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Doubles, Men

Date23 – 30 September 1988
StatusOlympic
LocationChe-yuk-gwan, Seo-ul Dae-hak-gyo, Seoul
Participants64 from 23 countries
FormatRound-robin qualifying pools, followed by single-elimination tournament.

The favorites were the 1987 World Champions, Chen Longcan and Wei Qinguang of China. They won the gold medal without losing a match, and lost only three games. In the final, they faced the Yugoslav team of Ilija Lupulesku and Zoran Primorać. This was a replay of the final of the 1987 World Championships and Chen/Wei won both matches in three games.

PosCompetitorsNOC
1People's Republic of China 1CHNGold
Chen Longcan • Qingguang Wei
2YugoslaviaYUGSilver
Ilija Lupulesku • Zoran Primorac
3Republic of Korea 2KORBronze
An Jae-Hyeong • Yu Nam-Gyu
4Republic of Korea 1KOR
Kim Gi-Taek • Kim Wan
5People's Republic of China 2CHN
Jiang Jialiang • Xu Zengcai
6PolandPOL
Andrzej Grubba • Leszek Kucharski
7Sweden 1SWE
Erik Lindh • Jörgen Persson
8Sweden 2SWE
Jan-Ove Waldner • Mikael Appelgren
=9Great Britain 2GBR
Desmond Douglas • Sky Andrew
=9Chinese Taipei 2TPE
Huang Huei-Chieh • Wu Wen-Chia
=9West Germany 2FRG
Jörg Roßkopf • Steffen Fetzner
=9Japan 1JPN
Seiji Ono • Yoshihito Miyazaki
=13Great Britain 1GBR
Alan Cooke • Carl Prean
=13Chinese Taipei 1TPE
Chih Chin-Long • Chih Chin-Shui
=13CanadaCAN
Joe Ng • Horatio Pintea
=13Japan 2JPN
Kiyoshi Saito • Takehiro Watanabe
=17BrazilBRA
Carlos Kawai • Cláudio Kano
=17AustriaAUT
Ding Yi • Gottfried Bär
=17FranceFRA
Jean-Philippe Gatien • Patrick Birocheau
=17HungaryHUN
Tibor Klampár • Zsolt Kriston
=21Nigeria 1NGR
Atanda Musa • Titus Omotara
=21West Germany 1FRG
Georg Böhm • Jürgen Rebel
=21IndiaIND
Kamlesh Mehta • Sujay Ghorpade
=21Hong Kong 2HKG
Lo Chuen Tsung • Vong Lu Veng
=25Soviet UnionURS
Andrey Mazunov • Boris Rozenberg
=25Hong Kong 1HKG
Chan Chi Ming • Liu Fuk Man
=25ChileCHI
Jorge Gambra • Marcos Núñez
=25Dominican RepublicDOM
Mario Álvarez • Raymundo Fermín
=29MauritiusMRI
Alain Choo Choy • Gilany Hosnani
=29New ZealandNZL
Barry Griffiths • Peter Jackson
=29Nigeria 2NGR
Fatai Adeyemo • Yomi Bankole
=29TunisiaTUN
Mourad Sta • Sofiane Ben Letaief

Preliminary Round

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Group A

Date23 – 28 September 1988
FormatWinner and runner-up in group advanced to single-elimination tournament.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsLossesGamesPoints
1People's Republic of China 1CHN7014-1304-214Q
Chen Longcan • Qingguang Wei
2Sweden 1SWE6112-2292-218Q
Jörgen Persson • Erik Lindh
3Japan 1JPN439-6282-245
Yoshihito Miyazaki • Seiji Ono
4Great Britain 1GBR438-7337-325
Carl Prean • Alan Cooke
5HungaryHUN439-9337-323
Tibor Klampár • Zsolt Kriston
6IndiaIND255-10266-286
Kamlesh Mehta • Sujay Ghorpade
7Hong Kong 1HKG162-13210-302
Liu Fuk Man • Chan Chi Ming
8TunisiaTUN073-14237-340
Mourad Sta • Sofiane Ben Letaief
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #1People's Republic of China 1CHN2 – 0TunisiaTUN
Match #2Sweden 1SWE2 – 0Hong Kong 1HKG
Match #3Japan 1JPN2 – 0IndiaIND
Match #4Great Britain 1GBR2 – 0HungaryHUN
Match #5HungaryHUN2 – 1TunisiaTUN
Match #6Great Britain 1GBR2 – 0IndiaIND
Match #7Japan 1JPN2 – 0Hong Kong 1HKG
Match #8People's Republic of China 1CHN2 – 0Sweden 1SWE
Match #9Sweden 1SWE2 – 0TunisiaTUN
Match #10People's Republic of China 1CHN2 – 0Japan 1JPN
Match #11Great Britain 1GBR2 – 0Hong Kong 1HKG
Match #12HungaryHUN2 – 1IndiaIND
Match #13IndiaIND2 – 0TunisiaTUN
Match #14HungaryHUN2 – 0Hong Kong 1HKG
Match #15People's Republic of China 1CHN2 – 0Great Britain 1GBR
Match #16Sweden 1SWE2 – 0Japan 1JPN
Match #17Japan 1JPN2 – 0TunisiaTUN
Match #18Sweden 1SWE2 – 0Great Britain 1GBR
Match #19People's Republic of China 1CHN2 – 1HungaryHUN
Match #20IndiaIND2 – 0Hong Kong 1HKG
Match #21Hong Kong 1HKG2 – 1TunisiaTUN
Match #22People's Republic of China 1CHN2 – 0IndiaIND
Match #23Sweden 1SWE2 – 0HungaryHUN
Match #24Japan 1JPN2 – 0Great Britain 1GBR
Match #25Great Britain 1GBR2 – 1TunisiaTUN
Match #26HungaryHUN2 – 1Japan 1JPN
Match #27Sweden 1SWE2 – 0IndiaIND
Match #28People's Republic of China 1CHN2 – 0Hong Kong 1HKG

Group B

Date23 – 28 September 1988
FormatWinner and runner-up in group advanced to single-elimination tournament.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsLossesGamesPoints
1Sweden 2SWE6112-4329-274Q
Jan-Ove Waldner • Mikael Appelgren
2Republic of Korea 1KOR6113-3317-252Q
Kim Gi-Taek • Kim Wan
3Great Britain 2GBR5211-6330-305
Desmond Douglas • Sky Andrew
4Chinese Taipei 1TPE439-7300-286
Chih Chin-Long • Chih Chin-Shui
5AustriaAUT347-10318-321
Ding Yi • Gottfried Bär
6West Germany 1FRG257-10295-300
Georg Böhm • Jürgen Rebel
7Dominican RepublicDOM163-12220-304
Mario Álvarez • Raymundo Fermín
8New ZealandNZL162-12231-298
Barry Griffiths • Peter Jackson
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #1Sweden 2SWE2 – 0New ZealandNZL
Match #2Republic of Korea 1KOR2 – 0Dominican RepublicDOM
Match #3Great Britain 2GBR2 – 1West Germany 1FRG
Match #4Chinese Taipei 1TPE2 – 0AustriaAUT
Match #5New ZealandNZL2 – 0AustriaAUT
Match #6Chinese Taipei 1TPE2 – 1West Germany 1FRG
Match #7Great Britain 2GBR2 – 0Dominican RepublicDOM
Match #8Sweden 2SWE2 – 1Republic of Korea 1KOR
Match #9Republic of Korea 1KOR2 – 0New ZealandNZL
Match #10Great Britain 2GBR2 – 0Sweden 2SWE
Match #11Chinese Taipei 1TPE2 – 0Dominican RepublicDOM
Match #12AustriaAUT2 – 0West Germany 1FRG
Match #13West Germany 1FRG2 – 0New ZealandNZL
Match #14AustriaAUT2 – 1Dominican RepublicDOM
Match #15Sweden 2SWE2 – 0Chinese Taipei 1TPE
Match #16Republic of Korea 1KOR2 – 0Great Britain 2GBR
Match #17Great Britain 2GBR2 – 0New ZealandNZL
Match #18Republic of Korea 1KOR2 – 0Chinese Taipei 1TPE
Match #19Sweden 2SWE2 – 1AustriaAUT
Match #20West Germany 1FRG2 – 0Dominican RepublicDOM
Match #21Dominican RepublicDOM2 – 0New ZealandNZL
Match #22Sweden 2SWE2 – 0West Germany 1FRG
Match #23Republic of Korea 1KOR2 – 0AustriaAUT
Match #24Great Britain 2GBR2 – 1Chinese Taipei 1TPE
Match #25Chinese Taipei 1TPE2 – 0New ZealandNZL
Match #26AustriaAUT2 – 1Great Britain 2GBR
Match #27Republic of Korea 1KOR2 – 1West Germany 1FRG
Match #28Sweden 2SWE2 – 0Dominican RepublicDOM

Group C

Date23 – 28 September 1988
FormatWinner and runner-up in group advanced to single-elimination tournament.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsLossesGamesPoints
1People's Republic of China 2CHN7014-2332-254Q
Jiang Jialiang • Xu Zengcai
2YugoslaviaYUG6112-4314-255Q
Zoran Primorac • Ilija Lupulesku
3Chinese Taipei 2TPE4311-6332-269
Wu Wen-Chia • Huang Huei-Chieh
4CanadaCAN438-6258-254
Horatio Pintea • Joe Ng
5FranceFRA439-8318-317
Jean-Philippe Gatien • Patrick Birocheau
6Nigeria 1NGR255-10256-298
Atanda Musa • Titus Omotara
7Soviet UnionURS163-12264-297
Andrey Mazunov • Boris Rozenberg
8MauritiusMRI070-14165-295
Alain Choo Choy • Gilany Hosnani
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #1People's Republic of China 2CHN2 – 0MauritiusMRI
Match #2YugoslaviaYUG2 – 0Soviet UnionURS
Match #3Chinese Taipei 2TPE2 – 0Nigeria 1NGR
Match #4CanadaCAN2 – 0FranceFRA
Match #5FranceFRA2 – 0MauritiusMRI
Match #6CanadaCAN2 – 0Nigeria 1NGR
Match #7Chinese Taipei 2TPE2 – 0Soviet UnionURS
Match #8People's Republic of China 2CHN2 – 0YugoslaviaYUG
Match #9YugoslaviaYUG2 – 0MauritiusMRI
Match #10People's Republic of China 2CHN2 – 1Chinese Taipei 2TPE
Match #11CanadaCAN2 – 0Soviet UnionURS
Match #12FranceFRA2 – 0Nigeria 1NGR
Match #13Nigeria 1NGR2 – 0MauritiusMRI
Match #14FranceFRA2 – 1Soviet UnionURS
Match #15People's Republic of China 2CHN2 – 0CanadaCAN
Match #16YugoslaviaYUG2 – 1Chinese Taipei 2TPE
Match #17Chinese Taipei 2TPE2 – 0MauritiusMRI
Match #18YugoslaviaYUG2 – 0CanadaCAN
Match #19People's Republic of China 2CHN2 – 1FranceFRA
Match #20Nigeria 1NGR2 – 0Soviet UnionURS
Match #21Soviet UnionURS2 – 0MauritiusMRI
Match #22People's Republic of China 2CHN2 – 0Nigeria 1NGR
Match #23YugoslaviaYUG2 – 0FranceFRA
Match #24Chinese Taipei 2TPE2 – 0CanadaCAN
Match #25CanadaCAN2 – 0MauritiusMRI
Match #26FranceFRA2 – 1Chinese Taipei 2TPE
Match #27YugoslaviaYUG2 – 1Nigeria 1NGR
Match #28People's Republic of China 2CHN2 – 0Soviet UnionURS

Group D

Date23 – 28 September 1988
FormatWinner and runner-up in group advanced to single-elimination tournament.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsLossesGamesPoints
1Republic of Korea 2KOR7014-1312-199Q
Yu Nam-Gyu • An Jae-Hyeong
2PolandPOL6112-3300-244Q
Andrzej Grubba • Leszek Kucharski
3West Germany 2FRG5211-6320-290
Jörg Roßkopf • Steffen Fetzner
4Japan 2JPN438-7265-284
Kiyoshi Saito • Takehiro Watanabe
5BrazilBRA258-10329-335
Cláudio Kano • Carlos Kawai
6Hong Kong 2HKG255-10269-298
Lo Chuen Tsung • Vong Lu Veng
7ChileCHI162-13232-305
Jorge Gambra • Marcos Núñez
8Nigeria 2NGR163-13249-321
Fatai Adeyemo • Yomi Bankole
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #1Republic of Korea 2KOR2 – 0Nigeria 2NGR
Match #2PolandPOL2 – 0ChileCHI
Match #3West Germany 2FRG2 – 1Hong Kong 2HKG
Match #4Japan 2JPN2 – 1BrazilBRA
Match #5Nigeria 2NGR2 – 1BrazilBRA
Match #6Japan 2JPN2 – 0Hong Kong 2HKG
Match #7West Germany 2FRG2 – 0ChileCHI
Match #8Republic of Korea 2KOR2 – 0PolandPOL
Match #9PolandPOL2 – 0Nigeria 2NGR
Match #10Republic of Korea 2KOR2 – 1West Germany 2FRG
Match #11Japan 2JPN2 – 0ChileCHI
Match #12BrazilBRA2 – 0Hong Kong 2HKG
Match #13Hong Kong 2HKG2 – 0Nigeria 2NGR
Match #14BrazilBRA2 – 0ChileCHI
Match #15Republic of Korea 2KOR2 – 0Japan 2JPN
Match #16PolandPOL2 – 0West Germany 2FRG
Match #17West Germany 2FRG2 – 0Nigeria 2NGR
Match #18PolandPOL2 – 0Japan 2JPN
Match #19Republic of Korea 2KOR2 – 0BrazilBRA
Match #20Hong Kong 2HKG2 – 0ChileCHI
Match #21ChileCHI2 – 1Nigeria 2NGR
Match #22Republic of Korea 2KOR2 – 0Hong Kong 2HKG
Match #23PolandPOL2 – 1BrazilBRA
Match #24West Germany 2FRG2 – 0Japan 2JPN
Match #25Japan 2JPN2 – 0Nigeria 2NGR
Match #26West Germany 2FRG2 – 1BrazilBRA
Match #27PolandPOL2 – 0Hong Kong 2HKG
Match #28Republic of Korea 2KOR2 – 0ChileCHI

Quarter-Finals

Date29 September 1988 — 11:30
FormatWinner of each match advanced to next round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #129 Sep 11:30People's Republic of China 1CHN2 – 1PolandPOL
Match #229 Sep 11:30Republic of Korea 2KOR2 – 0Sweden 1SWE
Match #329 Sep 11:30Republic of Korea 1KOR2 – 0People's Republic of China 2CHN
Match #429 Sep 11:30YugoslaviaYUG2 – 1Sweden 2SWE

Semi-Finals

Date29 September 1988 — 20:30
FormatWinner of each match advanced to next round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #129 Sep 20:30People's Republic of China 1CHN2 – 0Republic of Korea 2KOR
Match #229 Sep 20:30YugoslaviaYUG2 – 1Republic of Korea 1KOR

Classification Round 5-8

Date29 September 1988 — 12:30
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #129 Sep 12:30PolandPOL2 – 0Sweden 1SWE
Match #229 Sep 12:30People's Republic of China 2CHN2 – 1Sweden 2SWE

Final Round

Date30 September 1988
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/230 Sep 21:20People's Republic of China 1CHN2 – 1YugoslaviaYUG
Match 3/430 Sep 12:30Republic of Korea 2KOR2 – 0Republic of Korea 1KOR
Match 5/630 Sep 11:30People's Republic of China 2CHN2 – 0PolandPOL
Match 7/830 Sep 11:00Sweden 1SWE2 – 0Sweden 2SWE