The Soviet Union (USSR) competed, for the last time before its dissolution, at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 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.
Viktor Bryzhin, Vladimir Krylov, Vladimir Muravyov and Vitaliy Savin — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
Vyacheslav Ivanenko — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
Hennadiy Avdyeyenko — Athletics, Men's High Jump
Sergey Bubka — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
Sergey Litvinov — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
Olga Bryzgina — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh — Athletics, Women's 3000 metres
Olga Bondarenko — Athletics, Women's 10.000 metres
Olga Bryzgina, Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova and Mariya Pinigina — Athletics, Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
Natalya Lisovskaya — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
Aleksandr Belostennyi, Valdemaras Chomičius, Valery Goborov, Rimas Kurtinaitis, Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Igors Miglinieks, Viktor Pankrashkin, Arvydas Sabonis, Tiit Sokk, Sergey Tarakanov, Valery Tikhonenko and Alexander Volkov — Basketball, Men's tournament
Vyacheslav Yanovsky — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
Ivans Klementjevs — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000 m Canadian Singles
Nikolaï Juravschi and Viktor Reneysky — Canoeing, Men's C2 500 m Canadian Pairs
Nikolaï Juravschi and Viktor Reneysky — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000 m Canadian Pairs
Aleksandr Kirichenko — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Time Trial
Gintautas Umaras — Cycling, Men's 4000 m Individual Pursuit
Arturas Kasputis, Dmitry Nelyubin, Gintautas Umaras and Vyacheslav Ekimov — Cycling, Men's 4000 m Team Pursuit
Erika Salumäe — Cycling, Women's Cycling Sprint
Vladimir Aptsiauri, Anvar Ibragimov, Boris Koretsky, Ilgar Mamedov and Aleksandr Romankov — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
Dmitri Kharin, Gela Ketashvili, Igor Sklyarov, Aleksei Cherednik, Arvydas Janonis, Vadim Tishchenko, Yevgeni Kuznetsov, Igor Ponomarev, Aleksandr Borodyuk, Igor Dobrovolsky, Vladimir Lyutyi, Yevgeni Yarovenko, Sergei Fokin, Vladimir Tatarchuk, Aleksei Mikhailichenko, Aleksei Prudnikov, Viktor Losev, Sergei Gorlukovich, Yuri Savichev, Arminas Narbekovas — Football, Men's Team
Vladimir Artemov — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual
Vladimir Artemov — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
Valeri Liukin — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
Vladimir Artemov — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
Dmitri Bilozertchev — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse
Dmitri Bilozertchev — Gymnastics, Men's Rings
Sergei Kharkov — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
Vladimir Artemov, Dmitri Bilozertchev, Vladimir Gogoladze, Sergei Kharkov, Valeri Liukin and Vladimir Nouvikov — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises
Elena Shushunova — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual
Svetlana Boginskaya — Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse Vault
Svetlana Baitova, Svetlana Boginskaya, Natalia Laschenova, Elena Shevchenko, Elena Shushunova and Olga Strageva — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises
Marina Lobach — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic All-Around
Andrei Lavrov, Alexandre Tuchkin, Aleksandr Rymanov, Aleksandr Karshakevich, Yuri Nesterov, Georgi Sviridenko, Andrei Chumentsev, Mikhail Vasiliev, Yuri Shevtsov, Vyacheslav Atavin, Valdemar Novitski, Igor Chumak, Konstantin Sharovarov, Valeri Gopin — Handball, Men's Team
Irina Shilova — Shooting, Women's 10m Air Rifle
Nino Salukvadze — Shooting, Women's 25m Pistol
Afanasi Kuzmine — Shooting, Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
Dmitri Monakov — Shooting, Mixed Trap
Vladimir Salnikov — Swimming, Men's 1500m Freestyle
Igor Polyanski — Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke
Valentina Ogienko, Yelena Volkova, Marina Kumysh, Irina Smirnova, Tatyana Sidorenko, Irina Parkhomchuk, Tatyana Krainova, Olga Shkurnova, Marina Nikulina, Elena Ovchinnikova, Olga Krivosheeva and Svetlana Korytova — Volleyball, Women's team competition
Aleksandr Kurlovich — Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight
Oksen Mirzoyan — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
Yuri Zakharevich — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
Israil Arsamakov — Weightlifting, Men's Light-Heavyweight
Anatoli Khrapaty — Weightlifting, Men's Middle-heavyweight
Pavel Kuznetsov — Weightlifting, Men's First-heavyweight
David Gobedjichvili — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight
Sergei Beloglazov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight
Arsen Fadzaev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight
Makharbek Khadartsev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light-heavyweight
Aleksandr Karelin — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight
Kamandar Madzhidov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
Levon Julfalakyan — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
Mikhail Mamiashvili — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
Radion Gataullin — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
Igor Lapshin — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump
Romas Ubartas — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
Yuri Sedykh — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
Laimutė Baikauskaitė — Athletics, Women's 1500 metres
Tatyana Ledovskaya — Athletics, Women's 400 m Hurdles
Nuramgomed Shanavazov — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
Michał Śliwiński — Canoeing, Men's C-1 500m
Viktor Denisov and Igor Nagayev — Canoeing, Men's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs
Viktor Denisov, Sergey Kirsanov, Aleksandr Motuzenko and Igor Nagayev — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000 m Kayak Fours
Nikolay Kovsh — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Sprint (Scratch)
Andrey Alshan, Mikhail Burtsev, Sergey Koryazhkin, Sergey Mindirgasov and Georgy Pogosov — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
Valeri Liukin — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual
Valeri Liukin — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
Vladimir Artemov — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
Elena Shushunova — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
Svetlana Boginskaya — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises
Vladimir Shestakov — Judo, Men's Middleweight
Veniamin But, Nikolai Komarov, Vasili Tikhanov, Aleksandr Dumchev, Pavlo Hurkovskiy, Viktor Diduk, Viktor Omelyanovich, Andrei Vasiliev, Aleksandr Lukyanov — Rowing, Men's Eight With Coxswain
Irina Kalimbet, Svitlana Maziy, Inna Frolova, Antonina Dumcheva — Women's Quadruple Sculls Without Coxswain
Tõnu Tõniste, Toomas Tõniste — Sailing, Men's 470 - Two Person Dinghy
Nino Salukvadze — Shooting, Women's 10m Air Pistol
Elena Dendeberova — Swimming, Women's 200m Individual Medley
Gennadi Prigoda, Yuri Bashkatov, Nikolai Evseev, Vladimir Tkashenko — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Yuri Panchenko, Andrei Kuznetsov, Viacheslav Zaitsev, Igor Runov, Vladimir Shkurikhin, Yevgeni Krasilnikov, Raimundas Vilde, Valeri Losev, Yuri Sapega, Oleksandr Sorokalet, Yaroslav Antonov and Yuri Cherednik — Volleyball, Men's team competition
Israel Militosyan — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
Nail Mukhamedyarov — Weightlifting, Men's Middle-heavyweight
Stepan Sarkisyan — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight
Adlan Varaev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight
Leri Khabelov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
Daulet Turlykhanov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
Vladimir Echeev — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
Rudolf Povarnitsyn — Athletics, Men's High Jump
Grigory Yegorov — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
Aleksandr Kovalenko — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump
Jüri Tamm — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
Olga Nazarova — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh — Athletics, Women's 1500 metres
Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova — Athletics, Women's 10.000 metres
Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Galina Malchugina, Natalya Pomoshchnikova and Marina Zhirova — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
Tamara Bykova — Athletics, Women's High Jump
Galina Chistyakova — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
Olesya Barel, Olga Buryakina, Irina Gerlits, Yelena Khudashova, Aleksandra Leonova, Irina Minkh, Galina Savitskaya, Irina Sumnikova, Vitalija Tuomaite, Olga Yakovleva, Olga Yevkova and Natalya Zasulskaya — Basketball, Women's tournament
Timofey Skryabin — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
Aleksandr Miroshnichenko — Boxing, Men's Super Heavyweight
Marat Ganeyev — Cycling, Men's Points Race
Laima Zilporite — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Race
Aleksandr Romankov — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
Andrey Shuvalov — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
Pavel Kolobkov, Vladimir Resnitschenko, Andrey Shuvalov, Igor Tikhomirov and Mikhail Tishko — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
Dmitri Bilozertchev — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual
Svetlana Boginskaya — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual
Elena Shushunova — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars
Alexandra Timoshenko — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic All-Around
Natalya Mitryuk, Larisa Karlova, Zinaida Turchina, Marina Bazanova, Natalia Morskova, Tatyana Gorb, Elena Nemashkalo, Tatyana Diandigava, Natalya Anisimova, Natalya Lapitskaya, Svetlana Mankova, Yevgeniya Tovstogan, Olga Semenova, Natalya Rusnachenko, Elina Guseva — Handball, Women's Team
Grigori Verichev — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
Amiran Totikashvili — Judo, Men's -60 kg
Georgi Tenadze — Judo, Men's Lightweight
Bashir Varaev — Judo, Men's Half-middleweight
Vakhtang Iagorashvili — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
Aleksandr Marchenko, Vasil Yakusha — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
Larisa Moskalenko, Irina Shunikovskaya — Sailing, Women's 470 - Two Person Dinghy
Marina Dobrancheva — Shooting, Women's 10m Air Pistol
Anna Malukhina — Shooting, Women's 10m Air Rifle
Igor Basinski — Shooting, Men's 50m Pistol
Valentina Cherkasova — Shooting, Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions
Kirill Ivanov — Shooting, Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions
Gennadi Avramenko — Shooting, Men's 50m Running Target
Igor Polyansky — Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke
Dmitri Volkov — Swimming, Men's 100m Breaststroke
Vadim Yaroshchuk — Swimming, Men's 200m Individual Medley
Igor Polyansky, Dmitri Volkov, Vadim Yaroshchuk, Gennadi Prigoda — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Gennadi Prigoda — Swimming, Men's 50m Freestyle
Evgeni Sharonov, Nurlan Mendygaliev, Yevgeny Grishin, Aleksandr Kolotov, Sergei Naoumov, Viktor Berendyuga, Sergei Kotenko, Dmitri Apanassenko, Georgi Mschvenieradze, Mikhail Ivanov, Sergei Markoch, Nikolai Smirnov, Mikhail Giorgadze — Water Polo, Men's Team
Sergei Karamchakov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light-flyweight
Vladimir Tohuzov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight
Vladimir Popov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light-heavyweight
After boycotting the 1984 archery competition, the Soviet team found itself unable to repeat its three medals of eight years earlier despite there being twice as many events. Vladimir Echeev won the nation's only archery medal, a bronze, though the Soviets did pick up 4 more top eight finishes.
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
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 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)
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Lost to Yugoslavia (79-92)
Defeated Australia (91-69)
Defeated Puerto Rico (93-81)
Defeated South Korea (110-73)
Defeated Central African Republic (87-78)
Quarterfinals
Defeated Brazil (110-105)
Semifinals
Defeated United States (82-76)
Final
Defeated Yugoslavia (76-63) → Gold medal
Team Roster
Aleksandr Belostennyi
Valdemaras Chomičius
Valery Goborov
Rimas Kurtinaitis
Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Igors Miglinieks
Viktor Pankrashkin
Arvydas Sabonis
Tiit Sokk
Sergey Tarakanov
Valery Tikhonenko
Aleksandr Volkov
Head Coach: Alexander Gomelsky
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 Atemyev
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
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
Vasily 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
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)
Men's show jump team
Raimundas Udrakis
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
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
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
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 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)
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
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
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
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
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
Alexander Karelin — Wrestling, Heavyweight
