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{{1988 Summer Olympics}}
The '''1988 Summer Olympics''' ({{Korean|hangul=1988년 하계 올림픽}}, officially the '''Games of the XXIV Olympiad''' ({{Korean|hangul=제24회 올림픽경기대회|labels=no}}) and officially branded as '''Seoul 1988''' ({{Korean|hangul=서울 1988|labels=no}})) was an international [[multi-sport event]] held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in [[Seoul]], South Korea. 159 nations were represented at the games by a total of 8,391 athletes (6,197 men and 2,194 women). 237 events were held and 27,221 volunteers helped to prepare the Olympics.
The 1988 Seoul Olympics were the second summer [[Olympic Games]] held in Asia, after [[1964 Summer Olympics|Tokyo 1964]], and the first held in South Korea.<ref name="upi">{{cite web|title=Seoul surprises Nagoya for Olympic bid|date=30 September 1981|publisher=UPI|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/09/30/Seoul-surprises-Nagoya-for-Olympic-bid/5566370670400/}}</ref> As the host country, South Korea ranked fourth overall, winning 12 gold medals and 33 medals in the competition. 11,331 media (4,978 [[print media|written press]] and 6,353 [[broadcast media|broadcasters]]) showed the Games all over the world.<ref name="SEOUL 1988 Games of the XXIV Olympiad"/> These were the last Olympic Games of the [[Cold War]], as well as for the [[Soviet Union at the Olympics|Soviet Union]] and [[East Germany at the Olympics|East Germany]], as both ceased to exist before the next Olympic Games in [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992]]. The Soviet Union dominated the medal count, winning 55 gold and 132 total medals. The results that got closest to that medal haul in the years since are [[China at the 2008 Summer Olympics|China]]'s and the [[United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics|USA]]'s 48 gold medals in [[2008 Summer Olympics medal table|2008]] and [[2012 Summer Olympics medal table|2012]], respectively, and the [[United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics|USA]]'s 121 total medals in [[2016 Summer Olympics medal table|2016]].
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