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Zimbabwe at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
ZIM

Flag bearer
  
James Gombedza

Website
  
www.zoc.co.zw

Zimbabwe at the 1988 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Zimbabwe Olympic Committee

Competitors
  
29 (23 men and 6 women) in 10 sports

Medals
  
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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.

Contents

Archery

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)

    • Athletics

    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)

    • Cycling

    Two male cyclists represented Zimbabwe in 1988.

    Men's road race
  • Pierre Gouws
  • Gary Mandy
    • Men's 1 km time trial
  • Gary Mandy

    • Diving

    Women's 3m Springboard

  • Tracy Cox-Smyth reached Finals, came 12th.

    • Swimming

    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)

    • Tennis

    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

    • References

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


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