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Emblems

Emblems

As a representative symbol for projecting a visual image of the Seoul Olympic Games, the emblem featuring a Sam-tae-guk pattern is seen and recognized all around the world, along with the Olympic mascot, Hodori.

The emblem embraced the five Olympic rings on top of the samtaeguk, a traditional Korean pattern and visual image representing Korea.

The pattern is well known in Korea, being widely used as a decoration on fans, the gates of Korean-style homes, artifacts and folk crafts.

The Olympic emblem comes in two forms of patterns, centripetal motion and centrifugal motion. The centripetal motion represented the peoples of the world coming together to Korea, thus symbolizing worldwide harmony, while the centrifugal motion represented a march onward in search of man's lasting happiness and prosperity.

Hodori (1988 Seoul Olympic Mascot)

Mascot

To find a name for the mascot, the SLOOC offered a cash prize during a month-long campaign starting December 1, 1983. Six, 117 names were submitted. The criteria set by the SLOOC for the mascot's name was that it should suggest friendliness and a Korean flavor; its name should be easy to remember and pronounce; and it should be internationally applicable. A screening panel consisting of 11 experts in folklore, Korean alphabetic research, Zoology, Journalism, plus two foreigners recommended "Hodori" as the most suitable name in April 1984; Hodori thus became the name of the mascot.

As the mascot of the Seoul Olympic Games, the Korean tiger, long familiar to Koreans through myths and legend, was designed in the simple shape of a little tiger cub. The bodyline was contoured to give a soft feeling, and the mascot wore an Olympic medal around the neck to identify itself with the Olympics.

To enhance the Korean flavor, the figure wore the traditional Sang-mo hat of a Korean farmer's band player. The hat's spiraling streamer formed an S-shape to denote the first letter of Seoul, the host city.

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