Fiji at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Fiji sent a delegation to compete in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 13–28 February 1988. This was their debut appearance at a Winter Olympic Games. The sole athlete sent by Fiji to Calgary was Rusiate Rogoyawa, in cross-country skiing. In the 15 kilometre classical race, he finished in 83rd place.

Fiji at the
1988 Winter Olympics
IOC codeFIJ
NOCFiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.fasanoc.org.fj
in Calgary
Competitors1 in 1 sport
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Background

The Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee was recognised by the International Olympic Committee on 31 December 1954.[1] They made their first Olympic appearance at the 1956 Summer Olympics, and with two exceptions, have participated at every Summer Olympic Games since; they missed the 1964 edition, and boycotted the 1980 Games.[2][3] They were making their debut Winter Olympics appearance in Calgary.[3] The only athlete sent by Fiji to Calgary was Rusiate Rogoyawa, a cross-country skier.[4] He was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony.[3]

Cross-country skiing
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Rusiate Rogoyawa was 26 years old at the time of the Calgary Olympics.[5] A Fijian native, he learned to ski while studying engineering in Norway.[6] On 19 February, he skied in the 15 kilometre classical event, and finished with a time of 1 hour, 1 minute and 26.3 seconds.[7] This put him in 83rd place out of 85 athletes who finished the race, and 20 minutes behind the gold medal time set by Mikhail Devyatyarov of the Soviet Union.[7]

Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km classical Rusiate Rogoyawa 1'01:26.3 83

See also

References
  1. "Fiji – National Olympic Committee (NOC)". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 26 March 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  2. "54 Boycotted in 1980". The New York Times. 10 May 1984. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  3. "Fiji". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  4. "Fiji at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  5. "Rusiate Rogoyawa Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  6. Merron, Jeff; Neel, Eric (18 December 2001). "1988 Calgary". ESPN. Archived from the original on 9 March 2006. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  7. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Men's 15 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
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