Panama at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Panama competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Panama at the 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	PAN
NOC	Comité Olímpico de Panamá
Website	www.copanama.com (in Spanish)
in Seoul
Competitors	6 in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Manuel Gutiérrez[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.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Swimming	1	0	1
Weightlifting	2	–	2
Wrestling	3	–	3
Total	6	0	6

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Manuel Gutiérrez	100 metre breaststroke	1:06.73	49	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:26.57	40	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
José Díaz	56 kg	95.0	19	125.0	19	220.0	19
Tómas Rodríguez	67.5 kg	117.5	18	145.0	15	262.5	15

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Group Stage								Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Ramón Meña	57 kg	Mourier (FRA) L 2–13	Yildiz (FRG) L 0–16	Did not advance					9	Did not advance
Herminio Hidalgo	68 kg	Hory (SYR) W Passivity	Navarrete (ARG) W Passivity	Barcia (ESP) W Passivity	Brekke (NOR) L 1–4	Kim (KOR) L 2–18	Did not advance		5	Did not advance

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Group Stage								Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Ramón Meña	57 kg	Hollamby (NZL) L 4–12	Ivanov (BUL) L Fall	Did not advance					10	Did not advance
Arturo Oporta	62 kg	Lehto (FIN) L 2–10	Dad (AFG) L 0–7	Did not advance					13	Did not advance
Herminio Hidalgo	68 kg	Salbei (KEN) W 19–3	Manibog (PHI) W 15–0	Akaishi (JPN) L 0–15	Yassenov (BUL) L Fall	Did not advance			8	Did not advance