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

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Women's field hockey
at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Women's field hockey at the Games of XXIV Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
City	Seoul
Dates	21–30 September
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	Seongnam Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	72 (3.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lisanne Lejeune (8 goals)
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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]

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

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

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

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)

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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)

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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

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)

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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)

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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

	Cross-overs				Fifth place
	27 September
	United States	1
					29 September
	West Germany	2
					West Germany	4
	27 September
					Canada	2
	Argentina	1
	Canada (a.e.t)	2
					Seventh place
					29 September
					United States	1
					Argentina (a.e.t)	3

Cross-overs

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)

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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

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

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

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	27 September
	Netherlands	2
					30 September
	Australia	3
					Australia	2
	27 September
					South Korea	0
	South Korea	1
	Great Britain	0
					Bronze medal match
					30 September
					Netherlands	3
					Great Britain	1

Semi-finals

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)

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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

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

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

Final ranking

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

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

8 goals

• Lisanne Lejeune

5 goals

• Lim Kye-Sook
• Bettina Blumenberg

4 goals

• Deborah Bowman
• Sheila Forshaw

3 goals

• Jacqueline Pereira

2 goals

• Alejandra Palma
• Sharon Patmore
• Victoria Dixon
• Marjolein Bolhuis
• Helen Lejeune
• Sophie von Weiler
• Seo Hyo-Sun
• Chung Sang-Hyun
• Park Soon-Ja
• Megan Donnelly
• Sheryl Johnson
• Christine Morgan

1 goal

• María Colombo
• Victoria Garbó
• Marcela Hussey
• Moira Minnand
• Lee Capes
• Elspeth Clement
• Liane Tooth
• Sharon Creelman
• Kathryn Johnson
• Lisa Lyn
• Moira MacLeod
• Mary Nevill
• Kate Parker
• Seo Kwang-Mi
• Kim Young-Sook
• Heike Gehrmann
• Caren Jungjohann
• Susanne Schmid
• Susanne Wollschläger

Source: FIH

References

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

• Official FIH website