 Johnson winning the 100 m final The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games celebrated in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. The host was chosen in the September 29, 1981 vote, ahead of the Japanese city of Nagoya.[1] It was the second Asian nation to ever host an Olympic Games. Image File history File links 1988_Summer_Olympics_logo. ...
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The President is head of state of South Korea. ...
Noh Tae-woo (born December 4, 1932 in Daegu, South Korea), is a former Korean general and politician. ...
The Olympic Oath is taken by an athlete and a judge at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games. ...
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The Olympic Flame at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics The Olympic Flame, Olympic Fire, Olympic Torch, Olympic Light, Olympic Eye, and Olympic Sun is a symbol of the Olympic Games. ...
Sohn Kee-chung (August 29, 1912 – November 15, 2002) became the first medal-winning Korean Olympian when he won the gold medal in the Marathon at the 1936 Berlin Olympics as a member of the Japanese delegation, under the name of Son Kitei, which is the Japanese pronunciation of the...
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The Jamsil Olympic Stadium (formerly Anglicized Chamshil) in Seoul, South Korea was the main stadium built for the 1988 Summer Olympics, and is the centrepiece of the Jamsil Sports Complex in the Songpa-gu District, in the southeast of the city south of the Han River. ...
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Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ...
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Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...
Nagoya ) is the fourth largest city in Japan. ...
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The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ...
North Korea, still officially at war with South Korea, boycotted the event[2] , with Cuba, Ethiopia and Nicaragua joining the boycott.[2]
159 nations were represented by a total of 8391 athletes (2194 women and 6197 men) in the games. 237 events were held. 27221 volunteers helped to prepare the Olympics. 11331 media (4978 written press and 6353 broadcasters) showed the Olympiad all over the world.[1] Print media includes newspapers, magazines, and the like. ...
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Highlights - Soviet Vladimir Artemov wins four gold medals in gymnastics[3]. Daniela Silivaş of Romania wins three.[4]
- US sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner wins three gold medals and a silver on the track.[5]
- Canadian Ben Johnson wins the 100 m in a new world record, but is disqualified he after tests positive for stanozolol. In 2004, Johnson accused the American sports authorities of protecting always American sportsmen while trying to put against the wall foreign ones. He still claims to this day that André Jackson,[6] "the Mystery Man" put the stanozolol in his food or his drink.[7]
- American boxer Roy Jones Jr. loses the gold medal to South Korean fighter Park Si-Hun in a controversial 3-2 judge's decision. Allegations swirled that Korean officials had fixed the judging. Jones Jr. receives the Val Barker Trophy, an award for the most impressive boxer of the Games.[8]
- Lawrence Lemieux, a Canadian sailor in the Finn class was in second place and poised to win a silver medal when he abandoned the race to save an injured competitor. He arrived in 21st place, but was recognized by the IOC with a special award honoring his bravery and sacrifice.[9]
- US diver Greg Louganis wins back-to-back titles on both diving events, but only after hitting the springboard with his head in the 3 m event final. This became a minor controversy years later when Louganis revealed he knew he was HIV-positive at the time, and did not tell anybody. Since it is now known that HIV cannot survive in open water, no other divers were ever in danger.[10]
- Christa Luding-Rothenburger of East Germany becomes the first (and last) athlete to win Olympic medals at the Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics in the same year. She adds a cycling silver to the speed skating gold she won earlier in the Winter Olympics of that year in Calgary.[11]
- Anthony Nesty of Suriname wins his country's first Olympic medal by winning the 100 m butterfly, scoring an upset victory over Matt Biondi by .01 of a second; he is also the first black person to win a swimming title.[12]
- Swimmer Kristin Otto of East Germany wins six gold medals[13]. Other multi-medalists in the pool are Matt Biondi (five)[14] and Janet Evans (three).[15]
- Swedish fencer Kerstin Palm becomes the first woman to take part in seven Olympics.[1]
- In swimming Mel Stewart of the USA is favorite to win the men's 200 m butterfly final[citation needed] but comes in 5th.[16]
- Mark Todd of New Zealand wins his second consecutive individual gold medal in the three-day event in equestrian on Charisma, only the second time in eventing history that a gold medal has been won consecutively.[17]
- Baseball[18] and Taekwondo[19] are demonstration sports.
- This is the last time the US are represented by a basketball team which doesn't feature NBA stars[20]; the team only obtains bronze medal after being defeated by the Soviet Union.[21]
- For the first time in history all the dressage events are won by women.[22]
- Women's judo was held for the first time, as a demonstration sport.[23]
- Table tennis is introduced at the Olympics, with China and the host nation both winning two titles.[24]
- Tennis returns to the Olympics after a 64-year absence[25], and Steffi Graf adds to her four Grand Slam victories in the year by also winning the Olympic title[26], beating Gabriela Sabatini in the final.[27]
- Two Bulgarian weightlifters are stripped of their gold medals after failing doping tests, and the team withdraws after this event.[28]
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Viorca Daniela Silivas-Harper (born May 9, 1972) is a Romanian gymnast who is most famous for winning six medals (three Gold, two Silver, and one Bronze) in Womens Artistic Gymnastics at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea. ...
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Florence Griffith-Joyner, also known as Flo-Jo (December 21, 1959 – September 21, 1998) was an American athlete, still holder of the World Records in the 100 m and 200 m as of 2006. ...
Benjamin Sinclair Ben Johnson CM (born December 30, 1961) is a former Canadian sprinter who enjoyed a high-profile career during most of the 1980s, winning two Olympic Bronze medals, and an Olympic Gold which was subsequently rescinded. ...
Stanozolol, commonly sold under the name Winstrol (oral) and Winstrol Depot (intra-muscular), was developed by Winthrop Laboratories in 1962. ...
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Si-Hun Park (born December 16, 1965) in was a South Korean boxer, who won the Light Middleweight Gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. ...
The Val Barker Trophy is awarded to the outstanding and most stylistic boxer of each Olympic Games since 1936. ...
Lawrence Lemieux was a Canadian sailor from Edmonton who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the Finn class. ...
The Finn dinghy is a single-handed Olympic class of sailing dinghy. ...
Gregory (Greg) Efthimios Louganis (born January 29, 1960 in El Cajon, California) is an American diver. ...
Species Human immunodeficiency virus 1 Human immunodeficiency virus 2 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS, a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections). ...
Christa Luding-Rothenburger (born 4 December 1959 in Weißwasser, East Germany) is a former speed skater and cyclist. ...
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An athlete carries the Olympic torch during the 2002 torch relay The Winter Olympic Games are a winter multi-sport event held every four years. ...
Speed skating, or long track speedskating, long track speed skating, is an Olympic sport where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. ...
The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and opened by Governor General Jeanne Sauvé. The Olympics were highly successful financially as they brought in million-dollar profits. ...
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Anthony Nesty swimming Anthony Nesty is the first black athlete to win an Olympic medal in swimming. ...
The butterfly, (fly for short) is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. ...
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Kristin Otto (born February 7, 1966 in Leipzig. ...
Matthew (Matt) Nicholas Biondi (born October 8, 1965 in Palo Alto, California) is a three-time U.S. Olympic swimmer in the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Summer Olympics, winning a total of 11 medals. ...
Janet Beth Evans (born August 28, 1971) is a record-breaking American competitive swimmer. ...
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Melvin (Mel) Stewart (born November 16, 1968) is an American swimmer, who won two gold medals and one bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. ...
Mark Todd (born March 1, 1956)(height 172) is a New Zealand horseman who was voted Rider of the 20th Century by the International Equestrian Federation, (Fédération Equestre Internationale). ...
Charisma was a horse ridden by New Zealander Mark Todd, and the gelding won many competitions in the sport of eventing. ...
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Taekwondo (also Tae Kwon Do, Taekwon-Do, or Tae Kwon-Do) is a Korean martial art and combat sport. ...
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An upper-level dressage competitor performing an extended trot Dressage (a French term meaning training) is a path and destination of competitive horse training, with competitions held at all levels from amateur to the Olympics. ...
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In tennis, a singles player or doubles team that wins all four Grand Slam titles in the same year is said to have achieved the Grand Slam or a Calendar Year Grand Slam. ...
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Significance of the 1988 Olympics in South Korea Hosting the 1988 Olympics presented an opportunity to bring international attention to South Korea. The idea for South Korea to place a bid for 1988 games emerged during the last days of the Park Chung Hee administration in the late 1970s. After President Park’s assassination in 1979, Chun Doo Hwan, his successor, submitted Korea’s bid to the IOC in September 1981, in hopes that the increased international exposure brought by the Olympics would legitimize his authoritarian regime amidst increasing political pressure for democratization, provide protection from increasing threats from North Korea, and showcase the Korean economic miracle to the world community. South Korea was awarded the bid on September 30, 1981, becoming the 16th nation, the second Asian nation (following Japan in 1964) and the second newly industrialized economy (after Mexico in 1968) to host the games. Park Chung-hee (November 14, 1917 – October 26, 1979) was former ROK Army general and the president of the Republic of Korea from 1961 to 1979. ...
Chun Doo-hwan (Korean hangul: ì „ë‘환; hanja: 全斗煥; revised: Jeon Duhwan; McCune-Reischauer: ChÅn Tuhwan; born 18 January 1931) was a Korean military officer and the President of South Korea from 1980 to 1988. ...
In an attempt to follow the model of 1964 Tokyo Olympics as a rite of passage for the Japanese economy and re-integration of Japan in the family of nations in the post-war era, the Korean government hoped to use the Olympics as a “coming out party” for the newly industrialized Korean economy. The Korean government hoped the Olympics would symbolize a new legitimacy of Korea in world affairs.
However, this attempt to provide legitimacy to the Korean government, particularly the Chun administration, backfired. The anticipation of the Olympic Games intensified world scrutiny of Korea during a time of political crisis. As political demonstrations emerged in June 1987, the possibility of jeopardizing hosting the Olympic Games contributed to the June 29 declaration which issued President Chun out of power and led to direct elections in December 1987. The desire not to taint the Olympic Games with military dictatorship and riots served as an impetus for Korea’s transition to democracy. Roh Tae Woo served as the transitional president, directly elected by South Koreans in December 1987, during the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. The 1988 Olympic Games provided a catalyst for controlled political change to maintain stability in South Korea. Roh Tae-woo (born December 4, 1942 in Daegu, South Korea), a Korean general and politician. ...
Venues
 View toward Seoul Olympic Stadium - Seoul Sports Park venues
- Olympic Park venues
- Other venues in metropolitan Seoul
- Venues outside metropolitan Seoul
¹ New facilities constructed in preparation for the Olympic Games. ² Existing facilities modified or refurbished in preparation for the Olympic Games. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3264x2448, 1805 KB) Summary Toward Seoul Olympic Stadium. ...
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The Jamsil Olympic Stadium (formerly Anglicized Chamshil) in Seoul, South Korea was the main stadium built for the 1988 Summer Olympics, and is the centrepiece of the Jamsil Sports Complex in the Songpa-gu District, in the southeast of the city south of the Han River. ...
Jamsil Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Seoul, South Korea. ...
Jamsil Students Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena located in Seoul, South Korea. ...
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Olympic Fencing Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena located in Seoul, South Korea. ...
Olympic Gymnastics Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Seoul, South Korea. ...
Hanyang University Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena located in Seoul, South Korea. ...
Changchung Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena located in Seoul, South Korea. ...
Seoul National University Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena located in Seoul, South Korea. ...
Dongdaemun Stadium, in Seoul, South Korea, comprises a soccer field, a baseball park, and other sports facilities. ...
Sangmu Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena located in Seongnam, South Korea. ...
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Busan Metropolitan City, also known as Pusan[1] is the largest port city in the Republic of Korea. ...
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Suwon Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena located in Suwon, South Korea. ...
Suwon (Suwon-si) is the provincial capital of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. ...
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Medals awarded See the medal winners, ordered by sport: [1] Four events were contested in archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. ...
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Final results for the Basketball competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea: Results Categories: 1988 Summer Olympics | Basketball at the Olympics ...
Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in the Chamshil Students Gymnasium in Seoul. ...
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, twelve events in flatwater canoe racing were contested. ...
Final results for the Cycling competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics. ...
Final results for the Diving competitions at the 1988 Summer Olympics // Results Mens events 3 meter springboard 10 meter platform Womens results 3 meter springboard 10 meter platform |! align=center bgcolor=gold|Gold: |! align=center bgcolor=silver|Silver: |! align=center bgcolor=cc9966|Bronze: |- | Xu Yanmei, China | Michele Mitchell...
The Equestrian Events at the 1988 Seoul Olympics included Dressage, Eventing, and Show Jumping. ...
At the 1988 Summer Olympics, eight fencing events were contested. ...
Final results for the Football competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics. ...
Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics was represented by two different gymnastics disciplines: artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics, held at the Olympic Gymnastics Hall in Seoul from September 18 to September 30. ...
Final results for the Handball competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics. ...
Final results for the Hockey competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics: Mens Tournament Womens Tournament Categories: 1988 Summer Olympics | Hockey at the Summer Olympics ...
The Judo competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics continued the seven weight classes first used at the 1980 Games. ...
Final results for the Modern Pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics It fought in five days on September 18 to 22, having applied the team event and the individual match. ...
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At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, eight events in sailing were contested. ...
Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. ...
The 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. ...
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, two events in synchronized swimming were contested, both for women only. ...
Table tennis was first included in the Olympic program at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, with four events contested Olympic Medal Winners. ...
Tennis returned to the Olympic Games in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, having been left out since the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. ...
Volleyball a the 1988 Summer Olympics was represented by two events: mens team and womens team. ...
Water Polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics as usual was part of the Swimming Sport, the other two being Swimming and Diving. ...
The weightlifting competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul consisted of ten weight classes, all for men only. ...
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, 20 wrestling events were contested, for all men only. ...
Demonstration sports [1] Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport for the seventh time. ...
The Judo competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics continued the seven weight classes first used at the 1980 Games. ...
Taekwondo was a demonstration sport at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. ...
Participating nations
 Participants (blue nations had their first entrance) Athletes from 159 nations competed at the Seoul Games. Aruba, American Samoa, Cook Islands, Guam, Maldives, Vanuatu, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and South Yemen made their first Olympic appearance at these Games. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1357x628, 45 KB) Countries which participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics, as listed at the olympic games museum, derived from blank world map. ...
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In the following list, the number in parentheses indicates the number of athletes from each nation that competed in Seoul [29]:
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