The 1988 Winter Olympics were held in Calgary, Canada, the first Winter Games to be extended to sixteen days to more closely match the format of the Summer Olympics. The Jamaican bobsled team made its Olympic debut at these Games despite the country having no snow or ice, a story that later inspired the film Cool Runnings. East Germany again finished atop the Winter Games medal table, continuing its run of strong results through the 1980s.
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The 1988 Winter Olympics were held in Calgary, Canada, the first Winter Games to be extended to sixteen days to more closely match the format of the Summer Olympics. The Jamaican bobsled team made its Olympic debut at these Games despite the country having no snow or ice, a story that later inspired
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a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice
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a multi-sport event held from February 13 to 28, 1988
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The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, was the 16th Olympic Championship.
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Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place at the Stampede Corral, the Olympic Saddledome and the Father David Bauer Olympic Arena in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics was held from 14 to 28 February.
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Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics consisted of ten alpine skiing events, held February 15-27 at Nakiska on Mount Allan, a new ski area west of Calgary.
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Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics consisted of three events held from 14 February to 24 February, taking place at Canada Olympic Park.
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His first Olympics were in 1988 at Calgary, but he did not win a medal.
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1988 Winter Olympics
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He is the 1988 Olympic champion
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At the 1988 Winter Olympics, the rivalry between Orser and American figure skater Brian Boitano
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she is the 1988 and 1994 Olympic Champion
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At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, he won two golds for 50 km and relay.
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served as the Olympic flag bearer for Sweden in 1988
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Four days later, he won Olympic gold again, this time in the 10,000 m
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Her main success dates from the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, where she unexpectedly won three gold medals.
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he had already qualified for the Winter Olympics in Calgary, where he finished sixth in the sprint event
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Biathletes at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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Biathletes at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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Biathletes at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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Biathletes at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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He won a gold medal in the four-man event with teammates Kurt Meier
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He competed in a total of six consecutive Olympic Games from 1980-98
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At the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, Zingerle won a bronze medal in the relay.
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At the Winter Games in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, she won the gold medal in the 1000 m speed skating event and silver in the 500 m.
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He retired shortly after the 1988 Games, where his best result was fifth place in the 1000 m.
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at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Flaim missed medals
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At the Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in 1984 and 1988, and a silver in 1980.
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At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, she finished sixth in the 20 km freestyle.
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She competed in the women's 5 kilometre classical at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
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She competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics and the 1992 Winter Olympics.
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Smirnov took part to the Winter Olympics from 1988 to 1998
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Four years later in Calgary she won bronze on the 10 km race
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1988 Winter Olympics Cross Country Skiing
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1988 Winter Olympics
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1988 Winter Olympics
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Blair returned to the Olympics in 1988 competing in long-track at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
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Most notably, he won three gold medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics, becoming, along with Yvonne van Gennip of the Netherlands, the most medaled athlete that winter.
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In the process, he set both a new Olympic record of 6:08.84 in the 5000 metres event and gained Sweden its first speedskating gold medal in 34 years since the Tomas Gustafson gold at the same event at 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, as well as a new world record and Olympic record for the 10000 metres event.
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At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, she won another relay bronze medal, and at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, she won two more bronze medals in the 5 and 30 km.
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with a silver in 1988 and a bronze in 1984
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