Zimbabwe at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Zimbabwe at the Olympic Games
Flag of Zimbabwe IOC code  ZIM NOC Zimbabwe Olympic Committee Website www.zoc.co.zw
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors	29 (23 men and 6 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	James Gombedza
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Olympic history (summary)
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2014 * As Rhodesia

Zimbabwe competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.

Results by event

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)

Diving

Women's 3m Springboard

• Tracy Cox-Smyth reached Finals, came 12th.^[1]

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

• Official Olympic Reports
• sports-reference

1. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/DIV/womens-springboard.html