The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad and officially branded as Seoul 1988, were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represented at the games by a total of 8,391 athletes. 237 events were held and 27,221 volunteers helped to prepare the Olympics.
Chile competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 17 competitors, 16 men and 1 woman, took part in 14 events in 6 sports. Alfonso de Iruarrizaga's silver in skeet shooting was Chile's only medal at the 1988 Games.
Tanyu Kiryakov is a Bulgarian pistol shooter. He became the first shooter to have won Olympic gold medals in both the 50 metre pistol event and the 10 metre air pistol event, in which he was also the first Olympic champion. He is also the only Bulgarian to have won two gold medals at the Summer Olympics. He is considered to be one of the all-time best and his versatile skills and continued excellence have won him numerous fans. He was born in Ruse in northeastern Bulgaria.
The shooting competitions at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. Competitions were held in a total of thirteen events—seven men's events, four women's events, and two events open to both genders. It was the first games for the 10 metre air pistol events, and the last for the 50 metre running target event, later replaced by 10 metre running target. It was also the first time the Olympic shooting competitions included finals for the top eight competitors.
Vietnam competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The delegation included fifteen members in five sport disciplines: athletics, swimming, wrestling, shooting, and cycling.
Jamsil Students' Gymnasium (Korean: 잠실학생체육관) is an indoor sporting arena located in Seoul, South Korea. The capacity of the arena is 7,500 and was built from November 1972 to December 1976 to host Boxing events at the 1986 Asian Games and 2-years later the same sport on the 1988 Summer Olympics, and wheelchair basketball events at the 1988 Summer Paralympics.
Alfonso de Iruarrizaga is a Chilean sport shooter and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal in skeet shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Iruarrizaga was the only medalist for Chile at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Jorge Guardiola is a Spanish sport shooter and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal in skeet shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
Men's 50 metre rifle three positions was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. It was the first Olympic three positions competition to feature final shooting. Alister Allan set a new Olympic record in the qualification round but lost the final to his countryman Malcolm Cooper, who thus defended his title from Los Angeles.
Men's 10 metre air rifle was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. It was the first Olympic three positions competition to feature final shooting.
Women's 10 metre air rifle was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. It was the second installment of the event.
Miroslav Varga is a sport shooter and Olympic champion for Czechoslovakia. He won a gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
Goran Maksimović is a Serbian sport shooter and Olympic Champion for Yugoslavia. He won a gold medal in the 10 metre air rifle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. At the 1996 and 2000 Olympics he competed for FR Yugoslavia.
The Taenung International Shooting Range is a shooting range located in Seoul, South Korea. Constructed in 1972, it hosted the ISSF World Shooting Championships in 1978, the first time an international sporting event of this magnitude took place in the country. It was renovated in 1987-8 before the Olympics to comply with International Shooting Sport Federation standards. The venue hosted the shooting and the shooting portion of the modern pentathlon events for the 1988 Summer Olympics.
For the 1988 Summer Olympics, a total of thirty-one sports venues were used. South Korea hosted its first World Championships in 1978 in shooting sports. Three years later, Seoul was awarded the 1988 Summer Olympics. Many of the venues constructed for the 1988 Games were completed two years earlier in time for the Asian Games. The 1986 Asian Games served as test events for the 1988 Summer Olympics. The men's marathon course was lined by 36,000 policemen. Steffi Graf won a gold medal in women's singles to complete the "Golden Slam". None of the football venues used for these games were used for the 2002 FIFA World Cup that Korea co-hosted with Japan.
Lawrence John Woolley, known as John Woolley, is a sport shooter from New Zealand who has represented New Zealand at three Olympic Games and four Commonwealth Games.
Daniel Esposito is an Australian modern pentathlete. He competed at the modern pentathlon event 1984 Summer Olympics. Shortly before the Summer Olympics in Seoul in 1988, he was injured and then didn't compete.
Valentina Vladimirovna Cherkasova is a Soviet sport shooter. She won the Bronze medal in the 50 m rifle 3 pos in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
Rodrigo Pimentel Bastos is a Brazilian sport shooter. He represented his nation Brazil in two editions of the Olympic Games, and also picked up a silver medal in men's trap at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Roland Jacoby is a Luxembourgian sport shooter. He was born in Luxembourg.
East Germany 
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Germany (Wenzel, Wegner, Buchheim)
Norway (Brovold, Undseth, Jensen)
