1988 Summer Olympics / Participant (Mauritania)

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Mauritania took part in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , South Korea , with a delegation of six athletes (all men) in seven competitions in two sports. Medals could not be won. It was the country's second summer Olympics participation.

Participants by sport

athletics

• Mohamed Ould Khalifa
  • 5,000 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in round two (17th place), 15: 18.64 minutes

• Mohamed Ould Khayar
  • 1,500 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in round one (15th place), 4: 12.18 minutes

Wrestling

• Samba Adama

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: 2nd round

  Greco-Roman light heavyweight division: 2nd round

• Salem Ould Habib

  Welterweight, freestyle: 2nd round

• Babacar Sar

  Heavyweight, freestyle: 4th round

• Oumar Samba Sy

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round

Web links

• Mauritanian Olympic team from 1988 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )