# Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's field hockey tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics was the 3rd edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a ten-day period beginning on 21 September, and culminating with the medal finals on 30 September. All games were played at the Seongnam Stadium in Seoul, South Korea.
Australia won the gold medal for the first time after defeating South Korea 2–0 in the final. Netherlands won the bronze medal by defeating Great Britain 3–1.

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | 5th–8th place classification |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 | 5th–8th place classification |
* 21 September 1988 09:00
| Argentina | 0–1 | Great Britain |
| | Report | MacLeod 32' |
* Umpires: Christianne Asselman (BEL) Margaret Lanning (CAN)
* 21 September 1988 13:30
| Netherlands | 3–1 | United States |
| H. Lejeune 29' Von Weiler 34' L. Lejeune 68' | Report | Johnson 44' |
* Umpires: Dominique Ache (BEL) R Tong (RSA)
* 23 September 1988 10:45
| Netherlands | 5–1 | Great Britain |
| L. Lejeune 6', 20', 31', 39' Von Weiler 66' | Report | Dixon 34' |
* Umpires: Dominique Ache (BEL) Salobrar Hernandez (ESP)
* 23 September 1988 15:15
| Argentina | 2–1 | United States |
| Colombo 11' Garbo 36' | Report | Donnelly 61' |
* Umpires: Dominique Ache (BEL) Naomi Kato (JPN)
* 25 September 1988 09:00
| United States | 2–2 | Great Britain |
| Morgan 37' Johnson 60' | Report | Dixon 32' Parker 51' |
* Umpires: Jan Hadfield (AUS) Margaret Lanning (CAN)
* 25 September 1988 13:30
| Netherlands | 1–0 | Argentina |
| H. Lejeune 19' | Report | |
* Umpires: Dominique Ache (BEL) Naomi Kato (JPN)

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | West Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 | 5th–8th place classification |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | 5th–8th place classification |
* 21 September 1988 10:45
| South Korea | 4–1 | West Germany |
| Lim 3', 35+' Chung S. 61' Seo K. 70+' | Report | Gehrmann 13' |
* Umpires: Salobrar Hernandez (ESP) Pauline Bullock (GBR)
* 21 September 1988 15:15
| Australia | 1–1 | Canada |
| Bowman 50' | Report | Forshaw 12' |
* Umpires: A Poelmans (NED) Jean Robertson (GBR)
* 23 September 1988 09:00
| Australia | 1–0 | West Germany |
| Bowman 68' | Report | |
* Umpires: Pauline Bullock (GBR) Jean Robertson (GBR)
* 23 September 1988 13:30
| South Korea | 3–1 | Canada |
| Park 25', 26' Seo H. 70+' | Report | Johnson 28' |
* Umpires: Laura Crespo (ARG) Jolanda Mohlmann (GBR)
* 25 September 1988 10:45
| Canada | 1–2 | West Germany |
| Lyn 49' | Report | Blumenberg 26' Jungjohann 51' |
* Umpires: Laura Crespo (ARG) A Poelmans (NED)
* 25 September 1988 15:15
| Australia | 5–5 | South Korea |
| Pereira 6', 32', 34' Bowman 24' Clement 64' | Report | Kim Y. 23' Lim 28', 31', 45' Chung S. 44' |
* Umpires: Jolanda Mohlman (NED) R Tong (RSA)

### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Cross-overs | Cross-overs | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 27 September | 27 September |
| United States | 1 |
| United States | 1 | 29 September | 29 September |
| West Germany | 2 | 29 September | 29 September |
| West Germany | 2 | West Germany | 4 |
| 27 September | 27 September | | West Germany | 4 |
| 27 September | 27 September | Canada | 2 |
| Argentina | 1 | Canada | 2 |
| Canada (a.e.t) | 2 | | |
| Canada (a.e.t) | 2 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 29 September | 29 September |
| | | United States | 1 |
| | | Argentina (a.e.t) | 3 |

#### Cross-overs

* 27 September 1988 09:00
| United States | 1–2 | West Germany |
| Donnelly 19' | Report | Wollschläger 41' Blumenberg 49' |
* Umpires: Jolanda Mohlmann (NED) Naomi Kato (JPN)
* 27 September 1988 11:00
| Argentina | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Canada |
| Palma 67' | Report | Forshaw 33' Creelman 85' |
* Umpires: Jean Robertson (GBR) Jan Hadfield (AUS)

#### Seventh and eighth place

* 29 September 1988 11:00
| United States | 1–3 (a.e.t.) | Argentina |
| Morgan 41' | Report | Minnand 47' Hussey 82' Palma 84' |
* Umpires: Margaret Lanning (CAN) A Poelmans (NED)

#### Fifth and sixth place

* 29 September 1988 09:00
| West Germany | 4–2 | Canada |
| Blumenberg 14', 59', 64' Schmid 57' | Report | Forshaw 18', 52' |
* Umpires: Dominique Ache (BEL) Jean Robertson (GBR)

### Medal round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 27 September | 27 September |
| Netherlands | 2 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 30 September | 30 September |
| Australia | 3 | 30 September | 30 September |
| Australia | 3 | Australia | 2 |
| 27 September | 27 September | | Australia | 2 |
| 27 September | 27 September | South Korea | 0 |
| South Korea | 1 | South Korea | 0 |
| Great Britain | 0 | | |
| Great Britain | 0 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 30 September | 30 September |
| | | Netherlands | 3 |
| | | Great Britain | 1 |

#### Semi-finals

* 27 September 1988 13:00
| Netherlands | 2–3 | Australia |
| L. Lejeune 16' Bolhuis 61' | Report | Tooth 3' Patmore 48', 56' |
* Umpires: Christianne Asselman (BEL) Salobrar Hernandez (ESP)
* 27 September 1988 15:15
| South Korea | 1–0 | Great Britain |
| Seo H. 18' | Report | |
* Umpires: Laura Crespo (ARG) R Tong (RSA)

#### Bronze medal match

* 30 September 1988 13:00
| Netherlands | 3–1 | Great Britain |
| Bolhuis 6' L. Lejeune 21', 34' | Report | Nevill 9' |
* Umpires: Laura Crespo (ARG) R Tong (RSA)

#### Gold medal match

* 30 September 1988 15:15
| Australia | 2–0 | South Korea |
| Bowman 41' Capes 57' | Report | |
* Umpires: Salobrar Hernandez (ESP) Jolanda Mohlmann (NED)

## Final ranking

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | Australia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 8 | Gold Medal |
| | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 7 | Silver Medal |
| | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 8 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | Fourth place |
| 5 | West Germany | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Canada | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | Argentina | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | United States | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |

## Goalscorers

There were 72 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.6 goals per match.
8 goals
* Lisanne Lejeune
5 goals
* Lim Kye-Sook
* Bettina Blumenberg
4 goals
* Deborah Bowman
* Sheila Forshaw
3 goals
* Jacqueline Pereira
2 goals
* Alejandra Palma
* Sharon Patmore
* Victoria Dixon
* Marjolein Bolhuis
* Helen Lejeune
* Sophie von Weiler
* Seo Hyo-Sun
* Chung Sang-Hyun
* Park Soon-Ja
* Megan Donnelly
* Sheryl Johnson
* Christine Morgan
1 goal
* María Colombo
* Victoria Garbó
* Marcela Hussey
* Moira Minnand
* Lee Capes
* Elspeth Clement
* Liane Tooth
* Sharon Creelman
* Kathryn Johnson
* Lisa Lyn
* Moira MacLeod
* Mary Nevill
* Kate Parker
* Seo Kwang-Mi
* Kim Young-Sook
* Heike Gehrmann
* Caren Jungjohann
* Susanne Schmid
* Susanne Wollschläger
Source: FIH