Paraguay at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Paraguay at the Olympic Games
Flag of Paraguay IOC code  PAR NOC Comité Olímpico Paraguayo Website www.cop.org.py (Spanish)
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors	10 (10 men and 0 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Ramón Jiménez Gaona
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Paraguay competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Ten competitors, all men, took part in eleven events in five sports.^[1]

Athletics

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase

• Ramón Lopez

• Heat — 8:56.06
• Semi Final — 8:52.62 (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Ramón Jiménez Gaona

• Qualification — 50.90m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Sixto Vera
  1. First Round — Lost to Bishnu Bahadur Singh (NEP), 0:5

Fencing

Two fencers represented Paraguay in 1988.

Men's foil

• Pedro Cornet

Men's épée

• Alfredo Bogarín

Judo

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

• Victor Caballero
  1. First round — Lost to Zeeshan Ali (India) 3-6, 2-6, 4-6
• Hugo Chapacu
  1. First round — Lost to Andrei Cherkasov (Soviet Union) 0-6, 0-6, 1-6

Men's Doubles Competition

• Victor Caballero and Hugo Chapacu
  1. First Round – Lost to Mark Gurr and Philip Tuckniss (Zimbabwe) 6-4 3-6 3-6 1-6

See also

• Paraguay at the 1987 Pan American Games

References

1. "Paraguay at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-07-24.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports