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Doubles, Women

Date	23 – 30 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Che-yuk-gwan, Seo-ul Dae-hak-gyo, Seoul
Participants	30 from 15 countries
Format	Round-robin qualifying pools, followed by single-elimination tournament.

The Korean pair of Hyun Jung-Hwa and Yang Young-Ja were the favorites, having won the 1987 World Championships and ranking #1 in the world. They dominated the Olympic tournament, winning all 10 of their matches, and 20 of 22 games. But they were extended in the final by China’s Chen Jing and Jiao Zhimin, who after narrowly losing the first game 21-19, won the second comfortably, 21-16. But Hyun and Yang crushed them in the final game, 21-10, becoming the first table tennis Olympic champions as this was the first final contested.

Pos	Competitors	NOC
1	Republic of Korea	KOR	Gold
	Hyeon Jeong-Hwa • Yang Yeong-Ja
2	People's Republic of China	CHN	Silver
	Chen Jing • Jiao Zhimin
3	Yugoslavia	YUG	Bronze
	Gordana Perkučin • Jasna Fazlić
4	Japan	JPN
	Kiyomi Ishida • Mika Hoshino
5	Czechoslovakia	TCH
	Marie Hrachová • Renata Kasalová
6	Soviet Union	URS
	Flyura Bulatova • Olena Kovtun
7	Netherlands	NED
	Bettine Vriesekoop • Mirjam Kloppenburg
8	Hungary	HUN
	Csilla Bátorfi • Edit Urbán
=9	Chinese Taipei	TPE
	Chang Hsiu-Yu • Lin Li-Ju
=9	West Germany	FRG
	Katja Nolten • Olga Nemes
=11	United States	USA
	Diana Gee • Insook Bhushan
=11	Hong Kong	HKG
	Hui So Hung • Mok Ka Sha
=13	Nigeria	NGR
	Iyabo Akanmu • Kuburat Owolabi
=13	Malaysia	MAS
	Lau Wai Cheng • Leong Mee Wan
=15	Australia	AUS
	Kerri Tepper • Nadia Bisiach

Preliminary Round

Date	23 – 28 September 1988

Group A

Date	23 – 28 September 1988
Format	Top 4 finishers in group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Republic of Korea	KOR	7	0	14-1	313-169	Q
	Yang Yeong-Ja • Hyeon Jeong-Hwa
2	Soviet Union	URS	5	2	10-6	295-262	Q
	Olena Kovtun • Flyura Bulatova
3	Yugoslavia	YUG	5	2	10-4	267-229	Q
	Gordana Perkučin • Jasna Fazlić
4	Hungary	HUN	4	3	9-8	301-312	Q
	Edit Urbán • Csilla Bátorfi
5	Chinese Taipei	TPE	4	3	10-7	319-290
	Lin Li-Ju • Chang Hsiu-Yu
6	Hong Kong	HKG	1	6	5-12	262-333
	Hui So Hung • Mok Ka Sha
7	Nigeria	NGR	1	6	2-12	206-288
	Iyabo Akanmu • Kuburat Owolabi
8	Australia	AUS	1	6	3-13	248-328
	Nadia Bisiach • Kerri Tepper

Match	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	Republic of Korea	KOR	2 – 0	Australia	AUS
Match #2	Soviet Union	URS	2 – 0	Nigeria	NGR
Match #3	Yugoslavia	YUG	2 – 0	Hong Kong	HKG
Match #4	Hungary	HUN	2 – 1	Chinese Taipei	TPE
Match #5	Chinese Taipei	TPE	2 – 0	Australia	AUS
Match #6	Hungary	HUN	2 – 0	Hong Kong	HKG
Match #7	Yugoslavia	YUG	2 – 0	Nigeria	NGR
Match #8	Republic of Korea	KOR	2 – 0	Soviet Union	URS
Match #9	Soviet Union	URS	2 – 0	Australia	AUS
Match #10	Republic of Korea	KOR	2 – 0	Yugoslavia	YUG
Match #11	Hungary	HUN	2 – 0	Nigeria	NGR
Match #12	Chinese Taipei	TPE	2 – 1	Hong Kong	HKG
Match #13	Australia	AUS	2 – 1	Hong Kong	HKG
Match #14	Chinese Taipei	TPE	2 – 0	Nigeria	NGR
Match #15	Republic of Korea	KOR	2 – 0	Hungary	HUN
Match #16	Soviet Union	URS	2 – 0	Yugoslavia	YUG
Match #17	Yugoslavia	YUG	2 – 0	Australia	AUS
Match #18	Soviet Union	URS	2 – 1	Hungary	HUN
Match #19	Republic of Korea	KOR	2 – 1	Chinese Taipei	TPE
Match #20	Hong Kong	HKG	2 – 0	Nigeria	NGR
Match #21	Nigeria	NGR	2 – 0	Australia	AUS
Match #22	Republic of Korea	KOR	2 – 0	Hong Kong	HKG
Match #23	Chinese Taipei	TPE	2 – 0	Soviet Union	URS
Match #24	Yugoslavia	YUG	2 – 0	Hungary	HUN
Match #25	Hungary	HUN	2 – 1	Australia	AUS
Match #26	Yugoslavia	YUG	2 – 0	Chinese Taipei	TPE
Match #27	Soviet Union	URS	2 – 1	Hong Kong	HKG
Match #28	Republic of Korea	KOR	2 – 0	Nigeria	NGR

Group B

Date	23 – 28 September 1988
Format	Top 4 finishers in group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	People's Republic of China	CHN	6	0	12-1	266-147	Q
	Chen Jing • Jiao Zhimin
2	Czechoslovakia	TCH	5	1	10-3	254-232	Q
	Renata Kasalová • Marie Hrachová
3	Netherlands	NED	4	2	8-6	259-247	Q
	Mirjam Kloppenburg • Bettine Vriesekoop
4	Japan	JPN	3	3	7-7	258-261	Q
	Kiyomi Ishida • Mika Hoshino
5	West Germany	FRG	2	4	6-9	282-290
	Katja Nolten • Olga Nemes
6	United States	USA	1	5	5-10	241-276
	Diana Gee • Insook Bhushan
7	Malaysia	MAS	0	6	0-12	147-254
	Leong Mee Wan • Lau Wai Cheng

Match	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	Czechoslovakia	TCH	2 – 0	Malaysia	MAS
Match #2	Netherlands	NED	2 – 0	United States	USA
Match #3	Japan	JPN	2 – 1	West Germany	FRG
Match #4	Japan	JPN	2 – 0	United States	USA
Match #5	Netherlands	NED	2 – 0	Malaysia	MAS
Match #6	People's Republic of China	CHN	2 – 0	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #7	People's Republic of China	CHN	2 – 0	Netherlands	NED
Match #8	Japan	JPN	2 – 0	Malaysia	MAS
Match #9	West Germany	FRG	2 – 1	United States	USA
Match #10	West Germany	FRG	2 – 0	Malaysia	MAS
Match #11	People's Republic of China	CHN	2 – 0	Japan	JPN
Match #12	Czechoslovakia	TCH	2 – 0	Netherlands	NED
Match #13	Czechoslovakia	TCH	2 – 0	Japan	JPN
Match #14	People's Republic of China	CHN	2 – 0	West Germany	FRG
Match #15	United States	USA	2 – 0	Malaysia	MAS
Match #16	People's Republic of China	CHN	2 – 1	United States	USA
Match #17	Czechoslovakia	TCH	2 – 0	West Germany	FRG
Match #18	Netherlands	NED	2 – 1	Japan	JPN
Match #19	Netherlands	NED	2 – 1	West Germany	FRG
Match #20	Czechoslovakia	TCH	2 – 1	United States	USA
Match #21	People's Republic of China	CHN	2 – 0	Malaysia	MAS

Quarter-Finals

Date	29 September 1988 — 11:00
Format	Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep	Republic of Korea	KOR	2 – 0	Netherlands	NED
Match #2	29 Sep	Japan	JPN	2 – 0	Soviet Union	URS
Match #3	29 Sep	Yugoslavia	YUG	2 – 0	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #4	29 Sep	People's Republic of China	CHN	2 – 0	Hungary	HUN

Semi-Finals

Date	29 September 1988 — 20:00
Format	Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep	Republic of Korea	KOR	2 – 0	Japan	JPN
Match #2	29 Sep	People's Republic of China	CHN	2 – 1	Yugoslavia	YUG

Classification Round 5-8

Date	29 September 1988 — 12:00

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep	Soviet Union	URS	2 – 0	Netherlands	NED
Match #2	29 Sep	Czechoslovakia	TCH	2 – 1	Hungary	HUN

Final Round

Date	30 September 1988

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	30 Sep 20:00	Republic of Korea	KOR	2 – 1	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match 3/4	30 Sep 12:00	Yugoslavia	YUG	2 – 1	Japan	JPN
Match 5/6	30 Sep	Czechoslovakia	TCH	2 – 1	Soviet Union	URS
Match 7/8	30 Sep 11:00	Netherlands	NED	2 – 1	Hungary	HUN