See main article: Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
width=33% valign=top | South Korea | width=33% valign=top align=center | 0 — 0 (final score after 90 minutes) | width=33% valign=top | Soviet Union | |
valign=top | Manager: Kim Jung-Nam----Team: 01 - GK - Cho Byung-Deuk 02 - DF - Park Kyung-Hoon 04 - DF - Cho Min-Kook 05 - DF - Jung Yong-Hwan 17 - DF - Gu Sang-Bum 03 - MF - Choi Kang-Hee 08 - MF - Chung Hae-Won sub 24' 16 - MF - Kim Joo-Sung 19 - MF - Yeo Bum-Kyu sub 62' 11 - FW - Byun Byung-Joo 14 - FW - Choi Soon-Ho ----Substitutes: ----Unused Substitutes: ----Scorers: | valign=middle align=center | Half-time: 0-0 Competition: Date: Kick off: Venue: Attendance: Referee: Assistants: Match rules: | valign=top | Manager: Anatoliy Byshovets----Team: 01 - GK - Dmitry Kharin 02 - DF - Gela Ketashvili 04 - DF - Oleksiy Cherednyk 17 - DF - Viktor Losev 18 - DF - Sergei Gorlukovich 08 - MF - Igor Ponomaryov 10 - MF - Igor Dobrovolski 15 - MF - Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko 20 - MF - Arminas Narbekovas 09 - FW - Aleksandr Borodyuk sub 46' 19 - FW - Yury Savichev sub 58' ----Substitutes: ----Unused Substitutes: ----Scorers: |
width=33% valign=top | United States | width=33% valign=top align=center | 1 — 1 (final score after 90 minutes) | width=33% valign=top | Argentina | |
valign=top | Manager: Lothar Osiander----Team: 01 - GK - David Vanole 04 - DF - Kevin Crow 12 - DF - Paul Krumpe 19 - DF - Brian Bliss 20 - DF - Paul Caligiuri 08 - MF - Rick Davis 15 - MF - Tab Ramos sub 74' 16 - MF - Bruce Murray 17 - MF - Desmond Armstrong 09 - FW - Brent Goulet sub 68' 10 - FW - Peter Vermes ----Substitutes: ----Unused Substitutes: ----Scorers: | valign=middle align=center | Half-time: 0-0 Competition: Date: Kick off: Venue: Attendance: Referee: Assistants: Match rules: | valign=top | Manager: Carlos Pachamé----Team: 01 - GK - Luis Islas 02 - DF - Rubén Agüero 08 - DF - Hernán Díaz 09 - DF - Néstor Fabbri 11 - DF - Néstor Lorenzo 14 - DF - Carlos Mayor sub 54' 16 - MF - Hugo Pérez 17 - MF - Alejandro Ruidiaz 04 - FW - Carlos Alfaro 07 - FW - Jorge Comas sub 81' 19 - FW - Darío Siviski ----Substitutes: ----Unused Substitutes: ----Scorers: |
width=33% valign=top | South Korea | width=33% valign=top align=center | 0 — 0 (final score after 90 minutes) | width=33% valign=top | United States | |
valign=top | Manager: Kim Jung-Nam----Team: 01 - GK - Cho Byung-Deuk 02 - DF - Park Kyung-Hoon 04 - DF - Cho Min-Kook 05 - DF - Jung Yong-Hwan 17 - DF - Gu Sang-Bum 03 - MF - Choi Kang-Hee sub 25' 16 - MF - Kim Joo-Sung 18 - MF - Choi Yun-Gyeom 10 - FW - Choi Sang-Kook 11 - FW - Byun Byung-Joo 14 - FW - Choi Soon-Ho ----Substitutes: ----Unused Substitutes: ----Scorers: | valign=middle align=center | Half-time: 0-0 Competition: Date: Kick off: Venue: Attendance: Referee: Assistants: Match rules: | valign=top | Manager: Lothar Osiander----Team: 01 - GK - David Vanole 04 - DF - Kevin Crow 12 - DF - Paul Krumpe 19 - DF - Brian Bliss 20 - DF - Paul Caligiuri 08 - MF - Rick Davis 15 - MF - Tab Ramos sub 46' 13 - MF - John Harkes sub 76' 17 - MF - Desmond Armstrong 09 - FW - Brent Goulet 06 - FW - Frank Klopas ----Substitutes: ----Unused Substitutes: ----Scorers: |
width=33% valign=top | Soviet Union | width=33% valign=top align=center | 2 — 1 (final score after 90 minutes) | width=33% valign=top | Argentina | |
valign=top | Manager: Anatoliy Byshovets----Team: 01 - GK - Dmitry Kharin 02 - DF - Gela Ketashvili 04 - DF - Oleksiy Cherednyk 17 - DF - Viktor Losev 18 - DF - Sergei Gorlukovich 07 - MF - Yevgeni Kuznetsov 10 - MF - Igor Dobrovolski 15 - MF - Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko 20 - MF - Arminas Narbekovas sub 61' 11 - FW - Volodymyr Lyuty 14 - FW - Volodymyr Tatarchuk sub 79' ----Substitutes: ----Unused Substitutes: ----Scorers: | valign=middle align=center | Half-time: 2-0 Competition: Date: Kick off: Venue: Attendance: Referee: Assistants: Match rules: | valign=top | Manager: Carlos Pachamé----Team: 01 - GK - Luis Islas 02 - DF - Rubén Agüero 08 - DF - Hernán Díaz 09 - DF - Néstor Fabbri 11 - DF - Néstor Lorenzo 13 - DF - Mario Lucca 16 - MF - Hugo Pérez 06 - MF - Claudio Cabrera sub 68' 04 - FW - Carlos Alfaro 07 - FW - Jorge Comas 19 - FW - Darío Siviski ----Substitutes: ----Unused Substitutes: ----Scorers: |
width=33% valign=top | South Korea | width=33% valign=top align=center | 1 — 2 (final score after 90 minutes) | width=33% valign=top | Argentina | |
valign=top | Manager: Kim Jung-Nam----Team: 01 - GK - Cho Byung-Deuk 02 - DF - Park Kyung-Hoon 04 - DF - Cho Min-Kook 05 - DF - Jung Yong-Hwan 17 - DF - Gu Sang-Bum 03 - MF - Choi Kang-Hee sub 81' 16 - MF - Kim Joo-Sung 07 - MF - Noh Soo-Jin sub 70' 10 - FW - Choi Sang-Kook 11 - FW - Byun Byung-Joo 14 - FW - Choi Soon-Ho ----Substitutes: ----Unused Substitutes: ----Scorers: | valign=middle align=center | Half-time: 1-1 Competition: Date: Kick off: Venue: Attendance: Referee: Assistants: Match rules: | valign=top | Manager: Carlos Pachamé----Team: 01 - GK - Luis Islas 15 - DF - Pedro Monzón 08 - DF - Hernán Díaz 09 - DF - Néstor Fabbri 11 - DF - Néstor Lorenzo sub 74' 13 - DF - Mario Lucca 16 - MF - Hugo Pérez sub 60' 04 - FW - Carlos Alfaro 07 - FW - Jorge Comas 03 - FW - Mauro Airez 19 - FW - Darío Siviski ----Substitutes: ----Unused Substitutes: ----Scorers: |
width=33% valign=top | Soviet Union | width=33% valign=top align=center | 4 — 2 (final score after 90 minutes) | width=33% valign=top | United States | |
valign=top | Manager: Anatoliy Byshovets----Team: 01 - GK - Dmitry Kharin 02 - DF - Gela Ketashvili 12 - DF - Yevgeny Yarovenko 17 - DF - Viktor Losev 18 - DF - Sergei Gorlukovich 07 - MF - Yevgeni Kuznetsov 10 - MF - Igor Dobrovolski sub 54' 15 - MF - Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko sub 59' 20 - MF - Arminas Narbekovas 11 - FW - Volodymyr Lyuty 19 - FW - Yury Savichev ----Substitutes: ----Unused Substitutes: ----Scorers: | valign=middle align=center | Half-time: 3-0 Competition: Date: Kick off: Venue: Attendance: Referee: Assistants: Match rules: | valign=top | Manager: Lothar Osiander----Team: 01 - GK - David Vanole 03 - DF - John Doyle 04 - DF - Kevin Crow 12 - DF - Paul Krumpe sub 65' 14 - DF - John Stollmeyer sub 46' 19 - DF - Brian Bliss 20 - DF - Paul Caligiuri 08 - MF - Rick Davis 16 - MF - Bruce Murray 10 - FW - Peter Vermes 06 - FW - Frank Klopas ----Substitutes: ----Unused Substitutes: ----Scorers: |