Zimbabwe at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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.

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

| 3 || 1 || 4

| align=left|Athletics

| 5 || 2 || 7

| align=left|Boxing

| 3 || – || 3

| align=left|Cycling

| 2 || 0 || 2

| align=left|Diving

| 0 || 1 || 1

| align=left|Judo

| 2 || – || 2

| align=left|Sailing

| 1 || 0 || 1

| align=left|Shooting

| 2 || 0 || 2

| align=left|Swimming

| 3 || 1 || 4

| align=left|Tennis

| 2 || 1 || 3

! Total || 23 || 6 || 29

Archery

After not competing in the 1984 archery competition, Zimbabwe returned in 1988.

;Men

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!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan="2"|Ranking round

!colspan="2"|Round 1

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinals

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final

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

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Paul Bamber

|align=left rowspan=3|Individual

|1197

|60

|colspan=8|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Alan Bryant

|1149

|72

|colspan=8|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Wrex Tarr

|1092

|78

|colspan=8|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Paul Bamber Alan Bryant Wrex Tarr

|align=left|Team

|3438

|21

|colspan=4

|colspan=4|Did not advance

;Women

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

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan="2"|Ranking round

!colspan="2"|Round 1

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinals

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final

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

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Merrellyn Tarr

|align=left|Individual

|1015

|62

|colspan=8|Did not advance

Athletics

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

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

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

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Nokuthula Tshabangu

|align=left|Flyweight

| W 4–1

| L RSC R2

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Ndaba Dube

|align=left|Bantamweight

| W RSC R2

| L RSC R1

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Duke Chinyadza

|align=left|Light welterweight

| W 3–2

| L KO

|colspan=4|Did not advance

Cycling

Two male cyclists represented Zimbabwe in 1988.

Road

;Men

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

!Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left| Pierre Gouws

|align=left rowspan=2|Road race

|4:43:28

|99

|-align=center

|align=left|Gary Mandy

|4:45:50

|105

Track

;Time trial

{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center"

!Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Gary Mandy

|align=left|Time trial

|1:08.474

|20

Diving

;Women

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

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Final

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

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Tracy Cox-Smyth

|align=left|3 metre springboard

|430.86

|12 Q

|417.42

|12

Judo

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

!rowspan="3"|Athlete

!rowspan="3"|Event

!rowspan="2"|Round of 64

!rowspan="2"|Round of 32

!rowspan="2"|Round of 16

!rowspan="2"|Quarterfinals

!rowspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan=3|Repechage

!rowspan="2" colspan=2|Final

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

!Round 1

!Round 2

!Round 3

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

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|James Sibenge

|align=left|71 kg

| L Ippon

|colspan=9|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Patrick Matangi

|align=left|78 kg

| W Ippon

| L Ippon

|colspan=7|Did not advance

Sailing

;Open

{|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%"

|-align=center

|align=left|Vernon Lapham

|align=left|Division II

|47

|46

|44

|46

|<s>52</s>

|47

|52

|282

|43

Shooting

;Men

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Final

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

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Kenneth Johnston

|align=left|50 metre rifle prone

|580

|55

|colspan=2|Did not advance

;Mixed

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Final

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

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Rodney Tudor-Cole

|align=left|Trap

|125

|49

|colspan=2|Did not advance

Swimming

;Men

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Heats

!colspan=2|Final A/B

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

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Brett Halford

|align=left|100 metre backstroke

|1:02.95

|44

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|200 metre backstroke

|2:17.84

|37

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=4|Vaughan Smith

|align=left|50 metre freestyle

|25.29

|52

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|100 metre freestyle

|53.58

|46

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|200 metre freestyle

|1:56.13

|42

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|200 metre individual medley

|2:18.07

|50

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=4|Graham Thompson

|align=left|50 metre freestyle

|25.38

|53

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|100 metre freestyle

|55.20

|60

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|100 metre butterfly

|1:00.13

|43

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|200 metre individual medley

|2:17.06

|47

|colspan=2|Did not advance

;Women

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Heats

!colspan=2|Final A/B

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

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=3|Catherine Fogarty

|align=left|50 metre freestyle

|28.66

|40

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|100 metre freestyle

|1:02.47

|49

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|200 metre freestyle

|2:13.44

|41

|colspan=2|Did not advance

Tennis

;Men

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

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

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Mark Gurr

|align=left|Singles

| L 2–6, 3–6, 1–6

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Philip Tuckniss Mark Gurr

|align=left|Doubles

| W 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–1

| L 0–6, 1–6, 4–6

|colspan=4|Did not advance

;Women

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

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

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Julia Muir

|align=left|Singles

| L 1–6, 1–6

|colspan=5|Did not advance

References

External links

Official Olympic Reports