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Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics consisted of two events, at Canada Olympic Park.The competition took place between February 20 and February 28, 1988. [1] [2]The event included competitors from countries with little history of bobsleigh participation and/or little or no snow. [3]
By 31 December 2009, the cut-off date for luge qualifications for the Olympics, Kumaritashvili was ranked 38th overall. He qualified for the luge men's singles event at the 2010 Winter Olympics, his Olympic debut, by racing in five World Cup races over two years. [10]
3 Bobsleigh. 4 Cross-country skiing. Toggle Cross-country skiing subsection. 4.1 Men's events. 4.2 Women's events. 5 Figure skating. ... List of 1988 Winter Olympics ...
The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (French: XV es Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 (Blackfoot: Mohkínsstsisi 1988; Stoney: Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or Wenchi Ispase 1988; Cree: Otôskwanihk 1988/ ᐅᑑᐢᑿᓂᕽ 1988; Sarsi: Guts’ists’i 1988; Kutenai: ʔaknuqtapȼik’ 1988; Slave: Klincho-tinay-indihay 1988), were a multi ...
Pages in category "Bobsledders at the 1988 Winter Olympics" The following 134 pages are in this category, out of 134 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The drug testing laboratory for the 1988 Winter Olympic Games was installed at Foothills Hospital and accredited by the IOC Medical Commission in December 1987. [14] During the games a total of 428 urine samples were tested for banned substances, with one competitor testing positive for testosterone, and five hidden control samples correctly ...
The story of the Jamaican bobsleigh team at the 1988 Winter Olympics was turned into the 1993 movie Cool Runnings. [7] However, the film was only loosely based on actual events, with real-life coach Pat Brown later saying that the team had never experienced any of the animosity from the other teams as depicted in the movie. [8]
During the 1988 Winter Olympics, the bobsleigh team from Jamaica debuted at these games, but crashed out during the third run of the four-man event. [6] [7] [8] The story of the team would later be part of the 1993 film Cool Runnings with scenes done at the track.