# Ecuador at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Ecuador competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. This was the nation's sixth Olympics appearance, since it first competed at the 1924 Summer Games in Paris. Thirteen competitors, ten men and three women, took part in fifteen events in six sports.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Boxing | 1 | – | 1 |
| Cycling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Diving | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shooting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 3 | – | 3 |
| Total | 10 | 3 | 13 |

## Athletics
### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Rolando Vera | 10,000 metres | 28:17.88 | 10 q | 28:17.64 | 15 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| José Quiñaliza | Triple jump | 15.86 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Combined events – Decathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
| Fidel Solórzano | Result | 11.01 | 6.79 | 11.76 | 1.88 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Fidel Solórzano | Points | 858 | 764 | 592 | 696 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |

### 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 |
| Liliana Chalá | 400 metres | 53.74 | 31 Q | 53.83 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nancy Vallecilla | 100 metres hurdles | 13.97 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Liliana Chalá | 400 metres hurdöes | 57.15 | 23 | — | 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 |
| Segundo Mercado | Light middleweight | Quaye (GHA) W KO | Banko (ZAI) W 5–0 | Kitel (SWE) L 2–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling

One male cyclist represented Ecuador 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 |
| Nelson Mario Pons | Men's sprint | 11.339 | 18 | Neiwand (AUS), Faris (ARG) L | Weber (FRG). Becerra (BOL), Abrams (GUY) 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 |
| Nelson Mario Pons | Time trial | 1:08.351 | 19 |

## Diving
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Abraham Suárez | 3 metre springboard | 446.82 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Hugo Romero | 10 m air rifle | 572 | 45 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Inés Margraff | 10 m air pistol | 351 | 37 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Edwin Mata | 56 kg | 92.5 | 20 | 125.0 | 19 | 217.5 | 20 |
| José García | 60 kg | 105.0 | 12 | NM | NM | DNF | DNF |
| Jhon Sichel | 82.5 kg | 125.0 | 17 | 157.5 | 15 | 282.5 | 15 |