Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics was held from 17 September to 1 October 1988 at various locations in South Korea.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |  Brazil |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  West Germany |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
| Event | 
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|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Soviet Union Alexandre Borodiouk Alexei Cherednik Igor Dobrovolski Serguei Forkine Serguei Gorloukovitch Arvidas Ianonis Evgueni Iarovenko Guela Ketachvili Dmitri Kharine Evgueni Kouznetsov Vladimir Lioutyi Victor Lossev Alexei Mikhailitchenko Arminas Narbekovas Igor Ponomarev Alexei Proudnikov Iouri Savitchev Igor Skliarov Vladimir Tatartchouk Vadim Tichtchenko |
Brazil Aloisio Alves Jose Araujo Jorge Campos Valdoo Candido Andre Cruz Romario Farias Jose Ferreira Ademir Kaefer Sergio Luiz Iomar Nascimento Jose Oliveira Ricardo Raimundo Edmar Santos Joao Santos Geovani Silva Jorge Silva Hamilton Souza Milton Souza Claudio Taffarel Luiz Winck |
West Germany Rudi Bommer Holger Fach Wolfgang Funkel Armin Goertz Roland Grahammer Thomas Haessler Thomas Hoerster Olaf Janssen Uwe Kamps Gerhard Kleppinger Juergen Klinsmann Frank Mill Oliver Reck Karlheinz Riedle Gunnar Sauer Christian Schreier Michael Schulz Ralf Sievers Fritz Walter Wolfram Wuttke |
Statistics[]
- There were 270 total athletes from 16 countries.
- Younis Sadkhan was the youngest participant with 18 years and 279 days.
- Ricardo Piccinini was the oldest participant with 39 years and 24 days.
- No competitors were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Soviet Union won its first gold medal in the sport since Melbourne 1956.
- West Germany won its first-ever and only medal in the sport.
