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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 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.
As of December 20, 2024, a total of 31 people are scheduled to be executed in the United States. [1] All of these executions are scheduled over four calendar years in three U.S. states. [2] There are a total of 17 pending motions to set an execution date across eight states. [3]
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 ...
The weather conditions for the 1988 Winter Olympics were a significant problem, with temperatures ranging from −30 to 22 °C (−22 to 72 °F). [4] Of the 176 events scheduled for the 1988 Games, 30 were postponed and rescheduled due to inclement weather. [5]
Of the 40 inmates on federal death row, according to DeathPenaltyInfo.org, Biden is commuting 37 individuals sentenced to death, reclassifying their sentences to life without the possibility of ...
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 ...
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Brent Rushlaw Mike Aljoe: Two-man: 59.01 25 1:00.13 17 1:00.96 16 DNF: Matt Roy Jim Herberich: 59.37 29 1:00.06 15 1:00.34 10 59.57 11 3:59.34 16 Brent Rushlaw Hal Hoye Mike Wasko Bill White: Four-man: 56.72 4 57.67 8 56.69 9 57.20 1 3:48.28 4 Brian Shimer Jim Herberich Matt Roy Scott Pladel: 57 ...