XXIV Olympiad Games: 1988 Seoul Quiz

Answer: Nagoya, Japan

The host city for the 1988 Summer Games were decided at the 84th IOC Session. IOC stands for International Olympic Committee. Seoul beat out Nagoya by twenty-five votes to host the games of the XXIV Olympiad. Also at the 84th IOC Session the 1988 Winter Games were decided, Calgary, Canada was the winning bid for the 1988 Winter games.

The 1988 Summer Games lasted from September 17 to October 2, 1988. A total of 8,391 athletes competed for 160 countries in 263 different events.

Answer: Florence Griffith-Joyner

Coming into the 1988 Summer Games the women's 100 meters record was 10.97 seconds, set by Evelyn Ashford at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles. Florence beat the record twice while competing in the 100 meters. The first time she beat the Olympic record her time was 10.88 seconds. and then final time she beat it she got a time of 10.62 sec. Before the 1988 Summer Games, Florence also set the World Record in the 100 meters, her time then was 10.49 sec. Florence did win gold in the women's 100 meters.

She also won the women's 200 meters and the women's 4 x 100 meter relay. Florence Griffith-Joyner competed for the United States.

Answer: He was the first African-American to win gold in an individual swimming event at the Olympics

While competing in the final for the men's 100m butterfly Anthony set an Olympic record for the event. The record, before Anthony broke it, was 53.08 seconds, held by Michael Gross. Anthony beat it by just .08 of a second, his time was 53 seconds flat.

This was the only medal that Anthony won at the 1988 Summer Games. This was also the first medal a Suriname competitor has ever won at the Olympics. Anthony competed for Suriname.

Answer: Table tennis

There were four events that dealt with Table tennis at the 1988 Seoul Games. South Korea and China swept the gold medals, with each country getting two gold medals. Yoo Nam-Kyu (South Korea) won the men's singles and Chen Jing (China) won the women's singles.

The Chinese team of Chen Longcan and Wei Qingguang won the men's doubles, and the South Korean team made up of Hyun Jung-Hwa and Yang Young-Ja won the women's doubles. China collected the most medals in table tennis, with a total of five medals.

Answer: She became the first woman to compete in seven Olympics

Kerstin competed in seven different Summer Olympics. Her best finish was in the 1968 Mexico City Games, where she finished fifth in women's individual foil. Kerstin competed for Sweden. There are two people tied with nine different Olympic appearances, and they are Hubert Raudaschl and Ian Millar.

Answer: West Germany

There were only two women's fencing events at the 1988 Seoul Games. The events were Individual Foil and Team Foil. Anja Fichtel-Mauritz won the gold medal in Individual Foil for West Germany team. Sabine Bau, Anja Fichtel-Mauritz, Zita Funkenhauser, Anette Klug, and Christiane Weber made up the West German fencing team that won women's Team Foil.

In the men's fencing events West Germany won two silver medals.

Answer: Yugoslavia

In 1988 there was only men's water polo, women's water polo was added in 2000. The United States faced off against Yugoslavia in the gold medal match. Yugoslavia edged out the United States in the end with a score of 9 to 7. In the bronze medal match the Soviet Union beat the East German team by one point, with the final score being 14-13. Yugoslavia wouldn't defend their gold medal in the 1992 Barcelona Games.

Answer: Carl Lewis

The world record for the Men's 100m, before the 1988 Seoul Games, was 9.83 sec. by Ben Johnson. In the final for the Men's 100m, Ben Johnson set a new world record of 9.79 seconds and won the coveted gold medal. However, two days later test results showed traces of steroids in his system. Ben was then stripped of his old and newly set world record times and his gold medal.

The second place finisher, Carl Lewis, was then awarded the gold medal. The world record and Olympic record was set at 9.92 seconds, Carl's time in the final. Carl competed for the United States.

Answer: Soviet Union

The Soviet Union was a total of seven medals at the 1988 Summer Games. The Soviet Union won four gold, one silver, and two bronze medals at the 1988 Seoul Games. In Women's Individual Road Race Laima Zilporite won bronze and in Women's Individual Sprint Erika Salumäe won gold.

The Soviet Union's Men 4000m Team Pursuit claimed gold, by beating out the East Germany team. In the Men's Time Trial Aleksandr Kirichenko won gold. Gintautas Umaras won gold in Men's Individual 4000m pursuit. Marat Ganeyev claimed bronze in the Men's Points Race and Nikolay Kovsh won silver in the Men's Individual Sprint.

Answer: No

American Samoa, Aruba, Cook Islands, Guam, Maldives, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South Yemen, and Vanuatu were eight of the nine countries. Brunei was the other country that participated for the first time in the Olympics. Brunei sent only one official, but not any athletes. Brunei participated in the Opening and Closing ceremonies. Out of the nine countries, Guam sent the most athletes, with 20.