Zimbabwe at the 1988 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	ZIM
Nocname:	Zimbabwe Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1988
Location:	Seoul
Competitors:	29 (23 men and 6 women)
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	James Gombedza
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
See also:	(1928-1964)

Zimbabwe competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 29 competitors, 23 men and 6 women, took part in 38 events in 10 sports.^[1]

Competitors

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
Archery	3	1	4
Athletics	5	2	7
Boxing	3	–	3
Cycling	2	0	2
Diving	0	1	1
Judo	2	–	2
Sailing	1	0	1
Shooting	2	0	2
Swimming	3	1	4
Tennis	2	1	3
Total	23	6	29

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics. After not competing in the 1984 archery competition, Zimbabwe returned in 1988.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round 1		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Paul Bamber	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	1197	60	Did not advance
Alan Bryant	1149	72	Did not advance
Wrex Tarr	1092	78	Did not advance
Paul Bamber Alan Bryant Wrex Tarr	Team	3438	21	Did not advance

Women

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men's 400 metres

• Elijah Nkala

• Heat - 46.60 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

• Stanley Mandebele

• Heat - 29:50.99 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• James Gombedza - 2"38.13 (→ 72nd place)

Women's Marathon

• Linda Hunter - 2"53.17 (→ 55th place)

Boxing

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
Nokuthula Tshabangu	Flyweight	W 4–1	L RSC R2	Did not advance
Ndaba Dube	Bantamweight	W RSC R2	L RSC R1	Did not advance
Duke Chinyadza	Light welterweight		W 3–2	L KO	Did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Two male cyclists represented Zimbabwe in 1988.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Pierre Gouws	align=left rowspan=2	Road race	4:43:28	99
Gary Mandy	4:45:50	105

Track

Time trial

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Women

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
							Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
James Sibenge	71 kg	L Ippon	Did not advance
Patrick Matangi	78 kg		W Ippon	L Ippon	Did not advance

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Open

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Mixed

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Brett Halford	100 metre backstroke	1:02.95	44	Did not advance
200 metre backstroke	2:17.84	37	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=4	Vaughan Smith	50 metre freestyle	25.29	52	Did not advance
100 metre freestyle	53.58	46	Did not advance
200 metre freestyle	1:56.13	42	Did not advance
200 metre individual medley	2:18.07	50	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=4	Graham Thompson	50 metre freestyle	25.38	53	Did not advance
100 metre freestyle	55.20	60	Did not advance
100 metre butterfly	1:00.13	43	Did not advance
200 metre individual medley	2:17.06	47	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Catherine Fogarty	50 metre freestyle	28.66	40	Did not advance
100 metre freestyle	1:02.47	49	Did not advance
200 metre freestyle	2:13.44	41	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

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
Mark Gurr	Singles	L 2–6, 3–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Philip Tuckniss Mark Gurr	Doubles		W 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–1	L 0–6, 1–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Women

External links

• Official Olympic Reports

Notes and References

1. Web site: Zimbabwe at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417093517/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ZIM/summer/1988/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 4 July 2016 . Sports Reference.
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/ZIM/editions/22 Zimbabwe at the 1988 Summer Olympics