| Vanuatu at the 1988 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | VAN |
| NOC | Vanuatu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Seoul | |
| Competitors | 4 in 2 sports |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Vanuatu competed in the Olympic Games for the first time 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 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Boxing | 1 | – | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Position | Time | Position | Time | Position | ||
| Baptiste Firiam | 400 m | 51.77 | 73 | Did not advance | |||
| Jerry Jeremiah | 100 m | 10.96 | 82 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m | 22.01 | 55 | Did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Position | Time | Position | Time | Position | ||
| Olivette Daruhi | 100 m | 13.00 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m | 26.88 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| James Iahuat | Middleweight |  Kabongo (ZAI)LRSCH | Did not advance | |||||||
| Issac Iapatu | Light Middleweight |  Abrar-Hussain Syed (PAK)LWO | Did not advance | |||||||
| Edouard Paululum [2] | Bantamweight |  Alexandre Artemiev (URS)LWO | Did not advance | |||||||
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