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Individual All-Around, Women

Date	19 – 23 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Che-yuk-gwan, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul
Participants	90 from 23 countries

The format was the now standard of 36 gymnasts advancing to a final round from the team all-around, with no more than three gymnasts allowed per nation. The total score consisted of 50% of the qualifying scores, and the final round score from an optional routine. Romania’s Aurelia Dobre had won the 1987 World Championships, but a knee injury led to three knee operations and she was fortunate to be able to compete in Seoul. The other medalists at the 1987 Worlds were Soviet Yelena Shushunova (silver) and Dobre’s teammate Daniela Silivaş (bronze). With Dobre struggling in Seoul, she would finish sixth, the competition for gold came down to Shushunova versus Silivaş, with the gold coming down to the final rotation on the vault. Shushunova needed a perfect 10 to defeat Silivaş and got it. Silivaş would get some redemption in the apparatus finals when she won three gold medals to Shushunova’s none.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	Yelena Shushunova	URS	79.662	Gold
2	Daniela Silivaș	ROU	79.637	Silver
3	Sviatlana Bahinskaya	URS	79.400	Bronze
4	Gabriela Potorac	ROU	79.037
5	Natālija Laščonova	URS	78.875
6	Aurelia Dobre	ROU	78.812
7	Dörte Thümmler	GDR	78.800
8	Dagmar Kersten	GDR	78.775
9	Diana Dudeva	BUL	78.725
10	Brandy Johnson	USA	78.525
11	Ulrike Klotz	GDR	78.487
12	Delyana Vodenicharova	BUL	78.337
13	Boryana Stoyanova	BUL	78.200
14	Chen Cuiting	CHN	78.137
15	Phoebe Mills	USA	78.037
16	Kelly Garrison-Steves	USA	77.937
17	Iveta Poloková	TCH	77.850
18	Eva Rueda	ESP	77.687
19	Eszter Óváry	HUN	77.675
20	Fan Di	CHN	77.637
21	Park Ji-Suk	KOR	77.600
22	Monica Covacci	CAN	77.425
=23	Laura Muñoz	ESP	77.400
=23	Beáta Storczer	HUN	77.400
25	Karine Boucher	FRA	77.374
26	Alena Dřevjaná	TCH	77.287
27	Andrea Ladányi	HUN	76.975
28	Giulia Volpi	ITA	76.962
29	Hana Říčná	TCH	76.862
30	Han Gyeong-Im	KOR	76.850
31	Janine Rankin	CAN	76.787
32	Wang Wenjing	CHN	76.700
33	Bae Eun-Mi	KOR	76.550
34	Miho Shinoda	JPN	76.475
35	Luísa Ribeiro	BRA	75.750
36	Lori Strong	CAN	66.712
10 r1/2	Celestina Popa	ROU	–
13 r1/2	Svetlana Baitova	URS	–
14 r1/2	Yelena Shevchenko	URS	–
=18 r1/2	Eugenia Golea	ROU	–
20 r1/2	Ivelina Raykova	BUL	–
22 r1/2	Camelia Voinea	ROU	–
25 r1/2	Gabi Fähnrich	GDR	–
=30 r1/2	Hope Spivey	USA	–
=30 r1/2	Bettina Schieferdecker	GDR	–
=32 r1/2	Chelle Stack	USA	–
34 r1/2	Wang Huiying	CHN	–
=35 r1/2	Mariya Kartalova	BUL	–
=41 r1/2	Ma Ying	CHN	–
=44 r1/2	Wang Xiaoyan	CHN	–
46 r1/2	Missy Marlowe	USA	–
=47 r1/2	Zsuzsa Csisztu	HUN	–
49 r1/2	Ivona Krmelová	TCH	–
52 r1/2	Martina Velíšková	TCH	–
=54 r1/2	Patrizia Luconi	ITA	–
56 r1/2	Zsuzsa Miskó	HUN	–
57 r1/2	Larissa Lowing	CAN	–
58 r1/2	Jana Vejrková	TCH	–
=59 r1/2	Im Hye-Jin	KOR	–
=59 r1/2	Kim Nam-Ok	KOR	–
61 r1/2	Manuela Hervás	ESP	–
62 r1/2	Hrabrina Hrabrova	BUL	–
63 r1/2	Mieko Mori	JPN	–
64 r1/2	Lidia Castillejo	ESP	–
65 r1/2	Monique Allen	AUS	–
=66 r1/2	Maria Cocuzza	ITA	–
=66 r1/2	Maiko Morio	JPN	–
68 r1/2	Nuria García	ESP	–
69 r1/2	Foteini Varvariotou	GRE	–
70 r1/2	Núria Belchi	ESP	–
71 r1/2	Yuriko Nanahara	JPN	–
72 r1/2	Sachiko Morimura	JPN	–
73 r1/2	Catherine Romano	FRA	–
74 r1/2	Cathy Giancaspro	CAN	–
75 r1/2	Leanne Rycroft	AUS	–
76 r1/2	María Flores-Wurmser	GUA	–
77 r1/2	Christina McDonald	CAN	–
78 r1/2	Michaela Ustorf	FRG	–
79 r1/2	Makiko Sanada	JPN	–
80 r1/2	Anne-Marie Bauduin	FRA	–
81 r1/2	Karen Hargate	GBR	–
82 r1/2	Sónia Moura	POR	–
83 r1/2	Kim Eun-Mi	KOR	–
84 r1/2	Olga Strazheva	URS	–
85 r1/2	Isabella von Lospichl	FRG	–
86 r1/2	Martina Jentsch	GDR	–
87 r1/2	Ágnes Miskó	HUN	–
88 r1/2	Revital Sharon	ISR	–
89 r1/2	Karen Kennedy	GBR	–
90 r1/2	Mauricette Geller	BEL	–

Qualifying (19 – 21 September 1988 — 11:00-24:05 (19-21/9))

Top 36, maximum three per nation, from team all-around competition advanced to the individual all-around final. 50% of score from team all-around added to score derived from optional exercise on all four apparatuses.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	CEP	OEP
1	Yelena Shushunova	URS	79.675	39.725	39.950	Q
2	Daniela Silivaș	ROU	79.575	39.775	39.800	Q
3	Sviatlana Bahinskaya	URS	79.400	39.625	39.775	Q
4	Gabriela Potorac	ROU	78.925	39.250	39.675	Q
5	Natālija Laščonova	URS	78.900	39.350	39.550	Q
=6	Aurelia Dobre	ROU	78.675	39.225	39.450	Q
=6	Phoebe Mills	USA	78.675	39.150	39.525	Q
=8	Dagmar Kersten	GDR	78.650	39.500	39.150	Q
=8	Diana Dudeva	BUL	78.650	39.200	39.450	Q
10	Celestina Popa	ROU	78.575	39.175	39.400
=11	Dörte Thümmler	GDR	78.550	39.350	39.200	Q
=11	Brandy Johnson	USA	78.550	39.225	39.325	Q
13	Svetlana Baitova	URS	78.425	39.100	39.325
14	Yelena Shevchenko	URS	78.350	39.000	39.350
15	Delyana Vodenicharova	BUL	78.325	39.000	39.325	Q
16	Ulrike Klotz	GDR	78.275	38.975	39.300	Q
17	Boryana Stoyanova	BUL	77.950	38.900	39.050	Q
=18	Eugenia Golea	ROU	77.875	38.700	39.175
=18	Chen Cuiting	CHN	77.875	38.625	39.250	Q
20	Ivelina Raykova	BUL	77.850	38.650	39.200
21	Kelly Garrison-Steves	USA	77.825	38.975	38.850	Q
22	Camelia Voinea	ROU	77.775	38.925	38.850
=23	Iveta Poloková	TCH	77.650	39.150	38.500	Q
=23	Laura Muñoz	ESP	77.650	38.625	39.025	Q
25	Gabi Fähnrich	GDR	77.625	38.650	38.975
=26	Park Ji-Suk	KOR	77.500	38.825	38.675	Q
=26	Eszter Óváry	HUN	77.500	38.550	38.950	Q
=28	Eva Rueda	ESP	77.475	38.625	38.850	Q
=28	Fan Di	CHN	77.475	38.400	39.075	Q
=30	Hope Spivey	USA	77.450	38.850	38.600
=30	Bettina Schieferdecker	GDR	77.450	38.625	38.825
=32	Wang Wenjing	CHN	77.400	38.575	38.825	Q
=32	Chelle Stack	USA	77.400	38.225	39.175
34	Wang Huiying	CHN	77.350	38.875	38.475
=35	Andrea Ladányi	HUN	77.250	38.900	38.350	Q
=35	Beáta Storczer	HUN	77.250	38.450	38.800	Q
=35	Mariya Kartalova	BUL	77.250	38.400	38.850
=38	Lori Strong	CAN	77.175	38.550	38.625	q
=38	Hana Říčná	TCH	77.175	38.525	38.650	q
40	Han Gyeong-Im	KOR	77.100	38.425	38.675	q
=41	Janine Rankin	CAN	77.025	38.500	38.525	q
=41	Ma Ying	CHN	77.025	38.200	38.825
43	Alena Dřevjaná	TCH	76.975	38.475	38.500	q
=44	Giulia Volpi	ITA	76.925	38.675	38.250	q
=44	Wang Xiaoyan	CHN	76.925	38.175	38.750
46	Missy Marlowe	USA	76.850	37.950	38.900
=47	Karine Boucher	FRA	76.775	38.375	38.400	q
=47	Zsuzsa Csisztu	HUN	76.775	38.375	38.400
49	Ivona Krmelová	TCH	76.725	38.375	38.350
50	Monica Covacci	CAN	76.700	37.975	38.725	q
51	Luísa Ribeiro	BRA	76.650	38.350	38.300	q
52	Martina Velíšková	TCH	76.600	38.325	38.275
53	Bae Eun-Mi	KOR	76.500	38.375	38.125	q
=54	Patrizia Luconi	ITA	76.450	38.150	38.300
=54	Miho Shinoda	JPN	76.450	37.800	38.650	q
56	Zsuzsa Miskó	HUN	76.275	38.050	38.225
57	Larissa Lowing	CAN	76.225	37.825	38.400
58	Jana Vejrková	TCH	76.175	38.125	38.050
=59	Im Hye-Jin	KOR	76.150	38.475	37.675
=59	Kim Nam-Ok	KOR	76.150	38.125	38.025
61	Manuela Hervás	ESP	76.050	37.850	38.200
62	Hrabrina Hrabrova	BUL	76.025	38.425	37.600
63	Mieko Mori	JPN	75.975	37.950	38.025
64	Lidia Castillejo	ESP	75.925	38.050	37.875
65	Monique Allen	AUS	75.900	38.000	37.900
=66	Maria Cocuzza	ITA	75.875	38.100	37.775
=66	Maiko Morio	JPN	75.875	37.875	38.000
68	Nuria García	ESP	75.850	38.125	37.725
69	Foteini Varvariotou	GRE	75.700	37.425	38.275
70	Núria Belchi	ESP	75.650	37.500	38.150
71	Yuriko Nanahara	JPN	75.625	37.775	37.850
72	Sachiko Morimura	JPN	75.575	37.425	38.150
73	Catherine Romano	FRA	75.500	37.700	37.800
74	Cathy Giancaspro	CAN	75.450	37.600	37.850
75	Leanne Rycroft	AUS	75.350	37.425	37.925
76	María Flores-Wurmser	GUA	75.325	37.450	37.875
77	Christina McDonald	CAN	75.075	36.900	38.175
78	Michaela Ustorf	FRG	74.875	37.925	36.950
79	Makiko Sanada	JPN	74.825	37.725	37.100
80	Anne-Marie Bauduin	FRA	74.500	38.000	36.500
81	Karen Hargate	GBR	74.400	37.275	37.125
82	Sónia Moura	POR	73.025	36.625	36.400
83	Kim Eun-Mi	KOR	72.950	38.075	34.875
84	Olga Strazheva	URS	68.175	39.450	28.725
85	Isabella von Lospichl	FRG	55.050	38.075	16.975
86	Martina Jentsch	GDR	38.250	38.250	0.000
87	Ágnes Miskó	HUN	38.150	38.150	0.000
88	Revital Sharon	ISR	37.600	37.600	0.000
89	Karen Kennedy	GBR	36.775	36.775	0.000
90	Mauricette Geller	BEL	35.775	35.775	0.000

Final (23 September 1988 — 12:00-15:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	QP(50%)	FP
1	Yelena Shushunova	URS	79.662	39.837	39.825
2	Daniela Silivaș	ROU	79.637	39.787	39.850
3	Sviatlana Bahinskaya	URS	79.400	39.700	39.700
4	Gabriela Potorac	ROU	79.037	39.462	39.575
5	Natālija Laščonova	URS	78.875	39.450	39.425
6	Aurelia Dobre	ROU	78.812	39.337	39.475
7	Dörte Thümmler	GDR	78.800	39.275	39.525
8	Dagmar Kersten	GDR	78.775	39.325	39.450
9	Diana Dudeva	BUL	78.725	39.325	39.400
10	Brandy Johnson	USA	78.525	39.275	39.250
11	Ulrike Klotz	GDR	78.487	39.137	39.350
12	Delyana Vodenicharova	BUL	78.337	39.162	39.175
13	Boryana Stoyanova	BUL	78.200	38.975	39.225
14	Chen Cuiting	CHN	78.137	38.937	39.200
15	Phoebe Mills	USA	78.037	39.337	38.700
16	Kelly Garrison-Steves	USA	77.937	38.912	39.025
17	Iveta Poloková	TCH	77.850	38.825	39.025
18	Eva Rueda	ESP	77.687	38.737	38.950
19	Eszter Óváry	HUN	77.675	38.750	38.925
20	Fan Di	CHN	77.637	38.737	38.900
21	Park Ji-Suk	KOR	77.600	38.750	38.850
22	Monica Covacci	CAN	77.425	38.350	39.075
=23	Laura Muñoz	ESP	77.400	38.825	38.575
=23	Beáta Storczer	HUN	77.400	38.625	38.775
25	Karine Boucher	FRA	77.374	38.387	38.987
26	Alena Dřevjaná	TCH	77.287	38.487	38.800
27	Andrea Ladányi	HUN	76.975	38.625	38.350
28	Giulia Volpi	ITA	76.962	38.462	38.500
29	Hana Říčná	TCH	76.862	38.587	38.275
30	Han Gyeong-Im	KOR	76.850	38.550	38.300
31	Janine Rankin	CAN	76.787	38.512	38.275
32	Wang Wenjing	CHN	76.700	38.700	38.000
33	Bae Eun-Mi	KOR	76.550	38.250	38.300
34	Miho Shinoda	JPN	76.475	38.225	38.250
35	Luísa Ribeiro	BRA	75.750	38.325	37.425
36	Lori Strong	CAN	66.712	38.587	28.125