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

The women's field hockey tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics was the 3rd edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a ten-day period beginning on 21 September, and culminating with the medal finals on 30 September. All games were played at the Seongnam Stadium in Seoul, South Korea.[1]

Women's field hockey
at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Korea
CitySeoul
Dates21–30 September
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)Seongnam Stadium
Final positions
Champions Australia (1st title)
Runner-up South Korea
Third place Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored72 (3.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)Netherlands Lisanne Lejeune (8 goals)
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Australia won the gold medal for the first time after defeating South Korea 2–0 in the final. Netherlands won the bronze medal by defeating Great Britain 3–1.[2]

Squads edit

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

Results edit

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

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
21 September 1988
09:00
Argentina   0–1   Great Britain
Report MacLeod   32'
Umpires:
Christianne Asselman (BEL)
Margaret Lanning (CAN)
21 September 1988
13:30
Netherlands   3–1   United States
H. Lejeune   29'
Von Weiler   34'
L. Lejeune   68' 		Report Johnson   44'
Umpires:
Dominique Ache (BEL)
R Tong (RSA)
23 September 1988
10:45
Netherlands   5–1   Great Britain
L. Lejeune   6', 20', 31', 39'
Von Weiler   66' 		Report Dixon   34'
Umpires:
Dominique Ache (BEL)
Salobrar Hernandez (ESP)
23 September 1988
15:15
Argentina   2–1   United States
Colombo   11'
Garbo   36' 		Report Donnelly   61'
Umpires:
Dominique Ache (BEL)
Naomi Kato (JPN)
25 September 1988
09:00
United States   2–2   Great Britain
Morgan   37'
Johnson   60' 		Report Dixon   32'
Parker   51'
Umpires:
Jan Hadfield (AUS)
Margaret Lanning (CAN)
25 September 1988
13:30
Netherlands   1–0   Argentina
H. Lejeune   19' Report
Umpires:
Dominique Ache (BEL)
Naomi Kato (JPN)

Group B edit

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
21 September 1988
10:45
South Korea   4–1   West Germany
Lim   3', 35+'
Chung S.   61'
Seo K.   70+' 		Report Gehrmann   13'
Umpires:
Salobrar Hernandez (ESP)
Pauline Bullock (GBR)
21 September 1988
15:15
Australia   1–1   Canada
Bowman   50' Report Forshaw   12'
Umpires:
A Poelmans (NED)
Jean Robertson (GBR)
23 September 1988
09:00
Australia   1–0   West Germany
Bowman   68' Report
Umpires:
Pauline Bullock (GBR)
Jean Robertson (GBR)
23 September 1988
13:30
South Korea   3–1   Canada
Park   25', 26'
Seo H.   70+' 		Report Johnson   28'
Umpires:
Laura Crespo (ARG)
Jolanda Mohlmann (GBR)
25 September 1988
10:45
Canada   1–2   West Germany
Lyn   49' Report Blumenberg   26'
Jungjohann   51'
Umpires:
Laura Crespo (ARG)
A Poelmans (NED)
25 September 1988
15:15
Australia   5–5   South Korea
Pereira   6', 32', 34'
Bowman   24'
Clement   64' 		Report Kim Y.   23'
Lim   28', 31', 45'
Chung S.   44'
Umpires:
Jolanda Mohlman (NED)
R Tong (RSA)

Fifth to eighth place classification edit

 
Cross-oversFifth place
 
      
 
27 September
 
 
  United States1
 
29 September
 
  West Germany2
 
  West Germany4
 
27 September
 
  Canada2
 
  Argentina1
 
 
  Canada (a.e.t)2
 
Seventh place
 
 
29 September
 
 
  United States1
 
 
  Argentina (a.e.t)3

Cross-overs edit

27 September 1988
09:00
United States   1–2   West Germany
Donnelly   19' Report Wollschläger   41'
Blumenberg   49'
Umpires:
Jolanda Mohlmann (NED)
Naomi Kato (JPN)
27 September 1988
11:00
Argentina   1–2 (a.e.t.)   Canada
Palma   67' Report Forshaw   33'
Creelman   85'
Umpires:
Jean Robertson (GBR)
Jan Hadfield (AUS)

Seventh and eighth place edit

29 September 1988
11:00
United States   1–3 (a.e.t.)   Argentina
Morgan   41' Report Minnand   47'
Hussey   82'
Palma   84'
Umpires:
Margaret Lanning (CAN)
A Poelmans (NED)

Fifth and sixth place edit

29 September 1988
09:00
West Germany   4–2   Canada
Blumenberg   14', 59', 64'
Schmid   57' 		Report Forshaw   18', 52'
Umpires:
Dominique Ache (BEL)
Jean Robertson (GBR)

Medal round edit

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
27 September
 
 
  Netherlands2
 
30 September
 
  Australia3
 
  Australia2
 
27 September
 
  South Korea0
 
  South Korea1
 
 
  Great Britain0
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
30 September
 
 
  Netherlands3
 
 
  Great Britain1

Semi-finals edit

27 September 1988
13:00
Netherlands   2–3   Australia
L. Lejeune   16'
Bolhuis   61' 		Report Tooth   3'
Patmore   48', 56'
Umpires:
Christianne Asselman (BEL)
Salobrar Hernandez (ESP)
27 September 1988
15:15
South Korea   1–0   Great Britain
Seo H.   18' Report
Umpires:
Laura Crespo (ARG)
R Tong (RSA)

Bronze medal match edit

30 September 1988
13:00
Netherlands   3–1   Great Britain
Bolhuis   6'
L. Lejeune   21', 34' 		Report Nevill   9'
Umpires:
Laura Crespo (ARG)
R Tong (RSA)

Gold medal match edit

30 September 1988
15:15
Australia   2–0   South Korea
Bowman   41'
Capes   57' 		Report
Umpires:
Salobrar Hernandez (ESP)
Jolanda Mohlmann (NED)

Final ranking edit

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
    Australia 5 3 2 0 12 8 +4 8 Gold Medal
    South Korea 5 3 1 1 13 9 +4 7 Silver Medal
    Netherlands 5 4 0 1 14 6 +8 8 Bronze Medal
4   Great Britain 5 1 1 3 5 12 −7 3 Fourth place
5   West Germany 5 3 0 2 9 9 0 6 Eliminated in
group stage
6   Canada 5 1 1 3 7 11 −4 3
7   Argentina 5 2 0 3 6 6 0 4
8   United States 5 0 1 4 6 12 −6 1
Source: FIH

Goalscorers edit

There were 72 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.6 goals per match.

8 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References edit

  1. ^ "Hockey at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Hockey". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Olympic Games Seoul 1988". FIH. Retrieved 24 July 2017.

External links edit

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