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The Seoul 1988 Olympics

The Seoul 1988 Olympics
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The Seoul 1988 Olympics

Mens Athletics Event: 100m Winner: Carl Lewis Country: USA Event: 200m Winner: Joe DeLoach Country: USA Event: 400m Winner: Steven Lewis Country: USA Event: 1.500m Winner: Peter Rono Country: KEN Event: 5.000m Winner: John Ngugi Country: KEN Event: 10.000m Winner: M. Brahim Boutaieb Country: MOR Event: 3.000m Steeplechase Winner: Julius Kariuki Country: KEN Event: 110m Hurdles Winner: Roger Kingdom Country: USA Event: 400m Hurdles Winner: Andre Phillips Country: USA Event: High Jump Winner: Guennadi Adveinko Country: URS Event: Long Jump Winner: Carl Lewis Country: USA Event: Pole Vault Winner: Serguei Bubka Country: URS Event: Triple Jump Winner: Christo Markov Country: BUL Event: Shotput Winner: Ulf Timmermann Country: GDR Event: Discus Winner: Jurgen Schult Country: GDR Event: Hammer Winner: Serguei Litvinov Country: URS Event: Javelin Winner: Tapio Korjus Country: FIN Event: Marathon Winner: Gelindo Bordin Country: ITA Event: Decathlon Winner: Christian Schenk Country: GDR Event: 4x100m Relay Winner: URS Event: 4x400m Relay Winner: USA Event: 20km Walk Winner: Jozef Pribilinec Country: TCH Event: 50km Walk Winner: Vlasheslav Ivaneko Country: URS Womens Athletics Event: 100m Winner: Florence Griffth-Joyner Country: USA Event: 200m Winner: Florence Griffth-Joyner Country: USA Event: 400m Winner: Olga Brysguina Country: URS Event: 800m Winner: Sigrun Wodars Country: GDR Event: 1.500m Winner: Paul Ivan Country: ROM Event: 3.000m Winner: Tatiana Samoilenko Country: URS Event: 100m Hurdles Winner: Jordanka Donkova Country: BUL Event: 10,000m Winner: Olga Bondarenko Country: URS Event: 400m Hurdles Winner: Debbie Flintoff-King Country: AUS Event: High Jump Winner: Louise Ritter Country: USA Event: Long Jump Winner: Jackie Joyner-Kersee Country: USA Event: Shotput Winner: Natalia Lissovskaia Country: USA Event: Discus Winner: Martina Hellman Country: GDR Event: Javelin Winner: Petra Felke Country: GDR Event: 4x100m Relay Winner: USA Event: 4x400m Relay Winner: URS Event: Marathon Winner: Rosa Mota Country: POR Event: Heptathlon Winner: Jackie Joyner-Kersee Country: USA Mens Rowing Event: Sculls Winner: Thomas Lange Country: GDR Event: Coxed Pairs Winner: G. Abbagnale, C. Abbagnale Country: ITA Event: Double Sculls Winner: R. Florijn, N. Rienks Country: HOL Event: Coxless Pairs Winner: A. Holmes, S. Redgrave Country: GBR Event: Coxless Fours Winner: GDR Event: Quadruple Sculls (Coxed) Winner: ITA Event: Quadruple Sculls ( Coxless) Winner: GDR Event: Eights Winner: GDR Womens Rowing Event: Sculls Winner: Jutta Behrendt Country: GDR Event: Coxless Pairs Winner: O. Homeghi, R. Arba Country: ROM Event: Double Sculls Winner: M. Schroeter, B. Peter Country: GDR Event: Coxed Fours Winner: GDR Event: Quadruple Sculls (Coxless) Winner: GDR Event: Eights Winner: GDR Men Basketball Winner: Soviet Union Women Basketball Winner: USA Boxing Event: 48kg Winner: Ivailo Hristov Country: BUL Event: 51kg Winner: Kwang-Sun Kim Country: KOR Event: 54kg Winner: Kennedy McKinney Country: USA Event: 57kg Winner: Giovanni Parisi Country: ITA Event: 60kg Winner: Andres Zuelow Country: GDR Event: 63.5kg Winner: Viatcheslav Janovski Country: URS Event: 67kg Winner: Robert Wangila Country: KEN Event: 71kg Winner: Park Si- Hun Country: KOR Event: 75kg Winner: Henry Make Country: GDR Event: 81kg Winner: Andrew Maynard Country: USA Event: 91kg Winner: Ray Mercer Country: USA Event: More than 95kg Winner: Lennox Lewis Country: CAN Mens Canoeing Event: Canadian-1 500m Winner: Olaf Heukrodt Country: GDR Event: Canadian-2 500m Winner: V. Reineski, N. Jouravski Country: URS Event: Canadian-1 (1.000m) Winner: Ivan Klementiev Country: URS Event: Canadian-2 (1.00 0m) Winner: V. Reineski, N. Jouravski Country: URS Event: Kayak-1 (500m) Winner: Zsolt Gyulay Country: HUN Event: Kayak-2 (500m) Winner: I. Ferguson, P. McDonald Country: NZL Event: Kayak-1 (1.000m) Winner: Greg Barton Country: USA Event: Kayak-2 (1.000m) Winner: G. Barton, N. Bellingham Country: USA Event: Kayak-4 (1.000) Winner: HUN Womens Canoeing Event: Kayak-1 (500 m) Winner: Vania Guecheva Country: BUL Event: Kayak-2 (500 m) Winner: B. Schmidt, A. Nothnagel Country: GDR Event: Kayak-4 (500 m) Winner: GDR Mens Cycling Event: 100km Team Time Trial Winner: GDR Event: Team Pursuit Winner: URS Event: Sprint Winner: Lutz Hesslich Country: GDR Event: 1.00m Winner: Alexandre Kiritchenko Country: GDR Event: Individual Pursuit Winner: Giantauras Umaras Country: URS Event: 30km Points race Winner: Dean Frost Country: DEN Event: Individual Road Race Winner: Olaf Ludwig Country: GDR Womens Cycling Event: Sprint Winner: Erika Salumiae Country: URS Event: Individual Road Race Winner: Monique Knol Country: HOL Equestrian Sports Event: Grand Prix Jumping Individual Winner: Pierre Durand Country: FRA Event: Grand Prix Jumping Team Winner: FRG Event: Individual Dressage Winner: Nicole Uphoff Country: FRG Event: Team Dressage Winner: FRG Event: Three-day event Winner: Mark Todd Country: NZL Event: Three-day event (Team) Winner: FRG Mens Fencing Event: Foil Individual Winner: Sefano Cerioni Country: ITA Event: Sabre Individual Winner: Jean-Francois Lamour Country: FRA Event: Epee Individual Winner: Arnd Schmitt Country: FRG Event: Foil Team Winner: URS Event: Sabre Team Winner: HUN Event: Epee Team Winner: FRA Womens Fencing Event: Foil Individual Winner: Anja Fichtel Event: Foil Team Winner: FRA Soccer Winner: Soviet Union Mens Gymnastics Event: All-round Individual Competition Winner: Vladimir Artemov Country: URS Event: All-around Team Competition Winner: URS Event: Horizontal Bar Winner: Valeri Lioukine, Vladimir Artemov Country: URS Event: Horse Winner: Dimitri Bilozertchev, Zsolt Borkai, Lubomir Gueraskov Country: URS Event: Rings Winner: Dimitri Bilozertchev Country: URS Event: Vault Winner: Lou Yun Country: CHN Event: Parallel Bars Winner: Vladimir Artemov Country: URS Event: Floor Exercise Winner: Sergei Kharkov Country: URS Womens Gymnastics Event: Beam Winner: Daniela Silvas Country: ROM Event: All-around Individual Competition Winner: Elena Chouchounova Country: URS Event: All-around Team Competition Winner: URS Event: Vault Winner: Elena Boguinskaia Country: URS Event: Floor Exercise Winner: Daniela Silivas Country: ROM Event: Asymmetric Bars Winner: Daniela Silivas Country: ROM Event: Apparatus Winner: Lobatch Country: URS Event: Rhythmic Competition Winner: Lobatch Country: URS Weightlifting Event: 52kg Winner: Sevdalin Marinov Country: BUL Event: 56kg Winner: Oksen Mirzoian Country: URS Event: 60kg Winner: Naim Suleymanoglou Country: TUR Event: 67.5kg Winner: Jochim Kunz Country: GDR Event: 75kg Winner: Borislav Guidikov Country: BUL Event: 82.5kg Winner: Israil Arsamkov Country: URS Event: 90kg Winner: Anatoli Khrapatyi Country: URS Event: 100kg Winner: Pavel Kouznetsov Country: URS Event: 110kg Winner: Youri Zakharevitch Country: URS Event: More than 110kg Winner: Alexandre Kourlovitch Country: URS Mens Handball Winner: Soviet Union Womens Handball Winner: South Korea Men Hockey Winner: Great Britain Women Hockey Winner: Australia Judo Event: 60kg Winner: Kim Jae-Yup Country: KOR Event: 65kg Winner: Lee Kyung-Keum Country: KOR Event: 71kg Winner: Marc Alexndre Country: FRA Event: 78kg Winner: Waldemar Legien Country: POL Event: 86kg Winner: Peter Seisenbacher Country: AUT Event: 95kg Winner: Aurelio Miguel Country: BRA Event: Over 95kg Winner: Hitoshi Saito Country: JPN Greco Roman Wrestling Event: 48kg Winner: Vincenzo Maenza Country: ITA Event: 52kg Winner: Jon Ronningen Country: NOR Event: 57kg Winner: Andras Sike Country: HUN Event: 62kg Winner: Kamandar Madjidov Country: URS Event: 68kg Winner: Levon Djoufalakian Country: URS Event: 74kg Winner: Kim Young-nam Country: KOR Event: 82kg Winner: Mikhail Mamiachvili Country: URS Event: 90kg Winner: Atanas Komchev Country: BUL Event: 100kg Winner: Andrezji Wronski Country: POL Event: 130kg Winner: Alexandre Kareline Country: URS All-In Wrestling Event: 48kg Winner: Takashi Kobayashi Country: JPN Event: 52kg Winner: Mitsuru Sato Country: JPN Event: 57kg Winner: Sergei Beloglazov Country: URS Event: 62kg Winner: John Smith Country: USA Event: 68kg Winner: Arsen Fadzaev Country: URS Event: 74kg Winner: Kenneth Monday Country: USA Event: 82kg Winner: Han Myung-woo Country: KOR Event: 90kg Winner: Makharbek Khardartsev Country: URS Event: 100kg Winner: Vasile Puscasu Country: ROM Event: 130kg Winner: David Gobedjichvili Country: URS Mens Swimming Event: 50m Freestyle Winner: Matt Biondi Country: USA Event: 100m- Freestyle Winner: Matt Biondi Country: USA Event: 200m Freestyle Winner: Duncan Armstrong Country: AUS Event: 400m Freestyle Winner: Uwe Dassler Country: GDR Event: 1500m Freestyle Winner: Vladimir Salnikov Country: URS Event: 100m Backstroke Winner: Daichi Suzuki Country: JAP Event: 200m Backstroke Winner: Igor Polianski Country: URS Event: 100m Butterfly Winner: Anthony Nesty Country: SUR Event: 200m Butterfly Winner: Michael Gross Country: FRG Event: 100m Breaststroke Winner: Adrian Moorhouse Country: GBR Event: 200m Breaststroke Winner: Josef Szabo Country: HUN Event: 200m Individual Medley Winner: Tamas Darnyi Country: HUN Event: 4x100m Medley Relay Winner: USA Event: 4x200m Medely Relay Winner: USA Event: 4x100m Freestyle Medley Winner: USA Water Polo Winner: Yugoslavia Women Swimming Event: 50m Freestyle Winner: Kristin Otto Country: GDR Event: 100m Freestyle Winner: Kristin Otto Country: GDR Event: 200m Freestyle Winner: Heike Friedrich Country: GDR Event: 400m Freestyle Winner: Janet Evans Country: USA Event: 800m Freestyle Winner: Janet Evans Country: USA Event: 100m Backstroke Winner: Kristin Otto Country: GDR Event: 200m Backstroke Winner: Krisztina Egerszegi Country: HUN Event: 100m Butterfly Winner: Kristina Otto Country: GDR Event: 200m Butterfly Winner: Katleen Nord Country: GDR Event: 100m Breaststroke Winner: Tania Dangalakova Country: BUL Event: 200m Breaststroke Winner: Silke Hoerner Country: GDR Event: 200m Individual Medley Winner: Daniela Hunger Country: GDR Event: 400m Individual Medley Winner: Janet Evans Country: USA Event: 4x100m Medley Relay Winner: GDR Event: 4x100m Individual Medley Winner: GDR Event: Synchronized Swimming Individual Winner: Carolyn Waldo Country: CAN Event: Synchronized Swimming Duet Winner: Canada Mens Diving Event: Springboard Diving Winner: Greg Louganis Country: USA Event: High Diving Winner: Greg Louganis Country: USA Womens Diving Event: Springboard Diving Winner: Galo Min Country: CHN Event: High Diving Winner: Xu Yannei Country: CHN Modern Pentathlon Event: Individual Winner: Janos Martinek Country: HUN Event: Team Winner: Hungary Tennis Event: MenÕs Singles Winner: Miloslav Mecir Country: TCH Event: MenÕs Doubles Winner: Ken Flach, Robert Seguso Country: USA Event: WomenÕs Singles Winner: Steffi Graf Country: FRG Event: WomenÕs Doubles Winner: Pam Shriver, Zina Garrison Country: USA Table Tennis Event: MenÕs Singles Winner: Yoo Nam-Kyu Country: KOR Event: MenÕs Doubles Winner: Chen Long CAn, Wei, Quingguang Country: CHN Event: WomenÕs Singles Winner: Chen Jing Country: CHN Event: WomenÕs Doubles Winner: Hyun Jung Hwa, yang Young-ja Country: KOR Mens Shooting Event: Free Pistol Winner: Sorin Babii Country: ROU Event: Rapid-Fire Pistol Winner: Miroslav Varga Country: TCH Event: Airgun Winner: Taniou Kirakov Country: BUL Event: Small-Bore Rifle, Prone Winner: Miroslav Varga Country: TCH Event: Airgun, 10m Winner: Goran Maksimovic Country: YUG Event: Small-Bore Rifle, 3 Positions Winner: Malcolm Cooper Country: GBR Event: Moving Target Winner: Tor Heiestad Country: NOR Event: Trap Shooting Winner: Dimitri Monakov Country: URS Event: Skeet Winner: Axel Wegner Country: GDR Womens Shooting Event: Airgun,10m Winner: Jasna Sekarik Country: YUG Event: Sport Pistol Winner: Nino Saloukvadze Country: URS Event: Small-Bore Rifle, 3 postitons Winner: Silvia Sperber Country: FRG Event: Airgun Winner: Irina Chilova Country: URS Mens Archery Event: Individual Winner: Jay Barrs Country: USA Event: Team Winner: South Korea Womens Archery Event: Individual Winner: Kim Soo-Nyung Country: KOR Event: Team Winner: South Korea Mens Yachting Event: Finn Class Winner: Jose Luis Doreste Country: ESP Event: 470 Class Winner: Thierry Peponnet-Luc Pillot Country: FRA Event: Flying Dutchman Class Winner: DEN Event: Soling Class Winner: GDR Event: Tornado Class Winner: FRA Event: Star Class Winner: GBR Event: Windsurfing Winner: Bruce Kendall Country: NZL Womens Yachting Event: 470 Class Winner: USA Men Volleyball Winner: USA Women Volleyball Winner: Soviet Union

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