Fiji at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Fiji at the 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	FIJ
NOC	Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
Website	www.fasanoc.org.fj
in Seoul
Competitors	23 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Viliame Takayawa [1]
Officials	10
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Fiji competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee was formed in 1949 and recognized by the IOC in 1955. ^[2]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. ^[3]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	7	1	8
Boxing	2	–	2
Judo	3	–	3
Sailing	5	0	5
Swimming	2	3	5
Total	19	4	23

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Track events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Maloni Bole	100 m	11.19	91	Did not advance
	200 m	22.44	63	Did not advance
Moses Khan	1500 m	4:03.20	55	Did not advance
Albert Miller	110 m Hurdles	14.86	35	Did not advance
	Decathlon					7016 pts	32
Lui Muavesi	800 m	1:54.48	59	Did not advance
Bineshwar Prasad	10,000 m	33:30.43	42			Did not advance
	Marathon					2:41:50	76
Joseph Rodan	400 m	48.69	56	Did not advance
	400 m Hurdles	53.66	35	Did not advance
Davendra Prakash Singh	5000 m	DNS	-	Did not advance
	3000 m Steeplechase	9:23.50	30	Did not advance

Women

Track events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Sainiana Tukana	100 m hurdles	15.50	33	Did not advance
	Heptathlon					2560 pts	26

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Likou Ariu	Welterweight	Soren Antman  (SWE) LRSCH	Did not advance
Apete Temo	Light Welterweight		Humberto Rodriguez  (MEX) LRSCH	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First repechage round	Repechage quarterfinals	Repechage semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Josateki Basalusalu	−86 kg		Vladimir Chestakov  (RUS) L 0010-1011	Did not advance			Heng-An Chiu  (TPE) L 0000-0122	Did not advance
Simione Kuruvoli	−78 kg	Sodnom Erhembayar  (MGL) L 0000-1000	Did not advance
Viliame Takayawa	−95 kg		Stephane Traineau  (FRA) L 0000-1000	Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race							Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
David Ashby Colin Dunlop Colin Philp, Sr.	Soling	20	19	17	20	15	20	16	143	19
Tony Philp	Division II	28	DSQ	18	23	18	27	RET	196	28
Colin Philp Jr.	Finn	RET	30	26	24	24	DSQ	20	194	29

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final B		Final A
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Jason Chute	50 m freestyle	26.46	62	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	58.14	70	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:09.05	60	Did not advance
Warren Sorby	50 m freestyle	25.64	57	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	56.66	66	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final B		Final A
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Angela Birch	50 m freestyle	29.01	44	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	1:02.91	51	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:16.79	43	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:13.48	37	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:39.20	35	Did not advance
Sharon Pickering	100 m backstroke	1:12.14	36	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:36.99	32	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:35.22	34	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:10.51	37	Did not advance
Cina Munch	50 m freestyle	28.55	39	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	1:03.06	52	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:18.45	44	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:12.03	38	Did not advance

References

1. "Flagbearers for Fiji". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 27 December 2023.
2. IOC. "Fiji" . Retrieved 5 December 2011.
3. Fiji at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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