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Singles, Women

Date	23 September – 1 October 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Che-yuk-gwan, Seo-ul Dae-hak-gyo, Seoul
Participants	48 from 28 countries
Format	Round-robin qualifying pools, followed by single-elimination tournament.

China had a monopoly on the leading players in the world. The #1 ranked player was 1987 World Champion He Zhili and #3 was Dai Lili. But neither player was chosen to play. Wallechinsky has noted that He was being punished for refusing to throw a match to another Chinese player during the 1987 Worlds. But their absence hardly mattered, as the Chinese swept the medals. The gold went to Chen Jing, who was only 21-years-old and had little international experience. Chen would later defect to Taiwan (Chinese Taipei in the Olympic Movement) and represent that nation at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. He Zhili would also emigrate, settling in Japan, where she took the name Chire Koyama, and she also competed at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. The bronze medalist in 1988 was Jiao Zhimin. The Korean press were all over her during the Seoul Olympics because of her romance with Korean doubles player Ahn Jae-Hyung. Jiao and Ahn did eventually marry and settled in Korea, but neither player ever competed again at the Olympics.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Chen Jing	CHN	Gold
2	Li Huifen	CHN	Silver
3	Jiao Zhimin	CHN	Bronze
4	Marie Hrachová	TCH
5	Flyura Bulatova	URS
6	Valentina Popova	URS
7	Bettine Vriesekoop	NED
8	Hong Cha-Ok	KOR
=9	Mika Hoshino	JPN
=9	Renata Kasalová	TCH
=9	Hyeon Jeong-Hwa	KOR
=9	Olga Nemes	FRG
=9	Daniela Gergelcheva	BUL
=9	Mok Ka Sha	HKG
=9	Edit Urbán	HUN
=9	Yang Yeong-Ja	KOR
=17	Alena Šafářová	TCH
=17	Chang Hsiu-Yu	TPE
=17	Jasna Fazlić	YUG
=17	Kiyomi Ishida	JPN
=17	Kyoko Uchiyama	JPN
=17	Lin Li-Ju	TPE
=17	Mirjam Kloppenburg	NED
=17	Olena Kovtun	URS
=25	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN
=25	Gordana Perkučin	YUG
=25	Hui So Hung	HKG
=25	Insook Bhushan	USA
=25	Karina Bogaerts	BEL
=25	Katja Nolten	FRG
=25	Kerri Tepper	AUS
=25	Mariann Domonkos	CAN
=33	Diana Gee	USA
=33	Elizabeth Popper	VEN
=33	Hae-Ja Kim de Rimasa	ARG
=33	Jacqueline Díaz	CHI
=33	Kuburat Owolabi	NGR
=33	Lau Wai Cheng	MAS
=33	Leong Mee Wan	MAS
=33	Nadia Bisiach	AUS
=41	Blanca Alejo	DOM
=41	Feiza Ben Aïssa	TUN
=41	Iyabo Akanmu	NGR
=41	Jaklein Al-Duqom	JOR
=41	Mónica Liyau	PER
=41	Nihal Meshref	EGY
=41	Niyati Roy	IND
=41	Patricia Offel	GHA

Preliminary Round

Date	23 – 28 September 1988

Group A

Date	23 – 28 September 1988
Format	Winner and runner-up in group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Jiao Zhimin	CHN	5	0	15-4	386-248	Q
2	Edit Urbán	HUN	4	1	13-3	301-247	Q
3	Olena Kovtun	URS	3	2	11-6	303-288
4	Mariann Domonkos	CAN	2	3	7-11	318-334
5	Diana Gee	USA	1	4	5-12	292-315
6	Blanca Alejo	DOM	0	5	0-15	147-315

Match	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	Jiao Zhimin	CHN	3 – 0	Blanca Alejo	DOM
Match #2	Edit Urbán	HUN	3 – 0	Diana Gee	USA
Match #3	Olena Kovtun	URS	3 – 0	Mariann Domonkos	CAN
Match #4	Mariann Domonkos	CAN	3 – 0	Blanca Alejo	DOM
Match #5	Olena Kovtun	URS	3 – 0	Diana Gee	USA
Match #6	Jiao Zhimin	CHN	3 – 1	Edit Urbán	HUN
Match #7	Edit Urbán	HUN	3 – 0	Blanca Alejo	DOM
Match #8	Jiao Zhimin	CHN	3 – 2	Olena Kovtun	URS
Match #9	Mariann Domonkos	CAN	3 – 2	Diana Gee	USA
Match #10	Diana Gee	USA	3 – 0	Blanca Alejo	DOM
Match #11	Jiao Zhimin	CHN	3 – 1	Mariann Domonkos	CAN
Match #12	Edit Urbán	HUN	3 – 0	Olena Kovtun	URS
Match #13	Olena Kovtun	URS	3 – 0	Blanca Alejo	DOM
Match #14	Edit Urbán	HUN	3 – 0	Mariann Domonkos	CAN
Match #15	Jiao Zhimin	CHN	3 – 0	Diana Gee	USA

Group B

Date	23 – 28 September 1988
Format	Winner and runner-up in group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Yang Yeong-Ja	KOR	5	0	15-0	316-168	Q
2	Renata Kasalová	TCH	4	1	12-5	325-262	Q
3	Lin Li-Ju	TPE	3	2	9-7	270-247
4	Hui So Hung	HKG	2	3	9-9	309-288
5	Elizabeth Popper	VEN	1	4	3-12	213-272
6	Jaklein Al-Duqom	JOR	0	5	0-15	119-315

Match	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	Yang Yeong-Ja	KOR	3 – 0	Jaklein Al-Duqom	JOR
Match #2	Renata Kasalová	TCH	3 – 0	Elizabeth Popper	VEN
Match #3	Lin Li-Ju	TPE	3 – 1	Hui So Hung	HKG
Match #4	Hui So Hung	HKG	3 – 0	Jaklein Al-Duqom	JOR
Match #5	Lin Li-Ju	TPE	3 – 0	Elizabeth Popper	VEN
Match #6	Yang Yeong-Ja	KOR	3 – 0	Renata Kasalová	TCH
Match #7	Renata Kasalová	TCH	3 – 0	Jaklein Al-Duqom	JOR
Match #8	Yang Yeong-Ja	KOR	3 – 0	Lin Li-Ju	TPE
Match #9	Hui So Hung	HKG	3 – 0	Elizabeth Popper	VEN
Match #10	Elizabeth Popper	VEN	3 – 0	Jaklein Al-Duqom	JOR
Match #11	Yang Yeong-Ja	KOR	3 – 0	Hui So Hung	HKG
Match #12	Renata Kasalová	TCH	3 – 0	Lin Li-Ju	TPE
Match #13	Lin Li-Ju	TPE	3 – 0	Jaklein Al-Duqom	JOR
Match #14	Renata Kasalová	TCH	3 – 2	Hui So Hung	HKG
Match #15	Yang Yeong-Ja	KOR	3 – 0	Elizabeth Popper	VEN

Group C

Date	23 – 28 September 1988
Format	Winner and runner-up in group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Chen Jing	CHN	5	0	15-0	315-177	Q
2	Valentina Popova	URS	4	1	12-3	300-207	Q
3	Kyoko Uchiyama	JPN	3	2	9-8	296-241
4	Insook Bhushan	USA	2	3	8-9	279-269
5	Nadia Bisiach	AUS	1	4	3-12	184-282
6	Feiza Ben Aïssa	TUN	0	5	0-15	117-315

Match	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	Chen Jing	CHN	3 – 0	Feiza Ben Aïssa	TUN
Match #2	Valentina Popova	URS	3 – 0	Nadia Bisiach	AUS
Match #3	Kyoko Uchiyama	JPN	3 – 2	Insook Bhushan	USA
Match #4	Insook Bhushan	USA	3 – 0	Feiza Ben Aïssa	TUN
Match #5	Kyoko Uchiyama	JPN	3 – 0	Nadia Bisiach	AUS
Match #6	Chen Jing	CHN	3 – 0	Valentina Popova	URS
Match #7	Valentina Popova	URS	3 – 0	Feiza Ben Aïssa	TUN
Match #8	Chen Jing	CHN	3 – 0	Kyoko Uchiyama	JPN
Match #9	Insook Bhushan	USA	3 – 0	Nadia Bisiach	AUS
Match #10	Nadia Bisiach	AUS	3 – 0	Feiza Ben Aïssa	TUN
Match #11	Chen Jing	CHN	3 – 0	Insook Bhushan	USA
Match #12	Valentina Popova	URS	3 – 0	Kyoko Uchiyama	JPN
Match #13	Kyoko Uchiyama	JPN	3 – 0	Feiza Ben Aïssa	TUN
Match #14	Valentina Popova	URS	3 – 0	Insook Bhushan	USA
Match #15	Chen Jing	CHN	3 – 0	Nadia Bisiach	AUS

Group D

Date	23 – 28 September 1988
Format	Winner and runner-up in group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Li Huifen	CHN	5	0	15-0	315-151	Q
2	Mok Ka Sha	HKG	4	1	12-3	292-184	Q
3	Kiyomi Ishida	JPN	3	2	9-7	275-279
4	Kerri Tepper	AUS	2	3	7-10	282-313
5	Lau Wai Cheng	MAS	1	4	3-13	191-323
6	Patricia Offel	GHA	0	5	2-15	249-354

Match	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	Li Huifen	CHN	3 – 0	Patricia Offel	GHA
Match #2	Mok Ka Sha	HKG	3 – 0	Lau Wai Cheng	MAS
Match #3	Kiyomi Ishida	JPN	3 – 1	Kerri Tepper	AUS
Match #4	Kerri Tepper	AUS	3 – 1	Patricia Offel	GHA
Match #5	Kiyomi Ishida	JPN	3 – 0	Lau Wai Cheng	MAS
Match #6	Li Huifen	CHN	3 – 0	Mok Ka Sha	HKG
Match #7	Mok Ka Sha	HKG	3 – 0	Patricia Offel	GHA
Match #8	Li Huifen	CHN	3 – 0	Kiyomi Ishida	JPN
Match #9	Kerri Tepper	AUS	3 – 0	Lau Wai Cheng	MAS
Match #10	Lau Wai Cheng	MAS	3 – 1	Patricia Offel	GHA
Match #11	Li Huifen	CHN	3 – 0	Kerri Tepper	AUS
Match #12	Mok Ka Sha	HKG	3 – 0	Kiyomi Ishida	JPN
Match #13	Kiyomi Ishida	JPN	3 – 0	Patricia Offel	GHA
Match #14	Mok Ka Sha	HKG	3 – 0	Kerri Tepper	AUS
Match #15	Li Huifen	CHN	3 – 0	Lau Wai Cheng	MAS

Group E

Date	23 – 28 September 1988
Format	Winner and runner-up in group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Hyeon Jeong-Hwa	KOR	5	0	15-2	346-232	Q
2	Mika Hoshino	JPN	4	1	12-6	352-299	Q
3	Jasna Fazlić	YUG	3	2	10-8	321-318
4	Katja Nolten	FRG	2	3	10-13	411-415
5	Kuburat Owolabi	NGR	1	4	6-14	333-394
6	Mónica Liyau	PER	0	5	5-15	293-398

Match	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	Hyeon Jeong-Hwa	KOR	3 – 1	Mónica Liyau	PER
Match #2	Mika Hoshino	JPN	3 – 1	Kuburat Owolabi	NGR
Match #3	Jasna Fazlić	YUG	3 – 2	Katja Nolten	FRG
Match #4	Katja Nolten	FRG	3 – 2	Mónica Liyau	PER
Match #5	Jasna Fazlić	YUG	3 – 0	Kuburat Owolabi	NGR
Match #6	Hyeon Jeong-Hwa	KOR	3 – 0	Mika Hoshino	JPN
Match #7	Mika Hoshino	JPN	3 – 0	Mónica Liyau	PER
Match #8	Hyeon Jeong-Hwa	KOR	3 – 1	Jasna Fazlić	YUG
Match #9	Katja Nolten	FRG	3 – 2	Kuburat Owolabi	NGR
Match #10	Kuburat Owolabi	NGR	3 – 2	Mónica Liyau	PER
Match #11	Hyeon Jeong-Hwa	KOR	3 – 0	Katja Nolten	FRG
Match #12	Mika Hoshino	JPN	3 – 0	Jasna Fazlić	YUG
Match #13	Jasna Fazlić	YUG	3 – 0	Mónica Liyau	PER
Match #14	Mika Hoshino	JPN	3 – 2	Katja Nolten	FRG
Match #15	Hyeon Jeong-Hwa	KOR	3 – 0	Kuburat Owolabi	NGR

Group F

Date	23 – 28 September 1988
Format	Winner and runner-up in group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Flyura Bulatova	URS	5	0	15-3	364-244	Q
2	Marie Hrachová	TCH	4	1	14-5	380-280	Q
3	Chang Hsiu-Yu	TPE	3	2	11-6	310-276
4	Karina Bogaerts	BEL	2	3	7-9	239-280
5	Leong Mee Wan	MAS	1	4	3-12	196-305
6	Niyati Roy	IND	0	5	0-15	211-315

Match	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	Flyura Bulatova	URS	3 – 0	Niyati Roy	IND
Match #2	Marie Hrachová	TCH	3 – 0	Leong Mee Wan	MAS
Match #3	Chang Hsiu-Yu	TPE	3 – 0	Karina Bogaerts	BEL
Match #4	Karina Bogaerts	BEL	3 – 0	Niyati Roy	IND
Match #5	Chang Hsiu-Yu	TPE	3 – 0	Leong Mee Wan	MAS
Match #6	Flyura Bulatova	URS	3 – 2	Marie Hrachová	TCH
Match #7	Marie Hrachová	TCH	3 – 0	Niyati Roy	IND
Match #8	Flyura Bulatova	URS	3 – 1	Chang Hsiu-Yu	TPE
Match #9	Karina Bogaerts	BEL	3 – 0	Leong Mee Wan	MAS
Match #10	Leong Mee Wan	MAS	3 – 0	Niyati Roy	IND
Match #11	Flyura Bulatova	URS	3 – 0	Karina Bogaerts	BEL
Match #12	Marie Hrachová	TCH	3 – 1	Chang Hsiu-Yu	TPE
Match #13	Chang Hsiu-Yu	TPE	3 – 0	Niyati Roy	IND
Match #14	Marie Hrachová	TCH	3 – 1	Karina Bogaerts	BEL
Match #15	Flyura Bulatova	URS	3 – 0	Leong Mee Wan	MAS

Group G

Date	23 – 28 September 1988
Format	Winner and runner-up in group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Bettine Vriesekoop	NED	5	0	15-1	335-197	Q
2	Daniela Gergelcheva	BUL	4	1	13-5	357-268	Q
3	Alena Šafářová	TCH	3	2	9-6	268-225
4	Gordana Perkučin	YUG	2	3	8-9	282-296
5	Hae-Ja Kim de Rimasa	ARG	1	4	3-13	214-319
6	Nihal Meshref	EGY	0	5	1-15	182-333

Match	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	Bettine Vriesekoop	NED	3 – 0	Nihal Meshref	EGY
Match #2	Daniela Gergelcheva	BUL	3 – 0	Hae-Ja Kim de Rimasa	ARG
Match #3	Alena Šafářová	TCH	3 – 0	Gordana Perkučin	YUG
Match #4	Gordana Perkučin	YUG	3 – 0	Nihal Meshref	EGY
Match #5	Alena Šafářová	TCH	3 – 0	Hae-Ja Kim de Rimasa	ARG
Match #6	Bettine Vriesekoop	NED	3 – 1	Daniela Gergelcheva	BUL
Match #7	Daniela Gergelcheva	BUL	3 – 0	Nihal Meshref	EGY
Match #8	Bettine Vriesekoop	NED	3 – 0	Alena Šafářová	TCH
Match #9	Gordana Perkučin	YUG	3 – 0	Hae-Ja Kim de Rimasa	ARG
Match #10	Hae-Ja Kim de Rimasa	ARG	3 – 1	Nihal Meshref	EGY
Match #11	Bettine Vriesekoop	NED	3 – 0	Gordana Perkučin	YUG
Match #12	Daniela Gergelcheva	BUL	3 – 0	Alena Šafářová	TCH
Match #13	Alena Šafářová	TCH	3 – 0	Nihal Meshref	EGY
Match #14	Daniela Gergelcheva	BUL	3 – 2	Gordana Perkučin	YUG
Match #15	Bettine Vriesekoop	NED	3 – 0	Hae-Ja Kim de Rimasa	ARG

Group H

Date	23 – 28 September 1988
Format	Winner and runner-up in group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Hong Cha-Ok	KOR	4	1	13-6	368-308	Q
2	Olga Nemes	FRG	4	1	13-5	362-307	Q
3	Mirjam Kloppenburg	NED	3	2	11-9	388-350
4	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN	3	2	13-7	398-340
5	Jacqueline Díaz	CHI	1	4	3-13	225-319
6	Iyabo Akanmu	NGR	0	5	2-15	232-349

Match	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	Hong Cha-Ok	KOR	3 – 0	Iyabo Akanmu	NGR
Match #2	Olga Nemes	FRG	3 – 0	Jacqueline Díaz	CHI
Match #3	Mirjam Kloppenburg	NED	3 – 2	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN
Match #4	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN	3 – 0	Iyabo Akanmu	NGR
Match #5	Mirjam Kloppenburg	NED	3 – 0	Jacqueline Díaz	CHI
Match #6	Hong Cha-Ok	KOR	3 – 1	Olga Nemes	FRG
Match #7	Olga Nemes	FRG	3 – 0	Iyabo Akanmu	NGR
Match #8	Hong Cha-Ok	KOR	3 – 2	Mirjam Kloppenburg	NED
Match #9	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN	3 – 0	Jacqueline Díaz	CHI
Match #10	Jacqueline Díaz	CHI	3 – 1	Iyabo Akanmu	NGR
Match #11	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN	3 – 1	Hong Cha-Ok	KOR
Match #12	Olga Nemes	FRG	3 – 0	Mirjam Kloppenburg	NED
Match #13	Mirjam Kloppenburg	NED	3 – 1	Iyabo Akanmu	NGR
Match #14	Olga Nemes	FRG	3 – 2	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN
Match #15	Hong Cha-Ok	KOR	3 – 0	Jacqueline Díaz	CHI

Round One

Date	29 September 1988 — 9:00
Format	Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep 9:00	Jiao Zhimin	CHN	3 – 2	Mika Hoshino	JPN
Match #2	29 Sep 9:00	Hong Cha-Ok	KOR	3 – 0	Renata Kasalová	TCH
Match #3	29 Sep 9:00	Valentina Popova	URS	3 – 0	Hyeon Jeong-Hwa	KOR
Match #4	29 Sep 9:00	Li Huifen	CHN	3 – 1	Olga Nemes	FRG
Match #5	29 Sep 9:00	Chen Jing	CHN	3 – 0	Daniela Gergelcheva	BUL
Match #6	29 Sep 9:00	Flyura Bulatova	URS	3 – 2	Mok Ka Sha	HKG
Match #7	29 Sep 9:00	Bettine Vriesekoop	NED	3 – 2	Edit Urbán	HUN
Match #8	29 Sep 9:00	Marie Hrachová	TCH	3 – 1	Yang Yeong-Ja	KOR

Quarter-Finals

Date	29 September 1988 — 13:00
Format	Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep 13:00	Jiao Zhimin	CHN	3 – 0	Hong Cha-Ok	KOR
Match #2	29 Sep 13:00	Li Huifen	CHN	3 – 0	Valentina Popova	URS
Match #3	29 Sep 13:00	Chen Jing	CHN	3 – 0	Flyura Bulatova	URS
Match #4	29 Sep 13:00	Marie Hrachová	TCH	3 – 0	Bettine Vriesekoop	NED

Semi-Finals

Date	1 October 1988 — 11:00
Format	Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	01 Oct 11:00	Li Huifen	CHN	3 – 0	Jiao Zhimin	CHN
Match #2	01 Oct 11:00	Chen Jing	CHN	3 – 0	Marie Hrachová	TCH

Classification Round 5-8

Date	29 September 1988 — 17:30

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep 17:30	Valentina Popova	URS	3 – 0	Hong Cha-Ok	KOR
Match #2	29 Sep 17:30	Flyura Bulatova	URS	3 – 0	Bettine Vriesekoop	NED

Final Round

Date	30 September – 1 October 1988

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	01 Oct 20:00	Chen Jing	CHN	3 – 2	Li Huifen	CHN
Match 3/4	01 Oct 17:30	Jiao Zhimin	CHN	3 – 0	Marie Hrachová	TCH
Match 5/6	30 Sep	Flyura Bulatova	URS	3 – 0	Valentina Popova	URS
Match 7/8	30 Sep 17:30	Bettine Vriesekoop	NED	3 – 0	Hong Cha-Ok	KOR