1988 Summer Olympic Games

Seoul, South Korea
The 21st Games was the first to be attended by in excess of 150 nations - 160 to be precise if the solitary official from Brunei is included, although that country did not send any athletes to Seoul. However, for the fourth summer Games in a row there was a boycott - North Korea refused to take part after their request to be joint-hosts was rejected and were supported by six other teams, notably Cuba and Ethiopia.  Competitor totals of 6279 Men and 2186 Women were both new landmarks and over 8000 athletes took part for the first time.
Medal Table

		GLD	SVR	BRZ	TOTAL
1	SOVIET UNION	55	31	46	132
2	EAST GERMANY	37	35	30	102
3	UNITED STATES	36	31	27	94
4	SOUTH KOREA	12	10	11	33
5	WEST GERMANY	11	14	15	40
6	HUNGARY	11	6	6	23
7	BULGARIA	10	12	13	35
8	ROMANIA	7	11	6	24
9	FRANCE	6	4	6	16
10	ITALY	6	4	4	14
11	CHINA	5	11	12	28
12	GREAT BRITAIN	5	10	9	24
13	KENYA	5	2	2	9
14	JAPAN	4	3	7	14
15	AUSTRALIA	3	6	5	14
16	YUGOSLAVIA	3	4	5	12
17	CZECHOSLOVAKIA	3	3	2	8
18	NEW ZEALAND	3	2	8	13
19	CANADA	3	2	5	10
20	POLAND	2	5	9	16
21	NORWAY	2	3	-	5
22	NETHERLANDS	2	2	5	9
23	DENMARK	2	1	1	4
24	BRAZIL	1	2	3	6
25=	FINLAND	1	1	2	4
25=	SPAIN	1	1	2	4
27	TURKEY	1	1	-	2
28	MOROCCO	1	-	2	3
29=	AUSTRIA	1	-	-	1
29=	PORTUGAL	1	-	-	1
29=	SURINAM	1	-	-	1
32	SWEDEN	-	4	7	11
33	SWITZERLAND	-	2	2	4
34	JAMAICA	-	2	-	2
35	ARGENTINA	-	1	1	2
36=	CHILE	-	1	-	1
36=	COSTA RICA	-	1	-	1
36=	INDONESIA	-	1	-	1
36=	IRAN	-	1	-	1
36=	NETHERLANDS ANTILLES	-	1	-	1
36=	PERU	-	1	-	1
36=	SENEGAL	-	1	-	1
36=	VIRGIN ISLANDS	-	1	-	1
44=	BELGIUM	-	-	2	2
44=	MEXICO	-	-	2	2
46=	COLOMBIA	-	-	1	1
46=	DJIBOUTI	-	-	1	1
46=	GREECE	-	-	1	1
46=	MONGOLIA	-	-	1	1
46=	PAKISTAN	-	-	1	1
46=	PHILLIPPINES	-	-	1	1
46=	THAILAND	-	-	1	1

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