American Samoa at the
1988 Summer Olympics
IOC codeASA
NOCAmerican Samoa National Olympic Committee
in Seoul
Competitors6 in 4 sports
Flag bearer Maselino Masoe[1]
Officials6
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

American Samoa competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 0 1
Boxing 2 – 2
Weightlifting 2 – 2
Wrestling 1 – 1
Total 6 0 6

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Track events

Athlete Events Heat Semifinal Final
Time Position Time Position Time Position
Gary Fanelli Marathon — 2:25:35 51

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
Maselino Masoe Welterweight  Pedro Fria Reynoso (DOM)
W RSCH 		 Fidele Mohinga (CAF)
W RSCH 		 Kenneth Gould (USA)
L 0:5 		Did not advance
Mika Masoe Light Heavyweight BYE  Andrew Maynard (USA)
L RSCO 		Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Lopesi Faagu Light heavyweight 90 20 130 18 220 18
Tauama Timoti Heavyweight 120 18 140 16 260 16

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Elimination Pool Final round
Round 1
Result 		Round 2
Result 		Round 3
Result 		Round 4
Result 		Round 5
Result 		Round 6
Result 		Round 7
Result 		Rank Final round
Result 		Rank
Alesana Sione
 100 kg  Babacar Sar (MTN)
L 0-4 		 Istvan Robotka (HUN)
L 0–4 		did not advance 9 did not advance

References

  1. ^ "Flagbearers for American Samoa". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  2. ^ American Samoa at the 1988 Summer Olympics


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