The 1988 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested June 1−4, 1988 at

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in order to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's collegiate Division I outdoor

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. These were the 66th annual men's championships and the seventh annual women's championships. This was the Ducks' sixth time hosting the event and the first since

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. In a repeat of the previous year's result,

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and

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topped the men's and women's team standings, respectively; it was the Bruins' eighth men's team title and the second for the Lady Tigers. LSU's title would ultimately be the second of a record eleven consecutive national championships between 1987 and 1997.

Team results

* Note: Top 10 only * (H) = Hosts * Full results

Men's standings

Women's standings

Individual results

References

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