The following is the list of squads that took place in the women's field hockey tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Argentina
The following players represented Argentina:
Laura Mulhall
María Colombo
Marisa López
María Alejandra Tucat
Victoria Carbó
Marcela Richezza
Gabriela Liz
Gabriela Sánchez
Moira Brinnand
Marcela Hussey
Alejandra Palma
María Bengochea
Alina Vergara
María Gabriela Pazos
Andrea Fioroni
Australia
The following players represented Australia:
Kathleen Partridge
Elspeth Clement
Liane Tooth
Loretta Dorman
Lorraine Hillas
Michelle Hager
Sandra Pisani
Debbie Bowman-Sullivan
Lee Capes
Kim Small
Sally Carbon
Jackie Pereira
Tracey Belbin
Rechelle Hawkes
Sharon Buchanan-Patmore
Maree Fish
Canada
The following players represented Canada:
Sharon Bayes
Wendy Baker
Deb Covey
Lisa Lyn
Laura Branchaud
Sandra Levy
Kathryn Johnson
Shona Schleppe
Mary Conn
Liz Czenczek
Sheila Forshaw
Nancy Charlton
Sara Ballantyne
Sharon Creelman
Great Britain
The following players represented Great Britain:
Jill Atkins
Wendy Banks
Gillian Brown
Karen Brown
Mary Nevill
Julie Cook
Vicky Dixon
Wendy Fraser
Barbara Hambly
Caroline Jordan
Violet McBride
Moira MacLeod
Caroline Brewer
Jane Sixsmith
Kate Parker
Alison Ramsay
Netherlands
The following players represented the Netherlands:
Det de Beus
Yvonne Buter
Willemien Aardenburg
Laurien Willemse
Marjolein Bolhuis-Eijsvogel
Lisanne Lejeune
Carina Benninga
Annemieke Fokke
Ingrid Wolff
Marieke van Doorn
Sophie von Weiler
Aletta van Manen
Noor Holsboer
Helen van der Ben
Martine Ohr
Anneloes Nieuwenhuizen
South Korea
The following players represented South Korea:
Kim Mi-sun
Han Ok-kyung
Chang Eun-jung
Han Gum-shil
Choi Choon-ok
Kim Sun-deok
Chung Sang-hyun
Jin Won-sim
Hwang Keum-sook
Cho Ki-hyang
Seo Kwang-mi
Park Soon-ja
Kim Yeong-suk
Seo Hyo-sun
Lim Kye-sook
Chung Eun-kyung
United States
The following players represented the United States:
Patty Shea
Yogi Hightower
Mary Koboldt
Marcia Pankratz
Cheryl Van Kuren
Diane Bracalente
Beth Beglin
Marcy Place-von Schottenstein
Sandy Vander-Heyden
Tracey Fuchs
Sheryl Johnson
Sandra Costigan
Christy Morgan
Barbara Marois
Megan Donnelly
Donna Lee
West Germany
The following players represented West Germany: