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Medal Table. See the list of teams and medals won by each. Official list of medal winners and results by sport at the Seoul 1988 Olympic Games. Celebrate medal-winning moments by the world's top athletes.
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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.
Canadian Ben Johnson set a world record in the 100m sprint, but tested positive for steroids. Johnson was the first world-famous athlete to be disqualified for using drugs. After his disqualification, Carl Lewis was awarded the 100m gold, meaning he had successfully defended his 1984 Olympic title.
For the first time, all three medallists in equestrian dressage were women. Swedish fencer Kerstin Palm became the first woman to take part in seven Olympic Games, and table tennis made its Olympic debut. Tennis also returned to the programme after a hiatus of 64 years. The event was open to professionals, and Steffi Graf concluded her Grand Slam t...
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 ...
Silver. berezhnaya / sikharulidze. Russian Federation. Bronze. steuer / wotzel. Germany. Official Figure skating results from the Nagano 1998 Olympics. Full list of gold, silver and bronze medallists as well as photos and videos of medal-winning moments.
Feb 5, 2018 · With the next edition of the games getting ready to start, it's a perfect time to look back 20 years to the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Hockey had a big Olympics that year.
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Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway (pictured here in 2011) won four medals in cross-country skiing in Nagano. The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event held in Nagano, Japan, from 7 to 22 February 1998. [1] A total of 2,176 athletes representing 72 National Olympic Committees (NOCs ...
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1988 Summer Olympics medal table. This is the full table of the medal table of the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul . These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given ...
