1988 Winter Olympics
The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games, were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and opened by Governor General Jeanne Sauvé. The Olympics were highly successful financially as they brought in million-dollar profits. The games left a lasting impression on the host city and gave it a new identity from a cowtown to a large commercial sector of the country.
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| Host city | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | ||
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| Motto | Coming Together in Calgary (French: Se réunir à Calgary) | ||
| Nations | 57 | ||
| Athletes | 1,423 (1,122 men, 301 women) | ||
| Events | 46 in 6 sports (10 disciplines) | ||
| Opening | February 13 | ||
| Closing | February 28 | ||
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| Stadium | McMahon Stadium | ||
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1988 was also the last year that the Paralympic Games and the Winter Olympics were held in separate cities. All Games after the 1988 Winter Olympics have been hosted by the same city or a city nearby.
The Canadian team did not win a gold medal during the 1988 Winter Olympics, similar to how the Canadian team did not win one during the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. At the time, Canada and Yugoslavia were the only countries that had not won a gold medal when their country hosted the Olympics. (However, Canada would later win a gold medal when the 2010 Winter Olympics were hosted in Vancouver.)
History
Background
Calgary first tried for the Olympics in 1964, and again in 1968.
1988 Winter Olympics Media
The IIHF called the Olympic Saddledome "the finest international rink in the world". It is also the largest hockey arena ever used at the Olympics with a capacity of 20,016 in 1988.
Countries which participated in the 1988 Winter Olympics, derived from this map. * Blue = Participating for the first time * Green = Have previously participated. * Black circle is host city (Calgary).
Small, easyfied version of Olympic Rings black.svg without gaps fo better use downscaled as icon.
1988 Winter Olympics torch at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.
Katarina Witt won gold in women's figure skating
The Netherlands' Yvonne van Gennip (left) won three gold medals in Calgary
A set of medals from the Games on display at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary.
Postage stamp depicting Matti Nykänen at the Calgary Winter Olympic Games
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Other websites
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| Summer Games: 1896, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1912, (1916), 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 | ||
| Winter Games: 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 | ||
| Athens 2004 — Turin 2006 — Beijing 2008 — Vancouver 2010 — London 2012 — Sochi 2014 — Rio 2016 — Pyeongchang 2018 — Tokyo 2020 Games in italics will be held in the future, and those in (brackets) were cancelled because of war. See also: Ancient Olympic Games | ||
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| Summer Games: 2010, 2014, 2018 | ||
| Winter Games: 2012, 2016 | ||
| Singapore 2010 — Innsbruck 2012 — Nanjing 2014 | ||
