Nepal at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Nepal at the 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NEP
NOC	Nepal Olympic Committee
Website	www.nocnepal.org.np
in Seoul
Competitors	16 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Krishna Bahadur Basnet
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Nepal competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Bidhan Lama, won a bronze medal in taekwondo which was then an exhibition sport.

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	5	2	7
Boxing	5	–	5
Judo	2	–	2
Shooting	0	1	1
Weightlifting	1	–	1
Total	13	3	16

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Track events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Krisnaba Basnyat	Marathon					2:47:57	85
Teeka Bogate	Marathon					2:31:49	66
Dambar Kunwar	110m Hurdles	16.51	40	Did not advance
	400m Hurdles	56.80	37	Did not advance
Baikuntha Manandhar	Marathon					2:25:57	54
Haribahadur Rokaya	1500m	4:01.17	53	Did not advance
	5000m	14:53.75	48	Did not advance
	10,000m	30:48.16	38	Did not advance

Combined events

Athlete	Event		Result	Points	Rank
Dambar Kunwar	Decathlon	100 m	12.12	628	30
		Long jump	5.83	550	37
		Shot put	9.71	468	37
		High jump	1.70	544	37
		400 m	52.32	711	28
		110 m hurdles	17.05	619	34
		Discus throw	27.10	408	34
		Pole vault	2.80	309	32
		Javelin throw	39.10	429	34
		1500 m	4:41.24	673	22
		Final	—	5339	34

Women

Track events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Rajkumari Pandey	Marathon					3:10:31	60
Menuka Rawat	Marathon					3:11:17	61

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
Dambardut Ta Bhatta	Light Flyweight	Epton  (GBR) L0:5	Did not advance
Jhapat Singh Bhujel	Light Welterweight	Mphande  (MAW) L0:5	Did not advance
Giri Rambahadur	Bantamweight		Mwema  (KEN) LRSCH	Did not advance
Dalbahadur Ranamagar	Lightweight	Hegazy  (EGY) L0:5	Did not advance
Bishnubahadur Singh	Flyweight	Espenola  (PAR) W5:0	Johnson  (USA) LRSCH	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	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
Gangabahadur Dangol	−71kg	Gueorgui Tenadze  (URS) L 0100-0000	Did not advance
Rishiram Pradhan	−65kg	Petřikov  (TCH) L 0200-0000	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Parbati Thapa	10m Air Rifle	375	43	Did not advance		43

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bharat Sawad	Flyweight	75 kg	24	105 kg	21	180 kg	22

References

1. Nepal at the 1988 Summer Olympics

• Official Olympic Reports