South Yemen at the 1988 Summer Olympics

South Yemen competed as the Yemen Democratic Republic at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. It was the only time that the nation would compete at the Olympic Games. After unification with North Yemen, the nation would later return as Yemen at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

South Yemen at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Flag of South Yemen
IOC code	YMD
in Seoul
Competitors	5 in 2 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1988
Other related appearances
Yemen (1992–)

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Medals by Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1988 Seoul	0	0	0	0
1992–	as  Yemen (YEM)
Total	0	0	0	0

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	3	0	3
Boxing	2	–	2
Total	5	0	5

Athletics

Further information: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		2nd round		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ehab Fuad Ahmed Nagi	100 m	11.53	8	Did not advance
Sahim Saleh Mehdi	200 m	22.95	8	Did not advance
Farouk Ahmed Sayed	5000 m	15:11.20	18	n/a		Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Semi-Final	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohamed Mahfood Sayed	−51 kg	Bye	Nsubuga (UGA) L KO1	Did not advance				17
Ali Mohamed Jaffer	−57 kg	Pongsri (THA) L KO1	Did not advance					33

References

1. South Yemen at the 1988 Summer Olympics

External links

• "Olympic Results". International Olympic Committee.
• "South Yemen". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/YMD". olympanalyt.com.
• Official Olympic Reports