Fiji at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Fiji at the
1988 Winter Olympics

IOC code| FIJ
NOC| Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
Website| www.fasanoc.org.fj
in Calgary
Competitors| 1 in 1 sport
Flag bearer | Rusiate Rogoyawa[1]
Medals|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

* 1988
* 1992
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006–2022

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.

## Background

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The Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee was recognised by the International Olympic Committee on 31 December 1954.[2] 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.[3][4] They were making their debut Winter Olympics appearance in Calgary.[4] The only athlete sent by Fiji to Calgary was Rusiate Rogoyawa, a cross-country skier.[5] He was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony.[4]

## Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[6]

Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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Cross-country skiing | 1 | 0 | 1
Total | 1 | 0 | 1

## Cross-country skiing

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

Rusiate Rogoyawa was 26 years old at the time of the Calgary Olympics.[7] A Fijian native, he learned to ski while studying engineering in Norway.[8] 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.[9] 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.[9]

Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
15 km classical  | Rusiate Rogoyawa | 1'01:26.3  | 83

## See also

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* Fiji at the 1988 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "Flagbearers for Fiji". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
2. ^ "Fiji – National Olympic Committee (NOC)". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 26 March 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
3. ^ "54 Boycotted in 1980". The New York Times. 10 May 1984. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
4. ^ a b c "Fiji". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
5. ^ "Fiji at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
6. ^ Fiji at the 1988 Winter Olympics
7. ^ "Rusiate Rogoyawa Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
8. ^ Merron, Jeff; Neel, Eric (18 December 2001). "1988 Calgary". ESPN. Archived from the original on 9 March 2006. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
9. ^ a b "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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