Senegal at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Senegal at the
1988 Summer Olympics
IOC codeSEN
NOCComité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais
in Seoul
Competitors23 in 4 sports
Flag bearer Amadou Dia Bâ
Medals
Ranked 36th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Senegal competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Amadou Dia Ba won the nation's first ever Olympic medal.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Amadou Dia Bâ Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles 25 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 11 1 12
Judo 5 5
Swimming 2 0 2
Wrestling 4 4
Total 22 1 23

Athletics

Men
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heat Round 1 Heat Round 2 Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Amadou M'Baye 100 metres 10.64 46 Q 10.45 30 Did not advance
Charles-Louis Seck 10.64 46 Q 10.42 27 Did not advance
Ibrahima Tamba 200 metres 21.68 40 Q 21.93 38 Did not advance
Ousmane Diarra 400 metres 46.86 27 Q 46.23 28 Did not advance
Cheikh Tidiane Boye 800 metres 1:49.89 32 Q 1:46.62 13 Q 1:45.93 12 Did not advance
Moussa Fall 1:49.14 39 Did not advance
Babacar Niang 1:47.65 15 Q 1:45.38 3 Q 1:45.09 9 Did not advance
Amadou Dia Bâ 400 metres hurdles 49.41 5 Q 48.48 4 Q 47.23 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Hamidou M'Baye 50.58 23 Did not advance
Joseph Diaz
Amadou M'Baye
Babacar Pouye
Ibrahima Tamba
4 × 100 metres relay DQ Did not advance
Ousmane Diarra
Babacar Niang
Moussa Fall
Amadou Dia Bâ
4 × 400 metres relay 3:06.93 11 Q 3:07.19 13 Did not advance
Women
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heat Round 1 Heat Round 2 Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Aïssatou Tandian 400 metres 52.95 20 Q 52.33 20 Did not advance

Judo

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
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Result
Rank
Pierre Sène 65 kg Bye  Cooper (NZL)
L Ippon
Did not advance
Babacar Dione 71 kg  Hajtós (HUN)
L Ippon
Did not advance
Aly Attyé 78 kg Bye  García (ARG)
L Ippon
Did not advance
Akilong Diabone 86 kg  Frick (LIE)
W Ippon
 Griffith (VEN)
L Waza-ari
Did not advance
Lansana Coly +95 kg  Saito (JPN)
L Ippon
Did not advance  Zapryanov (BUL)
L Ippon
Did not advance

Swimming

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final A/B
Time Rank Time Rank
Mouhamed Diop 50 metre freestyle DQ Did not advance
100 metre freestyle 54.93 54 Did not advance
200 metre individual medley 2:20.74 52 Did not advance
Bruno N'Diaye 50 metre freestyle 25.63 56 Did not advance
100 metre backstroke 1:05.06 46 Did not advance
200 metre individual medley 2:29.18 54 Did not advance

Wrestling

Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Group Stage Final
Opposition
Result
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Result
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Result
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Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Rank
Oumar N'Gom 82 kg Bye  Gössner (FRG)
L Fall
Did not advance 8 Did not advance
Tapha Guèye 90 kg  Popov (URS)
L Fall
 Youmbi (CMR)
L 5–11
Did not advance 8 Did not advance
Ambroise Sarr 100 kg  Georgiev (BUL)
L Fall
 Himmel (FRG)
L Fall
Did not advance 8 Did not advance
Freestyle
Athlete Event Group Stage Final
Opposition
Result
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Rank Opposition
Result
Rank
Djiby Diouf 74 kg  Anwar (PAK)
L Fall
 Diallo (GUI)
L Passivity
Did not advance 14 Did not advance
Oumar N'Gom 82 kg  Sükhbat (MGL)
L 0–15
 Nikolovski (YUG)
L 1–6
Did not advance 12 Did not advance
Tapha Guèye 90 kg  English (GBR)
L Fall
 Taj (AFG)
L Fall
Did not advance 12 Did not advance

References