A record number of 407,112 students from 2,663 schools entered.

Results are given below for the 1988 AMC, held on Tuesday 2 August. There were 2 perfect scores.

Medals were presented at a function held at the Westpac Gallery, Melbourne, on Monday 24 October, by Professor Bernhard Neumann, of the Australian National University.

The medallists were:

AMC Medallists from the Junior, Intermediate & Senior Divisions
NAME	SCHOOL		YR
ARNOTT Paul	Scotch College	SA	8
BOON Michael	St Virgil's College	TAS	7
BRENT Geoffrey	Canberra Grammar School	ACT	8
CAMPBELL Benjamin	Melbourne Grammar School - Wadhurst	VIC	8
FAGAN Matthew	Blue Mountains Grammar School	NSW	8
HANDLER Michael	Knox Grammar School	NSW	7
INOUE Yasu	Newman Siena College	WA	8
MOUAT Robert	Christchurch Boys High School	NZ	8
POOLE Graham	Shore School	NSW	8
RAE Andrew*	Brisbane Grammar School	QLD	8
ADAM Timothy	Scotch College	VIC	10
BRENNAN David	Rangitoto College	NZ	10
CONROY Brendan	The Friends School	TAS	9
LOVEJOY Richard	Scotch College	VIC	10
MUKHERJEE Suvendu	Knox Grammar School	NSW	10
SCHUBERT Luke	Concordia College	SA	10
THOMAS Glynn	Sanderson High School	NT	10
WEATHERSON Brian	Mazenod College	VIC	10
WIFFEN Richard	Wanneroo High School	WA	10
ALNUTT James	Canberra Grammar School	ACT	12
BAILEY Geoffrey	St Aloysius College	NSW	12
CALEGARI Danny*	Melbourne Church of England Boys Grammar School	VIC	11
OFFER Alan	Caboolture State High School	QLD	11
THAIR Wayne	Kelmscott Senior High School	WA	12
WALLACE David	Rongotai College	NZ	12

* denotes perfect score