El Salvador at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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El Salvador at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Flag of El Salvador.svg
IOC code ESA
NOC El Salvador Olympic Committee
Website www.teamesa.org  (in Spanish)
in Seoul
Competitors5 (4 men and 1 woman) in 3 sports
Flag bearer Gustavo Manzur
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

El Salvador competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, from 17 September to 2 October 1988. This was the nation's fourth appearance at the Olympics.

Contents

Comité Olímpico de El Salvador sent a total of 6 athletes to the Games, 5 men and 1 women, to compete in 4 sports. Wrestler Gustavo Manzur was chosen to carry his nation's flag during the opening ceremony.

Competitors

Comité Olímpico de El Salvador selected a team of 6 athletes, 5 men and 1 women, to compete in 4 sports. [1] Wrestler Gustavo Manzur, at age 28, was the oldest athlete of the team, while boxer Henry Martínez was the youngest at age 17.

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 112
Boxing 202
Judo 101
Wrestling 101
Total516

Athletics

Men
Combined events
AthleteEvent100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 mFinalRank
Santiago Mellado Decathlon Result11.336.8311.632.0648.3715.3937.524.6055.424:30.07751726
Points789774584859891803614790669744
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Kriscia Lorena García Marathon 3:04:2158

Boxing

Men
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Henry Martínez Light Flyweight Flag of Algeria.svg  Cheikh  (ALG)
W 5–0
Flag of Israel.svg  Ben-Haim  (ISR)
W (walk-over)
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Marinov  (BUL)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Francisco Avelar Featherweight BYEFlag of Morocco.svg  Achik  (MAR)
L 1–4
Did not advance

Judo

Men
AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Fredy Torres 71 kg BYEFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Giorgi Tenadze  (URS)
L
Did not advance=33

Wrestling

Men's Freestyle
AthleteEventEliminatory roundFinalRank
Round 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6 / 7
Gustavo Manzur 68 kg Flag of Egypt.svg  El-Khodary  (EGY)
L 19–3
Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg  Wattar  (SYR)
L3–16
Did not advanceAC
Men's Greco-Roman
AthleteEventEliminatory roundFinalRank
Round 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6 / 7
Gustavo Manzur 68 kg Flag of Morocco.svg  Souaken  (MAR)
L 5:40
Flag of Finland.svg  Sipilä  (FIN)
L0–15
Did not advanceAC

See also

References

  1. "El Salvador at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games." Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved on 17 March 2014.