1988 Summer Olympics medal table

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1988 Summer Olympics medals
Location Seoul, Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
Highlights
Most gold medalsFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (55)
Most total medalsFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (132)
  1984  · Olympics medal tables ·  1992  

This is the full table of the medal table of the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul.

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These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. This follows the system used by the IOC, IAAF and BBC.

Athletes from 52 countries won medals, leaving 108 countries without a medal. The Soviet Union utterly dominated the medal count, winning 55 gold and 132 total medals. The results that got closest to that medal haul afterwards are China's 48 gold medals in 2008 and the USA's 121 total medals in 2016.

Medals table

  *   Host nation (South Korea)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 553146132
2Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 373530102
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 36312794
4Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea*12101133
5Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 11141540
6Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 116623
7Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 10121335
8Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 711624
9Flag of France.svg  France 64616
10Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 64414
11Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5111228
12Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 510924
13Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 5229
14Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 43714
15Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 36514
16Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 34512
17Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 3328
18Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 32813
19Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 32510
20Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25916
21Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2305
22Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2259
23Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2114
24Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 1236
25Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1124
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1124
27Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1102
28Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1023
29Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1001
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1001
Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 1001
32Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 04711
33Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 0224
34Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 0202
35Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0112
36Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 0101
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 0101
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 0101
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 0101
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg  Netherlands Antilles 0101
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 0101
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 0101
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 0101
44Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0022
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0022
46Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 0011
Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 0011
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0011
Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Mongolia 0011
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 0011
Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 0011
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 0011
Totals (52 entries)241234264739

Change By Doping

OlympicsAthleteCountryMedalEventRef
1988 Summer Olympics Mitko Grablev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria Gold medal icon.svg Weightlifting, Men's 56 kg [1]
Angel Guenchev Gold medal icon.svg Weightlifting, Men's 67.5 kg [1]
Ben Johnson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Gold medal icon.svg Athletics, Men's 100 m [2]
Andor Szanyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Silver medal icon.svg Weightlifting, Men's 100 kg [3]

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