Senegal at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Senegal competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Amadou Dia Ba won the nation's first ever Olympic medal.

Senegal at the 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SEN
NOC	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais
in Seoul
Competitors	23 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Amadou Dia Bâ
Medals Ranked 36th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Amadou Dia Bâ	Athletics	Men's 400 metres hurdles	25 September

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	11	1	12
Judo	5	–	5
Swimming	2	0	2
Wrestling	4	–	4
Total	22	1	23

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Amadou M'Baye	100 metres	10.64	46 Q	10.45	30	Did not advance
Charles-Louis Seck		10.64	46 Q	10.42	27	Did not advance
Ibrahima Tamba	200 metres	21.68	40 Q	21.93	38	Did not advance
Ousmane Diarra	400 metres	46.86	27 Q	46.23	28	Did not advance
Cheikh Tidiane Boye	800 metres	1:49.89	32 Q	1:46.62	13 Q	1:45.93	12	Did not advance
Moussa Fall		1:49.14	39	Did not advance
Babacar Niang		1:47.65	15 Q	1:45.38	3 Q	1:45.09	9	Did not advance
Amadou Dia Bâ	400 metres hurdles	49.41	5 Q	—	48.48	4 Q	47.23
Hamidou M'Baye		50.58	23	—	Did not advance
Joseph Diaz Amadou M'Baye Babacar Pouye Ibrahima Tamba	4 × 100 metres relay	DQ		—	Did not advance
Ousmane Diarra Babacar Niang Moussa Fall Amadou Dia Bâ	4 × 400 metres relay	3:06.93	11 Q	—	3:07.19	13	Did not advance

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aïssatou Tandian	400 metres	52.95	20 Q	52.33	20	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
							Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pierre Sène	65 kg	Bye	Cooper (NZL) L Ippon	Did not advance
Babacar Dione	71 kg	Hajtós (HUN) L Ippon	Did not advance
Aly Attyé	78 kg	Bye	García (ARG) L Ippon	Did not advance
Akilong Diabone	86 kg	Frick (LIE) W Ippon	Griffith (VEN) L Waza-ari	Did not advance
Lansana Coly	+95 kg	—	Saito (JPN) L Ippon	Did not advance			—	Zapryanov (BUL) L Ippon	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mouhamed Diop	50 metre freestyle	DQ		Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle	54.93	54	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	2:20.74	52	Did not advance
Bruno N'Diaye	50 metre freestyle	25.63	56	Did not advance
	100 metre backstroke	1:05.06	46	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	2:29.18	54	Did not advance

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
Oumar N'Gom	82 kg	Bye	Gössner (FRG) L Fall	Did not advance				—	8	Did not advance
Tapha Guèye	90 kg	Popov (URS) L Fall	Youmbi (CMR) L 5–11	Did not advance				—	8	Did not advance
Ambroise Sarr	100 kg	Georgiev (BUL) L Fall	Himmel (FRG) L Fall	Did not advance				—	8	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
Djiby Diouf	74 kg	Anwar (PAK) L Fall	Diallo (GUI) L Passivity	Did not advance					14	Did not advance
Oumar N'Gom	82 kg	Sükhbat (MGL) L 0–15	Nikolovski (YUG) L 1–6	Did not advance				—	12	Did not advance
Tapha Guèye	90 kg	English (GBR) L Fall	Taj (AFG) L Fall	Did not advance				—	12	Did not advance