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Twenty-three nations participated in bobsleigh at the 1988 Games. With nine debutants, more than a third of these were competing in Olympic bobsleigh for the first time. The nations making debuts were Netherlands Antilles, Australia, Bulgaria, U.S. Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Mexico, Monaco, New Zealand and Portugal.
The closing ceremony of the 1988 Winter Olympics was held on February 28, 1988, beginning at 19:30 MST (3:30 UTC, February 29) at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The closing ceremony had 60,000 people in attendance, including 10,000 volunteers who received free admission. [ 1 ]
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]
Pages in category "Events at the 1988 Winter Olympics" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. ... Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics; C.
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 ...
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 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]
5 Bobsleigh. 6 Cross-country skiing. 7 Figure skating. 8 Ice hockey. 9 Luge. ... The United States competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada ...