时讯：第24届奥运会背景介绍

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第24届奥运会会徽

第二十四届奥运会吉祥物

第二十四届奥运会火炬

24th olympic games: seoul 1988

date: 17 september - 02 october 1988

nocs (nations): 159

athletes:8，391 ( 2，194 women，6，197 men )

sports: 25

events: 237

volunteers:27，221

media:11，331 ( 4，978 written press，6，353 broadcasters )

althoughthedrugdisqualificationofsprinterbenjohnsonwasthebiggeststoryofthe 1988 Olympics， theseoulgameswerehighlightedbynumerousexceptionalperformances.Christa Luding-rothenburg er，who was also a speed skater， earnedasilvermedalincyclingtobecometheonlypersoninhistorytowinwinterandsummermedalsinthesameyear.steffigrafconcludedhergran DSS Olympic gold.greglouganisrepeatedvictoriesinbothpingevents.Florence Griffith-joynerdominathed or the first time，allthemedalists

in 1988， thechineseolympianscamebackhomefromtheseoulolympicswithmingledfeelings.whilefailingtoliveuptoexpectationsinsomeoftherstrong ve weightliftingandwomen ' svolleyball，theymadesignificantbreakthroughsinafewareaswheretheyhadlongremainedinoblivion， notablyinswimmingandrowing.theirmedaltaly thoughlessthanwhatitwasinlosangelesfouryearsbefore，representednomeaneffortconsiderie

the 24 tholympicsummergamesheldonseptember 17-October2attracted some 10， 000 athletes from 160 countriesandregions， with 237 goldmedalsawardedin 23 sports.thestandardwassohightworldandolympicrecordstumbledoneafteranother.in total， worldrecordswerebroken 33 timesandequalledfivetimes，andolympicrecordswereshattered 227 timesandequalled 42 times。

after 16 daysofhigh-level competition，the soviet union ruled the roost，bagging 55 golds，31 silvers and 46 bronzes， followedbythegermandemocraticrepublic ( 37，35，30 ) andtheunitedstates ( 37，31， 27).southKorea，takingfulladvantageofitspositionasthehost，won 12 golds，10 silvers and 11 bronzestorankfirstinasiandfourthonthewon

for china，the results of five golds， 11 silvers and 12 bronzeswerefarfromsatisfactory.comparedwiththeirperformanceatthe 23 rdolymics thechineseathletesdidnotdosowellinses ongrivals， includingthosewhodidnotshowupinlosangeles.anotherreasonwhytheyfailedwasthattheyshowedpoorpsychologicalpreparationwhichdintot to - calibreworldcompetitions.however， theresultsbasicallyreflectedchina ' sactualstrengthincompetitivesports.itwasonlythesecondtimeforittosenditsfull-fledgedeled top twasstillyoungandinexperiencedcomparedwithmostoftheworldsportingpowers。

he zho墙、agoldmedallistatthepreviousolympicgames、failedtoliftaweighthehadsuccessfullyliftedseveraltimesbefore.acegymnasts whohadwonthreegoldsinlosangeles， turnedinadisappointingperformanceduetoinjuries.butitwasasmallcomfortthatlouyuntookagoldinthemen ' svaultinghorse.the women lleye whichadcapturedtheworldtitleonfiveoccasionsinsuccession， firstlosttotheperuviansandthensufferedadismaldefeatatthehandsofthesoviets.sharpshooterxuhaifengwhowonthefirstgoldmedalinthe '。 EMEN ' Sair Pistol.Jaialing，WorldchamPioninmen ' stable Tennis，even failed to make the semifinals。

nevertheless，thebrightsideshouldnotbeoverlooked.twoteenagerpers，xu yanmei and gao min， broughthomeagoldmedaleachfortheirbrilliantperformancesinthewomen ' splatformandspringboardeventsrespectively.liqingandxing.ng collectedasilvereachinthewomen ' sspringboardandthemen ' splatformrespectively.their successes plusthesilverandbronzemedalstakenbe emen'sspringboard，filledashiningpageinchina ' s ping history

swimmingusedtobeaweaksportforchina，butanumberofyoungchineseswimmerscametotheforeinseoul， including yang wenyi ( 16 years old )庄永( 16 ) andhualgiaomin ( 18 )，whosucceedingettingasilvereachinthewomen ' s 50 mfreestyle 100 mfreestyleand 200 mbreaststrokerespectively.Qian hong ( 17 )，another promising swimmer，ernedabronzeinthewomen ' s 100 mbutterfly .。

in table tennis、a national sport in china、thoughtheplayerswerenotingoodform、theystillmanagedtowingoldintwoofthefoureventscontestes

chinesewomenrowerssprangasurprisebytakingasilverandabronzeinthecoxedfoursandcoxedeightsrespectively.thiswasheart-warminengengent forrowingwasayoungsporttakenupbyonlyalimitednumberofpeopleinthecountry.thenewsthatwomanshot-Putterlimeisugainedbronze -。 heonlytrackandfieldmedalforasiaatthegames-- wasalsoheartening。

申办这次奥运会的除了首尔之外，还有日本名古屋、澳大利亚墨尔本和希腊雅典。 1981年在联邦德国巴登-巴登市召开的第84届国际奥委会会议上雅典和墨尔本相继退出，最后通过首尔投票给第24届奥运会的举办城市。 首尔成为继东京之后第二个主办奥运会的亚洲城市。

中国这次选派了301名选手参加比赛。 苏联、民主德国、东欧等国家参加了本届奥运会，因此竞争比上次激烈得多，中国选手在本届奥运会上只获得了5枚金牌、11枚银牌和12枚铜牌，总分排名第八。