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  1. olympics.com › en › olympic-gamesSeoul 1988 Summer Olympics - Athletes, Medals & Results

    Sep 16, 1988 · Democracy Embraced. Awarding the Summer Games to South Korea provided the impetus for the country to embrace democracy. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) boycotted, and was joined by Cuba, Ethiopia and Nicaragua. Still, records were set with 159 nations participating, 52 winning medals and 31 taking home gold medals.

  2. www.britannica.com › event › Seoul-1988-Olympic-GamesSeoul 1988 Olympic Games | Summary, Athletes ... - Britannica

    Apr 19, 2024 · Seoul. 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. After boycotts had marred the previous two Olympiads, political problems threatened to return to center stage at the 1988 Games. Violent student riots took place ...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_participatingList of participating nations at the Summer Olympic Games

    This is a list of nations, as represented by National Olympic Committees (NOCs), that have participated in the Summer Olympic Games between 1896 and 2020 (held in 2021). As of the 2020 Games, all of the current 206 NOCs have participated in at least two editions of the Olympic Games. Athletes from Australia, a France, [K] Great Britain, Greece ...

  5. olympic-museum.de › part_count › olympic-gamesParticipating Countries Olympic Games 1988 Seoul

    Olympic Games, participating countries, 1988 Seoul. Olympic Games 1988 Seoul 24th Olympiad SOUTH KOREA. Home; Page back; Sports: 27 Events: 237 National Teams: 159

  6. www.olympedia.org › editions › 22Olympedia – 1988 Summer Olympics Overview

    Overview. In late September 1981, when the IOC awarded the 1988 Olympics to Seoul, the Olympic world was surprised, as the choice was highly controversial as many prominent nations in the Olympic Movement, notably the Soviet Bloc nations, did not have diplomatic relations with the Seoul government. After the political problems that had marred ...

  7. history-maps.com › event › 1988-Summer-Olympics1988 Summer Olympics | Map and Timeline

    The 1988 Summer Olympics were held in Seoul, South Korea from September 17 to October 2, 1988. This was the first time that the Summer Olympics were held in South Korea, and the first time they were held in Asia since the 1964 games in Tokyo, Japan. The games featured 237 events in 27 sports and were attended by around 8,391 athletes from 159 ...

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  9. www.olympiandatabase.com › indexSeoul 1988 Summer Olympics - Olympian Database

    The biggest headlines from Seoul 1988 was spent on Canadian Ben Johnson. The day after his victory in the men's 100 meters race in a new world record time he was exposed in a doping fraud case. Ben Johnson was far from being the first olympic athlete to be nailed for doping, but he was the first of the really big names that were caught.