This is a compilation of 13 United States Guinness records in 1988. You may want to take a look at our complete list of United States Guinness Records broken down by year.
| When | Record name | What | Who |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1988 | First ‘golden’ tennis Grand Slam (female) | first | Steffi Graf |
| 14 August 1988 | First use of DNA profiling to overturn a conviction | first | Gary Dotson |
| 16 July 1988 | Fastest run 100 metres (female) | 10.49 second(s) | Florence Griffith-Joyner |
| 04 July 1988 | Most participants in a sporting event (women) | Unknown | |
| May 1988 | Fastest 1,000 miles ultra distance (men) | 10:10:30:36 day(s):hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Yiannis Kouros |
| 13 March 1988 | Longest conga line | 119986 people | Kiwanis Club of Little Havana |
| 09 March 1988 | Most consecutive tenpin bowling games bowling the same score | Stanley Kodish | |
| 1988 | Fastest 100 m joggling with five objects - men | Owen Morse | |
| 1988 | First use of morphing | first | Willow |
| 1988 | Smallest aircraft | Bumble Bee II | |
| 1988 | Most expensive board game of Monopoly | 2000000 US dollar(s) | Monopoly, Sidney Mobell |
| 1988 | First father and son to finish in first, second place at the Daytona 500 | first | Bobby Allison |
| 1988 | Most Paralympic titles, Wheelchair basketball, Men | Unknown |