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  • 01 DAY - 1988.09.17
    Five official games and the demonstration game Taekwondo were implemented on the first day of the Olympics.
    The Korean volleyball team suffered a setback losing two sets to three during the 3-hour-long Group a preliminary match with Sweden held in Hanyang University Stadium.
    The soccer superpower West Germany showed a smooth take-off by defeating China 3-0 in the Group a preliminary soccer match in Busan Gudeok Stadium, while Italy won the Group B preliminary match in Gwangju against Guatemala 5-2.
  • 02 DAY - 1988.09.18
    The unnamed Soviet athlete Irina Chilova won the first gold medal of the Seoul Olympics in the Women's Air Rifle finals.
    Sorin Babii from Rumania defeated Igor Basinski from the Soviet Union, holding the world's record, to gain a gold medal in the Men's Free Pistol, giving a shock to the world.
    Jeon Byeong-Gwan posted a new record in the 52kg weight lifting to win the first silver medal for Korea.
  • 03 DAY - 1988.09.19
    In the Men's Aquatics Freestyle 200m finals, Australian dark horse Duncan Armstrong, despite being pursued by world stars such as Matt Biondi from the US and Michael Gross from West Germany, posted a new world record of 1 minute and 47.25 seconds to win a gold medal.
    Christine Otto from East Germany won first place in the Women's Freestyle 100m, commencing her medal-seizing parade, and Janet Evans earned medals the first gold medal for America in the Women's Individual Medley 400m.
    In the meantime, Greg Louganis from the US had an unfortunate accident when his head hit the springboard during the platform diving competition.
  • 04 DAY - 1988.09.20
    Nevertheless, beyond the circumstances, he competed by the next day for the Gold Medal. Greg Louganis finally won his second gold medal. His first gold medal had gained in 1984 LA Olympics.
    On this day, American Janet Evans and Matt Biondi won the Women's Freestyle 400m and Men's Freestyle 100m, respectively, to hold 2 medals.
  • 05 DAY - 1988.09.21
    Korea had the honor of winning the first gold medal in the Seoul Olympics on this day.
    In the Greco-Roman 74kg finals held in Sangmu Gymnasium, Kim Yeong-Nam earned the first win for Korea by defeating the Soviet competitor Daulet Turhlyhanov on points.
    Lee Jae-Seok also added a bronze medal by placing third in the 52kg weight class. Hungarian swimmer, Tamas Darnyi, one who had lost one of his eyesight, set a new world record in the Men's Individual Medley 400m, leaving a great impression.
    Angel Guenchev from Bulgaria won a gold medal in weightlifting with a final new world record weight of 67.5kg, and Anthony Nesty from Suriname caused a tremendous commotion by defeating a number of world stars to win the Men's Butterfly Stroke 100m finals.
  • 06 DAY - 1988.09.22
    Korea lost to Argentina 1-2 in soccer, thus failing to advance to the quarterfinals. Christine Otto from East Germany added two more gold medals by winning the Women's Backstroke 100m and Women's Relay 400m, thus becoming the first individual to win 3 gold medals in the Seoul Olympics.
    On this day, American Janet Evans and Matt Biondi won the Women's Freestyle 400m and Men's Freestyle 100m, respectively, to hold 2 medals.
  • 07 DAY - 1988.09.23
    The first gold medal in Athletics was presented to the winner of the Women's Marathon. Rosa Mota from Portugal won the Women's Marathon along the Han River in fresh weather.
    The Women's Individual Gymnastics, where Elena Shushunova from the Soviet Union vied with Daniela Silivas from Rumania, drew huge attention, ended up with Shushunova's victory by a narrow margin of 0.025 points.
  • 08 DAY - 1988.09.24
    In the "Showdown of the Century", Men's 100m, Ben Johnson from Canada became the gold medalist by renewing the world record with 9.79 seconds, only to be substituted by Carl Lewis with 9.92 for the reason of doping.
    One of the happiest moments in Korea's gymnastic history was unfolded on this day. Park Jong-Hun gained total 1973.775 points in the 3-Horse Vault to acquire a copper medal, showing Korea's gymnastic potential.
    Vladimir Artemov from the Soviet Union added 2 gold medals in the Parallel Bar and Horizontal Bar, accumulating total 4 gold medals.
  • 09 DAY - 1988.09.25
    The highlights of this day were the Korean Kim Jae-Yeob and German Christine Otto. Kim Jae-Yeob obtained a gold medal by defeating American Kevin Asano in the Judo extra-light weight division, and Christine Otto touched the final board with 25.49 seconds in the Women's Freestyle 50m finals and gained a gold medal leaving the silver medal for China's top competitor Yanwei.
    Matt Biondi also restored his pace by gaining a gold medal in the Men's Medley 400m, and thereby becoming a 5-medal champion. Florence Griffith-Joyner took first place in the Women's Athletics 100m with a winning time of 10.54 seconds.
  • 10 DAY - 1988.09.26
    Lee Gyeong-Keun(Korean) added another gold medal in Judo half-light weight division, following Kim Jae-Yeob. This victory gave additional pleasure to Koreans who were already happy celebrating Korean Thanksgiving Day.
    In Men's Athletics 800m, the Kenyan Paul Ereng outlasted Said Aouita from Morocco, and even left behind the Brazilian Joaquim Cruz who was on a quest for another gold medal, to reach the finish line with the record time of 1 minute and 43.45 seconds, giving rise to the black boom.
  • 11 DAY - 1988.09.27
    On this day, 5 billion people around the globe watching the Olympics on the TV experienced a huge shock and disappointment. The IOC made a shocking announcement that Ben Johnson, who defeated Carl Lewis with an unbelievable record time of 9.79 in the Men's 100m Sprint, would be stripped away his gold medal and record of accomplishment due to doping.
    Greg Louganis, the American diving king, attained another gold medal in the Platform in addition to the Springboard.
  • 12 DAY - 1988.09.28
    West Germany beat Italy in the Fencing Fleuret Women's Group finals, by a huge margin of 45-15.
    Sergei Bubka, who had surpassed his own world records as many as 9 times since 1983, set another world record of 5.8m in the Pole Jump finals, finally snatching a gold medal. In this game, the Soviet Union swept all the medals.
  • 13 DAY - 1988.09.29
    The Korean women's handball team won the first gold medal among Korea's ball games by beating the world's best Soviet Union 21-19, showing an improvement from its silver medal in the previous LA Olympics.
    Alexander Kurlovich from the Soviet Union, in the top weight-lifting class, set a new record by lifting a total of 426.5kg including 212.5kg for the snatch and 259kg for the jerk, thus rewriting weight lifting history.
  • 14 DAY - 1988.09.30
    Korea dominated the world in Women's Archery and Women's Table Tennis. In particular, Kim Su-Nyeong, Wang Hui-Gyeong, and Yoon Yeong-Sook swept gold, silver and bronze medals with 344, 332 and 327 points respectively in the Women's Archery Individual finals.
    In the finals of Women's Table Tennis Doubles which was newly added to the Seoul Olympics, the Korean team composed of Yang Yeong-Ja and Hyeon Jeong-Hwa smashed its Chinese counterpart of Jiao Zhimin and Chen Jing 21-19, 16-21 and 21-10.
    In the Women's Field Hockey finals, new and powerful Korea lost to Australia 0-2, but ended up with a huge achievement by placing in second place in its first participation in the Olympics.
  • 15 DAY - 1988.10.01
    With the closing only a day away, a total 13 games with 39 medals were scheduled for today.
    Korea obtained "World Hegemony" in Archery by acquiring gold medals both in the Men's and Women's Group finals, and the Table Tennis Men's Singles finals where the two Korean athletes Yoo Nam-Gyu and Kim Gi-Taek competed for the gold medal. Yoo became the champion.
    In the Soccer finals, the Soviet Union defeated Brazil to get back its first gold medal in the 32 years since the Melbourne Olympics.
  • 16 DAY - 1988.10.02
    On the final day of the Olympics, finals of 9 games including the Men's Marathon were conducted, bringing the 16-day-long Olympics to an end. The Italian marathoner Gelindo Bordin won the Men's Marathon, the final event of the Olympics, making an impressive final moment of competition drama.
    Among the six Boxing games, Korean Kim Gwang-Seon and Park Shi-Gyeon earned gold medals in Flyweight and Light-middle weights, respectively.

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