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Calgary 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 atleast one color of the participating country’s national flag.

Calgary 1988 Opening ceremony on 13 February 1988 and Closing date 28 February 1988. The 1988 Winter Olympics, held in Calgary 1988 were included 57 Nations, 1,423 athletes, 301 women, 1,122 men, and 46 events 9,498 volunteers, 6,838 media with 2,477 written press, 4,361 broadcasters and arranged in the Country of the host city Canada for 1988. Candidate cities were Falun and Cortina d'Ampezzo. In these Olympic sports contains Bobsleigh, Ice Hockey, Skating, Skiing, Biathlon, and Luge.

Calgary 1988 official opening of the Games by: Her Excellency, the Right Honorable Jeanne Sauve, Governor General of Canada, declares the XV Olympic Winter Games open. Lighting the Olympic Flame by: Robyn Perry, a schoolgirl, Olympic Oath by: Pierre Harvey, and official Oath by Suzanna Morrow Francis.

For the first time, the Winter Olympics were extended to 16 days, including three weekends. The Alpine events were expanded from three to five with the inclusion of the super giant slalom and the Alpine combined. Team events were added in Nordic combined and ski jumping. Jumper Matti Nykänen took advantage of this new programme to win three gold medals. The speed skating races were held indoors. Yvonne van Gennip surprised the favourites with three victories.

Christa Rothenburger won the 1,000m. Seven months later she earned a silver medal in cycling to become the only athlete ever to win medals in the Winter and Summer Olympics in the same year. Figure skater Katarina Witt defended her Olympic title, while on the men's side Brian Boitano edged Brian Orser in an extremely close decision. Charismatic skier Alberto Tomba made his first Olympic appearance, winning both the giant slalom and the slalom. In that Calgary 1988 year USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics achieved good position with hard working. They got 11, 9, 9 medals respectively Gold, Silver, Bronze in that specific year.

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