| Panama at the 1988 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | PAN |
| NOC | Comité Olímpico de Panamá |
| Website | www |
| in Seoul | |
| Competitors | 6 in 3 sports |
| Flag bearer | Manuel Gutiérrez [1] |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Panama competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [2]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 2 | – | 2 |
| Wrestling | 3 | – | 3 |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Final A/B | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Manuel Gutiérrez | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:06.73 | 49 | Did not advance | |
| 200 metre breaststroke | 2:26.57 | 40 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| José Díaz | 56 kg | 95.0 | 19 | 125.0 | 19 | 220.0 | 19 |
| Tómas Rodríguez | 67.5 kg | 117.5 | 18 | 145.0 | 15 | 262.5 | 15 |
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Final | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Ramón Meña | 57 kg |  Mourier (FRA)L 2–13 |  Yildiz (FRG)L 0–16 | Did not advance | 9 | Did not advance | |||||
| Herminio Hidalgo | 68 kg |  Hory (SYR)W Passivity |  Navarrete (ARG)W Passivity |  Barcia (ESP)W Passivity |  Brekke (NOR)L 1–4 |  Kim (KOR)L 2–18 | Did not advance | 5 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Final | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Ramón Meña | 57 kg |  Hollamby (NZL)L 4–12 |  Ivanov (BUL)L Fall | Did not advance | 10 | Did not advance | |||||
| Arturo Oporta | 62 kg |  Lehto (FIN)L 2–10 |  Dad (AFG)L 0–7 | Did not advance | 13 | Did not advance | |||||
| Herminio Hidalgo | 68 kg |  Salbei (KEN)W 19–3 |  Manibog (PHI)W 15–0 |  Akaishi (JPN)L 0–15 | Yassenov (BUL) L Fall | Did not advance | 8 | Did not advance | |||
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