The women's field hockey tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics was the 3rd edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a ten-day period beginning on 21 September, and culminating with the medal finals on 30 September. All games were played at the Seongnam Stadium in Seoul, South Korea.^[1]

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Women's field hockey
at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
City	Seoul
Dates	21–30 September
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	Seongnam Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	72 (3.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lisanne Lejeune (8 goals)
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Australia won the gold medal for the first time after defeating South Korea 2–0 in the final. Netherlands won the bronze medal by defeating Great Britain 3–1.^[2]

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Australia	5	3	2	0	12	8	+4	8	Gold Medal
	South Korea	5	3	1	1	13	9	+4	7	Silver Medal
	Netherlands	5	4	0	1	14	6	+8	8	Bronze Medal
4	Great Britain	5	1	1	3	5	12	−7	3	Fourth place
5	West Germany	5	3	0	2	9	9	0	6	Eliminated in group stage
6	Canada	5	1	1	3	7	11	−4	3
7	Argentina	5	2	0	3	6	6	0	4
8	United States	5	0	1	4	6	12	−6	1

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There were 72 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.6 goals per match.

8 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH