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Host City: Seoul, South Korea
Venue(s): Indoor Swimming Pool, Olympic Park, Seoul
Date Started: September 26, 1988
Date Finished: September 26, 1988
Format: Top eight advanced to the final, based on score from the musical routine and technical figure round.
| Gold: | Carolyn Waldo |
| Silver: | Tracie Ruiz-Conforto |
| Bronze: | Mikako Kotani |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | PTS | MRP | FP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolyn Waldo | 23 | Canada | CAN | 199.350 | 98.20 | 101.150 | QU |
| 2 | Tracie Ruiz-Conforto | 25 | United States | USA | 197.033 | 98.40 | 98.633 | QU |
| 3 | Mikako Kotani | 22 | Japan | JPN | 191.250 | 97.00 | 94.250 | QU |
| 4 | Muriel Hermine | 25 | France | FRA | 189.100 | 95.60 | 93.500 | QU |
| 5 | Karin Singer | 22 | Switzerland | SUI | 185.000 | 94.40 | 90.600 | QU |
| 6 | Nicola Shearn | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | 181.333 | 92.60 | 88.733 | QU |
| 7 | Khristina Thalassinidou | 18 | Soviet Union | URS | 180.650 | 93.60 | 87.050 | QU |
| 8 | Gerlind Scheller | 20 | West Germany | FRG | 174.183 | 88.60 | 85.583 | QU |
| 9 | Marie Jacobsson | 23 | Sweden | SWE | 172.800 | 88.00 | 84.800 | |
| 10 | Lourdes Candini | 22 | Mexico | MEX | 172.533 | 88.00 | 84.533 | |
| 11 | Zhang Ying | 25 | China | CHN | 170.750 | 89.60 | 81.150 | |
| 12 | Ha Su-Gyeong | 19 | South Korea | KOR | 169.950 | 89.20 | 80.750 | |
| 13 | María Elena Giusti | 19 | Venezuela | VEN | 169.333 | 85.60 | 83.733 | |
| 14 | Eva López | 18 | Spain | ESP | 167.383 | 88.40 | 78.983 | |
| 15 | Paula Carvalho | 23 | Brazil | BRA | 166.317 | 83.80 | 82.517 | |
| 16 | Lisa Lieschke | 24 | Australia | AUS | 165.633 | 85.20 | 80.433 | |
| 17 | Patricia Serneels | 23 | Belgium | BEL | 164.550 | 85.80 | 78.750 | |
| 18 | Roswitha Lopez | 18 | Aruba | ARU | 150.683 | 80.20 | 70.483 |