#1988 olympics

[papaya2000s]

Koreana

[ageofinvincibility]

Jackie Joyner-Kersee - Official Badass

[g0ldmedal]

Another Inane Backstroke Rule

Not long ago, I had a swimmer DQ’d in a backstroke race for going underwater on the touch. I need to rant and complain about it. I thought that the rule was inane and argued accordingly. To no avail. I was elucidated on ‘a decision of fact’ which I thought completely undermined any normal jurisprudence. However, since I’ve been around the block a few times I acquiesced. And also, I was told that…

[betweenthetimeandsound]

The Opening Ceremony from the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. I wanted to watch it for a while because I knew these games were a turning point from a dictatorship to democracy, and just wanted to see how vintage opening ceremonies operated.

Some notes I've had:

--I knew that 1996 was the first time where the Opening Ceremony had a storyline, so watching some of these aspects prior to the Parade of Nations felt like amateur hour. Some of it had aspects of Korean culture in it, which were the best parts, honestly. --I was surprised that there was a bit more show after the lighting of the cauldron. --It's interesting to see Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union, and Yugoslavia as united countries in these games--two of them for the last time in the Summer games. --There are three types of parade of nations outfits: traditional clothing, tracksuits, and Western-style business suits. --I randomly laughed when Turkey was introduced. Not because of resentment, but because I was thinking of Turkish-Korean relations, or Abnormal Summit... --and speaking of which, I've heard of "Hand in Hand" playing in Abnormal Summit, or at least the early episodes!

[birf]

AKIRA Olympic shooters

inspired by these baddies

[quantumleper]

Shotaro Kaneda | 80s Anime's Cyberpunk Action Hero | AKIRA (1988)

[sandytrish008]

There are 5 days left until the opening of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, and to celebrate I drew my favorite mascots from different Olympics and Paralympics, in ascending order:

Misha - Moscow 1980

Hodori - Seoul 1988

Cobi - Barcelona 1992

Powder, copper, Coal and Otto - Salt Lake City 2002

Miga, Quatchi, Sumi and Mukmuk - Vancouver 2010

Vinicius&Tom - Rio 2016

[corrodedcoughin]

okay so Steve is a Sports Guy so would obviously be watching the olympics when the roll around. But Eddie would get into one of the one of the more obscure sports.

Steve would come over to Eddie's and Eddie would be on the edge of the couch shouting criticisms like 'NO, NO! COME ON! THAT RIBBON SNAP WAS PATHETIC! Those judges are BLIND' and shushing Steve when he threatens to make a noise by even just closing the door. Steve wanders over, places a kiss on Eddie's head but gets batted away, getting in the way of Eddie's view. Laughing, Steve sits down as the event ends and they wait for the next one to start 'so what are we watching?'

'Denmark about to play women's double but they are looking pretty tired and I'm pretty sure there's some drama between the teams. They've definitely slept together and one of them has feelings but the other doesn't. Ref is involved too, I swear. Now shut up.'

Steve grabs a handfull of chips from the bag abandoned by Eddie's thigh and settles back, not sure if he wants to watch the match or his boyfriend. It takes one game for Steve to get passionately invested. This leads to Wayne coming home to the pair of them standing on the furniture yelling at each other

'HOW CAN YOU AGREE WITH THAT POINT? IT WAS CLEARLY OUT OF THE LINES!'

'ARE YOU BLIND STEVE? ARE YOU? BECAUSE IT WAS IN AND THE JUDGES AGREE SO FUCK OFF!'

[tvneon]

[czarinakanaeva]

Focusing on the good: BABI MADE THE FINAL

[todaysdocument]

President Ronald Reagan Greeting Florence Griffith Joyner of The United States Olympic Team in The Oval Office

Collection RR-WHPO: White House Photographic Collection Series: Reagan White House Photographs

This photograph shows President Ronald Reagan shaking hands with Florence Griffith Joyner in the Oval Office.  Joyner wears the uniform of the 1988 US Olympic Team.

[britanniabay]

Always the Olympian! Princess Anne at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul from a unique perspective!

Courtesy of Michel

[dozydawn]

Jessica Mills Short Program at the US Figure Skating Championships, 1996.

Jealousy by Max Hobart and the Boston Pops Orchestra.

[isabellek211]

Their all mascots here 

from lift to right

Neve (Torino 2006)

Gliz (Torino 2006)

Silviya Petrova (Hare)(Sochi 2014)

Vadim Pak (Leopard)(Sochi 2014)

Oleg Seredechniy (Polar Bear)(Sochi 2014)

Miga (Vancouver 2010)

Hidy (Calgary 1988)

Howdy (Calgary 1988)

Soohorang (PyeongChang 2018)

Quatchi (Vancouver 2010)

Powder (Salt Lake City 2002)

Copper (Salt Lake City 2002)

Coal (Salt Lake City 2002)

[poke-bon]

I saw Greg Louganis bang his head on the diving board at the 1988 Olympics when I was 6 years old and I have been concerned for every single diver ever since

[comaneci]

thinking about how lilia akhaimova is an olympic gold medalist and mykayla skinner isn’t 🤭