OLyMPIC GAMES IN SEouL 1988

Introduction:

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

In the Seoul Games, 160 nations were represented by a total of 8391 athletes: 6197 men and 2194 women. These were the last Olympic Games for the Soviet Union and East Germany, as both ceased to exist before the next Olympic Games.

A video of a presentation of the olympic games of Seoul:

1988 Summer Olympics boycott

In preparation for the 1988 Olympics, the International Olympic Committee worked to prevent another Olympic boycott by the Eastern Bloc as had happened at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The agreement of the Soviet Union brought a pledge of equal participation.

Another point of conflict was that North Korea demanded that eleven of the 23 Olympic sports be carried out on its territory, and also demanded special opening and closing ceremonies.

North Korea boycotted the Games after the failed negotiations and was supported by Cuba, Nicaragua and Ethiopia.

The countries participated in Seoul:Afghanistan (5)Algeria (46)American Samoa (6)Andorra (3)Angola (29)Antigua and Barbuda (16)Argentina (125)Aruba (8)Australia (295)Austria (88)Bahamas (17)Bahrain (11)Bangladesh (6)Barbados (17)Belgium (65)Belize (10)Benin (7)Bermuda (13)Bhutan (3)Bolivia (7)Botswana (8)Brazil (171)British Virgin Islands (3) Bulgaria (186)  

Burkina Faso (6)Burma (2)Cameroon (15)Canada (379)Cayman Islands (8)Central African Republic (16)Chad (6)Chile (18)China (293)Colombia (43)Congo (9)Cook Islands (6)Costa Rica (16)Côte d'Ivoire (32)Cyprus (9)Czechoslovakia (171)Denmark (92) Djibouti (7) Dominican Republic (16) Ecuador (26) Egypt (54) El Salvador (6) Equatorial Guinea (6) Fiji (24)

Gambia (7) East Germany (291) West Germany (404) Ghana (18) Great Britain (369) Greece (58) Grenada (6) Guam (20) Guatemala (30) Guinea (8) Guyana (8) Haiti (4) Honduras (7) Hong Kong (49) Hungary (203) Iceland (32) India (46) Indonesia (31) Iran (27) Iraq (31) Ireland (65) Israel (19) Italy (286) Jamaica (35)

Japan (289)Jordan (9)Kenya (76)South Korea (467, host nation)Kuwait (31) Laos (6)Lebanon (8)Lesotho (6)Liberia (8)Libya (6)Liechtenstein (12)Luxembourg (8)Malawi (17)Malaysia (13)Maldives (7)Mali (6)Malta (9)Mauritania (6)Mauritius (8)Mexico (91)Monaco (9)Mongolia (28)Morocco (27)Mozambique (6)Nepal (18)Netherlands (192)Netherlands Antilles (3)New Zealand (93)

Niger (8) Nigeria (76) Norway (79) Oman (13) Pakistan (31) Panama (6) Papua New Guinea (12) Paraguay (10) Peru (22) Philippines (33) Poland (152) Portugal (68) Puerto Rico (70) Qatar (12) Romania (64) Rwanda (6) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (7)Samoa (11) San Marino (11) Saudi Arabia (14) Senegal (22) Sierra Leone (15) Singapore (8) Solomon Islands (7) Somalia (7) Soviet Union (514) Spain (269) Sri Lanka (6)

Sudan (8) Suriname (6) Swaziland (11) Sweden (205) Switzerland (109) Syria (16) Chinese Taipei (90) Tanzania (10) Thailand (16) Togo (6) Tonga (6) Trinidad and Tobago (6) Tunisia (41) Turkey (50) Uganda (25) United Arab Emirates (12) United States (615) Uruguay (14) Vanuatu (6) Venezuela (18) Vietnam (10) Virgin Islands (26) North Yemen (11) South Yemen (8) Yugoslavia (157) Zaire (18) Zambia (31) Zimbabwe (31)

The sport of Seúl:

AthleticsBasketballHandballBoxingCyclingHorse ridingFencingFootballGymnasticsWeightliftingField hockeyJudo (M)

FightSwimmingSynchronized swimmingCanoeingModern pentathlonRemoJumpsTennisTable tennisShootingArcheryCandleVolleyballWater Polo

The torch and the mascot:

1467 relievers carried the Olympic torch in a 15250 km tour that began on August 23 in Olympia (Greece), and then, the torch went to Korea.

Hodori was the official mascot of the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea.

Kristin Otto is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals at a single Olympic Games, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic games. Otto was also the first woman to swim the short course 100 meter backstroke in under a minute.

Carl Lewis and nicknamed the "hijo del viento" is an American retired specialist in tests of speed and long jump. In the Olympic Games of Seoul 1988 added two gold medals, becoming the first athlete to win the long jump competition in two consecutive Olympic Games and he won a 100m.

The athletes important in Seoul:

The myth of Ben JohnsonBut the big news of the Games came out of the tracks, in the laboratory, when it emerged that one of the seven athletes disqualified for banned substance was the Canadian athlete Ben Johnson, who had drawn the attention of the world by winning the 100 meters with the new world record.

Another important athletes:

Sergei Bubka (pole vault) in the 1988 Seoul Games title and reached the Olympic record with a jump of 5 meters 90 centimeters.

Gelindo Bordin is an Italian athlete, winner of gold medal in the marathon at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Lennox Lewis won the Gold Medal in the 1988 Seoul Olympics in boxing.

Florence Griffith won 3 Golds medals in100m, 200m and 4x100m, and won a silver medal in 4x400m.

A gold medal of the Olympic Games of Seoul:

Medal count:

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