Tunisia at the
1988 Summer Olympics
IOC codeTUN
NOCTunisian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.cnot.org.tn (in French)
in Seoul
Competitors41 in 6 sports
Flag bearer Sofiane Ben Letaief
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 2 0 2
Football 20 – 20
Swimming 0 1 1
Table tennis 2 1 3
Volleyball 12 0 12
Wrestling 3 – 3
Total 39 2 41

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Mahmoud El-Kalboussi 1500 m 3:43.72 31 Did not advance
Fethi Baccouche 3000 m steeplechase 8:38.67 7 Q — 8:31.36 10 Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semi-final Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Tunisia men's Men's tournament  Sweden
D 2–2 		 West Germany
L 1–4 		 China
D 0–0 		3 Did not advance
Group play

Main article: Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5
 West Germany 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 4
 Tunisia 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2
 China 3 0 1 2 0 5 −5 1
Sweden 2–2 Tunisia
Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu
Tunisia 1–4 West Germany
Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan
China 0–0 Tunisia
Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Senda Gharbi 200 metre freestyle 27.34 29 Did not advance
100 metre freestyle 58.51 33 Did not advance
200 metre freestyle 2:06.60 30 Did not advance
400 metre freestyle 4:34.67 30 Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Group stage Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Lotfi Joudi Men's singles 0-7 Did not advance
Mourad Sta 0-7 Did not advance
Mourad Sta
Sofiane Ben Letaief 		Men's doubles 0-7 Did not advance
Feiza Ben Aïssa Women's singles 0-5 Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Summary
Team Event Group stage Semi-final Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Tunisia men's Men's tournament  Argentina
L 0–3 		 France
L 0–3 		 Netherlands
L 0–3 		 Japan
L 0–3 		 United States
L 0–3 		6  Italy
L 0–3 		 South Korea
L 0–3 		12

Men's team competition

Main article: Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Pool B

Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  United States 5 5 0 10 15 3 5.000 263 155 1.697 Semifinals
2  Argentina 5 3 2 8 11 7 1.571 219 211 1.038
3  France 5 3 2 8 10 7 1.429 222 190 1.168 5th–8th semifinals
4  Netherlands 5 3 2 8 10 7 1.429 202 183 1.104
5  Japan 5 1 4 6 5 12 0.417 182 225 0.809 9th–12th semifinals
6  Tunisia 5 0 5 5 0 15 0.000 101 225 0.449
Source:[citation needed]
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
18 Sep Argentina  3–0  Tunisia 15–5 15–11 15–6     45–22
19 Sep France  3–0  Tunisia 15–10 15–3 15–9     45–22
22 Sep Netherlands  3–0  Tunisia 15–6 15–10 15–5     45–21
24 Sep Japan  3–0  Tunisia 15–4 15–11 15–7     45–22
26 Sep United States  3–0  Tunisia 15–4 15–6 15–4     45–14

9th–12th semifinals

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
28 Sep Italy  3–0  Tunisia 15–2 15–2 15–5     45–9

11th place match

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
30 Sep Tunisia  0–3  South Korea 11–15 9–15 7–15     27–45

Team roster

Head coach: Hubert Wagner

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Elimination Pool Final round
Round 1
Result 		Round 2
Result 		Round 3
Result 		Round 4
Result 		Round 5
Result 		Round 6
Result 		Final round
Result 		Rank
Mehdi Chaambi −57 kg  Rifat Yildiz (FRG)
L 0-12 		 Adrian Ponce (MEX)
W 15-0 		BYE — Did not advance 18
Habib Lakhal −62 kg  Brahim Loksairi (MAR)
L 1-2 		 Ahad Javansalehi (IRI)
L 0-5 		— Did not advance 13
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 		Final round
Result 		Rank
Mourad Zelfani −57 kg  Waruingi Kimani  (KEN)
W 18-0 		 Khaltmaa Battuul (MGL)
L 0-15 		 Valentin Ivanov (BUL)
L T 1:04 		— Did not advance 17

References

  1. ^ Tunisia at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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