| Noc: | YMD |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1988 |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of South Yemen |
| Location: | Seoul |
| Competitors: | 5 |
| Sports: | 2 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| See also: | (1992–) |
South Yemen competed as the Yemen Democratic Republic at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. It was the only time that the nation would compete at the Olympic Games. After unification with North Yemen, the nation would later return as Yemen at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1992– | as | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Boxing | 2 | – | 2 | ||||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | 2nd round | Semifinal | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Ehab Fuad Ahmed Nagi | 100 m | 11.53 | 8 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Sahim Saleh Mehdi | 200 m | 22.95 | 8 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Farouk Ahmed Sayed | 5000 m | 15:11.20 | 18 | n/a | Did not advance | |||||
See main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Semi-Final | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Mohamed Mahfood Sayed | −51 kg | L KO1 | Did not advance | 17 | |||||
| Ali Mohamed Jaffer | −57 kg | L KO1 | Did not advance | 33 | |||||