)
* Bronze medal match
   * Defeated West Germany (14–13) → Bronze medal
* Team roster
   * Evgueni Charonov
   * Nourlan Mendygaliev
   * Evgeni Grichine
   * Alexandre Kolotov
   * Sergei Naoumov
   * Victor Berendiouga
   * Serguei Kotenko
   * Dmitri Apanasenko
   * Georgui Mchvenieradze
   * Mikhail Ivanov
   * Serguei Markotch
   * Nikolai Smirnov
   * Mikhail Giorgadze
* Head coach: Boris Popov

## Wrestling
### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round | Fifth round | Sixth round | Seventh round | Final round | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
* Alexander Karelin — Wrestling, Heavyweight

## Medals by republic

In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different republics in one team.
| Rank | Republic | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russian SFSR | 61 | 31 | 49 | 141 |
| 2 | Ukrainian SSR | 19 | 13 | 24 | 56 |
| 3 | Byelorussian SSR | 14 | 3 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Lithuanian SSR | 11 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | Kazakh SSR | 8 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 6 | Georgian SSR | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | Latvian SSR | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Moldavian SSR | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Armenian SSR | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Estonian SSR | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Azerbaijan SSR | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Uzbek SSR | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Kirghiz SSR | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Tajik SSR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 134 | 66 | 103 | 303 |