1988 Summer Olympics

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Games of the XXIV Olympiad
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Nations participating	159
Athletes participating	8,465 (6,279 men, 2,186 women)
Events	263 in 27 sports
Opening ceremony	September 17, 1988
Closing ceremony	October 2, 1988
Officially opened by	Roh Taewoo
Athlete's Oath	Hur Jae
Judge's Oath	Lee Hakrae
Olympic Torch	Sohn Kee-chung, Chung Sunman, Kim Wontak and Sohn Mi-Chung
Stadium	Jamsil Olympic Stadium

The Games of the XXIV Olympiad were held in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. The host was chosen in the September 1981 vote, ahead of the Japanese city of Nagoya. South Korea's government became a democracy under the pressure of organizing the Olympics.

After boycotts of the Olympics in 1976, 1980 and 1984, the Seoul Games were again boycotted, leaded by North Korea and followed by Cuba, Ethiopia and Nicaragua these two last countries for economic problems to send their athletes to compite. The origin of this boycott was the refuse to share with Pyongyang the celebration of some sport event programmed.

1 Highlights
2 Medals awarded
3 Nations
4 Medal count
5 See also
6 External links

Highlights

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Canadian Ben Johnson wins the 100 m in a new World Record, but is then disqualified after he has been found guilty of doping.
Swimmer Kristin Otto of East Germany wins six gold medals. Other multi-medalists in the pool are Matt Biondi (five) and Janet Evans (3).
Anthony Nesty of Suriname wins his country's first Olympic medal by winning the 100 m butterfly, scoring an upset victory; he is also the first Black to win a swimming title.
Soviet Vladimir Artemov wins four gold medals in gymnastics, Daniela Silivas of Romania wins three.
US Sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner wins three gold medals and a silver on the track.
Christa Rothenburger 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 year in Calgary.
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.
Mark Todd wins his second consecutive individual gold medal on Charisma, only the second time in eventing history that a gold medal has been won consecutively.
Tennis returns to the Olympics after a 64-year absence. Steffi Graf adds to her four Grand Slam victories in the year by also winning the Olympic title.
Table tennis is introduced at the Olympics, with China and the host nation both winning two titles.
Two Bulgarian weightlifters are stripped of their gold medals after testing positive for doping. The Bulgarian weightlifting team withdraws after this event.
Baseball and Taekwondo are demo sports
Women's Judo
The last amateur US men's basketball team fails to win the gold, for only the third time in Olympic history.

Medals awarded

See the medal winners, ordered by sport:

Nations

Articles about Seoul Summer Olympics by nation:

Medal count

Top medal-collecting nations:
(for the full table, see 1988 Summer Olympics medal count)

(Host nation in bold.)

1988 Summer Olympics medal count					Image:Olympic-rings.png
Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png USSR	55	31	46	132
2	Image:East Germany flag.png East Germany	37	35	30	102
3	Image:Us flag large.png United States	36	31	27	94
4	Image:South korea flag large.png South Korea	12	10	11	33
5	Image:Germany flag large.png West Germany	11	14	15	40
6	Image:Hungary flag large.png Hungary	11	6	6	23
7	Image:Bulgaria flag large.png Bulgaria	10	12	13	35
8	Image:Steagul Republicii Socialiste Romania.png Romania	7	11	6	24
9	Image:France flag large.png France	6	4	6	16
10	Image:Flag of Italy.png Italy	6	4	4	14