1988 Winter Olympics Medal

1988 Winter Olympics Medal
1988 Winter Olympics
Olympics 1988
XV Olympic Winter Games
The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (French: Les XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), was a multi-sport event celebrated in and around Calgary, Alberta, Canada, between February 13 and 28, 1988 and were the first Winter Olympics to be held over a whole two week period. The host city was selected in 1981 over Falun, Sweden, and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Most events took place in Calgary while several skiing events were held west of the city in Nakiska mountain resort and the town of Canmore.
A then-record 57 nations competed and 1,423 athletes participated. As it had in Montreal in 1976, Canada again failed to win a gold medal in an official medal event as the host nation. Finnish ski jumper Matti Nykänen and Dutch speed skater Yvonne van Gennip were individual medal leaders with each winning three gold medals. The games are also remembered for the "heroic failure" of British ski jumper Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, and the Winter Olympic début of the Jamaica national bobsled team, both of which would be subjects of major feature films about their participation in the games.
The Calgary games were at the time one of the most expensive Olympics ever held, but the organizing committee turned record television and sponsorship revenue into a net surplus that was used to maintain the facilities built for the Olympics and develop the Calgary region into the heart of Canada's elite winter sports program. The five purpose-built venues continue to be used in their original functions, and have helped the country develop into one of the top nations in Winter Olympic competition; Canada more than quintupled the five medals it won in Calgary at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Host city Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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 13 February
Closing 28 February
Opened by Governor General Jeanne Sauvé
Cauldron Robyn Perry
Stadium McMahon Stadium
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