Zimbabwe competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. 29 competitors, 23 men and 6 women, took part in 38 events in 10 sports.
After not competing in the 1984 archery competition, Zimbabwe returned in 1988.
Women's Individual Competition:
Merrellyn Tarr — Preliminary Round (→ 62nd place)
Men's Individual Competition:
Paul Bamber — Preliminary Round (→ 60th place)
Alan Bryant — Preliminary Round (→ 72nd place)
Wrex Tarr — Preliminary Round (→ 78th place)
Men's Team Competition:
Bamber, Bryant, and Tarr — Preliminary Round (→ 21st place)
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 Elizabeth Hunter — 2"53.17 (→ 55th place)
Two male cyclists represented Zimbabwe in 1988.
Men's road race
Pierre Gouws
Gary Mandy
Men's 1 km time trial
Gary Mandy
Women's 3m Springboard
Tracy Cox-Smyth reached Finals, came 12th.
Men's 50m Freestyle
Vaughan Smith
Heat — 25.29 (→ did not advance, 52nd place)
Graham Thompson
Heat — 25.38 (→ did not advance, 53rd place)
Men's 100m Freestyle
Vaughan Smith
Heat — 53.58 (→ did not advance, 46th place)
Graham Thompson
Heat — 55.20 (→ did not advance, 60th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
Vaughan Smith
Heat — 1:56.13 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
Brett Halford
Heat — 1:02.95 (→ did not advance, 44th place)
Men's 200m Backstroke
Brett Halford
Heat — 2:17.84 (→ did not advance, 37th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
Graham Thompson
Heat — 1:00.13 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
Graham Thompson
Heat — 2:17.06 (→ did not advance, 47th place)
Vaughan Smith
Heat — 2:18.07 (→ did not advance, 50th place)
Women's 50m Freestyle
Catherine Fogarty
Heat — 28.66 (→ did not advance, 40th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle
Catherine Fogarty
Heat — 1:02.47 (→ did not advance, 49th place)
Women's 200m Freestyle
Catherine Fogarty
Heat — 2:13.44 (→ did not advance, 41st place)
Men's Doubles Competition
Mark Gurr and Philip Tuckniss
First Round – Defeated Victor Caballero and Hugo Chapacu (Paraguay) 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-1
Second Round – Lost to Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd (Sweden) 0-6 1-6 4-6
