# Barbados at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Barbados competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Seventeen competitors, sixteen men and one woman, took part in twenty events in seven sports.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Boxing | 2 | – | 2 |
| Cycling | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Diving | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Judo | 1 | – | 1 |
| Sailing | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 16 | 1 | 17 |

## 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 |
| Henrico Atkins | 100 metres | 11.01 | 85 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Henrico Atkins | 200 metres | 21.98 | 54 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Elvis Forde | 400 metres | 46.47 | 22 Q | 46.59 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Richard Louis | 400 metres | 46.80 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Seibert Straughn | 400 metres | 47.37 | 44 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Allan Ince | 400 metres hurdles | 52.76 | 32 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Seibert Straughn Richard Louis Allan Ince Elvis Forde | 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:06.03 | 9 q | — | 3:06.93 | 11 | 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 |
| Yolande Straughn | 200 metres | 23.81 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yolande Straughn | 400 metres | 53.62 | 30 q | 54.22 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 |
| Sean Knight | Lightweight | Tamez (MEX) W 5–0 | Tszyu (URS) L RSC R1 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gregory Griffith | Welterweight | Bye | Furnigov (BUL) L KO | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling

Two male cyclists represented Barbados in 1988.

### Track
#### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank |
| Vincent Lynch | Men's sprint | 11.845 | 22 Q | Colas (FRA), Miwa (JPN) L | Harnett (CAN), Carpenter (USA), Alwi (MAS) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Time trial

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Roderick Chase | Time trial | 1:09.994 | 24 |

#### Points race

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Laps | Points | Rank | Laps | Points | Rank |
| Roderick Chase | Points race | DNF | DNF | DNF | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Diving
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Christopher Honey | 3 metre springboard | 347.22 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Repechage | Repechage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| James Waithe | 86 kg | Bye | Liu (CHN) L Ippon | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Sailing
### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Net points | Final rank |
| Brian Talma | Division II | 52 | 43 | 45 | 41 | 25 | 43 | 33 | 230 | 33 |
| Shane Atwell | Finn | 33 | 34 | 33 | 34 | 40 | 32 | 25 | 191 | 28 |
| Howard Palmer Michael Green | Star | 28 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 23 | 16 | 114 | 14 |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final A/B | Final A/B |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Paul Yelle | 50 metre freestyle | 25.15 | 49 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Paul Yelle | 100 metre freestyle | 55.35 | 61 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Paul Yelle | 100 metre butterfly | 57.36 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance |