1988 Summer Olympics

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Summer Olympic Games multi-sport event

The 1988 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in Seoul that marked South Korea’s emergence on the global stage and featured the last Games in which both the Soviet Union and East Germany competed.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
1988 Summer Olympics canonical 38
1988 Summer Olympics football tournament 4
1988 Summer Olympics opening ceremony 3

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Summer Olympic Games ⓘ
multi-sport event ⓘ
biddingCity Nagoya ⓘ
Seoul ⓘ
boycottingNation Cuba ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Nicaragua ⓘ
North Korea ⓘ
cauldronLighter Chung Sun-man ⓘ
Chung Sun-man ⓘ
surface form: Kim Won-tak

Son Mi-jong ⓘ
closingCeremonyVenue Seoul Olympic Stadium ⓘ
closingDate 1988-10-02 ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country South Korea ⓘ
currencyOfHostCountry South Korean won ⓘ
dateAwarded 1981-09-30 ⓘ
estimatedGlobalTVAudience billions ⓘ
featuredSport archery ⓘ
athletics ⓘ
basketball ⓘ
boxing ⓘ
field hockey ⓘ
football ⓘ
gymnastics ⓘ
judo ⓘ
swimming ⓘ
taekwondo ⓘ
finalTorchBearer Son Mi-jong ⓘ
followedBy 1992 Summer Olympics ⓘ
governingBody International Olympic Committee ⓘ
hostCity Seoul ⓘ
hostCitySelectionMethod IOC members vote ⓘ
hostNation South Korea ⓘ
hostNationGoldMedals 12 ⓘ
hostNationRankInMedalTable 4 ⓘ
hostNationTotalMedals 33 ⓘ
IOCSessionThatAwardedGames International Olympic Committee Session ⓘ
surface form: 84th IOC Session
mainStadium Seoul Olympic Stadium ⓘ
mascot Hodori ⓘ
motto Harmony and Progress ⓘ
notableDopingCase Ben Johnson 100 metres disqualification ⓘ
notableFor South Korea’s emergence on the global stage ⓘ
last Summer Olympics in which East Germany competed ⓘ
last Summer Olympics in which the Soviet Union competed ⓘ
numberOfAthletes 8391 ⓘ
numberOfEvents 237 ⓘ
numberOfFemaleAthletes 2114 ⓘ
numberOfMaleAthletes 6277 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations 159 ⓘ
numberOfSports 23 ⓘ
oathByAthletes Son Mi-na ⓘ
oathByJudges Lee Hak-rae ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Korean ⓘ
officialName Games of the XXIV Olympiad ⓘ
openingCeremonyVenue Seoul Olympic Stadium ⓘ
openingDate 1988-09-17 ⓘ
organisingCommittee Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee ⓘ
precededBy 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
secondRankedNationInMedalTable East Germany ⓘ
taekwondoStatus demonstration sport ⓘ
televisionRightsHolderUS NBC ⓘ
tennisStatus reintroduced as a full medal sport ⓘ
thirdRankedNationInMedalTable United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
timePeriod 1988 ⓘ
topRankedNationInMedalTable Soviet Union ⓘ
torchLighter Chung Sun-man ⓘ
Chung Sun-man ⓘ
surface form: Kim Won-tak

Son Mi-jong ⓘ

Referenced by (50)

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South Korea → hostedEvent → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
1984 Summer Olympics → followedBy → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
1992 Summer Olympics → precededBy → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Carl Lewis → OlympicGamesParticipatedIn → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Edwin Moses → competedIn → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Kristin Otto → participatedIn → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Infanta Cristina of Spain → participantIn → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1988 Summer Olympics torch relay
Peter Vermes → participantIn → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1988 Summer Olympics football tournament
Vlade Divac → competedIn → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
1986 Asian Games → cityPreparedFor → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Teresa Weatherspoon → participantIn → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Dražen Petrović → participatedIn → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Harmony and Progress → associatedWith → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Harmony and Progress → officialMottoOf → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Ben Johnson 100 metres disqualification → tookPlaceAt → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
XXIII Olympic Winter Games → previousOlympicGamesInCountry → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Seoul Olympic Stadium → designedFor → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Games of the XXIV Olympiad → commonName → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee → organizedEvent → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee → organizedEvent → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1988 Seoul Olympic Games
Sir Steve Redgrave → competedIn → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Steve Redgrave
Sir Steve Redgrave → wonOlympicGoldIn → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Steve Redgrave
Sir Steve Redgrave → wonOlympicBronzeIn → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Steve Redgrave
Son Mi-jong → participatedIn → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1988 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
Son Mi-na → participatedIn → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Son Mi-na → gaveOathAt → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1988 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
Son Mi-na → medalistAt → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Son Mi-na → partOf → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1988 Seoul Summer Games
Lee Hak-rae → participatedIn → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Lee Hak-rae → gaveOathAtEvent → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1988 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
Hodori → sportingEvent → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Hodori → category → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Florence “Flo-Jo” Griffith-Joyner → competedIn → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Florence Griffith-Joyner
Sergei Bubka → OlympicGames → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Olympic Games baseball tournament → firstHeldAsDemonstrationSport → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Tab Ramos → participatedIn → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1988 Summer Olympics football tournament
Frederick Carlton Lewis → participatedIn → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Anne Donovan → participatedIn → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Lourdes Gourriel → participatedIn → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1988 Summer Olympics baseball tournament
Romário → participantIn → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1988 Summer Olympics football tournament
Riddick Bowe → competedIn → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Lennox Lewis → competedInEvent → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Czechoslovakia national athletics team → representedAtEvent → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Soviet Union men’s national gymnastics team → lastOlympicGames → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
One Moment in Time → associatedWithEvent → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Ray Mercer → participatedIn → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Ray Mercer → medalistAt → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
1988 Summer Olympics women’s basketball tournament → partOf → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Vermes → participantIn → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Peter Vermes
this entity surface form: 1988 Summer Olympics football tournament
Pam Shriver → olympicGames → 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ