Ecuador at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Ecuador competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. This was the nation's sixth Olympics appearance, since it first competed at the 1924 Summer Games in Paris. Thirteen competitors, ten men and three women, took part in fifteen events in six sports.^[2]

Ecuador at the 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ECU
NOC	Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coe.org.ec (in Spanish)
in Seoul
Competitors	13 (10 men and 3 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Liliana Chalá[1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[3]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	3	2	5
Boxing	1	–	1
Cycling	1	0	1
Diving	1	0	1
Shooting	1	1	2
Weightlifting	3	–	3
Total	10	3	13

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rolando Vera	10,000 metres	28:17.88	10 q	28:17.64	15

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
José Quiñaliza	Triple jump	15.86	25	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Fidel Solórzano	Result	11.01	6.79	11.76	1.88	DNF
	Points	858	764	592	696

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Liliana Chalá	400 metres	53.74	31 Q	53.83	29	Did not advance
Nancy Vallecilla	100 metres hurdles	13.97	28	Did not advance
Liliana Chalá	400 metres hurdöes	57.15	23	—	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Segundo Mercado	Light middleweight	Quaye (GHA) W KO	Banko (ZAI) W 5–0	Kitel (SWE) L 2–3	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

One male cyclist represented Ecuador in 1988.

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Nelson Mario Pons	Men's sprint	11.339	18	Neiwand (AUS),  Faris (ARG) L	Weber (FRG).  Becerra (BOL),  Abrams (GUY) L	Did not advance

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Nelson Mario Pons	Time trial	1:08.351	19

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Abraham Suárez	3 metre springboard	446.82	30	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Hugo Romero	10 m air rifle	572	45	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Inés Margraff	10 m air pistol	351	37	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Edwin Mata	56 kg	92.5	20	125.0	19	217.5	20
José García	60 kg	105.0	12	NM		DNF
Jhon Sichel	82.5 kg	125.0	17	157.5	15	282.5	15

References

1. "Flagbearers for Ecuador". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
2. "Ecuador at the 1988 Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
3. Ecuador at the 1988 Summer Olympics

External links

• Ecuador Olympic Committee