1988 Summer Olympics / Participants (Sierra Leone)

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Sierra Leone took part in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , South Korea , with a delegation of twelve athletes (eleven men and one woman) in 14 competitions in four sports. No medals could be won. The youngest athlete was the long jumper Francis Keita (18 years and 65 days), the oldest athlete was the marathon runner Baba Ibrahim Suma-Keita (41 years and 166 days). It was the country's fourth participation in the Summer Olympics . The standard-bearer was Baba Ibrahim Suma-Keita.

Participants by sport

Boxing

Men's

• Samuel Simbo
  • medium weight

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: knocked out against Ruslan Taramov from the Soviet Union in the first round

  Rank 17

• Desmond Williams
  • Light middleweight

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: eliminated against Richie Woodhall from Great Britain by a judge's decision (0: 5)

  Rank 17

Weightlifting

Men's

• Percy Doherty
  • Lightweight

  Final: 165.0 kg, 19th place

  Snatch: 65.0 kg, rank 21

  Push: 100.0 kg, 19th place

athletics

Ladies

• Rachel Thompson
  • 1500 meters run

  Round one: eliminated in run two (14th place), 5: 31.42 minutes

Men
4 × 100 meter relay

• Results

  Round one: eliminated in run three (seventh place), 41.19 seconds

• team

  Horace Dove-Edwin

  Benjamin Grant

  Francis Keita

  Felix Sandy

4 × 400 meter relay

• Results

  Round one: eliminated in round one (sixth place), 3: 10.47 minutes

• team

  Horace Dove-Edwin

  Benjamin Grant

  Felix Sandy

  David Sawyerr

singles

• Horace Dove-Edwin
  • 100 meters

  Round one: eliminated in run three (sixth place), 10.89 seconds

• Benjamin Grant
  • 400 meter hurdles

  Round one: eliminated in round four (seventh place), 51.73 seconds

• Modupe Jonah
  • 1500 meters

  Round one: eliminated in round one (14th place), 3: 55.15 minutes

• Francis Keita
  • Long jump

  Qualifying round: Group B, 6.87 meters, 17th place, 33rd overall, not qualified for the final

  Try one: 6.52 meters

  Trial two: 6.87 meters

  Trial three: 6.14 meters

• Felix Sandy
  • 400 meters

  Round one: eliminated in round one (fifth place), 46.82 seconds

• David Sawyerr
  • 800 meters

  Round one: eliminated in run five (eighth place), 1: 57.88 minutes

• Baba Ibrahim Suma-Keita
  • marathon

  Final: 3:04:00 hours

  Rank 95

Cycling

Men's

• Frank Williams
  • Road Race (196.8 km)

  Final: race not finished (DNF)

Web links

• Sierra Leone Olympic team from 1988 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).