| Niger at the 1988 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | NIG |
| NOC | Nigerien Olympic and National Sports Committee |
| in Seoul | |
| Competitors | 6 in 2 sports |
| Flag bearer | Hassan Karimou |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Niger competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [1]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Boxing | 3 | – | 3 |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Inni Aboubacar | Marathon | — | 2:28:15 | 59 | |||||
| Hassan Karimou | — | 2:43:51 | 80 | ||||||
| Abdou Manzo | — | 2:25:05 | 47 | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | 1 Round | 2 Round | 3 Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Badie Ovnteni | Flyweight | BYE |  Melvin de Leon (DOM)L RSC-1 | — | ||||
| Moumouni Siuley | Bantamweight |  Tiui Faamaoni (SAM)W RSC-3 |  Justin Chikwanda (ZAM)L RSC-1 | did not advance | ||||
| Djingarey Mamoudou | Featherweight |  Tomasz Nowak (POL)L 0-5 | — | |||||
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