Solomon Islands at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Solomon Islands at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg
IOC code SOL
NOC National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands
Website www.oceaniasport.com/solomon
in Seoul
Competitors4 in 4 sports
Flag bearer Gustave Mansad [1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Solomon Islands sent a delegation to compete at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea from 17 September to 2 October 1988. This was the island nation's second time participating in a Summer Olympic Games, following their debut four years earlier. Solomon Islands competed at these games in track and field, archery, boxing, and weightlifting, with one competitor in each category. Only Benjamin Fafale, the weightlifter, completed an event final, finishing 22nd in the middleweight category.

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Background

The National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands was recognised by the International Olympic Committee on 31 December 1982. [2] Having joined Olympic competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics, these Seoul Games were their second appearance at an Olympics. [3] Solomon Islands competed at these games in track and field, archery, boxing, and weightlifting, with one competitor in each category. [4] A second boxer was entered, but did not compete. [5]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [6]

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 101
Athletics 101
Boxing 11
Weightlifting 11
Total404

Archery

In the nation's Olympic archery debut, Solomon Islands was represented by one archer. [7] Derrick Tenai was 20 years old at the time of these Olympics, and was making his Olympic debut. [8] In the ranking round of the men's individual event, only the top 24 archers would advance to the second round. Tenai scored 505 points, which put him in 84th and last place, meaning he was eliminated. [9]

AthleteEventRanking roundEighth-finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRank
Derrick Tenai Men's individual 50584Did not advance

Athletics

John Maeke was 26 years old at the time of these Olympics, and was making his only Olympic appearance. [10] On 23 September, he took part in the first round of the Men's 10,000 metres, being drawn into heat two. He finished the race in a time of 35 minutes and 16.93 seconds, which was 22nd in the heat. As only the top eight in each heat, plus the next four fastest overall could advance to the finals, Maeke was eliminated. [11] On 2 October, he failed to finish the men's marathon [12]

Track events

AthleteEventsHeatSemifinalFinal
TimePositionTimePositionTimePosition
John Maeke Men's 10,000 m 35:16.9343Did not advance

Road events

AthleteEventsFinal
TimePosition
John Maeke Men's marathon did not finish

Boxing

Tommy Bauro was 23 years old at the time of the Seoul Olympics, and was making his only Olympic appearance. [13] On 21 September, he lost in the first round of the light heavyweight competition to Sione Vaveni Talia'uli of Tonga, due to a knockout in the first round. [14] [15] Basil Maelagi was listed in the official report of the Games, but did not compete, giving his opponent, Reiner Gies, a walkover in the first round of the light welterweight class on 19 September. [5]


AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Tommy Bauro Light Heavyweight Flag of Tonga.svg  Sione Vaveni Talia'uli  (TGA)
LKOH
Did not advance
Basil Maelagi Light Welterweight Flag of Germany.svg  Reiner Gies  (FRG)
LWO
Did not advance

Weightlifting

Benjamin Fafale was 20 years old at the time of the Seoul Olympics, and was making his only Olympic appearance. [16] He participated in the men's middleweight event on 22 September. In his three attempts at the snatch, he first lifted 80 kilograms, then failed at 85 kilograms, before using his third attempt to succeed at the same weight, making his final mark for that portion 85 kilograms, putting him in 24th place. [17] In the clean and jerk, he lifted 100 and 105 kilograms in his first and second attempts, respectively. In his third attempt, he failed at lifting 107.5 kilograms, making his final mark for this portion of the event 105 kilograms, putting him in 22nd place. [18] Fafale's final score for the event was 190 kilograms, which put him in 22nd place overall; the gold medal was won by Borislav Gidikov of Bulgaria with a mark of 375 kilograms. [19]

AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Benjamin Fafale Men's middleweight 85 kg24105 kg22190 kg22

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