Thalassinidou Mariya Chernyayeva Tatyana Titova Women's duet Mariya Chernyayeva Tatyana Titova Table tennis Tennis 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 Volleyball Men's tournament 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 Women's tournament 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 Water polo Men's tournament 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 Weightlifting Wrestling Men's freestyle Alexander Karelin — Wrestling, Heavyweight See also Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Paralympics References Nations at the 1988 Summer Olympics 1988 Summer Olympics Korea–Soviet Union relations