Tunisia at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Tunisia at the 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TUN
NOC	Tunisian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cnot.org.tn (in French)
in Seoul
Competitors	41 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Sofiane Ben Letaief
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Tunisia competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Competitors

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

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:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

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

September 17, 1988

Sweden	2–2	Tunisia

Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

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September 19, 1988

Tunisia	1–4	West Germany

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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September 21, 1988

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:

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

• Faycal Ben Amara
• Mohamed Sarsar
• Rachid Bousarsar
• Lotfi Ben Slimane
• Msaddak Lahmar
• Hedi Bousarsar
• Abderrazak Ben Messaoud
• Raouf Chenoufi
• Hichem Ben Amira
• Mourad Tebourski
• Abdelaziz Ben Abdallah
• Fethi Ghariani

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

• Official Olympic Reports