The 1988 Badminton Asia Championships was the unofficial tournament of the Badminton Asia Championships. It was held in Bandar Lampung, Indonesia on 6–10 November 1988. The championships were conducted as Invitational Championships (invitation competition).^[1]

China won three titles in the men's singles, women's singles and men's doubles, while host country won a title in the women's doubles.^[2][3]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Xiong Guobao	Foo Kok Keong	Liu Zhiheng
			Ardy Wiranata
Women's singles	Tang Jiuhong	Huang Hua	Susi Susanti
			Shi Wen
Men's doubles	Zhang Qiang Zhou Jincan	Lee Sang-bok Park Joo-bong	Aryono Miranat Joko Suprianto
			Komchan Promsarin Siripong Siripool
Women's doubles	Verawaty Fajrin Yanti Kusmiati	Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young	Sun Xiaoqing Zhou Lei
			Lee Heung-soon Lee Young-suk
Mixed doubles	not played

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	3	1	3	7
2	Indonesia (INA)	1	0	3	4
3	South Korea (KOR)	0	2	1	3
4	Malaysia (MAS)	0	1	0	1
5	Thailand (THA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		4	4	8	16

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Xiong Guobao	Foo Kok Keong	15–9, 15–5
Women's singles	Tang Jiuhong	Huang Hua	11–5, 11–6
Men's doubles	Zhang Qiang Zhou Jincan	Lee Sang-bok Park Joo-bong	18–16, 11–15, 18–16
Women's doubles	Verawaty Fajrin Yanti Kusmiati	Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young	18–16, 18–14

Category	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles	Xiong Guobao	Ardy Wiranata	15–6, 15–7
	Foo Kok Keong	Liu Zhiheng	9–15, 15–5, 15–11
Women's singles	Tang Jiuhong	Susi Susanti	11–1, 11–4
	Huang Hua	Shi Wen	11–6, 2–11, 11–4
Men's doubles	Zhang Qiang Zhou Jincan	Komchan Promsarin Siripong Siripool	15–5, 15–1
	Lee Sang-bok Park Joo-bong	Aryono Miranat Joko Suprianto	15–8, 15–0
Women's doubles	Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young	Sun Xiaoqing Zhou Lei	11–15, 15–8, 15–5
	Verawaty Fajrin Yanti Kusmiati	Lee Heung-soon Lee Young-suk	15–7, 15–2