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1988: Calgary, Canada: Winter Olympics: The Winter games were extended to 16 days: 1988: Seoul, South Korea: Summer Olympics: 11 medalists disqualified for using banned substances. The cost of the games was met by the sale of TV broadcasting rights. 1992: Albertville, France: Winter Olympics: Albertville is the smallest place to host an ...
The 1988 Summer Olympics (Korean: 1988년 하계 올림픽), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad (제24회 올림픽경기대회) and commonly known as Seoul 1988 (서울 1988), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represented at the games by a total of 8,391 athletes (6,197 men and 2,194 women ...
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Sep 16, 1988 · The Games got off to a dramatic start at the Opening Ceremony when the torch was run into the stadium by 76-year-old Sohn Kee-chung, the winner of the 1936 marathon. In 1936, Sohn had been forced to enter using a Japanese name because Korea was occupied by Japan. Ceremonies. 2 October 1988 : General view of Korean dancers during the Closing ...
Apr 19, 2024 · September 17, 1988 - October 2, 1988. Location: South Korea. Seoul 1988 Olympic Games, athletic festival held in Seoul that took place September 17–October 2, 1988. The Seoul Games were the 21st occurrence of the modern Olympic Games.
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After Seoul first won its bid to host the 1988 Olympics, North Korea began to campaign — unsuccessfully — to co-host them.The dispute turned tragic a few years later. On Nov. 29, 1987, Korean Air Flight 858 from Baghdad to Seoul disappeared off the Burmese Coast, along with its 115 passengers. The wreckage would later be discovered in the Andaman S...
At the same time, the 1988 Olympics were seen by many as a sign that tense Cold War relations were thawing. The U.S. and the Soviet competed against one another at a Summer Olympics for the first time since 1976, and the Games helped the host country open up “diplomatic trade and cultural relations” with nations it had been previously cut off from ...
Of course, South Korea’s ascent wasn’t the only inspirational story of 1988. There were plenty inside the arenas. American Jackie Joyner-Kersee set a world record for heptathlon that still hasn’t been beat. In one of the springboard preliminary rounds, American diver Greg Louganis hit his head on the diving board while doing a somersault. Just minu...
Griffith Joyner’s total haul was three gold medals and one silver. Unfortunately, the biggest media event of the 1988 Olympic Games was the disqualification of Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson, after he had won the 100 metres in the world record time of 9.79, defeating Carl Lewis in the process. A few days later, Johnson tested positive for ...
The 1998 Winter Olympics were held from Saturday, 7 February to Sunday, 22 February. This was 16 days and included three weekends. The number of events increased from 61 at the 1994 Winter Olympics to 68 in 1998. Two sports, curling and snowboarding were added to the program, as was women's ice hockey.
