Seoul 1988 - Olympic Games Winners

GAMES OF THE 24TH OLYMPIAD

Start:

17 Sep 1988

End:

02 Oct 1988

Countries:

159

Athletes:

8391

Sports:

Events:

237

City:

Seoul, Korea (Busan - Sailing)

SEOUL 1988 - Bid History

In September 1981, at the 84th IOC Session in Baden-Baden, two candidate cities - Seoul, Korea and Nagoya, Japan were applied to host the Olympic Games in 1988.
Korea had no diplomatic relations with Communist-bloc countries, and it was not clear whether the USSR, DPRK, and other communist countries would participate in the Seoul Olympic Games.
Despite all, Seoul, Korea won by a large margin: 52 votes for Seoul, 27 for Nagoya.

Games of the 24th Olympiad, 1988 - Interesting Facts

President Roh Tae-woo officially opened the Games of the 24th Olympiad at the new 100,000-seat Olympic stadium.
North Korea boycotted the Games because the IOC refused its demand to co-host. Cuba and Ethiopia stayed home in support of North Korea.
The doping disqualification of a sprinter from Canada, Ben JOHNSON, after his victory in the 100m sprint in the world record time of 9.79.
New rules allowed professional athletes to compete in individual sports, and leaders of world tennis could participate in the Games. Steffi GRAF of FRG added the gold medal to her tennis Grand Slam title in 1988.
Female swimmer from GDR Kristin OTTO won six gold medals.
American swimmer Matthew BIONDI won five gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal.
Soviet gymnast Vladimir ARTEMOV won four gold and 1 silver medal. His teammate, Dmitri BILOZERCHEV, won three gold and one bronze medal.
Romanian female gymnast Daniela SILIVAS won three gold, 2 silver and one bronze medal.
American female athlete Florence GRIFFITH-JOYNER, also known as Flo-Jo, won all three sprint distances in Athletics. Her world record in the 200m (21,34) from Seoul is still unbroken.
American female swimmer Janet EVANS won three gold medals.
Christa LUDING-ROTHENBURGER from GDR, who earlier in February 1988 won a speed skating gold medal at the Calgary Winter Olympic Games, became the first athlete to win Summer and Winter Olympic medals in the same year when she won silver in the track cycling sprint.