The Gambia at the 1988 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:GAM
Nocname:Gambia National Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1988
Flagcaption:Flag of the Gambia
Location:Seoul
Competitors:6
Sports:2
Flagbearer:Dawda Jallow
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1984

The Gambia competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The Gambia sent 6 athletes, 5 male and 1 female to compete in two sports, athletics and wrestling.[1]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Athletics2 1 3
Wrestling3 3
Total 5 1 6

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The Gambia sent three athletes.

Men
Athlete(s)EventsHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Dawda Jallow400 m46.91346.357align=center colspan=4Did not advance
Momodou N'Jie800 m1:55.577align=center colspan=6 Did not advance
Women

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The Gambia sent three wrestlers.

Men's freestyle
AthleteEventElimination PoolFinal round
Round 1
Result
Round 2
Result
Round 3
Result
Round 4
Result
Round 5
Result
Round 6
Result
Round 7
Result
RankFinal round
Result
Rank
Adama Damballey−74 kg
W 4-0 T

L 0-4 T

L 0-4 T
7Did not advance
Matarr Jarju−82 kg
L 0-4 T

L 0-4 T
13Did not advance
Bakary Sanneh−90 kg
L 0-4 T

L 0-4 T
13Did not advance

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gambia at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417093303/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GAM/summer/1988/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . en . 2018-04-18.
  2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/GAM/editions/22 The Gambia at the 1988 Summer Olympics