Florence Griffith-Joyner won the gold medal in women's 100 meter dash at the 1988 Summer Games. Her time of 10.62 seconds is still an Olympic record.
who cares, women arent good at sports.
The Olympic record for the women's 1500 meter run is 3:53.96 set by Paula Ilie-Ivan of Romania at the 1988 Games in Seoul.
1988 Olympic gold medalists in discus: Men: Jurgen Schult of East Germany, 68.62 meters (225.13 feet). Women: Martina Hellmann of East Germany, 72.30 meters (237.2 feet).
A girl called Florence Griffith-Joyner ran it in 10.62 Secounds in the 1988 olympic games
Benjamin Johnson :-)Benjamin Johnson was stripped of his gold medal after he was tested positive for drugs in 1988.
Through the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, the U.S. athlete to win the most Winter Olympic medals is speed skater Bonnie Blairwith 6 (5 gold, 1 bronze) at the 1988, 1992, and 1994 Games.1) 1988 Winter Games in Calgary: gold in women's 500 meters and bronze in women's 1000 meters.2) 1992 Winter Games in Albertville: gold in women's 500 meters and gold in women's 1000 meters.3) 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer: gold in women's 500 meters and gold in women's 1000 meters.
I inherited a Guiness Book of Records book from 1984 which had in it where the olympic games were held from 1896 - 1988 and how long they went for.This book claims that the third olympic games were held at St. Louis in 1904 from the 1st July until the 23rd November!
The mile run has never been an Olympic event. The closest event to a mile is the 1500 meter run (1500 meters is .93 miles). As of the 2008 Games, the men's Olympic record is 3:32.07 held by Noah Ngeny of Kenya at the 2000 Games in Sydney. The women's Olympic record is 3:53.96 held by Paula Ivan of Romania at the 1988 Games in Seoul.
Olympic Wilderness was created on 1988-11-16.
Olympic Winter Games 13-28 February 1988 in Calgary, Canada; Olympic Summer Games 17 September - 02 October 1988 in Seoul .
The US earned a total of 6 medals at the 1988 winter Olympic games.
The Olympic record for men's shotput was set by Ulf Timmermann of East Germany at the 1988 Games in Seoul at a distance of 22.47 meters (73 feet, 8 5/8 inches).