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Seoul 1988
The Olympic Games, or Olympics, are an international multi-sport event taking place every four years which comprises of summer and winter games. Though the first ancient games were held in 776 B.C, the modern games started from 1896.The unity of the 5 continents is shown on the Olympic flag by five colorful intertwined rings of red, blue, green, yellow, and black, created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin to represent at least one color of the participating country’s national flag. Seoul 1988 is also one of that Olympic. It is summer Olympic XXIV game.
The 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were held in 1988 in Korea. Seoul 1988 Olympics included 159 Nations, 8,391 athletes including 2,194 women and 6,197 men, 237 events, 27,221 volunteers and 11,331 media persons. This Olympic game started on 17 September 1988 with Korea as the host country.
These Seoul 1988 Olympics included 25 sports consist in aquatics archery, athletics, basketball, boxing, canoe or kayak, cycling, equestrian, fencing, football, gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, shooting, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, weightlifting and wrestling.
Although the drug disqualification of sprinter Ben Johnson was the biggest story of the 1988 Olympics, the Seoul Games were highlighted by numerous exceptional performances. Christa Luding-Rothenburger, who was also a speed skater, earned a silver medal in cycling to become the only person in history to win Winter and Summer medals in the same year. Steffi Graf concluded her Grand Slam tennis season by winning Olympic gold. Greg Louganis repeated victories in both diving events. Florence Griffith-Joyner dominated the sprints. For the first time, all the medalists in dressage were women. Christa Luding-Rothenburger made Olympic history by winning a silver medal in cycling.
The closing ceremony was on 02 October 1988 with USSR being in the leading position with 55 Gold, 31 Silver and 46 Bronze for the specific year. During this Olympic a huge amount of clean play and sheer determination amongst all the athletes were exhibited.
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