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Host City: Seoul, South Korea
Venue(s): Indoor Swimming Pool, Olympic Park, Seoul
Date Started: September 20, 1988
Date Finished: September 21, 1988
| Gold: | Tamás Darnyi |
| Silver: | Dave Wharton |
| Bronze: | Stefano Battistelli |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tamás Darnyi | 21 | Hungary | HUN | Gold | WR |
| 2 | Dave Wharton | 19 | United States | USA | Silver | |
| 3 | Stefano Battistelli | 18 | Italy | ITA | Bronze | |
| 4 | József Szabó | 19 | Hungary | HUN | ||
| 5 | Patrick Kühl | 20 | East Germany | GDR | ||
| 6 | Jens-Peter Berndt | 25 | West Germany | FRG | ||
| 7 | Luca Sacchi | 20 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 8 | Peter Bermel | 21 | West Germany | FRG | ||
| 9 | Jeff Kostoff | 23 | United States | USA | ||
| 10 | Christophe Bordeau | 20 | France | FRA | ||
| 11 | Robert Bruce | 19 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 12 | Jon Kelly | 22 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 13 | Mikhail Zubkov | 20 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 14 | Rob Woodhouse | 22 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 15 | Paul Brew | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 16 | Kharalambos Papanikolaou | 19 | Greece | GRE | ||
| 17 | Yoshiyuki Mizumoto | 19 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 18 | Laurent Journet | 18 | France | FRA | ||
| 19 | Ondřej Bureš | 21 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
| 20 | Salvador Vassallo | 20 | Puerto Rico | PUR | ||
| 21 | Javier Careaga | 20 | Mexico | MEX | ||
| 22 | Rui Borges Borges | 21 | Portugal | POR | ||
| 23 | Michael Meldrum | 20 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 24 | Renato Ramalho | 21 | Brazil | BRA | ||
| 25 | Takahiro Fujimoto | 18 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 26 | Diogo Madeira | 18 | Portugal | POR | ||
| 27 | Martín López-Zubero | 19 | Spain | ESP | ||
| 28 | Lee Jae-Su | 20 | South Korea | KOR | ||
| 29 | Jonathan Sakovich | 18 | Guam | GUM | ||
| 30 | René Concepcion | 19 | Philippines | PHI | ||
| 31 | Sultan Al-Otaibi | 18 | Kuwait | KUW | ||
| 32 | Julian Bolling | 22 | Sri Lanka | SRI | ||
| AC r1/2 | John Davey | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | DQ | |
| AC r1/2 | Desmond Koh | 15 | Singapore | SIN | DQ |