De 19e wereldkampioenschappen schaatsen sprint werden in 1988 op 6 en 7 februari gehouden op de ijsbaan State Fair Park in West Allis, Wisconsin.
| # | Schaatser | Land | 500m | 1000m | 500m | 1000m | Punten |
1  | Dan Jansen |  Verenigde Staten | 38,70 (1) | 1.20,24 (1) | 38,15 (1) | 1.18,01 (6) | 155,975 |
2  | Uwe-Jens Mey |  DDR | 38,89 (3) | 1.20,64 (4) | 38,72 (6) | 1.17,93 (5) | 156,895 |
3  | Eric Flaim | Verenigde Staten | 39,17 (7) | 1.20,57 (3) | 38,96 (11) | 1.17,30 (1) | 157,065 |
| 4 | Andrej Bachvalov |  Sovjet-Unie | 38,96 (5) | 1.20,66 (5) | 38,51 (3) | 1.18,88 (11) | 157,240 |
| 5 | Erik Henriksen | Verenigde Staten | 39,08 (6) | 1.21,38 (6) | 38,70 (5) | 1.17,86 (4) | 157,400 |
| 6 | Jan Ykema |  Nederland | 39,39 (10) | 1.20,32 (2) | 38,74 (7) | 1.18,36 (8) | 157,470 |
| 7 | Kimihiro Hamaya |  Japan | 39,92 (17) | 1.21,94 (12) | 38,22 (2) | 1.17,66 (2) | 157,940 |
| 8 | Yasumitsu Kanehama | Japan | 38,88 (2) | 1.21,64 (8) | 39,11 (13) | 1.18,89 (12) | 158,255 |
| 9 | Nick Thometz | Verenigde Staten | 39,34 (8) | 1.21,77 (9) | 38,68 (4) | 1.18,76 (9) | 158,285 |
| 10 | Vitali Makovetski | Sovjet-Unie | 38,94 (4) | 1.21,48 (7) | 38,83 (9) | 1.20,36 (19) | 158,690 |
| 11 | Yukihiro Mitani | Japan | 39,55 (11) | 1.21,81 (11) | 38,76 (8) | 1.20,09 (16) | 159,260 |
| 12 | Guy Thibault |  Canada | 39,59 (13) | 1.23,82 (21) | 38,98 (12) | 1.18,31 (7) | 159,635 |
| 13 | Frode Rønning |  Noorwegen | 39,57 (12) | 1.23,56 (18) | 39,20 (14) | 1.19,30 (14) | 160,200 |
| 14 | Jouko Vesterlund |  Finland | 39,70 (14) | 1.23,74 (20) | 38,85 (10) | 1.20,78 (22) | 160,810 |
| 15 | Hozumi Moriyama | Japan | 39,38 (9) | 1.23,71 (19) | 39,39 (16) | 1.20,73 (21) | 160,990 |
| 16 | Bjørn Hagen | Noorwegen | 39,93 (18) | 1.24,40 (24) | 39,56 (17) | 1.18,94 (13) | 161,160 |
| 17 | Menno Boelsma | Nederland | 40,02 (19) | 1.21,77 (9) | 40,03 (25) | 1.20,88 (24) | 161,375 |
| 18 | Bjørn Forslund |  Zweden | 40,77 (26) | 1.22,55 (14) | 39,83 (20) | 1.19,40 (15) | 161,575 |
| 19 | Arie Loef | Nederland | 40,11 (20) | 1.22,49 (13) | 39,83 (20) | 1.20,82 (23) | 161,595 |
| 20 | Mike Richmond |  Australië | 40,27 (23) | 1.24,06 (23) | 39,79 (19) | 1.20,12 (17) | 162,150 |
| 21 | Uwe Streb |  West-Duitsland | 40,30 (24) | 1.23,26 (17) | 40,01 (24) | 1.20,47 (20) | 162,175 |
| 22 | Urpo Pikkupeura | Finland | 40,13 (21) | 1.22,82 (15) | 40,60 (28) | 1.20,35 (18) | 162,315 |
| 23 | Hans-Peter Oberhuber | West-Duitsland | 40,14 (22) | 1.24,77 (25) | 39,86 (22) | 1.21,57 (26) | 163,170 |
| 24 | André Hoffmann | DDR | 39,87 (16) | 1.29,12 (28) | 40,41 (26) | 1.17,77 (3) | 163,725 |
| 25 | Marc Vernier |  Frankrijk | 41,11 (27) | 1.24,98 (26) | 40,57 (27) | 1.21,41 (25) | 164,875 |
| 26 | Pascal Hinni |  Zwitserland | 41,99 (28) | 1.28,06 (27) | 40,65 (29) | 1.23,06 (27) | 168,200 |
| 27 | Boris Repnin | Sovjet-Unie | 40,30 (24) | 1.23,88 (22) | 39,36 (15) | 2.01,18 (29f) | 182,190 |
| 28 | Jerzy Dominik |  Polen | 39,84 (15) | 1.46,03 (29f) | 39,87 (23) | 1.47,92 (28f) | 186,685 |
| DQ1 | Gaétan Boucher | Canada | - (DQ) | 1.22,83 (16) | 39,73 (18) | 1.18,78 (10) | 120,525 |
| # | Schaatsster | Land | 500m | 1000m | 500m | 1000m | Punten |
| 1 | Christa Rothenburger | DDR | 41,30 (1) | 1.24,93 (2) | 41,33 (2) | 1.23,06 (2) | 166,625 |
| 2 | Karin Kania-Enke | DDR | 42,04 (3) | 1.24,81 (1) | 41,46 (3) | 1.21,81 (1) | 166,810 |
| 3 | Bonnie Blair | Verenigde Staten | 41,60 (2) | 1.25,83 (4) | 41,03 (1) | 1.23,90 (3) | 167,495 |
| 4 | Seiko Hashimoto | Japan | 42,14 (5) | 1.27,71 (5) | 42,12 (5) | 1.24,74 (5) | 170,485 |
| 5 | Angela Stahnke | DDR | 42,05 (4) | 1.27,95 (6) | 42,05 (4) | 1.25,15 (6) | 170,650 |
| 6 | Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich | DDR | 43,13 (10) | 1.25,69 (3) | 43,51 (12) | 1.23,90 (3) | 171,435 |
| 7 | Zofia Tokarczyk | Polen | 42,72 (7) | 1.30,09 (11) | 42,79 (6) | 1.25,57 (7) | 173,340 |
| 8 | Christine Aaftink | Nederland | 42,85 (8) | 1.28,46 (7) | 43,18 (7) | 1.28,45 (12) | 174,485 |
| 9 | Erwina Ryś-Ferens | Polen | 43,41 (13) | 1.29,42 (8) | 44,17 (17) | 1.26,66 (8) | 175,620 |
| 10 | Shoko Fusano | Japan | 43,25 (11) | 1.30,89 (15) | 43,23 (8) | 1.27,51 (9) | 175,680 |
| 11 | Katie Class | Verenigde Staten | 44,20 (19) | 1.29,69 (9) | 43,45 (11) | 1.27,92 (11) | 176,455 |
| 12 | Shelley Rhead | Canada | 42,44 (6) | 1.31,39 (18) | 43,43 (10) | 1.29,98 (16) | 176,555 |
| 13 | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady |  Oostenrijk | 44,03 (18) | 1.30,10 (12) | 43,90 (16) | 1.27,75 (10) | 176,855 |
| 14 | Ingrid Haringa | Nederland | 43,40 (12) | 1.31,11 (16) | 43,69 (13) | 1.28,99 (13) | 177,140 |
| 15 | Leslie Bader | Verenigde Staten | 43,86 (16) | 1.30,84 (14) | 43,69 (13) | 1.29,00 (14) | 177,470 |
| 16 | Natalie Grenier | Canada | 43,98 (17) | 1.30,31 (13) | 43,86 (15) | 1.29,51 (15) | 177,750 |
| 17 | Mariska Hekkers | Nederland | 44,78 (21) | 1.32,25 (20) | 44,74 (18) | 1.30,00 (17) | 180,645 |
| 18 | Noriko Toda | Japan | 43,73 (15) | 1.34,85 (22) | 44,78 (19) | 1.30,73 (18) | 181,300 |
| 19 | Anja Mischke | West-Duitsland | 44,27 (20) | 1.32,02 (19) | 45,37 (21) | 1.32,40 (19) | 181,850 |
| 20 | Else Ragni Yttredal | Noorwegen | 45,32 (22) | 1.34,61 (21) | 44,98 (20) | 1.32,98 (20) | 184,095 |
| NF4 | Edel Therese Høiseth | Noorwegen | 42,89 (9) | 1.29,74 (10) | 43,28 (9) | - (NF) | 131,040 |
| DQ | Wang Xiuli |  China | 42,05 (DQ) | 1.26,30 (DQ) | 42,37 (DQ) | 1.23,58 (DQ) | 169,360 |
| Ye Qiaobo | China | 43,46 (DQ) | 1.30,26 (DQ) | 43,03 (DQ) | 1.28,79 (DQ) | 176,015 |
| NF3 | Monika Gawenus-Pflug | West-Duitsland | 43,67 (14) | 1.31,21 (17) | - (NF) | | 89,275 |
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