North Yemen at the 1988 Summer Olympics

North Yemen competed as the Yemen Arab Republic at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. After unification with South Yemen, the nation would return as Yemen at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

North Yemen at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Flag of North Yemen
IOC code	YAR
in Seoul
Competitors	8
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1984 1988
Other related appearances
Yemen (1992–)

Abullah Alizani from the Yemen Arab Republic lost to Israeli Dov Groverman in the first round. Alizani was slated to wrestle the Israeli, but failed to show up for his match even after he was paged three times, in what an Israeli official called a political snub, and Alizani was declared the loser of the Men's Light-Flyweight (48 kg), Greco-Roman match by the referee.

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	4	0	4
Judo	2	–	2
Wrestling	2	–	2
Total	8	0	8

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only

Q = Qualified for the next round

q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target

NR = National record

N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Fahim Abdul Wahab	800 m	1:55.24	6	did not advance
Awad Saleh Ahmed	1500 m	4:03.86	14	did not advance
Anwar Al-Harazi	5000 m	14:49.25	16	did not advance
Abdul Karim Daoud	10000 m	32:33.04	21	did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

North Yemen sent two competitors

Mohamed Kohsrof ended ranked 35th in the men's extra lightweight class

Mohamed Moslih finished ranked 19th in the men's lightweight class

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdullah Al-Shamsi	−68 kg	Okubo (JPN) L Fall	Brekke (NOR) L 0-4	did not advance

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdullah Al-Ghrbi	−74 kg	Rauhala (FIN) L Fall	Beudet (FRA) L 0-4	did not advance

References

• Official Olympic Reports