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Seul 1988

XXIV edition of the Summer Olympics

17 September - 02 October 1988

Medal table

  • Medaglia d'Oro 6
  • Medaglia d'Argento 4
  • Medaglia di Bronzo 4

STATISTICS

  • Nations 159
  • Athletes 8454 (6252 men ; 2202 women)
  • Italian Athletes 253 (212 men; 41 women)

The changed international situation was felt less at the second Olympics in Asia, won by the capital of South Korea over Japanese rival Nagoya. However, the intransigence of North Korea, which curiously claimed that the IOC should assign the organisation of at least half of the events to them, caused numerous tensions. It was rejected with disdain the offer of the South Koreans to run the marathon between the borders of the two countries, divided since the fifties by the war of the 38th parallel, and there were actually advanced threats of possible attacks. In the end, only North Korea, Cuba, Ethiopia, Nicaragua, Albania and the Seychelles were absent. The Olympic movement was now heading toward its reunification. Gelindo Bordin gave Italy the gold medal in the marathon, 80 years after the drama surrounding Pietri.

Athlete Medal Sport
Gelindo BORDIN GOLD Athletics Marathon
Giovanni PARISI GOLD Boxing 57kg
Stefano CERIONI GOLD Fencing Individual Foil
Carmine ABBAGNALE , Giuseppe ABBAGNALE , Giuseppe DI CAPUA GOLD Rowing Coxed pair
Agostino ABBAGNALE , Gianluca FARINA , Piero POLI , Davide TIZZANO GOLD Rowing Quadruple Sculls (4x)
Vincenzo MAENZA GOLD Wrestling Greco Roman 48kg
Salvatore ANTIBO SILVER Athletics 10.000 m
Francesca BORTOLOZZI , Annapia GANDOLFI , Lucia TRAVERSA , Dorina VACCARONI , Margherita ZALAFFI SILVER Fencing Team Foil
Carlo MASSULLO SILVER Modern Pentathlon Individual
Daniele MASALA , Carlo MASSULLO , Gianluca TIBERTI SILVER Modern Pentathlon Team competition
Maurizio DAMILANO BRONZE Athletics 20 Km Race walk
Giovanni SCALZO BRONZE Fencing Individual Sabre
Massimo CAVALIERE , Gianfranco DALLA BARBA , Marco MARIN , Ferdinando MEGLIO , Giovanni SCALZO BRONZE Fencing Team Sabre
Stefano BATTISTELLI BRONZE Swimming 400m Individual Medley
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