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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.
The previous map implicates that the peninsula is a part of Russia (which occupied and annexed it in 2014), which contradicts UN position. It is important to note that Moscow hosted 1980 Olympics as a capital of the USSR and some venues were held outside Russian SFSR: in Minsk, Kyiv and Tallinn. 05:17, 14 June 2018: 512 × 240 (1.08 MB) Cmglee
Scotiabank (then Pengrowth) Saddledome in July 2005. This venue, which hosted the figure skating and ice hockey finals for the 1988 Winter Olympics, was under construction in 1981 when Calgary was awarded the 1988 Games. For the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, a total of nine sports venues were used. Calgary tried twice to ...
Map of host cities and countries of the modern summer (orange) and winter (blue) Olympics. * Tokyo hosted the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021, postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the SVG file, tap or hover over a city to show its name (only on the desktop).
Jamaica at the 1988 Winter Olympics; Jamaica at the 1992 Winter Olympics; Jamaica at the 1994 Winter Olympics; Jamaica at the 1998 Winter Olympics; Jamaica at the 2002 Winter Olympics; Nations not competing at the 2006 Winter Olympics; Jamaica at the 2010 Winter Olympics; Jamaica at the 2014 Winter Olympics; Jamaica at the 2018 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 "Venues of the 1988 Winter Olympics" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Jamaica first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. In 1960, Jamaican athletes competed as part of the West Indies Federation team. Jamaica has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games since 1988, with the Jamaica national bobsleigh team achieving some fame.