| Noc: | SLE |
| Nocname: | National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1988 |
| Location: | Seoul |
| Competitors: | 12 (11 men, 1 woman) |
| Sports: | 4 |
| Flagbearer: | Baba Ibrahim Suma-Keita |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Sierra Leone competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Twelve competitors, eleven men and one woman, took part in fourteen events in four sports.[1]
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Boxing | 2 | – | 2 | ||||
| Cycling | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Weightlifting | 1 | – | 1 | ||||
| Total | 11 | 1 | 12 |
See main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Horace Dove-Edwin | 100 metres | 10.89 | 76 | Did not advance | |||||
| Felix Sandy | 400 metres | 46.82 | 37 | Did not advance | |||||
| David Sawyerr | 800 metres | 1:57.88 | 64 | Did not advance | |||||
| Modupe Jonah | 1500 metres | 3:55.15 | 51 | Did not advance | |||||
| Baba Ibrahim Suma-Keita | Marathon | 3:04:00 | 95 | ||||||
| Benjamin Grant | 400 metres hurdles | 51.73 | 30 | Did not advance | |||||
| Francis Keita Horace Dove-Edwin Benjamin Grant Felix Sandy | 4 × 100 metres relay | 41.19 | 21 | Did not advance | |||||
| Horace Dove-Edwin Felix Sandy Benjamin Grant David Sawyerr | 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:10.47 | 17 | Did not advance | |||||
See main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Desmond Williams | Light middleweight | L 0–5 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Samuel Simbo | Middleweight | L KO | Did not advance | ||||||
See main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics. One male cyclist represented Sierra Leone in 1988.
See main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.