Vanuatu at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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

Vanuatu at the 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	VAN
NOC	Vanuatu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
Website	www.oceaniasport.com/vanuatu
in Seoul
Competitors	4 in 2 sports
Flag bearer	Olivette Daruhi
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	2	1	3
Boxing	1	–	1
Total	3	1	4

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Track events

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Baptiste Firiam	400 m	51.77	73	Did not advance
Jerry Jeremiah	100 m	10.96	82	Did not advance
	200 m	22.01	55	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Olivette Daruhi	100 m	13.00	7	Did not advance
	200 m	26.88	5	Did not advance

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
James Iahuat	Middleweight		Kabongo (ZAI) L RSCH	Did not advance
Issac Iapatu	Light Middleweight		Abrar-Hussain Syed (PAK) L WO	Did not advance
Edouard Paululum	Bantamweight	Alexandre Artemiev (URS) L WO	Did not advance

• Iahuat's contest was stopped in the first round after 1 minute 13 seconds due to a head blow.
• Paululum was disqualified for being a pound overweight due to having a breakfast before the weigh-in.

References

• Official Olympic Reports