Zimbabwe at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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| 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 |
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| * 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)
- Heat — 25.38 (→ did not advance, 53rd place)
Men's 100m Freestyle
- Vaughan Smith
- Heat — 53.58 (→ did not advance, 46th place)
- 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
- Heat — 1:00.13 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
- 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
- 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