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South Yemen at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Flag of South Yemen.svg
IOC code YMD
in Seoul
Competitors 5 in 2 sports
Medals
Gold Silver Bronze Total
0 0 0 0
Summer Olympics appearances
  • 1984
  • 1988
Other related appearances
 Yemen (1992–)

South Yemen competed as the Yemen Democratic Republic at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. It was the only time that the nation would compete at the Olympic Games. After unification with North Yemen, the nation would later return as Yemen at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Medal tables

Medals by Games

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
South Korea 1988 Seoul 0 0 0 0
1992– as  Yemen (YEM)
Total 0 0 0 0

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 3 0 3
Boxing 2 2
Total 5 0 5

Athletics

Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat 2nd round Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Ehab Fuad Ahmed Nagi 100 m 11.53 8 Did not advance
Sahim Saleh Mehdi 200 m 22.95 8 Did not advance
Farouk Ahmed Sayed 5000 m 15:11.20 18 n/a Did not advance

Boxing

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Semi-Final Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mohamed Mahfood Sayed −51 kg Bye  Nsubuga (UGA)
L KO1
Did not advance 17
Ali Mohamed Jaffer −57 kg  Pongsri (THA)
L KO1
Did not advance 33

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Yemen del Sur en los Juegos Olímpicos de Seúl 1988 para niños

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