# El Salvador at the 1988 Summer Olympics

El Salvador competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, from 17 September to 2 October 1988. This was the nation's fourth appearance at the Olympics.
Comité Olímpico de El Salvador sent a total of 6 athletes to the Games, 5 men and 1 women, to compete in 4 sports. Wrestler Gustavo Manzur was chosen to carry his nation's flag during the opening ceremony.

## Competitors

Comité Olímpico de El Salvador selected a team of 6 athletes, 5 men and 1 women, to compete in 4 sports. Wrestler Gustavo Manzur, at age 28, was the oldest athlete of the team, while boxer Henry Martínez was the youngest at age 17.
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Boxing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 5 | 1 | 6 |

## Athletics
### Combined events

| Athlete | Event | | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
| Santiago Mellado | Decathlon | Result | 11.33 | 6.83 | 11.63 | 2.06 | 48.37 | 15.39 | 37.52 | 4.60 | 55.42 | 4:30.07 | 7517 | 26 |
| Santiago Mellado | Decathlon | Points | 789 | 774 | 584 | 859 | 891 | 803 | 614 | 790 | 669 | 744 | 7517 | 26 |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Kriscia Lorena García | Marathon | 3:04:21 | 58 |

## Boxing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Henry Martínez | Light Flyweight | Cheikh (ALG) W 5–0 | Ben-Haim (ISR) W (walk-over) | Marinov (BUL) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Francisco Avelar | Featherweight | BYE | Achik (MAR) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Fredy Torres | 71 kg | BYE | Giorgi Tenadze (URS) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | =33 |

## Wrestling
### Men's Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 / 7 | Final | Rank |
| Gustavo Manzur | 68 kg | El-Khodary (EGY) L 19–3 | Wattar (SYR) L 3–16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | AC |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 / 7 | Final | Rank |
| Gustavo Manzur | 68 kg | Souaken (MAR) L 5:40 | Sipilä (FIN) L 0–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | AC |