Fiji at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Fiji sent a delegation to compete in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 13–28 February 1988. This was their debut appearance at a Winter Olympic Games. The sole athlete sent by Fiji to Calgary was Rusiate Rogoyawa, in cross-country skiing. In the 15 kilometre classical race, he finished in 83rd place.

Fiji at the 1988 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FIJ
NOC	Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
Website	www.fasanoc.org.fj
in Calgary
Competitors	1 in 1 sport
Flag bearer	Rusiate Rogoyawa[1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006–2022

Background

The Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee was recognised by the International Olympic Committee on 31 December 1954.^[2] They made their first Olympic appearance at the 1956 Summer Olympics, and with two exceptions, have participated at every Summer Olympic Games since; they missed the 1964 edition, and boycotted the 1980 Games.^[3][4] They were making their debut Winter Olympics appearance in Calgary.^[4] The only athlete sent by Fiji to Calgary was Rusiate Rogoyawa, a cross-country skier.^[5] He was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony.^[4]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[6]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Cross-country skiing	1	0	1
Total	1	0	1

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Rusiate Rogoyawa was 26 years old at the time of the Calgary Olympics.^[7] A Fijian native, he learned to ski while studying engineering in Norway.^[8] On 19 February, he skied in the 15 kilometre classical event, and finished with a time of 1 hour, 1 minute and 26.3 seconds.^[9] This put him in 83rd place out of 85 athletes who finished the race, and 20 minutes behind the gold medal time set by Mikhail Devyatyarov of the Soviet Union.^[9]

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km classical	Rusiate Rogoyawa	1'01:26.3	83

See also

• Fiji at the 1988 Summer Olympics

References

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6. Fiji at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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