Virgin Islands at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Not to be confused with British Virgin Islands at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Virgin Islands at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands
IOC code	ISV
NOC	Virgin Islands Olympic Committee
Website	www.virginislandsolympics.com
in Seoul
Competitors	22 (19 men, 3 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Robert Fellner [1]
Medals Ranked 36th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
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The United States Virgin Islands competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 22 competitors, 19 men and 3 women, took part in 27 events in 6 sports. ^[2]

Medalists

Main article: 1988 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Peter Holmberg	Sailing	Finn	27 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. ^[3]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	6	1	7
Cycling	0	1	1
Equestrian	1	0	1
Sailing	6	0	6
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	5	1	6
Total	19	3	22

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Calvin Dallas	Marathon	—						2:42.19	77
Wallace Williams		—						2:44.40	81
Marlon Williams		—						2:52.06	88

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Stephanie McKnight	Women's Road race	2:01:50	48

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Eventing

Rider	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Jumping		Overall
			Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Andrew Bennie	Grayshott	Individual	74.20	35	333.60	38	10.00	22	417.80	35

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Luke Baldauf	Division II	25	25	30	22	RET	21	15	174.0	24
Peter Holmberg	Finn	17	2	3	PMS	1	3	2	40.4

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Jean Braure Hans Reiter	Tornado	21	23	20	21	DNS	21	RET	166.0	22
John F. Foster John Foster	Star	17	17	20	18	18	15	16	137.0	20

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Hans Foerster
  1. Heat – 24.72 (→ did not advance, 44th place)
• Ronald Pickard
  1. Heat – 25.01 (→ did not advance, 47th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Hans Foerster
  1. Heat – 54.29 (→ did not advance, 54th place)
• Ronald Pickard
  1. Heat – 54.72 (→ did not advance, 58th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Hans Foerster
  1. Heat – 2:01.94 (→ did not advance, 58th place)
• Kraig Singleton
  1. Heat – 2:06.45 (→ did not advance, 59th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Kristan Singleton
  1. Heat – 1:11.68 (→ did not advance, 55th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Kristan Singleton
  1. Heat – 1:00.97 (→ did not advance, 44th place)
• William Cleveland
  1. Heat – 1:01.10 (→ did not advance, 45th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• William Cleveland
  1. Heat – 2:13.19 (→ did not advance, 39th place)
• Kristan Singleton
  1. Heat – 2:19.68 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Kraig Singleton
  1. Heat – 2:16.93 (→ did not advance, 46th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Hans Foerster, Kraig Singleton, Kristan Singleton, and William Cleveland
  1. Heat – 3:43.23 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Hans Foerster, Kraig Singleton, Ronald Pickard, and William Cleveland
  1. Heat – 8:15.51 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• William Cleveland, Kraig Singleton, Kristan Singleton, and Hans Foerster
  1. Heat – 4:15.03 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

• Tricia Duncan
  1. Heat – 1:10.37 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

• Tricia Duncan
  1. Heat – 2:33.97 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Demonstration sports

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Robert Fellner	Men's Heavyweight	Álvarez  (ESP) LPTS	did not advance
Deborah Washington	Women's Welterweight	Limas  (USA) LRSC	did not advance
Tami Noel	Women's Middleweight	—	De Jongh  (NED) LPTS	did not advance
Phillicia Sprauve	Women's Heavyweight	—	Jang  (KOR) LPTS	did not advance

References

1. "Robert Fellner". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved January 10, 2024.
2. "United States Virgin Islands at the 1988 Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
3. United States Virgin Islands at the 1988 Summer Olympics

External links

• Official Olympic Reports Archived June 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
• International Olympic Committee results database