1988 Summer Olympics / Participant (Suriname)

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Suriname took part in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul for the sixth time in the Summer Olympics. The delegation consisted of six athletes. Anthony Nesty won the first medal for Suriname at the Olympics.

Participants by sport

Judo

• Mohamed Madhar

  Men, super light weight: 11th place

athletics

• Tommy Asinga

  Men, 800 m: disqualified

• Yvette Bonapart

  Women, 100 m: eliminated in the 1st round (12.27 s)

  Women, 200 m: eliminated in the 1st round (24.95 s)

• Letitia Vriesde

  Women, 800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals (2: 02.34 min)

  Women, 1500 m: eliminated in the 1st round (4: 19.58 min)

Cycling

• Realdo Jessurun

  Men, road racing: 64th place

  Men, 4000 m individual pursuit: eliminated in the qualifying round (was overtaken)

swim

• Anthony Nesty

  Men, 100 m butterfly: Olympic champion (53.00 s)

  Men, 200 m butterfly: 8th place (2: 00.80 min)

Web links

• 1988 Surinamese Olympic Team in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )