Indonesia competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The nation won its first ever Olympic medal. 29 competitors, 26 men and 3 women, took part in 32 events in 11 sports.

Medalists

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"

|-

! Medal

! Name

! Sport

! Event

! Date

|-

| || <br><br>|| 25pxArchery || Women's team || 1 October

|}

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|-

! width=180|Sport

! width=55|Men

! width=55|Women

! width=55|Total

|-

| align=left|Archery

| 1 || 3 || 4

|-

| align=left|Athletics

| 5 || 0 || 5

|-

| align=left|Boxing

| 2 || – || 2

|-

| align=left|Fencing

| 1 || 1 || 2

|-

| align=left|Sailing

| 2 || 0 || 2

|-

| align=left|Shooting

| 0 || 1 || 1

|-

| align=left|Swimming

| 2 || 0 || 2

|-

| align=left|Table tennis

| 1 || 0 || 1

|-

| align=left|Tennis

| 2 || 1 || 3

|-

| align=left|Weightlifting

| 5 || – || 5

|-

| align=left|Wrestling

| 2 || – || 2

|-

! Total || 23 || 6 || 29

|}

Archery

In Indonesia's fourth Olympic archery competition, the women's team won the nation's first Olympic medal of any sport. Their one-point lead over the Soviet Union put them in a tie with the United States for second place behind the dominant Korean team and guaranteeing the Indonesians a medal. A 72–67 shootout victory made it a silver.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Nurfitriyana Saiman &ndash; Semifinal (→ 9th place)
  • Kusuma Wardhani &ndash; 1/8 final (→ 19th place)
  • Lilies Handayani &ndash; Preliminary Round (→ 30th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Syafrudin Mawi &ndash; Preliminary Round (→ 48th place)

Women's Team Competition:

  • Nurfitriyana Saiman, Kusuma Wardhani, and Lilies Handayani &ndash; Final (→ Silver medal)

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

{| class="wikitable"

|+Men's Track

! rowspan="2" |Athlete

! rowspan="2" |Event

! colspan="2" |Heat

! colspan="2" |Quarterfinal

! colspan="2" |Semifinal

! colspan="2" |Final

|-

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

|-

|Mardi Lestari

|100 metres

|10.40

|3 (Heat 2)

|10.32

|2 (Heat 6)

|10.39

|7 (Heat 1)

| colspan="2" align=center|Did not advance

|-

|rowspan=2|Eduardus Nabunome

|5000 metres

|14:19.40

|14 (Heat 2)

| colspan="6" align=center|Did not advance

|-

|10,000 metres

|29:55.23

|17 (Heat 1)

| colspan="6" align=center|Did not advance

|-

|align=left|Mardi Lestari<br/>Kresno Eko Pambudi<br/>Elieser Wattebosi<br/>Mohamed Yusuf

|4 × 100 metres

|colspan="2"

|DNF

|DNF (Heat 2)

| colspan="6" align=center|Did not advance

|}

Boxing

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

|-

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition<br />Result

!Opposition<br />Result

!Opposition<br />Result

!Opposition<br />Result

!Opposition<br />Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Ilham Lahia

|align=left|Featherweight

|<br>L 1-4

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|-

|-align=center

|align=left|Adrian Taroreh

|align=left|Lightweight

|<br>L 0-5

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|}

Fencing

Two fencers, one man and one woman, represented Indonesia in 1988.

;Men's foil

  • Alkindi

;Women's foil

  • Silvia Koeswandi

Sailing

;Men

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

|-

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=7|Race

!rowspan=2|Net points

!rowspan=2|Final rank

|- style="font-size:95%"

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

|-align=center

|align=left|Abdul Malik Faisal

|align=left|Men's Division II

|31

|24

|20

|32

|<s>RET</s>

|30

|21

|246

|27th place

|-

|-align=center

|align=left|Eddy S. Suprapto

|align=left|Finn

|25

|27

|29

|26

|<s>DNF</s>

|25

|<s>RET</s>

|242

|31st place

|}

Shooting

Women's Sporting Pistol 25 metres

  • Selvyana Adrian-Sofyan - 568 points, 35th place

Swimming

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

|-

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="3"|Heat

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Note

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=5|Richard Sam Bera

|align=left|Men's 50 metre freestyle

|align=left|24.63

|3 (Heat 4)

|align=left|Did not advance

|-

|align=left|Men's 100 metre freestyle

|align=left|53.59

|6 (Heat 5)

|align=left|Did not advance

|-

|align=left|Men's 200 metre freestyle

|align=left|1:57.60

|4 (Heat 4)

|align=left|Did not advance

|-

|align=left|Men's 400 metre freestyle

|align=left|4:08.70

|3 (Heat 2)

|align=left|Did not advance

|-

|align=left|Men's 200 metre individual medley

|align=left|2:13.90

|2 (Heat 3)

|align=left|Did not advance

|-

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=4|Wirmandi Sugriat

|align=left|Men's 50 metre freestyle

|align=left|25.55

|7 (Heat 3)

|align=left|Did not advance

|-

|align=left|Men's 100 metre breaststroke

|align=left|1:06.22

|4 (Heat 3)

|align=left|Did not advance

|-

|align=left|Men's 200 metre breaststroke

|align=left|2:26.17

|2 (Heat 2)

|align=left|Did not advance

|-

|align=left|Men's 200 metre individual medley

|align=left|2:13.93

|6 (Heat 4)

|align=left|Did not advance

|}

Table tennis

;Men's singles

  • Tonny Maringgi - 6 of 8, Group B

Tennis

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

|-

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final /

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition<br />Score

!Opposition<br />Score

!Opposition<br />Score

!Opposition<br />Score

!Opposition<br />Score

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Hary Suharyadi <br /> Donald Wailan-Walalangi

|align=left|Men's doubles

|<br>L 3–6, 1–6, 5–7

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|-

|-align=center

|align=left|Yayuk Basuki

|align=left|Women's singles

|<br>L 3–6, 6–3, 0-6

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|}

Weightlifting

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

|-

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Snatch

!colspan="2"|Clean & jerk

!rowspan="2"|Total

!rowspan="2"|Rank

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

|- align=center

|align=left|Sodikin

|align=left|Flyweight

|95.0

|=16

|122.5

|16

|217.5

|15

|-

|- align=center

|align=left|Dirdja Wihardja

|align=left rowspan=2|Bantamweight

|112.5

|=4

|142.5

|=4

|255.0

|4

|-

|- align=center

|align=left|Yon Haryono

|100.0

|18

|137.5

|=8

|237.5

|18

|-

|- align=center

|align=left|Catur Mei Studi

|align=left|Featherweight

|<s>110.0</s>

|

|—

|

|—

|

|-

|- align=center

|align=left|I Nyoman Sudarma

|align=left|Middleweight

|145.0

|11

|175.0

|=12

|320.0

|10

|}

Wrestling

;Men's freestyle 48 kg

  • Suryadi Gunawan - Group stage

;Men's freestyle 52 kg

  • Surya Saputra - Group stage

References

  • Official Olympic Reports
  • International Olympic Committee results database