# Tunisia at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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
### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Mahmoud El-Kalboussi | 1500 m | 3:43.72 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Fethi Baccouche | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:38.67 | 7 Q | — | — | 8:31.36 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Football
### Summary

Key:
* A.E.T – After extra time.
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semi-final | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Group play

| 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 |

## Swimming
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Senda Gharbi | 200 metre freestyle | 27.34 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Senda Gharbi | 100 metre freestyle | 58.51 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Senda Gharbi | 200 metre freestyle | 2:06.60 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Senda Gharbi | 400 metre freestyle | 4:34.67 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Lotfi Joudi | Men's singles | 0-7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mourad Sta | Men's singles | 0-7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mourad Sta Sofiane Ben Letaief | Men's doubles | 0-7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Feiza Ben Aïssa | Women's singles | 0-5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Volleyball
### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Semi-final | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | 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
#### Pool B

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Semifinals |
| 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 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 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 | 9th–12th semifinals |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | 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
### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Final round | Final round |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Final round | Final round |
| Athlete | Event | 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 |