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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	Competitor(s)	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 (23 – 28 September 1988)

Group A (23 – 28 September 1988)

Top four finishers in group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
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 #1	Hyeon Jeong-Hwa / Yang Yeong-Ja	KOR	2 – 0 21-9, 21-9	Nadia Bisiach / Kerri Tepper	AUS
Match #2	Flyura Bulatova / Olena Kovtun	URS	2 – 0 21-14, 21-12	Kuburat Owolabi / Iyabo Akanmu	NGR
Match #3	Gordana Perkučin / Jasna Fazlić	YUG	2 – 0 21-17, 21-16	Hui So Hung / Mok Ka Sha	HKG
Match #4	Csilla Bátorfi / Edit Urbán	HUN	2 – 1 21-19, 18-21, 21-19	Chang Hsiu-Yu / Lin Li-Ju	TPE
Match #5	Chang Hsiu-Yu / Lin Li-Ju	TPE	2 – 0 21-18, 21-12	Kerri Tepper / Nadia Bisiach	AUS
Match #6	Csilla Bátorfi / Edit Urbán	HUN	2 – 0 21-19, 21-12	Mok Ka Sha / Hui So Hung	HKG
Match #7	Gordana Perkučin / Jasna Fazlić	YUG	2 – 0 21-10, 21-12	Iyabo Akanmu / Kuburat Owolabi	NGR
Match #8	Hyeon Jeong-Hwa / Yang Yeong-Ja	KOR	2 – 0 21-16, 21-10	Olena Kovtun / Flyura Bulatova	URS
Match #9	Flyura Bulatova / Olena Kovtun	URS	2 – 0 22-20, 21-8	Kerri Tepper / Nadia Bisiach	AUS
Match #10	Hyeon Jeong-Hwa / Yang Yeong-Ja	KOR	2 – 0 21-10, 21-14	Gordana Perkučin / Jasna Fazlić	YUG
Match #11	Csilla Bátorfi / Edit Urbán	HUN	2 – 0 21-13, 21-15	Kuburat Owolabi / Iyabo Akanmu	NGR
Match #12	Chang Hsiu-Yu / Lin Li-Ju	TPE	2 – 1 17-21, 21-4, 21-12	Mok Ka Sha / Hui So Hung	HKG
Match #13	Kerri Tepper / Nadia Bisiach	AUS	2 – 1 21-17, 14-21, 21-19	Mok Ka Sha / Hui So Hung	HKG
Match #14	Chang Hsiu-Yu / Lin Li-Ju	TPE	2 – 0 21-12, 21-17	Kuburat Owolabi / Iyabo Akanmu	NGR
Match #15	Hyeon Jeong-Hwa / Yang Yeong-Ja	KOR	2 – 0 21-14, 21-4	Edit Urbán / Csilla Bátorfi	HUN
Match #16	Flyura Bulatova / Olena Kovtun	URS	2 – 0 21-18, 21-15	Jasna Fazlić / Gordana Perkučin	YUG
Match #17	Gordana Perkučin / Jasna Fazlić	YUG	2 – 0 21-16, 21-16	Nadia Bisiach / Kerri Tepper	AUS
Match #18	Flyura Bulatova / Olena Kovtun	URS	2 – 1 16-21, 21-16, 21-15	Csilla Bátorfi / Edit Urbán	HUN
Match #19	Hyeon Jeong-Hwa / Yang Yeong-Ja	KOR	2 – 1 21-9, 19-21, 21-14	Lin Li-Ju / Chang Hsiu-Yu	TPE
Match #20	Mok Ka Sha / Hui So Hung	HKG	2 – 0 25-23, 21-16	Kuburat Owolabi / Iyabo Akanmu	NGR
Match #21	Iyabo Akanmu / Kuburat Owolabi	NGR	2 – 0 21-19, 21-13	Nadia Bisiach / Kerri Tepper	AUS
Match #22	Hyeon Jeong-Hwa / Yang Yeong-Ja	KOR	2 – 0 21-7, 21-12	Hui So Hung / Mok Ka Sha	HKG
Match #23	Chang Hsiu-Yu / Lin Li-Ju	TPE	2 – 0 21-15, 21-16	Flyura Bulatova / Olena Kovtun	URS
Match #24	Gordana Perkučin / Jasna Fazlić	YUG	2 – 0 21-10, 21-17	Edit Urbán / Csilla Bátorfi	HUN
Match #25	Csilla Bátorfi / Edit Urbán	HUN	2 – 1 21-18, 18-21, 21-13	Kerri Tepper / Nadia Bisiach	AUS
Match #26	Gordana Perkučin / Jasna Fazlić	YUG	2 – 0 21-12, 21-19	Lin Li-Ju / Chang Hsiu-Yu	TPE
Match #27	Flyura Bulatova / Olena Kovtun	URS	2 – 1 11-21, 21-5, 21-13	Mok Ka Sha / Hui So Hung	HKG
Match #28	Hyeon Jeong-Hwa / Yang Yeong-Ja	KOR	2 – 0 21-15, 21-5	Iyabo Akanmu / Kuburat Owolabi	NGR

Group B (23 – 28 September 1988)

Top four finishers in group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
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 #1	Marie Hrachová / Renata Kasalová	TCH	2 – 0 21-11, 21-11	Lau Wai Cheng / Leong Mee Wan	MAS
Match #2	Bettine Vriesekoop / Mirjam Kloppenburg	NED	2 – 0 21-13, 21-15	Insook Bhushan / Diana Gee	USA
Match #3	Kiyomi Ishida / Mika Hoshino	JPN	2 – 1 16-21, 22-20, 21-19	Katja Nolten / Olga Nemes	FRG
Match #4	Kiyomi Ishida / Mika Hoshino	JPN	2 – 0 21-19, 21-9	Diana Gee / Insook Bhushan	USA
Match #5	Bettine Vriesekoop / Mirjam Kloppenburg	NED	2 – 0 21-13, 21-11	Lau Wai Cheng / Leong Mee Wan	MAS
Match #6	Chen Jing / Jiao Zhimin	CHN	2 – 0 21-14, 21-11	Renata Kasalová / Marie Hrachová	TCH
Match #7	Chen Jing / Jiao Zhimin	CHN	2 – 0 21-13, 21-10	Mirjam Kloppenburg / Bettine Vriesekoop	NED
Match #8	Kiyomi Ishida / Mika Hoshino	JPN	2 – 0 21-10, 21-12	Leong Mee Wan / Lau Wai Cheng	MAS
Match #9	Katja Nolten / Olga Nemes	FRG	2 – 1 17-21, 21-16, 21-12	Diana Gee / Insook Bhushan	USA
Match #10	Katja Nolten / Olga Nemes	FRG	2 – 0 23-21, 21-18	Leong Mee Wan / Lau Wai Cheng	MAS
Match #11	Chen Jing / Jiao Zhimin	CHN	2 – 0 21-13, 21-7	Kiyomi Ishida / Mika Hoshino	JPN
Match #12	Marie Hrachová / Renata Kasalová	TCH	2 – 0 21-13, 22-20	Bettine Vriesekoop / Mirjam Kloppenburg	NED
Match #13	Marie Hrachová / Renata Kasalová	TCH	2 – 0 23-21, 23-21	Mika Hoshino / Kiyomi Ishida	JPN
Match #14	Chen Jing / Jiao Zhimin	CHN	2 – 0 21-12, 21-12	Katja Nolten / Olga Nemes	FRG
Match #15	Diana Gee / Insook Bhushan	USA	2 – 0 21-7, 21-17	Leong Mee Wan / Lau Wai Cheng	MAS
Match #16	Chen Jing / Jiao Zhimin	CHN	2 – 1 14-21, 21-9, 21-9	Diana Gee / Insook Bhushan	USA
Match #17	Marie Hrachová / Renata Kasalová	TCH	2 – 0 21-16, 24-22	Olga Nemes / Katja Nolten	FRG
Match #18	Bettine Vriesekoop / Mirjam Kloppenburg	NED	2 – 1 21-23, 21-16, 21-14	Mika Hoshino / Kiyomi Ishida	JPN
Match #19	Bettine Vriesekoop / Mirjam Kloppenburg	NED	2 – 1 21-19, 14-21, 21-17	Olga Nemes / Katja Nolten	FRG
Match #20	Marie Hrachová / Renata Kasalová	TCH	2 – 1 21-18, 11-21, 21-16	Insook Bhushan / Diana Gee	USA
Match #21	Chen Jing / Jiao Zhimin	CHN	2 – 0 21-6, 21-10	Leong Mee Wan / Lau Wai Cheng	MAS

Quarter-Finals (29 September 1988 — 11:00)

Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match #1	Yang Yeong-Ja / Hyeon Jeong-Hwa	KOR	2 – 0 21-15, 21-12	Mirjam Kloppenburg / Bettine Vriesekoop	NED
Match #2	Mika Hoshino / Kiyomi Ishida	JPN	2 – 0 21-18, 21-11	Flyura Bulatova / Olena Kovtun	URS
Match #3	Jasna Fazlić / Gordana Perkučin	YUG	2 – 0 21-19, 21-17	Marie Hrachová / Renata Kasalová	TCH
Match #4	Jiao Zhimin / Chen Jing	CHN	2 – 0 21-10, 21-14	Csilla Bátorfi / Edit Urbán	HUN

Semi-Finals (29 September 1988 — 20:00)

Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match #1	Yang Yeong-Ja / Hyeon Jeong-Hwa	KOR	2 – 0 21-19, 21-9	Mika Hoshino / Kiyomi Ishida	JPN
Match #2	Jiao Zhimin / Chen Jing	CHN	2 – 1 21-19, 14-21, 21-18	Jasna Fazlić / Gordana Perkučin	YUG

Classification 5-8 (29 September 1988 — 12:00)

Match #1	Flyura Bulatova / Olena Kovtun	URS	2 – 0 21-7, 21-18	Mirjam Kloppenburg / Bettine Vriesekoop	NED
Match #2	Marie Hrachová / Renata Kasalová	TCH	2 – 1 20-22, 21-12, 21-16	Csilla Bátorfi / Edit Urbán	HUN

Final Round (30 September 1988)

Match 1/2	Yang Yeong-Ja / Hyeon Jeong-Hwa	KOR	2 – 1 21-19, 18-21, 21-10	Jiao Zhimin / Chen Jing	CHN
Match 3/4	Jasna Fazlić / Gordana Perkučin	YUG	2 – 1 21-14, 11-21, 21-16	Mika Hoshino / Kiyomi Ishida	JPN
Match 5/6	Marie Hrachová / Renata Kasalová	TCH	2 – 1 21-10, 8-21, 21-19	Flyura Bulatova / Olena Kovtun	URS
Match 7/8	Mirjam Kloppenburg / Bettine Vriesekoop	NED	2 – 1 21-18, 21-23, 21-17	Csilla Bátorfi / Edit Urbán	HUN