El Salvador at the 1988 Summer Olympics

El Salvador at the 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ESA
NOC	El Salvador Olympic Committee
Website	www.teamesa.org (in Spanish)
in Seoul
Competitors	5 (4 men and 1 woman) in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Gustavo Manzur
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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El Salvador competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, from 17 September to 2 October 1988. This was the nation's fourth appearance at the Olympics.

Comité Olímpico de El Salvador sent a total of 6 athletes to the Games, 5 men and 1 women, to compete in 4 sports. Wrestler Gustavo Manzur was chosen to carry his nation's flag during the opening ceremony.

Competitors

Comité Olímpico de El Salvador selected a team of 6 athletes, 5 men and 1 women, to compete in 4 sports.^[1] Wrestler Gustavo Manzur, at age 28, was the oldest athlete of the team, while boxer Henry Martínez was the youngest at age 17.

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	1	2
Boxing	2	0	2
Judo	1	0	1
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	5	1	6

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Combined events

Athlete	Event		100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Santiago Mellado	Decathlon	Result	11.33	6.83	11.63	2.06	48.37	15.39	37.52	4.60	55.42	4:30.07	7517	26
		Points	789	774	584	859	891	803	614	790	669	744

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Kriscia Lorena García	Marathon	3:04:21	58

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

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
Henry Martínez	Light Flyweight	Cheikh (ALG) W 5–0	Ben-Haim (ISR) W (walk-over)	Marinov (BUL) L 0–5	Did not advance
Francisco Avelar	Featherweight	BYE	Achik (MAR) L 1–4	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fredy Torres	71 kg	BYE	Giorgi Tenadze (URS) L	Did not advance							=33

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Eliminatory round						Final	Rank
		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6 / 7
Gustavo Manzur	68 kg	El-Khodary (EGY) L 19–3	Wattar (SYR) L 3–16	Did not advance					AC

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Eliminatory round						Final	Rank
		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6 / 7
Gustavo Manzur	68 kg	Souaken (MAR) L 5:40	Sipilä (FIN) L 0–15	Did not advance					AC

See also

• El Salvador at the 1987 Pan American Games

References

• "El Salvador at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games." Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved on 17 March 2014.
• Official Olympic Reports

1. "El Salvador at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games." Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved on 17 March 2014.