# Senegal at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Senegal competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Amadou Dia Ba won the nation's first ever Olympic medal.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Amadou Dia Bâ | Athletics | Men's 400 metres hurdles | 25 September |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| Judo | 5 | – | 5 |
| Swimming | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 4 | – | 4 |
| Total | 22 | 1 | 23 |

## 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 |
| Amadou M'Baye | 100 metres | 10.64 | 46 Q | 10.45 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Charles-Louis Seck | 100 metres | 10.64 | 46 Q | 10.42 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ibrahima Tamba | 200 metres | 21.68 | 40 Q | 21.93 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ousmane Diarra | 400 metres | 46.86 | 27 Q | 46.23 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cheikh Tidiane Boye | 800 metres | 1:49.89 | 32 Q | 1:46.62 | 13 Q | 1:45.93 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Moussa Fall | 800 metres | 1:49.14 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Babacar Niang | 800 metres | 1:47.65 | 15 Q | 1:45.38 | 3 Q | 1:45.09 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Amadou Dia Bâ | 400 metres hurdles | 49.41 | 5 Q | — | 48.48 | 4 Q | 47.23 | |
| Hamidou M'Baye | 400 metres hurdles | 50.58 | 23 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joseph Diaz Amadou M'Baye Babacar Pouye Ibrahima Tamba | 4 × 100 metres relay | DQ | DQ | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ousmane Diarra Babacar Niang Moussa Fall Amadou Dia Bâ | 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:06.93 | 11 Q | — | 3:07.19 | 13 | 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 |
| Aïssatou Tandian | 400 metres | 52.95 | 20 Q | 52.33 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 |
| Pierre Sène | 65 kg | Bye | Cooper (NZL) 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 |
| Babacar Dione | 71 kg | Hajtós (HUN) 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 | Did not advance |
| Aly Attyé | 78 kg | Bye | García (ARG) 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 |
| Akilong Diabone | 86 kg | Frick (LIE) W Ippon | Griffith (VEN) L Waza-ari | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lansana Coly | +95 kg | — | Saito (JPN) L Ippon | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | Zapryanov (BUL) L Ippon | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final A/B | Final A/B |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mouhamed Diop | 50 metre freestyle | DQ | DQ | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mouhamed Diop | 100 metre freestyle | 54.93 | 54 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mouhamed Diop | 200 metre individual medley | 2:20.74 | 52 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bruno N'Diaye | 50 metre freestyle | 25.63 | 56 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bruno N'Diaye | 100 metre backstroke | 1:05.06 | 46 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bruno N'Diaye | 200 metre individual medley | 2:29.18 | 54 | 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 |
| Oumar N'Gom | 82 kg | Bye | Gössner (FRG) L Fall | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tapha Guèye | 90 kg | Popov (URS) L Fall | Youmbi (CMR) L 5–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ambroise Sarr | 100 kg | Georgiev (BUL) L Fall | Himmel (FRG) L Fall | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | 8 | 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 |
| Djiby Diouf | 74 kg | Anwar (PAK) L Fall | Diallo (GUI) L Passivity | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Oumar N'Gom | 82 kg | Sükhbat (MGL) L 0–15 | Nikolovski (YUG) L 1–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tapha Guèye | 90 kg | English (GBR) L Fall | Taj (AFG) L Fall | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |