# Sierra Leone at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Sierra Leone competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Twelve competitors, eleven men and one woman, took part in fourteen events in four sports.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Boxing | 2 | – | 2 |
| Cycling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | – | 1 |
| Total | 11 | 1 | 12 |

## Athletics
### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Horace Dove-Edwin | 100 metres | 10.89 | 76 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Felix Sandy | 400 metres | 46.82 | 37 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| David Sawyerr | 800 metres | 1:57.88 | 64 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Modupe Jonah | 1500 metres | 3:55.15 | 51 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Baba Ibrahim Suma-Keita | Marathon | — | 3:04:00 | 95 |
| Benjamin Grant | 400 metres hurdles | 51.73 | 30 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Francis Keita Horace Dove-Edwin Benjamin Grant Felix Sandy | 4 × 100 metres relay | 41.19 | 21 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Horace Dove-Edwin Felix Sandy Benjamin Grant David Sawyerr | 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:10.47 | 17 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Francis Keita | Long jump | 6.87 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Rachel Thompson | 1500 metres | 5:31.42 | 28 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | 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 |
| Desmond Williams | Light middleweight | Bye | Woodhall (GBR) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Samuel Simbo | Middleweight | Bye | Taramov (URS) L KO | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling

One male cyclist represented Sierra Leone in 1988.

### Road
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Frank Williams | Road race | DNF | DNF |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Percy Doherty | 82.5 kg | 65.0 | 21 | 100.0 | 19 | 165.0 | 19 |