Men: Great Britain
Women: Australia
Great Britain did NOT win the Gold Medal in Ice Hockey in 1988 the Soviet Union did.Great Britain won the Gold Medal in Ice Hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics.
Table tennis was first included as a medal event at the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics.
Men: Great Britain Women: Australia
Winners of the gold medal in marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics: Men: Gelindo Bordin, Italy Women: Rosa Mota, Portugal
Women's vault gold medalist at the 1988 Summer Olympics was Svetlana Boginskaya of the Soviet Union.
South Korea has not hosted the Winter Olympics. Seoul did host the 1988 Summer Olympics.
An Olympics 'demonstration sport' was an event that was not played/competed to win medals but played/competed in the hopes of the event gaining popularity and possibly being added to the Olympics as a medal sport sometime in the future.Demonstration sports were discontinued in the Olympics after the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona.Demonstration sports that eventually became medal sports include baseball, taekwondo, and badminton. Baseball was a demonstration sport in four Olympics (1912, 1936, 1964, 1988) before becoming a medal sport in 1992. Badminton was a demonstration sport in 1972 and 1988 before becoming a medal sport in 1992.Other demonstration sports that did not become medal sports include water skiing (1972), bowling (1988), and roller hockey (1992).
The 1980 Summer Olympics were held in Moscow, Russia.
Dundee (Scotland) born Liz McColgan competed for Great Britain in 3 Olympics ... the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul, 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona, and 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta. She won a silver medal in 10,000 meter run at the 1988 Games.
The 1988 summer Olympics were held in Seoul, South Korea. The 1988 winter Olympics were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
1988
"1988: Duncan Armstrong Wins the Gold at the Summer Olympics". Armstrong was the only Australian man to win a gold medal at the 1988 games; he won in 200 meter freestyle swimming.