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North Yemen at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
YAR

Competitors
  
8

North Yemen at the 1988 Summer Olympics

North Yemen competed as the Yemen Arab Republic at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. After unification with South Yemen, the nation would return as Yemen at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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Abullah Alizani from the Yemen Arab Republic lost to Israeli Dov Groverman in the first round. Alizani was slated to wrestle the Israeli, but failed to show up for his match aeven after he was paged three times, in what an Israeli official called a political snub, and Alizani was declared the loser of the Men's Light-Flyweight (48 kg), Greco-Roman match by the referee.

Athletics

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
    • Men

    Judo

    North Yemen sent two competitors

    Mohamed Kohsrof ended ranked 35th in the men's extra lightweight class

    Mohamed Moslih finished ranked 19th in the men's lightweight class

    Wrestling

    Men's Greco-Roman
    Men's Freestyle

    References

    North Yemen at the 1988 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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