[67] The city also made an effort to bid for the 2010 Games on Canada's behalf, losing to Vancouver. While western European nations paid US$5.7 million combined.
[64] They helped the city grow from a regional oil and gas centre best known for the Calgary Stampede to a destination for international political, economic and sporting events. [74] In 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Team Canada earned its highest count of medals in the Winter Olympics with a total of 29 medals.
[7] It was the first Winter Olympics awarded to Canada, and the second games overall, following the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Hur Jae (basketball), Son Mi-na (handball). [71]) The surplus was turned into endowment funds split between Canada Olympic Park ($110 million) and CODA, which was reformed following the Games to manage the Olympic facilities with a trust fund that had subsequently grown to be worth over $200 million by 2013. Ben Johnson (CAN) set a world record in the 100m dash, but tested positive for steroids. [16], The Calgary Winter Olympics were the first winter games to earn a significant television revenue base; where the 1980 Lake Placid Games generated only US$20.7 million worldwide, OCO'88 generated $324.9 million in broadcast rights. Par ailleurs, le tennis de table est disputé pour la première fois aux jeux.
This made him the first ski jumper to win two gold medals at the same Games. [1] It secured C$270 million in funding from the federal and provincial governments while civic leaders, including Mayor Ralph Klein, crisscrossed the world attempting to woo International Olympic Committee (IOC) delegates. [42] Governor General Jeanne Sauvé opened the Games on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II as an estimated 1.5 billion people watched the ceremony. En effet, les colombes lâchées à Séoul se sont posées sur la vasque olympique et certaines ont été brulées au moment de l'allumage de la flamme olympique car les athlètes, légèrement en contrebas, ne les ont pas vues. Fait rare, elle s'impose sur trois techniques de nage différentes (le crawl, le dos et le papillon).
Most events took place in Calgary, while several skiing events were held west of the city at the Nakiska mountain resort and in Canmore.
Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display, 17 Sep 1988: Dancers form the Olympic rings in the center of the stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. It was published by OCO’88 as a bilingual French/English edition of over 700 pages. These names were chosen by a citizens' jury following a contest organised by Calgary Zoo that attracted almost 7,000 entries. The Olympic flame at the 1988 Games in Seoul.
[22] Few cities bid on the Winter Games due to challenges faced in generating revenue. Mais ce qu'ils ont trouvé dedans a été ajouté » [6]. As it had in Montreal in 1976, Canada again failed to win a gold medal in an official medal event as the host nation.
However, he was later disqualified after steroids were discovered in his system, and the gold medal was awarded to the runner-up, American Carl Lewis (third from left). [74] In 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Team Canada earned its highest count of medals in the Winter Olympics with a total of 29 medals. [51] Canada's top official performances came in figure skating where Brian Orser and Elizabeth Manley each won silver medals. Calgary organizers appreciated their fortunate timing in signing the deal.
Most events took place in Calgary, while several skiing events were held west of the city at the Nakiska mountain resort and in Canmore. Suleymanoglu lifts weights and hearts with extraordinary hat-trick, Lithuanian trio inspire Soviet basketball team to gold, Americans ease to victory again in 4x400m relay, Evans makes light of size fears to dominate in the pool, Seoul 1988 Diving men 10m platform Diving men 3m springboard Greg Louganis.
Promoted by the media as the "Battle of the Brians", the competition between Orser and American rival Brian Boitano was the marquee event of the Games.
In all, 10 athletes were banned from the Games for using performance-enhancing drugs. (Photo by: Bob Martin/Getty Images). [46] The Soviet Union won gold in hockey as Scandinavian neighbours Finland and Sweden took silver and bronze, respectively.
As it had in Montreal in 1976, Canada again failed to win a gold medal in an official medal event as the host nation. [26], Organizers attempted to respond to public concern by asking sponsors to consider reducing their orders and by paying $1.5 million to add 2,600 seats to the Saddledome.
[28], The city, which already had a strong volunteering tradition with the annual Calgary Stampede, also relied heavily on volunteers to run the Olympics. Comme aux jeux de 1972, les États-Unis perdent le titre olympique face à l'URSS. [48] The pair, along with Devon Harris and Chris Stokes, crashed in the four-man event, but were met with cheers from the crowd as they pushed their sled across the finish line. [22] (The claim of a surplus has frequently been challenged as OCO'88 counted only its own revenues and expenses and did not include government funded facilities in its accounting. 17 SEP 1988: A STUNT MAN WITH A PARACHUTE ATTEMPTS TO LAND IN THE OLYMPIC STADIUM DURING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 1988 SEOUL OLYMPICS. He had barely settled into his job when the Calgary press began criticizing the committee for excessive secrecy and for awarding Olympic contracts to the Calgary public relations firm of Francis Williams and Johnson, where Pratt had been a director, oco insisted there was no conflict of interest.