Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg
IOC code VIN
NOC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Olympic Committee
Website www.svgnoc.org
in Seoul
Competitors6 (5 men and 1 woman) in 1 sport
Flag bearer Orde Ballantyne [1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The nation only participated in track and field, sending three track and three field athletes for a total number of six competitors.

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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [2]

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 516
Total516


Athletics

André François competed for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines as its first ever competitor in the Olympic men's 200 meters race. He was born in July 1964, and was 24 years old at the time he competed at the Seoul games of 1988. François had not previously competed at any Olympic games, and had not competed at any games afterwards. [3] The qualification round of François' event took place on September 26, with the Vincentian competing in the sixth heat against seven other athletes. He finished the race in 21.88 seconds, placing seventh in the heat. François scored ahead of Ismail Asif of the Maldives (23.17 seconds) and behind Abdullah Al-Khalidi of Oman (21.82 seconds) in a heat led by Kenya's Kennedy Ondiek (20.79 seconds) and Troy Douglas of Bermuda (20.91 seconds). Overall, François tied Aouf Abdul Rahman Youssef of Iraq for 50th place out of the 71 athletes who finished the event and ranked. He did not advance to later rounds. [4]

Men
AthleteEventsHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
André François 200m 21.887did not advance
Michael Williams 400m 51.227did not advance
Eversley Linley 800m 1:51.716did not advance
Men
Field Events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Orde Ballantyne Long Jump NMdid not advance
Lennox Adams Triple jump 14.7338did not advance
Women
Field Events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Jacqueline Ross Long Jump 5.5026did not advance

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