# List of 1988 Summer Olympics medal winners

The 1988 Summer Olympics were held in Seoul, South Korea from September 17 to October 2.

## Archery

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's individual details | Jay Barrs United States | Park Sung-soo South Korea | Vladimir Yesheyev Soviet Union |
| Men's team details | South Korea (KOR) Chun In-Soo Lee Han-Sup Park Sung-soo | United States (USA) Jay Barrs Richard McKinney Darrell Pace | Great Britain (GBR) Steven Hallard Richard Priestman Leroy Watson |
| Women's individual details | Kim Soo-nyung South Korea | Wang Hee-kyung South Korea | Yun Young-sook South Korea |
| Women's team details | South Korea (KOR) Kim Soo-nyung Wang Hee-kyung Yun Young-sook | Indonesia (INA) Lilies Handayani Nurfitriyana Saiman Kusuma Wardhani | United States (USA) Deborah Ochs Denise Parker Melanie Skillman |

## Athletics
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres$^†$ details | Carl Lewis United States | 9.92 (WR) | Linford Christie Great Britain | 9.97 (ER) | Calvin Smith United States | 9.99 |
| 200 metres details | Joe DeLoach United States | 19.75 | Carl Lewis United States | 19.79 | Robson da Silva Brazil | 20.04 |
| 400 metres details | Steve Lewis United States | 43.87 | Butch Reynolds United States | 43.93 | Danny Everett United States | 44.09 |
| 800 metres details | Paul Ereng Kenya | 1:43.45 | Joaquim Cruz Brazil | 1:43.90 | Saïd Aouita Morocco | 1:44.06 |
| 1500 metres details | Peter Rono Kenya | 3:35.96 | Peter Elliott Great Britain | 3:36.15 | Jens-Peter Herold East Germany | 3:36.21 |
| 5000 metres details | John Ngugi Kenya | 13:11.70 | Dieter Baumann West Germany | 13:15.52 | Hansjörg Kunze East Germany | 13:15.73 |
| 10,000 metres details | Brahim Boutayeb Morocco | 27:21.44 (OR) | Salvatore Antibo Italy | 27:23.55 | Kipkemboy Kimeli Kenya | 27:25.16 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Roger Kingdom United States | 12.98 | Colin Jackson Great Britain | 13.28 | Tonie Campbell United States | 13.38 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Andre Phillips United States | 47.19 | Amadou Dia Ba Senegal | 47.23 (NR) | Edwin Moses United States | 47.56 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Julius Kariuki Kenya | 8:05.51 (OR) | Peter Koech Kenya | 8:06.79 | Mark Rowland Great Britain | 8:07.96 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Bryzhin Vladimir Krylov Vladimir Muravyov Vitaliy Savin | 38.19 | Great Britain (GBR) Elliot Bunney John Regis Linford Christie Mike McFarlane Clarence Callender* | 38.28 | France (FRA) Bruno Marie-Rose Daniel Sangouma Gilles Quenehervé Max Morinière | 38.40 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States (USA) Danny Everett Steve Lewis Kevin Robinzine Butch Reynolds Antonio McKay* Andrew Valmon* | 2:56.16 | Jamaica (JAM) Howard Davis Devon Morris Winthrop Graham Bert Cameron Trevor Graham* Howard Burnett* | 3:00.30 | West Germany (FRG) Norbert Dobeleit Edgar Itt Jörg Vaihinger Ralf Lübke Mark Henrich* Bodo Kuhn* | 3:00.56 |
| Marathon details | Gelindo Bordin Italy | 2:10:32 | Douglas Wakiihuri Kenya | 2:10:47 | Hussein Ahmed Salah Djibouti | 2:10:59 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Jozef Pribilinec Czechoslovakia | 1:19:57 | Ronald Weigel East Germany | 1:20:00 | Maurizio Damilano Italy | 1:20:14 |
| 50 kilometres walk details | Vyacheslav Ivanenko Soviet Union | 3:38:29 (OR) | Ronald Weigel East Germany | 3:38:56 | Hartwig Gauder East Germany | 3:39:45 |
| Long jump details | Carl Lewis United States | 8.72 m | Mike Powell United States | 8.49 m | Larry Myricks United States | 8.27 m |
| Triple jump details | Khristo Markov Bulgaria | 17.61 m | Igor Lapshin Soviet Union | 17.52 m | Aleksandr Kovalenko Soviet Union | 17.42 m |
| High jump details | Hennadiy Avdyeyenko Soviet Union | 2.38 m | Hollis Conway United States | 2.36 m | Rudolf Povarnitsyn Soviet Union | 2.36 m |
| High jump details | Hennadiy Avdyeyenko Soviet Union | 2.38 m | Hollis Conway United States | 2.36 m | Patrik Sjöberg Sweden | 2.36 m |
| Pole vault details | Sergei Bubka Soviet Union | 5.90 m | Radion Gataullin Soviet Union | 5.85 m | Grigoriy Yegorov Soviet Union | 5.80 m |
| Shot put details | Ulf Timmermann East Germany | 22.47 m (OR) | Randy Barnes United States | 22.39 m | Werner Günthör Switzerland | 21.99 m |
| Discus throw details | Jürgen Schult East Germany | 68.82 m | Romas Ubartas Soviet Union | 67.48 m | Rolf Danneberg West Germany | 67.38 m |
| Hammer throw details | Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union | 84.80 m (OR) | Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union | 83.76 m | Jüri Tamm Soviet Union | 81.16 m |
| Javelin throw details | Tapio Korjus Finland | 84.28 m | Jan Železný Czechoslovakia | 84.12 m | Seppo Räty Finland | 83.26 m |
| Decathlon details | Christian Schenk East Germany | 8488 | Torsten Voss East Germany | 8399 | Dave Steen Canada | 8328 |
* $^†$ = Ben Johnson led the 100 metres at 9.79sec but was disqualified for doping.

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Florence Griffith Joyner United States | 10.54 (OR) | Evelyn Ashford United States | 10.83 | Heike Drechsler East Germany | 10.85 |
| 200 metres details | Florence Griffith Joyner United States | 21.34 (WR) | Grace Jackson Jamaica | 21.72 | Heike Drechsler East Germany | 21.95 |
| 400 metres details | Olga Bryzgina Soviet Union | 48.65 | Petra Müller East Germany | 49.45 | Olga Nazarova Soviet Union | 49.90 |
| 800 metres details | Sigrun Wodars East Germany | 1:56.10 | Christine Wachtel East Germany | 1:56.64 | Kim Gallagher United States | 1:56.91 |
| 1500 metres details | Paula Ivan Romania | 3:53.96 (OR) | Laimutė Baikauskaitė Soviet Union | 4:00.24 | Tetyana Samolenko Soviet Union | 4:00.30 |
| 3000 metres details | Tetyana Samolenko Soviet Union | 8:26.53 | Paula Ivan Romania | 8:27.15 | Yvonne Murray Great Britain | 8:29.02 |
| 10,000 metres details | Olga Bondarenko Soviet Union | 31:05.21 | Liz McColgan Great Britain | 31:08.44 | Yelena Zhupiyeva Soviet Union | 31:19.82 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Yordanka Donkova Bulgaria | 12.38 (OR) | Gloria Siebert East Germany | 12.61 | Claudia Zackiewicz West Germany | 12.75 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Debbie Flintoff-King Australia | 53.17 | Tatyana Ledovskaya Soviet Union | 53.18 | Ellen Fiedler East Germany | 53.63 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States (USA) Alice Brown Sheila Echols Florence Griffith Joyner Evelyn Ashford Dannette Young* | 41.98 | East Germany (GDR) Silke Gladisch-Möller Kerstin Behrendt Ingrid Lange Marlies Oelsner-Gohr | 42.09 | Soviet Union (URS) Lyudmila Kondratyeva Galina Malchugina Marina Zhirova Natalya Pomoshchnikova Maia Azarashvili* | 42.75 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Soviet Union (URS) Tatyana Ledovskaya Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina Olha Bryzhina Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova* | 3:15.17 (WR) | United States (USA) Denean Howard Diane Dixon Valerie Brisco-Hooks Florence Griffith Joyner Sherri Howard* Lillie Leatherwood* | 3:15.51 | East Germany (GDR) Dagmar Neubauer Kirsten Emmelmann Sabine Busch Petra Muller Grit Breuer* | 3:18.29 |
| Marathon details | Rosa Mota Portugal | 2:25:40 | Lisa Martin-Ondieki Australia | 2:25:53 | Katrin Dörre East Germany | 2:26:21 |
| Long jump details | Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States | 7.40 m (OR) | Heike Drechsler East Germany | 7.22 m | Galina Chistyakova Soviet Union | 7.11 m |
| High jump details | Louise Ritter United States | 2.03 m | Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria | 2.01 m | Tamara Bykova Soviet Union | 1.99 m |
| Shot put details | Natalya Lisovskaya Soviet Union | 22.24 m | Kathrin Neimke East Germany | 21.07 m | Li Meisu China | 21.06 m |
| Discus throw details | Martina Hellmann East Germany | 72.30 m (OR) | Diana Gansky East Germany | 71.88 m | Tsvetanka Khristova Bulgaria | 69.74 m |
| Javelin throw details | Petra Felke East Germany | 74.68 m (OR) | Fatima Whitbread Great Britain | 70.32 m | Beate Koch East Germany | 67.30 m |
| Heptathlon details | Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States | 7291 (WR) | Sabine John East Germany | 6897 | Anke Behmer East Germany | 6858 |
* * = Athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals.

## Basketball

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's | Soviet Union (URS) Aleksandr Volkov Tiit Sokk Sergei Tarakanov Šarūnas Marčiulionis Igors Miglinieks Valeri Tikhonenko Rimas Kurtinaitis Arvydas Sabonis Viktor Pankrashkin Valdemaras Chomičius Aleksandr Belostennyi Valeri Goborov | Yugoslavia (YUG) Dražen Petrović Zdravko Radulović Zoran Čutura Toni Kukoč Žarko Paspalj Željko Obradović Jure Zdovc Stojko Vranković Vlade Divac Franjo Arapović Dino Rađa Danko Cvjetićanin | United States (USA) Mitch Richmond Charles Smith IV Bimbo Coles Hersey Hawkins Jeff Grayer Charles D. Smith Willie Anderson Stacey Augmon Dan Majerle Danny Manning J. R. Reid David Robinson |
| Women's | United States (USA) Teresa Edwards Kamie Ethridge Cynthia Brown Anne Donovan Teresa Weatherspoon Bridgette Gordon Victoria Bullett Andrea Lloyd Katrina McClain Jennifer Gillom Cynthia Cooper Suzanne McConnell | Yugoslavia (YUG) Stojna Vangelovska Mara Lakić Žana Lelas Eleonora Wild Kornelija Kvesić Danira Nakić Slađana Golić Polona Dornik Razija Mujanović Vesna Bajkuša Anđelija Arbutina Bojana Milošević | Soviet Union (URS) Olga Yevkova Irina Gerlits Olesya Barel Irina Sumnikova Olga Buryakina Olga Yakovleva Irina Minkh Aleksandra Leonova Yelena Khudashova Vitalija Tuomaitė Natalya Zasulskaya Galina Savitskaya |

## Boxing

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) details | Ivailo Marinov Bulgaria | Michael Carbajal United States | Leopoldo Serantes Philippines |
| Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) details | Ivailo Marinov Bulgaria | Michael Carbajal United States | Róbert Isaszegi Hungary |
| Flyweight (– 51 kg) details | Kim Kwang-sun South Korea | Andreas Tews East Germany | Mario González Mexico |
| Flyweight (– 51 kg) details | Kim Kwang-sun South Korea | Andreas Tews East Germany | Timofey Skryabin Soviet Union |
| Bantamweight (– 54 kg) details | Kennedy McKinney United States | Aleksandar Khristov Bulgaria | Jorge Julio Rocha Colombia |
| Bantamweight (– 54 kg) details | Kennedy McKinney United States | Aleksandar Khristov Bulgaria | Phajol Moolsan Thailand |
| Featherweight (– 57 kg) details | Giovanni Parisi Italy | Daniel Dumitrescu Romania | Lee Jae-hyuk South Korea |
| Featherweight (– 57 kg) details | Giovanni Parisi Italy | Daniel Dumitrescu Romania | Abdelhak Achik Morocco |
| Lightweight (– 60 kg) details | Andreas Zülow East Germany | George Cramne Sweden | Nergüin Enkhbat Mongolia |
| Lightweight (– 60 kg) details | Andreas Zülow East Germany | George Cramne Sweden | Romallis Ellis United States |
| Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg) details | Vyacheslav Yanovski Soviet Union | Grahame Cheney Australia | Lars Myrberg Sweden |
| Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg) details | Vyacheslav Yanovski Soviet Union | Grahame Cheney Australia | Reiner Gies West Germany |
| Welterweight (– 67 kg) details | Robert Wangila Kenya | Laurent Boudouani France | Jan Dydak Poland |
| Welterweight (– 67 kg) details | Robert Wangila Kenya | Laurent Boudouani France | Kenneth Gould United States |
| Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) details | Park Si-hun South Korea | Roy Jones Jr. United States | Raymond Downey Canada |
| Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) details | Park Si-hun South Korea | Roy Jones Jr. United States | Richard Woodhall Great Britain |
| Middleweight (– 75 kg) details | Henry Maske East Germany | Egerton Marcus Canada | Chris Sande Kenya |
| Middleweight (– 75 kg) details | Henry Maske East Germany | Egerton Marcus Canada | Hussain Shah Pakistan |
| Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) details | Andrew Maynard United States | Nurmagomed Shanavazov Soviet Union | Damir Škaro Yugoslavia |
| Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) details | Andrew Maynard United States | Nurmagomed Shanavazov Soviet Union | Henryk Petrich Poland |
| Heavyweight (– 91 kg) details | Ray Mercer United States | Baik Hyun-man South Korea | Andrzej Golota Poland |
| Heavyweight (– 91 kg) details | Ray Mercer United States | Baik Hyun-man South Korea | Arnold Vanderlyde Netherlands |
| Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) details | Lennox Lewis Canada | Riddick Bowe United States | Aleksandr Miroshnichenko Soviet Union |
| Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) details | Lennox Lewis Canada | Riddick Bowe United States | Janusz Zarenkiewicz Poland |

## Canoeing
### Men's events

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 500 metres details | Olaf Heukrodt East Germany | Michał Śliwiński Soviet Union | Martin Marinov Bulgaria |
| C-1 1000 metres details | Ivans Klementyev Soviet Union | Jörg Schmidt East Germany | Nikolay Bukhalov Bulgaria |
| C-2 500 metres details | Viktor Reneysky and Nicolae Juravschi Soviet Union | Marek Dopierała and Marek Łbik Poland | Philippe Renaud and Joël Bettin France |
| C-2 1000 metres details | Viktor Reneysky and Nicolae Juravschi Soviet Union | Olaf Heukrodt and Ingo Spelly East Germany | Marek Dopierała and Marek Łbik Poland |
| K-1 500 metres details | Zsolt Gyulay Hungary | Andreas Stähle East Germany | Paul MacDonald New Zealand |
| K-1 1000 metres details | Greg Barton United States | Grant Davies Australia | André Wohllebe East Germany |
| K-2 500 metres details | Ian Ferguson and Paul MacDonald New Zealand | Igor Nagayev and Viktor Denisov Soviet Union | Attila Ábrahám and Ferenc Csipes Hungary |
| K-2 1000 metres details | Greg Barton and Norman Bellingham United States | Ian Ferguson and Paul MacDonald New Zealand | Peter Foster and Kelvin Graham Australia |
| K-4 1000 metres details | Hungary (HUN) Zsolt Gyulay Ferenc Csipes Sándor Hódosi Attila Ábrahám | Soviet Union (URS) Aleksandr Motuzenko Sergey Kirsanov Igor Nagaev Viktor Denisov | East Germany (GDR) Kay Bluhm André Wohllebe Andreas Stähle Hans-Jörg Bliesener |

### Women's events

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 metres details | Vanja Gesheva Bulgaria | Birgit Schmidt East Germany | Izabela Dylewska Poland |
| K-2 500 metres details | Birgit Schmidt and Anke Nothnagel East Germany | Vanja Gesheva and Diana Paliiska Bulgaria | Annemiek Derckx and Annemarie Cox Netherlands |
| K-4 500 metres details | East Germany (GDR) Birgit Schmidt Anke Nothnagel Ramona Portwich Heike Singer | Hungary (HUN) Erika Géczi Erika Mészáros Éva Rakusz Rita Kőbán | Bulgaria (BUL) Vanja Gesheva Diana Paliiska Ogniana Petkova Borislava Ivanova |

## Cycling
### Men's

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| road race details | Olaf Ludwig East Germany | Bernd Gröne West Germany | Christian Henn West Germany |
| team time trial details | East Germany (GDR) Jan Schur Uwe Ampler Mario Kummer Maik Landsmann | Poland (POL) Andrzej Sypytkowski Joachim Halupczok Zenon Jaskuła Marek Leśniewski | Sweden (SWE) Michel Lafis Anders Jarl Björn Johansson Jan Karlsson |
| points race details | Dan Frost Denmark | Leo Peelen Netherlands | Marat Ganeyev Soviet Union |
| individual pursuit details | Gintautas Umaras Soviet Union | Dean Woods Australia | Bernd Dittert East Germany |
| team pursuit details | Soviet Union (URS) Viatcheslav Ekimov Artūras Kasputis Dmitry Nelyubin Gintautas Umaras | East Germany (GDR) Carsten Wolf Steffen Blochwitz Roland Hennig Dirk Meier | Australia (AUS) Scott McGrory Dean Woods Brett Dutton Wayne McCarney Stephen McGlede |
| sprint details | Lutz Heßlich East Germany | Nikolay Kovsh Soviet Union | Gary Neiwand Australia |
| 1 km time trial details | Aleksandr Kirichenko Soviet Union | Martin Vinnicombe Australia | Robert Lechner West Germany |

### Women's

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| road race details | Monique Knol Netherlands | Jutta Niehaus West Germany | Laima Zilporite Soviet Union |
| sprint details | Erika Salumäe Soviet Union | Christa Luding-Rothenburger East Germany | Connie Young United States |

## Diving
### Men

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard details | Greg Louganis United States | Tan Liangde China | Li Deliang China |
| 10 m platform details | Greg Louganis United States | Xiong Ni China | Jesús Mena Mexico |

### Women

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard details | Gao Min China | Li Qing China | Kelly McCormick United States |
| 10 m platform details | Xu Yanmei China | Michele Mitchell United States | Wendy Williams United States |

## Equestrian

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Dressage individual details | Nicole Uphoff and Rembrandt (FRG) | Margit Otto-Crépin and Corlandus (FRA) | Christine Stückelberger and Gauguin de Lully CH (SUI) |
| Dressage team details | West Germany (FRG) Reiner Klimke and Ahlerich 2 Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff and Courage 10 Monica Theodorescu and Ganimedes Nicole Uphoff and Rembrandt | Switzerland (SUI) Otto Josef Hofer and Andiamo Christine Stückelberger and Gauguin de Lully CH Daniel Ramseier and Random Samuel Schetzmann and Rochus | Canada (CAN) Cynthia Neale-Ishoy and Dynasty Eva Maria Pracht and Emirage Gina Smith and Malte Ashley Nicoll and Reipo |
| Eventing individual details | Mark Todd and Charisma (NZL) | Ian Stark and Sir Wattie (GBR) | Virginia Leng and Master Craftsman (GBR) |
| Eventing team details | West Germany (FRG) Claus Erhorn and Justyn Thyme Matthias Andreas Baumann and Shamrock 11 Thies Kaspareit and Sherry 42 Ralf Ehrenbrink and Uncle Todd | Great Britain (GBR) Captain Mark Phillips and Cartier Karen Straker and Get Smart Virginia Leng and Master Craftsman Ian Stark and Sir Wattie | New Zealand (NZL) Mark Todd and Charisma Margaret Knighton and Enterprise Andrew Bennie and Grayshott Tinks Pottinger and Volunteer |
| Jumping individual details | Pierre Durand Jr. and Jappeloup (FRA) | Greg Best and Gem Twist (USA) | Karsten Huck and Nepomuk 8 (FRG) |
| Jumping team details | West Germany (FRG) Ludger Beerbaum and The Freak Wolfgang Brinkmann and Pedro Dirk Hafemeister and Orchidee 76 Franke Sloothaak and Walzerkonig 19 | United States (USA) Greg Best and Gem Twist Lisa Ann Jacquin and For the Moment Anne Kursinski and Starman Joseph Fargis and Mill Pearl | France (FRA) Hubert Bourdy and Morgat Frédéric Cottier and Flambeau C Michel Robert and La Fayette Pierre Durand Jr. and Jappeloup |

## Fencing
### Men

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual épée details | Arnd Schmitt West Germany | Philippe Riboud France | Andrey Shuvalov Soviet Union |
| Team épée details | France (FRA) Frederic Delpla Jean-Michel Henry Olivier Lenglet Philippe Riboud Éric Srecki | West Germany (FRG) Elmar Borrmann Volker Fischer Thomas Gerull Alexander Pusch Arnd Schmitt | Soviet Union (URS) Andrey Shuvalov Pavel Kolobkov Vladimir Reznichenko Mikhail Tishko Igor Tikhomirov |
| Individual foil details | Stefano Cerioni Italy | Udo Wagner East Germany | Alexandr Romankov Soviet Union |
| Team foil details | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimer Aptsiauri Anvar Ibragimov Boris Koretsky Ilgar Mamedov Aleksander Romankov | West Germany (FRG) Matthias Behr Thomas Endres Matthias Gey Ulrich Schreck Thorsten Weidner | Hungary (HUN) István Busa Zsolt Érsek Róbert Gátai Pál Szekeres István Szelei |
| Individual sabre details | Jean-François Lamour France | Janusz Olech Poland | Giovanni Scalzo Italy |
| Team sabre details | Hungary (HUN) Imre Bujdosó László Csongrádi Imre Gedővári György Nébald Bence Szabó | Soviet Union (URS) Andrey Alshan Mikhail Burtsev Sergey Koryashkin Sergey Mindirgasov Heorhiy Pohosov | Italy (ITA) Massimo Cavaliere Gianfranco Dalla Barba Marco Marin Ferdinando Meglio Giovanni Scalzo |

### Women

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual foil details | Anja Fichtel West Germany | Sabine Bau West Germany | Zita Funkenhauser West Germany |
| Team foil details | West Germany (FRG) Sabine Bau Anja Fichtel Zita Funkenhauser Anette Klug Christiane Weber | Italy (ITA) Francesca Bortolozzi Borella Annapia Gandolfi Lucia Traversa Dorina Vaccaroni Margherita Zalaffi | Hungary (HUN) Zsuzsa Jánosi Edit Kovács Gertrúd Stefanek Zsuzsanna Szőcs Katalin Tuschák |

## Field hockey

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's | Great BritainPaul Barber Stephen Batchelor Kulbir Bhaura Robert Clift Richard Dodds David Faulkner Russell Garcia Martyn Grimley Sean Kerly Jimmy Kirkwood Richard Leman Stephen Martin Veryan Pappin Jon Potter Imran Sherwani Ian Taylor | West GermanyStefan Blöcher Dirk Brinkmann Thomas Brinkmann Heiner Dopp Hans-Henning Fastrich Carsten Fischer Tobias Frank Volker Fried Horst-Ulrich Hänel Michael Hilgers Andreas Keller Michael Metz Andreas Mollandin Thomas Reck Christian Schliemann Ekkhard Schmidt-Opper | NetherlandsMarc Benninga Floris Jan Bovelander Jan Bart Bodenhausen Jacques Brinkman Maurits Crucq Marc Delissen Cees Jan Diepeveen Patrick Faber Ronald Jansen René Klaassen Hendrik Kooijman Hidde Kruize Frank Leistra Erik Parlevliet Gert Schlatmann Tim Steens Taco van den Honert |
| Women's | AustraliaTracey Belbin Deborah Bowman Lee Capes Michelle Capes Sally Carbon Elspeth Clement Loretta Dorman Maree Fish Rechelle Hawkes Lorraine Hillas Kathleen Partridge Sharon Patmore Jackie Pereira Sandra Pisani Kim Small Liane Tooth | South KoreaChang Eun-Jung Cho Ki-Hyang Choi Choon-Ok Chung Eun-Kyung Chung Sang-Hyun Han Gum Shil Han Ok-Kyung Hwang Keum-Sook Jin Won-Sim Kim Mi-Sun Kim Soon-Duk Kim Young-sook Lim Kye-Sook Park Soon-Ja Seo Hyo-Sun Seo Kwang-Mi | NetherlandsWillemien Aardenburg Carina Benninga Marjolein Eijsvogel Yvonne Buter Det de Beus Annemieke Fokke Noor Holsboer Helen van der Ben Lisanne Lejeune Anneloes Nieuwenhuizen Martine Ohr Marieke van Doorn Aletta van Manen Sophie von Weiler Laurien Willemse Ingrid Wolff |

## Football

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's | Soviet Union (URS) Aleksandr Borodyuk Oleksiy Cherednyk Igor Dobrovolski Sergei Fokin Sergei Gorlukovich Arvydas Janonis Gela Ketashvili Dmitry Kharin Yevgeni Kuznetsov Viktor Losev Volodymyr Lyuty Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko Arminas Narbekovas Igor Ponomarev Yury Savichev Igor Sklyarov Vladimir Tatarchuk Yevgeny YarovenkoAlexei Prudnikov Vadym Tyshchenko | Brazil (BRA) Ademir Aloísio Andrade Batista Bebeto Careca André Cruz Edmar Geovani João Paulo Jorginho Milton Neto Romário Cláudio Taffarel Luiz Carlos WinckRicardo Gomes Mazinho Valdo Filho Zé Carlos | West Germany (FRG) Rudi Bommer Holger Fach Wolfgang Funkel Armin Görtz Roland Grahammer Thomas Häßler Thomas Hörster Olaf Janßen Uwe Kamps Gerhard Kleppinger Jürgen Klinsmann Frank Mill Karl-Heinz Riedle Christian Schreier Michael Schulz Ralf Sievers Fritz Walter Wolfram WuttkeOliver Reck Gunnar Sauer |
Note: The players above the line played at least one game in this tournament, the players below the line were only squad members. Nevertheless, the International Olympic Committee medal database credits them all as medalists.

## Gymnastics
### Men's

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team all-around details | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Artemov Dmitri Bilozertchev Vladimir Gogoladze Sergei Kharkov Valeri Liukin Vladimir Nouvikov | East Germany (GDR) Holger Behrendt Ralf Büchner Ulf Hoffmann Sylvio Kroll Sven Tippelt Andreas Wecker | Japan (JPN) Yukio Iketani Hiroyuki Konishi Koichi Mizushima Daisuke Nishikawa Toshiharu Sato Takahiro Yameda |
| Individual all-around details | Vladimir Artemov Soviet Union | Valeri Liukin Soviet Union | Dmitry Bilozerchev Soviet Union |
| Floor exercise details | Sergei Kharkov Soviet Union | Vladimir Artemov Soviet Union | Lou Yun China |
| Floor exercise details | Sergei Kharkov Soviet Union | Vladimir Artemov Soviet Union | Yukio Iketani Japan |
| Horizontal bar details | Vladimir Artemov Soviet Union | none awarded | Holger Behrendt East Germany |
| Horizontal bar details | Valeri Liukin Soviet Union | none awarded | Marius Gherman Romania |
| Parallel bars details | Vladimir Artemov Soviet Union | Valeri Liukin Soviet Union | Sven Tippelt East Germany |
| Pommel horse details | Lyubomir Gueraskov Bulgaria | none awarded | none awarded |
| Pommel horse details | Zsolt Borkai Hungary | none awarded | none awarded |
| Pommel horse details | Dmitri Bilozertchev Soviet Union | none awarded | none awarded |
| Rings details | Holger Behrendt East Germany | none awarded | Sven Tippelt East Germany |
| Rings details | Dimitri Bilozertchev Soviet Union | none awarded | Sven Tippelt East Germany |
| Vault details | Lou Yun China | Sylvio Kroll East Germany | Park Jong-Hoon South Korea |

### Women's

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team all-around details | Soviet Union (URS) Svetlana Baitova Svetlana Boginskaya Natalia Laschenova Elena Shevchenko Elena Shushunova Olga Strazheva | Romania (ROU) Aurelia Dobre Eugenia Golea Celestina Popa Gabriela Potorac Daniela Silivaş Camelia Voinea | East Germany (GDR) Gabriele Fähnrich Martina Jentsch Dagmar Kersten Ulrike Klotz Bettina Schieferdecker Dörte Thümmler |
| Individual all-around details | Elena Shushunova Soviet Union | Daniela Silivaş Romania | Svetlana Boginskaya Soviet Union |
| Balance beam details | Daniela Silivaş Romania | Elena Shushunova Soviet Union | Gabriela Potorac Romania |
| Balance beam details | Daniela Silivaş Romania | Elena Shushunova Soviet Union | Phoebe Mills United States |
| Floor exercise details | Daniela Silivaş Romania | Svetlana Boginskaya Soviet Union | Diana Doudeva Bulgaria |
| Uneven bars details | Daniela Silivaş Romania | Dagmar Kersten East Germany | Elena Shushunova Soviet Union |
| Vault details | Svetlana Boginskaya Soviet Union | Gabriela Potorac Romania | Daniela Silivaş Romania |
| Rhythmic individual all-around details | Marina Lobatch Soviet Union | Adriana Dunavska Bulgaria | Alexandra Timoshenko Soviet Union |

## Handball

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's | Soviet Union (URS) Vyacheslav Atavin Igor Chumak Valery Gopin Aleksandr Karshakevich Andrey Lavrov Yuri Nesterov Voldemaras Novickis Aleksandr Rymanov Konstantin Sharovarov Yuri Shevtsov Georgi Sviridenko Aleksandr Tuchkin Andrey Tyumentsev Mikhail Vasilev | South Korea (KOR) Choi Suk-Jae Kang Jae-Won Kim Jae-hwan Koh Suk-Chang Lee Sang-Hyo Lim Jin-Suk Noh Hyun-Suk Oh Young-Ki Park Do-Hun Park Young-Dae Shim Jae-Hong Shin Young-Suk Yoon Tae-Il | Yugoslavia (YUG) Mirko Bašić Jožef Holpert Boris Jarak Slobodan Kuzmanovski Muhammed Memić Alvaro Načinović Goran Perkovac Zlatko Portner Iztok Puc Rolando Pušnik Momir Rnić Zlatko Saračević Irfan Smajlagić Ermin Velić Veselin Vujović |
| Women's | South Korea (KOR) Han Hyun-sook Ki Mi-sook Kim Choon-rye Kim Hyun-mee Kim Kyung-soon Kim Myung-soon Lee Ki-soon Lim Mi-kyung Shon Mi-Na Song Ji-hyun Suk Min-hee Sung Kyung-hwa | Norway (NOR) Kjerstin Andersen Berit Digre Marte Eliasson Susann Goksør Trine Haltvik Hanne Hegh Hanne Hogness Vibeke Johnsen Kristin Midthun Karin Pettersen Karin Singstad Annette Skotvoll Ingrid Steen Heidi Sundal Cathrine Svendsen | Soviet Union (URS) Natalya Anisimova Maryna Bazhanova Tatyana Dzhandzhgava Elina Guseva Tetyana Horb Larysa Karlova Natalya Lapitskaya Svitlana Mankova Nataliya Matryuk Natalya Morskova Olena Nemashkalo Nataliya Rusnachenko Olha Semenova Yevheniya Tovstohan Zinaida Turchyna |

## Judo

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra Lightweight 60 kg details | Kim Jae-yup South Korea | Kevin Asano United States | Shinji Hosokawa Japan Amiran Totikashvili Soviet Union |
| Half Lightweight 65 kg details | Lee Kyung-keun South Korea | Janusz Pawłowski Poland | Bruno Carabetta France Yosuke Yamamoto Japan |
| Lightweight 71 kg details | Marc Alexandre France | Sven Loll East Germany | Mike Swain United States Georgy Tenadze Soviet Union |
| Half Middleweight 78 kg details | Waldemar Legień Poland | Frank Wieneke West Germany | Torsten Bréchôt East Germany Bashir Varaev Soviet Union |
| Middleweight 86 kg details | Peter Seisenbacher Austria | Vladimir Shestakov Soviet Union | Akinobu Osako Japan Ben Spijkers Netherlands |
| Half Heavyweight 95 kg details | Aurélio Miguel Brazil | Marc Meiling West Germany | Dennis Stewart Great Britain Robert Van de Walle Belgium |
| Heavyweight +95 kg details | Hitoshi Saito Japan | Henry Stöhr East Germany | Cho Yong-chul South Korea Grigory Verichev Soviet Union |

## Modern pentathlon

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual | János Martinek Hungary | Carlo Massullo Italy | Vakhtang Iagorashvili Soviet Union |
| Team | Hungary (HUN) János Martinek, Attila Mizsér, László Fábián | Italy (ITA) Carlo Massullo, Daniele Masala, Gianluca Tiberti | Great Britain (GBR) Richard Phelps, Dominic Mahony, Graham Brookhouse |

## Rowing
### Men's events

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Single Sculls (1x) details | Thomas Lange (GDR) 6:49.86 | Peter-Michael Kolbe (FRG) 6:54.77 | Eric Verdonk (NZL) 6:58.66 |
| Double Sculls (2x) details | Nico Rienks and Ronald Florijn (NED) 6:21.13 | Beat Schwerzmann and Ueli Bodenmann (SUI) 6:22.59 | Aleksandr Marchenko and Vasil Yakusha (URS) 6:22.87 |
| Quadruple Sculls (4x) details | Italy (ITA) Agostino Abbagnale Davide Tizzano Gianluca Farina Piero Poli 5:53.37 | Norway (NOR) Alf Hansen Rolf Thorsen Lars Bjønness Vetle Vinje 5:55.08 | East Germany (GDR) Jens Köppen Steffen Zühlke Steffen Bogs Heiko Habermann 5:56.13 |
| Coxlees Pair (2-) details | Andy Holmes and Steve Redgrave (GBR) 6:36.84 | Dănuț Dobre and Dragoș Neagu (ROU) 6:38.06 | Sadik Mujkič and Bojan Prešern (YUG) 6:41.01 |
| Coxed Pair (2+) details | Italy (ITA) Carmine Abbagnale Giuseppe Abbagnale Giuseppe Di Capua (cox) 6:58.79 | East Germany (GDR) Mario Streit Detlef Kirchhoff René Rensch (cox) 7:00.63 | Great Britain (GBR) Andy Holmes Steve Redgrave Patrick Sweeney (cox) 7:01.95 |
| Coxless Four (4-) details | East Germany (GDR) Roland Schröder Ralf Brudel Olaf Förster Thomas Greiner 6:03.11 | United States (USA) Raoul Rodriguez Thomas Bohrer Richard Kennelly David Krmpotich 6:05.53 | West Germany (FRG) Guido Grabow Volker Grabow Norbert Keßlau Jörg Puttlitz 6:06.22 |
| Coxed Four (4+) details | East Germany (GDR) Bernd Niesecke Hendrik Reiher (cox) Karsten Schmeling Bernd Eichwurzel Frank Klawonn 6:10.74 | Romania (ROU) Dimitrie Popescu Ioan Snep Vasile Tomoiagă Ladislau Lovrenschi (cox) Valentin Robu 6:13.58 | New Zealand (NZL) Chris White Ian Wright Andrew Bird (cox) Greg Johnston George Keys 6:15.78 |
| Eight (8+) details | West Germany (FRG) Bahne Rabe Eckhardt Schultz Ansgar Wessling Wolfgang Maennig Matthias Mellinghaus Thomas Möllenkamp Thomas Domian Armin Eichholz Manfred Klein (cox) 5:46.05 | Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Omelyanovich Vasily Tikhonov Andrey Vasilyev Pavlo Hurkovskiy Nikolay Komarov Veniamin But Viktor Diduk Aleksandr Dumchev Aleksandr Lukyanov (cox) 5:48.01 | United States (USA) Mike Teti Jonathan Smith Ted Patton Jack Rusher Peter Nordell Jeffrey McLaughlin Doug Burden John Pescatore Seth Bauer (cox) 5:48.26 |

### Women's events

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Single Sculls (1x) details | Jutta Behrendt (GDR) 7:47.19 | Anne Marden (USA) 7:47.19 | Magdalena Georgieva (BUL) 7:53.65 |
| Double Sculls (2x) details | Birgit Peter and Martina Schröter (GDR) 7:00.48 | Elisabeta Lipă and Veronica Cogeanu (ROU) 7:04.36 | Violeta Ninova and Stefka Madina (BUL) 7:06.03 |
| Quadruple Sculls (4x) details | East Germany (GDR) Kerstin Förster Kristina Mundt Beate Schramm Jana Sorgers 6:21.06 | Soviet Union (URS) Irina Kalimbet Svitlana Maziy Inna Frolova Antonina Zelikovich 6:23.47 | Romania (ROU) Anișoara Bălan Anişoara Minea Veronica Cogeanu Elisabeta Lipă 6:23.81 |
| Coxless Pair (2-) details | Rodica Arba and Olga Homeghi (ROU) 7:28.13 | Radka Stoyanova and Lalka Berberova (BUL) 7:31.95 | Nikki Payne and Lynley Hannen (NZL) 7:35.68 |
| Coxed Four (4+) details | East Germany (GDR) Martina Walther Gerlinde Doberschütz Carola Hornig Birte Siech Sylvia Rose 6:56.00 | China (CHN) Zhang Xianghua Hu Yadong Yang Xiao Zhou Shouying Li Ronghua 6:58.78 | Romania (ROU) Marioara Trașcă Veronica Necula Herta Anitaș Doina Șnep-Bălan Ecaterina Oancia 7:01.13 |
| Eight (8+) details | East Germany (GDR) Annegret Strauch Judith Zeidler Kathrin Haacker Ute Wild Anja Kluge Beatrix Schröer Ramona Balthasar Ute Stange Daniela Neunast 6:15.17 | Romania (ROU) Doina Șnep-Bălan Veronica Necula Herta Anitaș Marioara Trașcă Adriana Bazon Mihaela Armășescu Rodica Arba Olga Homeghi Ecaterina Oancia 6:17.44 | China (CHN) Zhou Xiuhua Zhang Yali He Yanwen Han Yaqin Zhang Xianghua Zhou Shouying Yang Xiao Hu Yadong Li Ronghua 6:21.83 |

## Sailing
### Women's event

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Women's 470 details | United States (USA) Allison Jolly Lynne Jewell | Sweden (SWE) Marit Söderström Birgitta Bengtsson | Soviet Union (URS) Larisa Moskalenko Iryna Chunykhovska |

### Men's events

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's Division II details | New Zealand (NZL) Bruce Kendall | Netherlands Antilles (AHO) Jan Boersma | United States (USA) Mike Gebhardt |
| Finn details | Spain (ESP) Jose Doreste | Virgin Islands (ISV) Peter Holmberg | New Zealand (NZL) John Cutler |
| Men's 470 details | France (FRA) Thierry Peponnet Luc Pillot | Soviet Union (URS) Tõnu Tõniste Toomas Tõniste | United States (USA) John Shadden Charles McKee |

### Open events

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flying Dutchman details | Denmark (DEN) Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Christian Grønborg | Norway (NOR) Ole Pollen Erik Björkum | Canada (CAN) Frank McLaughlin John Millen |
| Tornado details | France (FRA) Jean Le Deroff Nicolas Hénard | New Zealand (NZL) Chris Timms Rex Sellers | Brazil (BRA) Lars Grael Clinio Freitas |
| Star details | Great Britain (GBR) Michael McIntyre Bryn Vaile | United States (USA) Mark Reynolds Harold Haenel | Brazil (BRA) Torben Grael Nelson Falcão |
| Soling details | East Germany (GDR) Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel | United States (USA) John Kostecki William Baylis Robert Billingham | Denmark (DEN) Jesper Bank Jan Mathiasen Steen Secher |

## Shooting
### Men's events

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| air pistol details | Tanyu Kiryakov (BUL) | Erich Buljung (USA) | Xu Haifeng (CHN) |
| air rifle details | Goran Maksimović (YUG) | Nicolas Berthelot (FRA) | Johann Riederer (FRG) |
| pistol details | Sorin Babii (ROU) | Ragnar Skanåker (SWE) | Igor Basinski (URS) |
| rapid fire pistol details | Afanasijs Kuzmins (URS) | Ralf Schumann (GDR) | Zoltán Kovács (HUN) |
| rifle three positions details | Malcolm Cooper (GBR) | Alister Allan (GBR) | Kirill Ivanov (URS) |
| rifle prone details | Miroslav Varga (TCH) | Cha Young-chul (KOR) | Attila Záhonyi (HUN) |
| running target details | Tor Heiestad (NOR) | Huang Shiping (CHN) | Gennadi Avramenko (URS) |

### Women's events

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| air pistol details | Jasna Šekarić (YUG) | Nino Salukvadze (URS) | Marina Dobrantcheva (URS) |
| air rifle details | Irina Shilova (URS) | Silvia Sperber (FRG) | Anna Maloukhina (URS) |
| pistol details | Nino Salukvadze (URS) | Tomoko Hasegawa (JPN) | Jasna Šekarić (YUG) |
| rifle three positions details | Silvia Sperber (FRG) | Vesela Letcheva (BUL) | Valentina Cherkasova (URS) |

### Mixed events

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Skeet details | Axel Wegner (GDR) | Alfonso de Iruarrizaga (CHI) | Jorge Guardiola (ESP) |
| Trap details | Dmitry Monakov (URS) | Miloslav Bednařík (TCH) | Frans Peeters (BEL) |

## Swimming
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Matt Biondi United States | 22.14 (WR) | Tom Jager United States | 22.36 | Gennadiy Prigoda Soviet Union | 22.71 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Matt Biondi United States | 48.63 ‘(OR)' | Chris Jacobs United States | 49.08 | Stéphan Caron France | 49.62 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Duncan Armstrong Australia | 1:47.25 (WR) | Anders Holmertz Sweden | 1:47.89 | Matt Biondi United States | 1:47.99 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Uwe Dassler East Germany | 3:46.95 (WR) | Duncan Armstrong Australia | 3:47.15 | Artur Wojdat Poland | 3:47.34 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union | 15:00.40 | Stefan Pfeiffer West Germany | 15:02.69 | Uwe Dassler East Germany | 15:06.15 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Daichi Suzuki Japan | 55.05 | David Berkoff United States | 55.18 | Igor Polyansky Soviet Union | 55.20 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Igor Polyansky Soviet Union | 1:59.37 | Frank Baltrusch East Germany | 1:59.60 | Paul Kingsman New Zealand | 2:00.48 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Adrian Moorhouse Great Britain | 1:02.04 | Károly Güttler Hungary | 1:02.05 | Dmitry Volkov Soviet Union | 1:02.20 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | József Szabó Hungary | 2:13.52 | Nick Gillingham Great Britain | 2:14.12 | Sergio López Miró Spain | 2:15.21 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Anthony Nesty Suriname | 53.00 (OR) | Matt Biondi United States | 53.01 | Andy Jameson Great Britain | 53.30 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Michael Gross West Germany | 1:56.94 (OR) | Benny Nielsen Denmark | 1:58.24 | Anthony Mosse New Zealand | 1:58.28 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Tamás Darnyi Hungary | 2:00.17 (WR) | Patrick Kühl East Germany | 2:01.61 | Vadim Yaroshchuk Soviet Union | 2:02.40 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Tamás Darnyi Hungary | 4:14.75 (WR) | David Wharton United States | 4:17.36 | Stefano Battistelli Italy | 4:18.01 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | United States (USA) Chris Jacobs Troy Dalbey Tom Jager Matt Biondi Doug Gjertsen* Brent Lang* Shaun Jordan* | 3:16.53 (WR) | Soviet Union (URS) Gennadiy Prigoda Yuri Bashkatov Nikolai Yevseyev Vladimir Tkacenko Raimundas Mažuolis* Oleksiy Boryslavskiy* | 3:18.33 | East Germany (GDR) Dirk Richter Thomas Flemming Lars Hinneburg Steffen Zesner | 3:19.82 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | United States (USA) Troy Dalbey Matt Cetlinski Doug Gjertsen Matt Biondi Craig Oppel* Dan Jorgensen* | 7:12.51 (WR) | East Germany (GDR) Uwe Daßler Sven Lodziewski Thomas Flemming Steffen Zesner Lars Hinneburg* | 7:13.68 | West Germany (FRG) Erik Hochstein Thomas Fahrner Rainer Henkel Michael Gross Peter Sitt* Stefan Pfeiffer* | 7:14.35 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | United States (USA) David Berkoff Richard Schroeder Matt Biondi Chris Jacobs Jay Mortenson* Tom Jager* | 3:36.93 | Canada (CAN) Mark Tewksbury Victor Davis Tom Ponting Sandy Goss | 3:39.28 | Soviet Union (URS) Igor Polyansky Dmitry Volkov Vadim Yaroshchuk Gennadiy Prigoda Sergey Zabolotnov* Valeriy Lozik* Konstantin Petrov* Nikolay Yevseyev* | 3:39.96 |
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Kristin Otto East Germany | 25.49 (OR) | Yang Wenyi China | 25.64 | Jill Sterkel United States | 25.71 |
| 50 m freestyle details | Kristin Otto East Germany | 25.49 (OR) | Yang Wenyi China | 25.64 | Katrin Meissner East Germany | 25.71 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Kristin Otto East Germany | 54.93 | Zhuang Yong China | 55.47 | Catherine Plewinski France | 55.49 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Heike Friedrich East Germany | 1:57.65 (OR) | Silvia Poll Costa Rica | 1:58.67 | Manuela Stellmach East Germany | 1:59.01 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Janet Evans United States | 4:03.85 (WR) | Heike Friedrich East Germany | 4:05.94 | Anke Möhring East Germany | 4:06.62 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Janet Evans United States | 8:20.20 (OR) | Astrid Strauß East Germany | 8:22.09 | Julie McDonald Australia | 8:22.93 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Kristin Otto East Germany | 1:00.89 | Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary | 1:01.56 | Cornelia Sirch East Germany | 1:01.57 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary | 2:09.29 (OR) | Katrin Zimmermann East Germany | 2:10.61 | Cornelia Sirch East Germany | 2:11.45 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Tanya Dangalakova Bulgaria | 1:07.95 (OR) | Antoaneta Frenkeva Bulgaria | 1:08.74 | Silke Hörner East Germany | 1:08.83 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Silke Hörner East Germany | 2:26.71 (WR) | Huang Xiaomin China | 2:27.49 | Antoaneta Frenkeva Bulgaria | 2:28.34 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Kristin Otto East Germany | 59.00 (OR) | Birte Weigang East Germany | 59.45 | Hong Qian China | 59.52 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Kathleen Nord East Germany | 2:09.51 | Birte Weigang East Germany | 2:09.91 | Mary T. Meagher United States | 2:10.80 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Daniela Hunger East Germany | 2:12.59 (OR) | Yelena Dendeberova Soviet Union | 2:13.31 | Noemi Lung Romania | 2:14.85 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Janet Evans United States | 4:37.76 | Noemi Lung Romania | 4:39.46 | Daniela Hunger East Germany | 4:39.76 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | East Germany (GDR) Kristin Otto Katrin Meissner Daniela Hunger Manuela Stellmach Sabina Schulze* Heike Friedrich* | 3:40.63 | Netherlands (NED) Marianne Muis Mildred Muis Conny van Bentum Karin Brienesse Diana van der Plaats* | 3:43.39 | United States (USA) Mary Wayte Mitzi Kremer Laura Walker Dara Torres Paige Zemina* Jill Sterkel* | 3:44.25 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | East Germany (GDR) Kristin Otto Silke Hörner Birte Weigang Katrin Meissner Cornelia Sirch* Manuela Stellmach* | 4:03.74 | United States (USA) Beth Barr Tracey McFarlane Janel Jorgensen Mary Wayte Betsy Mitchell* Mary T. Meagher* Dara Torres* | 4:07.90 | Canada (CAN) Lori Melien Allison Higson Jane Kerr Andrea Nugent Keltie Duggan* Patricia Noall* | 4:10.49 |
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

## Synchronized swimming

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Solo details | Carolyn Waldo Canada | Tracie Ruiz United States | Mikako Kotani Japan |
| Duet details | Canada (CAN) Michelle Cameron Carolyn Waldo | United States (USA) Karen Josephson Sarah Josephson | Japan (JPN) Mikako Kotani Miyako Tanaka |

## Table tennis

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles details | Yoo Nam-Kyu South Korea | Kim Ki-Taik South Korea | Erik Lindh Sweden |
| Men's doubles details | Chen Longcan and Wei Qingguang China | Ilija Lupulesku and Zoran Primorac Yugoslavia | Ahn Jae-Hyung and Yoo Nam-Kyu South Korea |
| Women's singles details | Chen Jing China | Li Huifen China | Jiao Zhimin China |
| Women's doubles details | Hyun Jung-Hwa and Yang Young-Ja South Korea | Chen Jing and Jiao Zhimin China | Jasna Fazlić and Gordana Perkučin Yugoslavia |

## Tennis

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

## Volleyball

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's indoor details | United States (USA) Troy Tanner David Saunders Jonathan Root Robert Ctvrtlik Robert Partie Steve Timmons Craig Buck Scott Fortune Ricci Luyties Jeffrey Stork Eric Sato Karch Kiraly | Soviet Union (URS) Yuri Panchenko Andrei Kuznetsov Viacheslav Zaitsev Igor Runov Vladimir Shkurikhin Yevgeni Krasilnikov Raimundas Vilde Valeri Losev Yuri Sapega Oleksandr Sorokalet Yaroslav Antonov Yuri Cherednik | Argentina (ARG) Claudio Zulianello Daniel Castellani Esteban Martínez Alejandro Diz Daniel Colla Carlos Weber Hugo Conte Waldo Kantor Raul Quiroga Jon Uriarte Esteban de Palma Juan Cuminetti |
| Women's indoor details | Soviet Union (URS) Valentina Ogiyenko Yelena Volkova Marina Kumysh Irina Smirnova Tatyana Sidorenko Irina Parkhomchuk Tatyana Kraynova Olga Shkurnova Marina Nikulina Elena Ovchinnikova Olga Krivosheyeva Svetlana Korytova | Peru (PER) Luisa Cervera Alejandra de la Guerra Denisse Fajardo Miriam Gallardo Rosa García Sonia Heredia Katherine Horny Natalia Málaga Gabriela Pérez del Solar Cecilia Tait Gina Torrealva Cenaida Uribe | China (CHN) Li Guojun Zhao Hong Hou Yuzhu Wang Yajun Yang Xilan Su Huijuan Ying Jiang Cui Yongmei Yang Xiaojun Zheng Meizhu Wu Dan Li Yueming |

## Water polo

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's details | Yugoslavia (YUG) Dragan Andrić Mislav Bezmalinović Perica Bukić Veselin Đuho Igor Gočanin Deni Lušić Igor Milanović Tomislav Paškvalin Renco Posinković Goran Rađenović Dubravko Šimenc Aleksandar Šoštar Mirko Vičević | United States (USA) James Bergeson Greg Boyer Peter Campbell Jeff Campbell Jody Campbell Christopher Duplanty Michael Evans Douglas Kimbell Edward Klass Alan Mouchawar Kevin Robertson Terence Schroeder Craig Wilson | Soviet Union (URS) Dmitry Apanasenko Viktor Berendyuga Mikhail Giorgadze Yevgeny Grishin Mikhail Ivanov Aleksandr Kolotov Sergey Kotenko Sergey Markoch Nurlan Mendygaliev Georgi Mschvenieradze Sergey Naumov Yevgeny Sharonov Nikolai Smirnov |

## Weightlifting

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 52 kg details | Sevdalin Marinov (BUL) | Chun Byung-Kwan (KOR) | He Zhuoqiang (CHN) |
| 56 kg details | Oksen Mirzoyan (URS) | He Yingqiang (CHN) | Liu Shoubin (CHN) |
| 60 kg details | Naim Süleymanoğlu (TUR) | Stefan Topurov (BUL) | Ye Huanming (CHN) |
| 67.5 kg details | Joachim Kunz (GDR) | Israel Militosyan (URS) | Li Jinhe (CHN) |
| 75 kg details | Borislav Gidikov (BUL) | Ingo Steinhöfel (GDR) | Aleksandar Varbanov (BUL) |
| 82.5 kg details | Israil Arsamakov (URS) | István Messzi (HUN) | Lee Hyeong-Geun (KOR) |
| 90 kg details | Anatoly Khrapaty (URS) | Nail Mukhamedyarov (URS) | Sławomir Zawada (POL) |
| 100 kg details | Pavel Kuznetsov (URS) | Nicu Vlad (ROU) | Peter Immesberger (FRG) |
| 110 kg details | Yury Zakharevitch (URS) | József Jacsó (HUN) | Ronny Weller (GDR) |
| +110 kg details | Aleksandr Kurlovich (URS) | Manfred Nerlinger (FRG) | Martin Zawieja (FRG) |
Mitko Grablev (56 kg) and Angel Guenchev (67.5 kg) of Bulgaria originally won their respective weight classes, but were both disqualified after they tested positive for Furosemide. Andor Szanyi of Hungary was originally awarded silver in the 100 kg event, but was disqualified after he tested positive for Stanozolol.

## Wrestling
### Freestyle

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg details | Takashi Kobayashi Japan | Ivan Tzonov Bulgaria | Sergei Karamchakov Soviet Union |
| 52 kg details | Mitsuru Sato Japan | Šaban Trstena Yugoslavia | Vladimir Toguzov Soviet Union |
| 57 kg details | Sergei Beloglazov Soviet Union | Askari Mohammadian Iran | Noh Kyung-sun South Korea |
| 62 kg details | John Smith United States | Stepan Sarkisyan Soviet Union | Simeon Shterev Bulgaria |
| 68 kg details | Arsen Fadzaev Soviet Union | Park Jang-soon South Korea | Nate Carr United States |
| 74 kg details | Kenny Monday United States | Adlan Varayev Soviet Union | Rahmat Sofiadi Bulgaria |
| 82 kg details | Han Myung-woo South Korea | Necmi Gençalp Turkey | Jozef Lohyňa Czechoslovakia |
| 90 kg details | Makharbek Khadartsev Soviet Union | Akira Ota Japan | Kim Tae-woo South Korea |
| 100 kg details | Vasile Puşcaşu Romania | Leri Khabelov Soviet Union | William Scherr United States |
| 130 kg details | David Gobejishvili Soviet Union | Bruce Baumgartner United States | Andreas Schröder East Germany |

### Greco-Roman

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg details | Vincenzo Maenza Italy | Andrzej Głąb Poland | Bratan Tzenov Bulgaria |
| 52 kg details | Jon Rønningen Norway | Atsuji Miyahara Japan | Lee Jae-suk South Korea |
| 57 kg details | András Sike Hungary | Stoyan Balov Bulgaria | Charalambos Cholidis Greece |
| 62 kg details | Kamandar Madzhidov Soviet Union | Zhivko Vangelov Bulgaria | An Dae-hyun South Korea |
| 68 kg details | Levon Julfalakyan Soviet Union | Kim Sung-moon South Korea | Tapio Sipilä Finland |
| 74 kg details | Kim Young-nam South Korea | Daulet Turlykhanov Soviet Union | Józef Tracz Poland |
| 82 kg details | Mikhail Mamiashvili Soviet Union | Tibor Komáromi Hungary | Kim Sang-kyu South Korea |
| 90 kg details | Atanas Komchev Bulgaria | Harri Koskela Finland | Vladimir Popov Soviet Union |
| 100 kg details | Andrzej Wroński Poland | Gerhard Himmel West Germany | Dennis Koslowski United States |
| 130 kg details | Aleksandr Karelin Soviet Union | Rangel Gerovski Bulgaria | Tomas Johansson Sweden |