Female artistic gymnasts
| Name | Country | Date of birth (Age) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youngest competitor | Foteini Varvariotou |  Greece | 11 June 1974 (aged 14) |
| Oldest competitor | Manuela Hervás |  Spain | 1 August 1962 (aged 26) |
| Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
| List of gymnasts | ||
| Artistic | ||
| Team all-around | men | women |
| Individual all-around | men | women |
| Vault | men | women |
| Floor | men | women |
| Pommel horse | men | |
| Rings | men | |
| Parallel bars | men | |
| Horizontal bar | men | |
| Uneven bars | women | |
| Balance beam | women | |
| Rhythmic | ||
| Individual all-around | women | |
This is a list of the gymnasts who represented their country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul from 17 September to 2 October 1988. Gymnasts across two disciplines (artistic gymnastics [1] and rhythmic gymnastics [2] ) participated in the Games.
| Name | Country | Date of birth (Age) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youngest competitor | Foteini Varvariotou | Greece | 11 June 1974 (aged 14) |
| Oldest competitor | Manuela Hervás | Spain | 1 August 1962 (aged 26) |
| Name | Country | Date of birth (Age) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youngest competitor | Sergey Kharkov |  Soviet Union | 17 November 1970 (aged 17) |
| Oldest competitor | Jenő Paprika |  Hungary | 5 January 1960 (aged 28) |
| Name | Country | Date of birth (Age) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youngest competitor | Mary Fuzesi |  Canada | 21 February 1974 (aged 14) |
| Oldest competitor | Giulia Staccioli |  Italy | 6 June 1964 (aged 24) |
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