1988 Olympics: Leading Medal Winners
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
Number of individual medals won on the left; gold, silver and bronze breakdown to the right.
Men
| No | Sport | G-S-B | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Matt Biondi, USA | Swimming | 5-1-1 |
| 5 | Vladimir Artemov, USSR | Gymnastics | 4-1-0 |
| 4 | Dmitri Bilozerchev, USSR | Gymnastics | 3-0-1 |
| 4 | Valeri Lyukin, USSR | Gymnastics | 2-2-0 |
| 3 | Chris Jacobs, USA | Swimming | 2-1-0 |
| 3 | Carl Lewis, USA | Track/Field | 2-1-0 |
| 3 | Holger Behrendt, E. Ger | Gymnastics | 1-1-1 |
| 3 | Uwe Dassler, E. Ger | Swimming | 1-1-1 |
| 3 | Paul McDonald, NZE | Canoeing | 1-1-1 |
| 3 | Igor Polianski, USSR | Swimming | 1-0-2 |
| 3 | Gennadi Prigoda, USSR | Swimming | 0-1-2 |
| 3 | Sven Tippelt, E. Ger | Gymnastics | 0-1-2 |
Women
| No | Sport | G-S-B | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Kristin Otto, E. Ger | Swimming | 6-0-0 |
| 6 | Daniela Silivas, ROM | Gymnastics | 3-2-1 |
| 4 | Florence Griffith Joyner, USA | Track/Field | 3-1-0 |
| 4 | Svetlana Boguinskaya, USSR | Gymnastics | 2-1-1 |
| 4 | Elena Shushunova, USSR | Gymnastics | 2-1-1 |
| 3 | Janet Evans, USA | Swimming | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Silke Hörner, E. Ger | Swimming | 2-0-1 |
| 3 | Daniela Hunger, E. Ger | Swimming | 2-0-1 |
| 3 | Katrin Meissner, E. Ger | Swimming | 2-0-1 |
| 3 | Birgit Schmidt, E. Ger | Canoeing | 2-1-0 |
| 3 | Birte Weigang, E. Ger | Swimming | 1-2-0 |
| 3 | Vania Guecheva, BUL | Canoeing | 1-1-1 |
| 3 | Gabriela Potorac, ROM | Gymnastics | 0-2-1 |
| 3 | Heike Drechsler, E. Ger | Track/Field | 0-1-2 |
