Ivory Coast at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Ivory Coast at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Ivory Coast at the; 1988 Summer Olympics
	Flag of Ivory Coast
IOC code	CIV
NOC	Comité National Olympique de Côte d'Ivoire
in Seoul
Competitors	28 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	René Djédjémél
Medals	Gold0Silver0Bronze0Total0
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Ivory Coast competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	6	3	9
Boxing	2	–	2
Canoeing	2	0	2
Handball	0	14	14
Tennis	1	0	1
Total	11	17	28

Athletics

Men
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gabriel Tiacoh	400 metres	47.19	31 Q	45.49	20	Did not advance
Akissi Kpidi René Djédjémel Djétenan Kouadio Gabriel Tiacoh Anatole Zongo Kuyo () Lancine Fofana ()	4 × 400 metres relay	3:07.40	12 q	—	3:07.15	12	Did not advance

Women
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Céléstine N'Drin	400 metres	52.48	12 Q	52.04	19	Did not advance
Marie Womplou	400 metres hurdles	57.35	25	—	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Lucienne N'Da	High jump	1.75	24	Did not advance

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bakary Fofana	Featherweight	Yamada (JPN) L RSC R1	Did not advance
Kouassi Kouassi	Light welterweight	Matumla (TAN) L RSC R1	Did not advance

Canoeing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Melagne Lath Kouame N'Douba	K-2 500 metres	1:47.88	6 R	1:55.65	6	Did not advance

Handball

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Classification round
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ivory Coast women's	Women's tournament	Norway L 14–34	Soviet Union L 11–32	China L 12–37	4	Czechoslovakia L 12–34	United States L 16–27	8

Women's tournament

Team roster

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	75	49	+26	5^[a]	Final round
2	Norway	3	2	1	0	75	53	+22	5^[a]	Final round
3	China	3	1	0	2	76	58	+18	2	Placement round
4	Ivory Coast	3	0	0	3	37	103	−66	0	Placement round

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

1 2 25% rule: Soviet Union +5 GD, Norway +2 GD

21 September 1988 19:30	Norway	34–14	Ivory Coast	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Park (KOR)
	Midthun 7	(15–8)	Kramou 5
	3× 1×		2× 7×

23 September 1988 15:30	Soviet Union	32–11	Ivory Coast	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Zaworotny, Brosio (ARG)
	Morskova 8	(14–7)	Kramou 4
	1× 2×		2× 7×

25 September 1988 15:30	China	37–12	Ivory Coast	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
	Sun 10	(20–4)	Djoman 3
	2×		3×

Classification round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	93	52	+41	6
6	China	3	2	1	89	60	+29	4
7	United States	3	1	2	68	80	−12	2
8	Ivory Coast	3	0	3	40	98	−58	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

27 September 1988 15:30	Ivory Coast	12–34	Czechoslovakia	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Kim, Park (KOR)
	Kramou 5	(5–16)	Hejtmánková 7
	3× 3×		3× 2×

29 September 1988 14:00	Ivory Coast	16–27	United States	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Park (KOR)
	Bah, Kramou 5	(6–14)	three players 4
	2× 4×		1× 2×

Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Clément N'Goran	Singles	Castle (GBR) L (7–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–7, 5–7)	Did not advance

References

↑ Côte d'Ivoire at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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