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XV Olympic Winter Games

Nations participating

Athletes participating

1423 (1122 men, 301 women)

Events

46 in 6 sports

Opening ceremony

February 13, 1988

Closing ceremony

February 28, 1988

Officially opened by

Jeanne Sauvé

Athlete's Oath

Pierre Harvey

Official's Oath

Suzanna Morrow-Francis

Olympic Torch

Robyn Perry

The XV Olympic Winter Games were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Olympics were highly successful, financially, as they brought in million-dollar profits. The games have 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.

The 1988 Games were the last games where the Paralympics were not also held in the same city.

1 Highlights

Two competitors, Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards in ski jumping and the Jamaican bobsledding team, entered their respective competitions with little experience and less chance of winning any medals. However, the determination of these novices to compete in spite of being outmatched by their competitors won the affection of the spectators which overshadowed the actual winners. They were hailed as demonstrating the true Olympic spirit as playing for the simple thrill of competition. The story of the bobsledding team was made into a film called Cool Runnings.

For the first time in history the Winter Olympics were extended to 16 days, the speed skating events were held indoors on a covered rink, the alpine events took place on artificial snow, and warm Chinook winds not only threatened to cancel events, but sent a ski jumper flying into a camera tower.

1 Medals awarded

2 Medal Count

Top medal-collecting nations:
(for the full table, see 1988 Winter Olympics medal countThis is the full table of the medal count of the 1988 Winter Olympics . These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countr)

1988 Winter OlympicsThe XV Olympic Winter Games were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Olympics were highly successful, financially, as they brought in million-dollar profits. The games have left a lasting impression on the host city and gave it a new identity from a cow medal countThis is the full table of the medal count of the 1988 Winter Olympics . These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countr
Pos.	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet UnionThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR ( Russian: ; tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik (SSSR) also called the Soviet Union ( ; tr. Sovetsky Soyuz , was a state in much of the northern region of Eurasia that existed from 1922 until 1	11	9	9	29
2	East GermanyFor the historical eastern German provinces, see Eastern Germany East Germany officially the German Democratic Republic GDR , German Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR , was a Communist Party-led state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet	9	10	6	25
3	Switzerland	5	5	5	15
4	Finland	4	0	3	7
5	Sweden	4	0	2	6
6	Austria	3	5	2	10
7	Netherlands	3	2	2	7
8	West Germany	2	4	2	8
9	United States	2	1	3	6
10	Italy	2	1	2	5

1988 Winter OlympicsThe XV Olympic Winter Games were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Olympics were highly successful, financially, as they brought in million-dollar profits. The games have left a lasting impression on the host city and gave it a new identity from a cow medal countThis is the full table of the medal count of the 1988 Winter Olympics . These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countr

Pos.

Country

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Soviet UnionThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR ( Russian: ; tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik (SSSR) also called the Soviet Union ( ; tr. Sovetsky Soyuz , was a state in much of the northern region of Eurasia that existed from 1922 until 1

East GermanyFor the historical eastern German provinces, see Eastern Germany East Germany officially the German Democratic Republic GDR , German Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR , was a Communist Party-led state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet

Switzerland

Finland

Sweden

Austria

Netherlands

West Germany

United States

Italy

3 The Olympics in Canada and Calgary

1988 was the second time Canada had hosted the Olympics, this includes the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Subsequently, Canada won the bid to host the 2010 Winter Olympics for Vancouver.

Calgary gained international stature from the Olympics, and left it, with world class facilities to host interntational meets and serve as a training facility. Ever mindful of the financial disaster of the 1976 Summer Olympics, Calgary was financially successful, erasing the spectre of a second Canadian games at a loss. Its use of the profits a fund for the future of Canada Olympic Park and Canadian athletes through CODA gives Calgary a lasting legacy and impact on the Canadian sports scene. It also provides for the ability to maintain and upgrade facilities in Calgary, Banff, and Lake Louise.

4 See also

5 External links

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