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Olympic · 1988-09-20 · Seoul, KOR

1988 Seoul Olympics.

1988 Seoul Olympics ran in 1988 across 14 events.

14 events
214 athletes
45 medals awarded

What happened

Elena Shushunova (Soviet Union) took the women's artistic all-around title. Vladimir Artemov (Soviet Union) took the men's artistic all-around title. Soviet Union won the men's artistic team final; Soviet Union won the women's artistic team final.
45 medals awarded across 14 events to 9 NOCs.

All-Around · the meet's figurehead

Men's Artistic · AA Final

Artemov takes it with a 119.125.

1
Vladimir ArtemovURS
119.125
2
Valery LyukinURS
119.025
3
Dmitry BilozerchevURS
118.975
Women's Artistic · AA Final

Shushunova takes it with a 79.662.

1
Elena ShushunovaURS
79.662
2
Daniela SilivasROU
79.637
3
Svetlana BoginskayaURS
79.400

Other events · by apparatus

Tap to expand each apparatus final.

Men's ArtisticTeam Competition Men
PlaceTeamNOCScore
1Soviet UnionURS593.350
2German Democratic Republic—588.450
3JapanJPN585.600
Women's ArtisticTeam Competition Women
PlaceTeamNOCScore
1Soviet UnionURS395.475
2RomaniaROU394.125
3German Democratic Republic—390.875
Women's Artistic · Balance BeamBalance Beam Women
PlaceAthleteNOCScore
1Daniela SilivasROU19.924
2Elena ShushunovaURS19.875
3Phoebe Lan MillsUSA19.837
3Gabriela PotoracROU19.837
Men's Artistic · Floor ExerciseFloor Exercise Men
PlaceAthleteNOCScore
1Sergey KharkovRUS19.925
2Vladimir ArtemovURS19.900
3Yun LouCHN19.850
3Yukio IketaniJPN19.850
Women's Artistic · Floor ExerciseFloor Exercise Women
PlaceAthleteNOCScore
1Daniela SilivasROU19.937
2Svetlana BoginskayaURS19.887
3Diana DoudevaBUL19.850
Men's Artistic · Horizontal BarHorizontal Bar Men
PlaceAthleteNOCScore
1Vladimir ArtemovURS19.900
1Valery LyukinURS19.900
3Holger BehrendtGDR19.800
3Marius Costel GhermanROU19.800
Men's Artistic · Parallel BarsParallel Bars Men
PlaceAthleteNOCScore
1Vladimir ArtemovURS19.925
2Valery LyukinURS19.900
3Sven TippeltGDR19.750
Men's Artistic · Pommel HorsePommel Horse Men
PlaceAthleteNOCScore
1Lubomir GeraskovBUL19.950
1Zsolt BorkaiHUN19.950
1Dmitry BilozerchevURS19.950
Men's Artistic · Still RingsRings Men
PlaceAthleteNOCScore
1Holger BehrendtGDR19.925
1Dmitry BilozerchevURS19.925
3Sven TippeltGDR19.875
Women's Artistic · Uneven BarsUneven Bars Women
PlaceAthleteNOCScore
1Daniela SilivasROU20.000
2Dagmar KerstenGDR19.987
3Elena ShushunovaURS19.962
Men's Artistic · VaultVault Men
PlaceAthleteNOCScore
1Yun LouCHN19.875
2Sylvio KrollGDR19.862
3Jong-Hoon ParkKOR19.775
Women's Artistic · VaultVault Women
PlaceAthleteNOCScore
1Svetlana BoginskayaURS19.905
2Gabriela PotoracROU19.830
3Daniela SilivasROU19.818
Sources olympics.com (all events) · olympedia.org (FX, PH, SR, VT, +5 more)
Last verified 2026-07-31.