United Arab Emirates at the 1988 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	UAE
Nocname:	United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1988
Flagcaption:	Flag of the United Arab Emirates
Website:
Location:	Seoul
Competitors:	12
Sports:	2
Flagbearer:	Sultan Khalifa^[1]
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1984

The United Arab Emirates competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Twelve competitors, all men, took part in fifteen events in two sports.^[2]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[3]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Cycling	6	0	6
Swimming	6	0	6
Total	12	0	12

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Six cyclists represented the United Arab Emirates in 1988.

Men's road race

• Sultan Khalifa - 4:44:37 (→ 101st place)
• Khalifa Bin Omair - did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Issa Mohamed - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's team time trial

• Ali Al-Abed
• Ali Hayyaz
• Sultan Khalifa
• Naji Sayed

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Ahmad Faraj
  1. Heat  - 26.60 (→ did not advance, 63rd place)
• Mubarak Farajbilal
  1. Heat  - 27.60 (→ did not advance, 68th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Mohammed Binabid
  1. Heat  - 58.81 (→ did not advance, 72nd place)
• Ahmad Faraj
  1. Heat  - 59.10 (→ did not advance, 73rd place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Mohammed Binabid
  1. Heat  - 2:09.43 (→ did not advance, 61st place)
• Ahmad Faraj
  1. Heat  - 2:13.21 (→ did not advance, 62nd place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Bassam Alansari
  1. Heat  - 4:39.36 (→ did not advance, 47th place)
• Mohammed Binabid
  1. Heat  - 4:47.28 (→ did not advance, 49th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Mohamed Abdullah
  1. Heat  - 1:08.91 (→ did not advance, 49th place)
• Mohammed Binabid
  1. Heat  - 1:10.01 (→ did not advance, 51st place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Mohamed Abdullah
  1. Heat  - 2:29.64 (→ did not advance, 39th place)
• Mohammed Binabid
  1. Heat  - 2:36.21 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Obaid Alrumaithi
  1. Heat  - 1:17.01 (→ did not advance, 60th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Obaid Alrumaithi
  1. Heat  - 2:50.49 (→ did not advance, 52nd place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Mohammed Binabid
  1. Heat  - 1:06.25 (→ did not advance, 49th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Mohammed Binabid
  1. Heat  - 2:29.08 (→ did not advance, 53rd place)
• Mohamed Abdullah
  1. Heat  - 2:31.44 (→ did not advance, 55th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Ahmad Faraj, Mohamed Abdullah, Bassam Alansari, and Mohammed Binabid
  1. Heat  - 3:58.92 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Ahmad Faraj, Mohamed Abdullah, Bassam Alansari, and Mohammed Binabid
  1. Heat  - 9:01.03 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Mohamed Abdullah, Obaid Alrumaithi, Mohammed Binabid, and Ahmad Faraj
  1. Heat  - 4:28.55 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

External links

• Official Olympic Reports

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sultan Khalifa . olympedia.org . 10 January 2024.
2. Web site: United Arab Emirates at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417093318/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/UAE/summer/1988/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 3 July 2016 . Sports Reference.
3. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/UAE/editions/22 United Arab Emirates at the 1988 Summer Olympics