Olympic Games (Seoul 1988)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Olympic_Games_(Seoul_1988)
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Olympic_Games
gptkbp:boycottedBy gptkb:Cuba
gptkb:Ethiopia
gptkb:Nicaragua
gptkb:North_Korea
gptkbp:broadcastOn gptkb:BBC
gptkb:NBC
gptkb:KBS
gptkbp:closed 1988-10-02
gptkbp:firstTimeParticipating Table tennis
Tennis (returned after 64 years)
gptkbp:followedBy Olympic Games (Barcelona 1992)
gptkbp:hostCity gptkb:Seoul
gptkbp:hostCountry gptkb:South_Korea
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Olympic Games (Seoul 1988)
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code gptkb:KOR
gptkbp:mainVenue gptkb:Seoul_Olympic_Stadium
gptkbp:mascot gptkb:Hodori
gptkbp:medalTableTopCountry gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:memberState 159
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Harmony_and_Progress
gptkbp:notableAthlete gptkb:Florence_Griffith-Joyner
gptkb:Ben_Johnson
gptkb:Steffi_Graf
gptkb:Greg_Louganis
gptkb:Matt_Biondi
gptkbp:notableEvent Ben Johnson disqualified for doping
gptkbp:notableFor First Olympics with all five continents represented
First Olympics in South Korea
Last Olympics for Soviet Union and East Germany
No major Western or Eastern bloc boycott
gptkbp:numberOfAthletes 8391
gptkbp:numberOfEvents 237
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Korean
English
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Games_of_the_XXIV_Olympiad
gptkbp:opened gptkb:Roh_Tae-woo
1988-09-17
gptkbp:paralympicsClosingDate 1988-10-24
gptkbp:paralympicsHeld Yes
gptkbp:paralympicsHostCity gptkb:Seoul
gptkbp:paralympicsOpeningDate 1988-10-15
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Olympic_Games_(Los_Angeles_1984)
gptkbp:runnerUp gptkb:East_Germany
gptkbp:sport 23
gptkbp:thirdPlace gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:torchLighter gptkb:Sohn_Kee-chung
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Olympic_Games_(Los_Angeles_1984)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7