Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul took place from 18 September to 1 October 1988 at the Seongnam Stadium in Seongnam. Twenty teams (twelve for men and eight for women) competed in the tournament.^[1]

Field hockey at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Seongnam Stadium
Dates	18 September – 1 October 1988
No. of events	2
Teams	20
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Men's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	0	19	3	+16	10	Semi-finals
2	Netherlands	5	3	1	1	12	6	+6	7
3	Pakistan	5	3	0	2	15	8	+7	6	5–8th place semi-finals
4	Argentina	5	2	0	3	8	12	−4	4
5	Spain	5	1	1	3	6	10	−4	3	9–12th place semi-finals
6	Kenya	5	0	0	5	5	26	−21	0

Source: FIH

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	5	4	1	0	13	3	+10	9	Semi-finals
2	Great Britain	5	3	1	1	12	5	+7	7
3	India	5	2	1	2	9	7	+2	5	5–8th place semi-finals
4	Soviet Union	5	2	1	2	5	10	−5	5
5	South Korea (H)	5	0	2	3	5	10	−5	2	9–12th place semi-finals
6	Canada	5	0	2	3	3	12	−9	2

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	28 September
	West Germany	2
					1 October
	Netherlands	1
					West Germany	1
	28 September
					Great Britain	3
	Australia	2
	Great Britain	3
					Bronze medal match
					1 October
					Australia	1
					Netherlands	2

Final standings

1.  Great Britain
2.  West Germany
3.  Netherlands
4.  Australia
5.  Pakistan
6.  India
7.  Soviet Union
8.  Argentina
9.  Spain
10.  South Korea
11.  Canada
12.  Kenya

Women's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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
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

Source: FIH

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
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

Source: FIH

Medal round

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

Final standings

1.  Australia
2.  South Korea
3.  Netherlands
4.  Great Britain
5.  West Germany
6.  Canada
7.  Argentina
8.  United States

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (South Korea)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
3	South Korea (KOR)*	0	1	0	1
	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	0	1
5	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	2	2
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament details	Great Britain (GBR) Paul Barber Stephen Batchelor Kulbir Bhaura Robert Clift Richard Dodds David Faulkner Russell Garcia Martyn Grimley Sean Kerly Jimmy Kirkwood Richard Leman Stephen Martin Veryan Pappin Jon Potter Imran Sherwani Ian Taylor	West Germany (FRG) Stefan Blöcher Dirk Brinkmann Thomas Brinkmann Heiner Dopp Hans-Henning Fastrich Carsten Fischer Tobias Frank Volker Fried Horst-Ulrich Hänel Michael Hilgers Andreas Keller Michael Metz Andreas Mollandin Thomas Reck Christian Schliemann Ekkhard Schmidt-Opper	Netherlands (NED) Marc Benninga Floris Jan Bovelander Jacques Brinkman Maurits Crucq Marc Delissen Cees Jan Diepeveen Patrick Faber Ronald Jansen René Klaassen Hendrik Kooijman Hidde Kruize Frank Leistra Erik Parlevliet Gert Schlatmann Tim Steens Taco van den Honert
Women's tournament details	Australia (AUS) Tracey Belbin Deborah Bowman Lee Capes Michelle Capes Sally Carbon Elspeth Clement Loretta Dorman Maree Fish Rechelle Hawkes Lorraine Hillas Kathleen Partridge Sharon Patmore Jackie Pereira Sandra Pisani Kim Small Liane Tooth	South Korea (KOR) Chang Eun-Jung Cho Ki-Hyang Choi Choon-Ok Chung Eun-Kyung Chung Sang-Hyun Han Gum Shil Han Ok-Kyung Hwang Keum-Sook Jin Won-Sim Kim Mi-Sun Kim Soon-Duk Kim Young-sook Lim Kye-Sook Park Soon-Ja Seo Hyo-Sun Seo Kwang-Mi	Netherlands (NED) Willemien Aardenburg Carina Benninga Marjolein Eijsvogel Yvonne Buter Det de Beus Annemieke Fokke Noor Holsboer Helen van der Ben Lisanne Lejeune Anneloes Nieuwenhuizen Martine Ohr Marieke van Doorn Aletta van Manen Sophie von Weiler Laurien Willemse Ingrid Wolff