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Sierra Leone at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Sierra Leone at the; 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SLE
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone
Website	www.nocsl.org
in Seoul
Competitors	12 (11 men, 1 woman) in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Baba Ibrahim Suma-Keita
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1968; 1972–1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Sierra Leone competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Twelve competitors, eleven men and one woman, took part in fourteen events in four sports.^[1]

Competitors edit

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	7	1	8
Boxing	2	–	2
Cycling	1	0	1
Weightlifting	1	–	1
Total	11	1	12

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Horace Dove-Edwin	100 metres	10.89	76	Did not advance
Felix Sandy	400 metres	46.82	37	Did not advance
David Sawyerr	800 metres	1:57.88	64	Did not advance
Modupe Jonah	1500 metres	3:55.15	51	—	Did not advance
Baba Ibrahim Suma-Keita	Marathon	—	3:04:00	95
Benjamin Grant	400 metres hurdles	51.73	30	—	Did not advance
Francis Keita Horace Dove-Edwin Benjamin Grant Felix Sandy	4 × 100 metres relay	41.19	21	—	Did not advance
Horace Dove-Edwin Felix Sandy Benjamin Grant David Sawyerr	4 × 400 metres relay	3:10.47	17	—	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Francis Keita	Long jump	6.87	33	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rachel Thompson	1500 metres	5:31.42	28	—	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Desmond Williams	Light middleweight	Bye	Woodhall (GBR) L 0–5	Did not advance
Samuel Simbo	Middleweight	Bye	Taramov (URS) L KO	Did not advance

One male cyclist represented Sierra Leone in 1988.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Frank Williams	Road race	DNF

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Percy Doherty	82.5 kg	65.0	21	100.0	19	165.0	19

^ "Sierra Leone at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
^ Sierra Leone at the 1988 Summer Olympics