# Guatemala at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Guatemala competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 28 competitors, 25 men and 3 women, took part in 16 events in 8 sports.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Boxing | 1 | – | 1 |
| Cycling | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Football | 17 | – | 17 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 1 | – | 1 |
| Total | 25 | 3 | 28 |

## Athletics
### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| María del Pilar | Marathon | 2:51:33 | 53 |

## 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 |
| Giovanni Pérez | Bantamweight | Bye | McKinney (USA) L RSC R1 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling

Five male cyclists represented Guatemala in 1988.

### Road
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Óscar Aquino | Road race | 4:32:56 | 86 |
| Víctor Lechuga | Road race | 4:44:37 | 100 |
| Andrés Torres | Road race | 4:32:56 | 84 |
| Óscar Aquino Julio Illescas Víctor Lechuga Andrés Torres | Team time trial | 2:18:58.7 | 26 |

### Track
#### Time trial

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Max Leiva | Time trial | 1:09.214 | 23 |

## Football

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 |
| Guatemala men's | Men's tournament | Italy L 2–5 | Iraq L 0–3 | Zambia L 0–4 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Team roster

Head coach: Jorge Roldán
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals | Minutes played | Sub off | Sub on | Cards yellow/red |
| 1 | GK | Ricardo Jérez | 6 August 1956 | 32 | ? | Comunicaciones | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Juan Manuel Dávila | 7 June 1963 | 25 | ? | Aurora | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Allan Wellmann | 26 May 1954 | 34 | ? | Aurora | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Rocael Mazariegos | 8 January 1966 | 22 | ? | Juventud Retalteca | 3 | 0 | 258 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Victor Hugo Monzón | 12 November 1957 | 30 | ? | Aurora | 3 | 0 | 225 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Jaime Batres | 28 June 1964 | 24 | ? | Galcasa | 3 | 0 | 216 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Carlos Castañeda | 4 January 1963 | 25 | ? | Suchitepéquez | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Juan Manuel Funes | 16 May 1966 | 22 | ? | Municipal | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Adán Paniagua | 30 November 1955 | 32 | ? | Juventud Retalteca | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Byron Pérez | 18 March 1959 | 29 | ? | Municipal | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Norman Delva | 15 July 1969 | 19 | ? | Deportivo Izabal | 2 | 0 | 111 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Kevin Sandoval | 18 August 1962 | 26 | ? | Aurora | 2 | 0 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Luis López | 20 June 1951 | 37 | ? | Juventud Retalteca | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Otoniel Guevara | 15 November 1959 | 28 | ? | Bandegua | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Alejandro Ortíz Obregón | 1 August 1958 | 30 | ? | Suchitepéquez | 2 | 0 | 102 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | David Gardiner | 11 February 1957 | 31 | ? | Galcasa | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Julio Rodas | 9 December 1966 | 21 | ? | Municipal | 3 | 0 | 249 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | Ricardo Piccinini | 7 September 1949 | 39 | ? | Municipal | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Eddy Alburez | 29 June 1960 | 28 | ? | Galcasa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Zambia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 5 |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | Iraq | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
| 4 | Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic
#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank |
| María Flores-Wurmser | Individual | 19.050 | 18.650 | 18.800 | 18.825 | 75.325 | 76 |

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Carlos Silva | 50 m running target | 569 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final A/B | Final A/B |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Blanca Morales | 100 m butterfly | 1:05.02 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Blanca Morales | 200 m butterfly | 2:19.28 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Wrestling
### Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Edvin-Eduardo Vásquez | 52 kg | Jankovics (TCH) L fall | Robert (FRA) L 0–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Edvin-Eduardo Vásquez | 52 kg | Olvera (MEX) L fall | Bourdin (FRA) L 0–16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |