| 1988 Hexagon World Men's Curling Championship | |
| Host City: | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Arena: | Icehalle |
| Dates: | April 11–17, 1988 |
| Curling Club: | Snarøen CC, Oslo |
| Skip: | Eigil Ramsfjell |
| Third: | Sjur Loen |
| Second: | Morten Søgaard |
| Lead: | Bo Bakke |
| Finalist: | (Pat Ryan) |
| Prev: | 1987 |
| Next: | 1989 |
The 1988 World Men's Curling Championship took place at the Icehalle in Lausanne, Switzerland from April 11–17. The gold medal was won by Team Norway, who also won the Curling competition in the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, Canada. Canada took the silver medal, and Scotland the bronze.
| Ottewell CC, Edmonton, Alberta Skip: Pat Ryan Third: Randy Ferbey Second: Don Walchuk Lead: Don McKenzie | Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Gert Larsen Third: Oluf Olsen Second: Jan Hansen Lead: Michael Harry | Hyvinkää CC, Hyvinkää Skip: Jussi Uusipaavalniemi Third: Petri Tsutsunen Second: Jari Laukkanen Lead: Jarmo Jokivalli Alternate: Juhani Heinonen | Megève CC Skip: Christophe Boan Third: Thierry Mercier Second: Gerard Ravello Lead: Alain Brangi | SC Riessersee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen Skip: Rainer Schöpp Third: Dieter Kolb Second: Norbert Petrasch Lead: Reinhard Ernst | |
| Snarøen CC, Oslo Skip: Eigil Ramsfjell Third: Sjur Loen Second: Morten Søgaard Lead: Bo Bakke | St. Martins CC, Perth Skip: David Smith Third: Mike Hay Second: Peter Smith Lead: David Hay | Karlstads CK, Karlstad Skip: Sören Grahn Third: Henrik Holmberg Second: Per Axelsson Lead: Håkan Funk | Granite CC, Seattle Skip: Doug Jones Third: Bard Nordlund Second: Murphy Tomlinson Lead: Mike Grennan |
| Key | ||
|---|---|---|
| Teams to playoffs | ||
| Teams to tiebreakers | ||
| Country | Skip | W | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 0 | |||
| 7 | 2 | |||
| 7 | 2 | |||
| 5 | 4 | |||
| 4 | 5 | |||
| 3 | 6 | |||
| 3 | 6 | |||
| 3 | 6 | |||
| 2 | 7 | |||
| 2 | 7 |