Aruba at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Aruba competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Previously, Aruba was part of Netherlands Antilles, Kingdom of the Netherlands until 1986. Eight competitors, four men and four women, took part in ten events in five sports.

Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Aruba at the 1988 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 0 2 2Boxing 2 – 2Fencing 1 0 1Judo 1 – 1Synchronized swimming – 2 2 Total 4 4 8

Athletics

Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankEvelyn Farrell100 m12.488 did not advance200 m25.74 8 did not advanceCornelia MelisMarathoncolspan=6 2.54:3756

Boxing

Men AthleteEvent1 Round 2 Round 3 Round QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHubert WesterLight WelterweightL RSC-1did not advanceJeffrey NeddLight HeavyweightL RSC-2did not advance

Fencing

One male fencer represented Aruba in 1988.

Men

Individual AthleteEventElimination RoundRound IRepechage Round IRound IIRepechage Round IIRound IIIRepechage Round IIIRound IVQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankAustin ThomasIndividual épée70did not advanceIndividual foil58did not advance

Judo

Men AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankVictor Maduro−86 kgL 0000-0100did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Two synchronized swimmers represented Aruba in 1988.

Women AthleteEventFiguresPreliminariesFinalTotalRankTechnicalFreeTotalRankTechnicalFreeTotalRankRoswitha LopezWomen's solo70.48345 q70.483 80.200150.68318did not advanceYvette ThuisWomen's solo74.266 43did not advanceRoswitha LopezYvette ThuisWomen's duet72.375 15 q72.375 79.600151.97515did not advance

References

External links Official Olympic Reports