Sailing at the 1988 Summer Games:
Host City: Seoul, South Korea
Venue(s): Busan Yachting Center, Busan
Date Started: September 20, 1988
Date Finished: September 27, 1988
Format: Points awarded for placement in each race. Best six of seven scores to count for final placement.
| Gold: | Bruce Kendall |
| Silver: | Jan Boersma |
| Bronze: | Mike Gebhardt |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | NP | TP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruce Kendall | 24 | New Zealand | NZL | Gold | 35.4 | 50.4 | |
| 2 | Jan Boersma | 19 | Netherlands Antilles | AHO | Silver | 42.7 | 58.7 | |
| 3 | Mike Gebhardt | 22 | United States | USA | Bronze | 48.0 | 65.0 | |
| 4 | Bart Verschoor | 23 | Netherlands | NED | 53.4 | 71.4 | ||
| 5 | Robert Nagy | 25 | France | FRA | 61.7 | 82.7 | ||
| 6 | Francesco Wirz | 20 | Italy | ITA | 63.0 | 115.0 | ||
| 7 | Jorge García | 25 | Argentina | ARG | 70.1 | 88.1 | ||
| 8 | Carlos Iniesta | 21 | Spain | ESP | 81.7 | 114.7 | ||
| 9 | Jan Bonga | 24 | Switzerland | SUI | 81.7 | 111.7 | ||
| 10 | Chris Lawrence | 20 | Australia | AUS | 86.4 | 109.4 | ||
| 11 | Thomas Wallner | 23 | Austria | AUT | 91.0 | 143.0 | ||
| 12 | Richard Myerscough | 22 | Canada | CAN | 97.2 | 149.2 | ||
| 13 | Dirk Meyer | 28 | West Germany | FRG | 99.0 | 131.0 | ||
| 14 | Simon Goody | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | 106.0 | 133.0 | ||
| 15 | Roland Milošević | 19 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 112.7 | 164.7 | ||
| 16 | George Rebello | 22 | Brazil | BRA | 124.0 | 153.0 | ||
| 17 | Grzegorz Myszkowski | 27 | Poland | POL | 128.7 | 158.7 | ||
| 18 | Ryo Asano | 25 | Japan | JPN | 130.0 | 156.0 | ||
| 19 | Luís Caliço | 19 | Portugal | POR | 132.0 | 164.0 | ||
| 20 | Magnus Torell | 24 | Sweden | SWE | 132.0 | 158.0 | ||
| 21 | Håkon Nissen-Lie | 24 | Norway | NOR | 139.0 | 191.0 | ||
| 22 | Jiang Chen | 22 | China | CHN | 141.6 | 193.6 | ||
| 23 | Osvaldo Alcaide | 23 | Puerto Rico | PUR | 162.0 | 214.0 | ||
| 24 | Luke Baldauf | 19 | United States Virgin Islands | ISV | 174.0 | 226.0 | ||
| 25 | Anan Hohsuwan | 22 | Thailand | THA | 178.0 | 230.0 | ||
| 26 | Richard Paz | 19 | Philippines | PHI | 192.0 | 234.0 | ||
| 27 | Abdul Malik Faisal | 21 | Indonesia | INA | 194.0 | 246.0 | ||
| 28 | Tony Philp | 19 | Fiji | FIJ | 196.0 | 248.0 | ||
| 29 | Matthew Arneborg | 17 | British Virgin Islands | IVB | 212.0 | 264.0 | ||
| 30 | Lee Han-Im | 19 | South Korea | KOR | 217.0 | 269.0 | ||
| 31 | Eli Fuller | 16 | Antigua and Barbuda | ANT | 228.0 | 280.0 | ||
| 32 | Didier Gamerdinger | 28 | Monaco | MON | 228.0 | 280.0 | ||
| 33 | Brian Talma | 23 | Barbados | BAR | 230.0 | 282.0 | ||
| 34 | İbrahim Kakış | 29 | Turkey | TUR | 232.0 | 284.0 | ||
| 35 | Jean-Paul Fleri Soler | 24 | Malta | MLT | 246.0 | 298.0 | ||
| 36 | Stelios Georgousopoulos | 23 | Greece | GRE | 247.0 | 299.0 | ||
| 37 | Nikolay Kravchenko | 32 | Soviet Union | URS | 250.0 | 302.0 | ||
| 38 | Nilo Ozib | 31 | Mexico | MEX | 252.0 | 304.0 | ||
| 39 | Wong Sam | 23 | Hong Kong | HKG | 253.0 | 305.0 | ||
| 40 | Robleh Ali Adou | 24 | Djibouti | DJI | 255.0 | 307.0 | ||
| 41 | Jan Iriarte | 25 | Guam | GUM | 262.0 | 314.0 | ||
| 42 | Giovanni Conti | 27 | San Marino | SMR | 270.0 | 322.0 | ||
| 43 | Vernon Lapham | 17 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 282.0 | 334.0 | ||
| 44 | Graham Numa | 34 | Papua New Guinea | PNG | 301.0 | 353.0 | ||
| 45 | Mohamed Al-Kaabi | 30 | Qatar | QAT | 312.0 | 364.0 |