View source for Venues of the 1988 Summer Olympics

{{short description|none}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
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&nbsp; 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.

==Venues==
===[[Seoul Sports Complex]]===
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=780px
!Venue
!Sports
!Capacity
!class="unsortable"| Ref.
|-
|| [[Jamsil Baseball Stadium]] || [[Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Baseball]] (demonstration) || align="right"|30,306
| align=center|<ref name=osg88-166>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. p. 166. Retrieved 1 December 2010.</ref>
|-
|| [[Jamsil Arena|Jamsil Gymnasium]] || [[Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Basketball]], [[Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Volleyball]] (final) || align="right"|13,409
| align=center|<ref name=osg88-164>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. p. 164. Retrieved 1 December 2010.</ref><ref name=mp88>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p2.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 2. p. 335. Retrieved 2 December 2010.</ref>
|-
|| [[Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool]] || [[Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Diving]], [[Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Modern pentathlon]] (swimming), [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Swimming]], [[Synchronized swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Synchronized swimming]], [[Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Water polo]] || align="right"|8,000
| align=center|<ref name=osg88-164 />
|-
|| [[Jamsil Students' Gymnasium]] || [[Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Boxing]]  || align="right"|7,500
| align=center|<ref name=osg88-166 />
|-
|| [[Olympic Stadium (Seoul)|Seoul Olympic Stadium]] || [[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Athletics]], [[Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Equestrian]] (jumping individual final), [[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Football]] (final) || align="right"|69,950
| align=center|<ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 162-3. Retrieved 1 December 2010.</ref>
|}

===[[Olympic Park, Seoul|Olympic Park]]===
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=780px
!Venue
!Sports
!Capacity
!class="unsortable"| Ref.
|-
|| [[Mongchon Tosong]] || Modern pentathlon (running) || align="right"|10,000
| align=center|<ref name=mp88 /><ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. p. 181. Retrieved 1 December 2010.</ref>
|-
|| [[Olympic Fencing Gymnasium]] || [[Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Fencing]], Modern pentathlon (fencing) || align="right"|7,000
| align=center|<ref name=mp88 /><ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. p. 178. Retrieved 1 December 2010.</ref>
|-
|| [[Olympic Gymnastics Arena|Olympic Gymnastics Hall]] || [[Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Gymnastics]] || align="right"|14,730
| align=center|<ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 178-9. Retrieved 1 December 2010.</ref>
|-
|| [[Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center|Olympic Tennis Center]] || [[Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Tennis]]  || align="right"|15,000
| align=center|<ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. p. 180. Retrieved 1 December 2010.</ref>
|-
|| [[Olympic Velodrome (Seoul)|Olympic Velodrome]] || [[Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Cycling]] (track) || align="right"|6,000
| align=center|<ref name=osg88-176>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. p. 176. Retrieved 1 December 2010.</ref>
|-
|| [[Olympic Weightlifting Gymnasium]] || [[Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Weightlifting]] || align="right"|4,000
| align=center|<ref name=osg88-176 />
|}

===New venues===
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=780px
!Venue
!Sports
!Capacity
!class="unsortable"| Ref.
|-
|| [[Busan Yachting Center]] || [[Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Sailing]] || align="right"|80
| align=center|<ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 190-1. Retrieved 1 December 2010.</ref>
|-
|| [[Misari Regatta|Han River Regatta Course/Canoeing Site]] || [[Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Canoeing]], [[Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Rowing]] || align="right"|25,000
| align=center|<ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 186-7. Retrieved 1 December 2010.</ref>
|-
|| [[Hanyang University Gymnasium]] || Volleyball preliminaries || align="right"|8,000
| align=center|<ref name=osg88-194>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. p. 194. Retrieved 1 December 2010.</ref>
|-
|| [[Saemaul Sports Hall]] || Volleyball preliminaries  || align="right"|4,500
| align=center|<ref name=osg88-194 />
|-
|| [[Sangmu Gymnasium]] || [[Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Wrestling]] || align="right"|5,000
| align=center|<ref name=osg88-192>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. p. 192. Retrieved 1 December 2010.</ref>
|-
|| [[Seoul Race Park|Seoul Equestrian Park]] || Equestrian (all but jumping individual final), Modern pentathlon (riding) || align="right"|30,000
| align=center|<ref name=mp88 /><ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Winter Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 188-9. Retrieved 1 December 2010.</ref>
|-
|| [[Seoul National University Gymnasium]] || [[Badminton at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Badminton]] (demonstration), [[Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics|table tennis]] || align="right"|5,000
| align=center|<ref name=osg88-192 />
|-
|| [[Suwon Gymnasium]] || [[Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Handball]] || align="right"|6,000
| align=center|<ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. p. 195. Retrieved 1 December 2010.</ref>
|}

===Existing venues===
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=780px
!Venue
!Sports
!Capacity
!class="unsortable"| Ref.
|-
|| [[Hwarang Archery Field]] || [[Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Archery]] || align="right"|1,200
| align=center|<ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. p. 200. Retrieved 1 December 2010.</ref>
|-
|| [[Jangchung Gymnasium]] || [[Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Judo]], [[Taekwondo at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Taekwondo]] (demonstration) || align="right"|7,000
| align=center|<ref name=osg88-202>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. p. 202. Retrieved 1 December 2010.</ref>
|-
|| [[Royal Bowling Center]] || [[Bowling at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Bowling]] (demonstration) || align="right"|Not listed.
| align=center|<ref name=osg88-206 />
|-
|| [[Seongnam Stadium]] || [[Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Field hockey]] || align="right"|23,262
| align=center|<ref name=osg88-202 />
|-
|| Streets of Seoul ||  Athletics (20&nbsp;km/ 50&nbsp;km walk, marathon) || align="right"|Not listed.
| align=center|<ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p2.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 2. p. 311. Retrieved 1 December 2010.</ref>
|-
|| [[Taenung International Shooting Range]] ||  Modern pentathlon (shooting), [[Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Shooting]] || align="right"|2,505
| align=center|<ref name=mp88 /><ref name=tisr>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 200-1. Retrieved 1 December 2010.</ref>
|-
|| [[Tongillo Road Course]] ||  Cycling (individual road race, road team time trial) || align="right"|800
| align=center|<ref name=osg88-206 />
|}

===Football venues===
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=780px
!Venue
!Sports
!Capacity
!class="unsortable"| Ref.
|-
|| [[Busan Gudeok Stadium|Busan Stadium]] || Football preliminaries || align="right"|30,000
| align=center|<ref name=osg88-204>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. p. 204. Retrieved 1 December 2010.</ref>
|-
|| [[Daegu Civil Stadium|Daegu Stadium]] || Football preliminaries || align="right"|23,278
| align=center|<ref name=osg88-204 />
|-
|| [[Daejeon Hanbat Stadium|Daejeon Stadium]] || Football preliminaries || align="right"|30,000
| align=center|<ref name=osg88-206>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. p. 206. Retrieved 1 December 2010.</ref>
|-
|| [[Dongdaemun Stadium]] || Football preliminaries  || align="right"|26,383
| align=center|<ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 202-3. Retrieved 1 December 2010.</ref>
|-
|| [[Gwangju Stadium]] || Football preliminaries || align="right"|30,000
| align=center|<ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 204-5. Retrieved 1 December 2010.</ref>
|}

==Before the Olympics==
The oldest venue, Dongdaemun Stadium, was built in 1926.<ref name=dds>[http://enc.daum.net/dic100/viewContents.do?&m=all&articleID=b05d1225a History of Dongdaenum Stadium: 1926-2003.] Retrieved 2 December 2010. {{in lang|ko}}</ref> The stadium underwent three renovations between 1926 and the 1988 Summer Olympics.<ref name=dds /> Busan Goodek Stadium was built in 1928.<ref>[http://www.worldstadiums.com/asia/countries/south_korea/busan.shtml Worldstadiums.com profile in Busan, KOR.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326122649/http://www.worldstadiums.com/asia/countries/south_korea/busan.shtml |date=26 March 2015 }} Retrieved 2 December 2010.</ref> Dageu Stadium was constructed in 1948 and renovated in 1975.<ref>[http://www.daegu.go.kr/Sports/Default.aspx?cid=28:2&classNo=0&no=30&rNo=30&page=1&list=10&infoID=293 Daegu.go.kr profile of Daegu Stadium.] Retrieved 2 December 2010. {{in lang|ko}}</ref> Daejeon Stadium was completed in 1964.<ref>[http://www.djsiseol.or.kr/playground/sub01/sub0101.asp Djsiseol.or.kr history of Daejeon Stadium.] Retrieved 2 December 2010. {{in lang|ko}}</ref>

Taenung International Shooting Range was constructed in 1972 following the [[Summer Olympics]] that took place in [[Munich]].<ref name=tisr /> Six years later, the venue made history by becoming the first to host a world championships for [[ISSF World Shooting Championships|shooting sports]].<ref name=tisr /><ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. p. 33.</ref> This venue was renovated in 1987-8 before the 1988 Games to comply with [[International Shooting Sport Federation]] (ISSF, then Union International de Tir (UIT)) standards.<ref name=tisr />

Jangchung Gymnasium hosted the [[1979 FIBA World Championship for Women]].<ref>[http://todor66.com/basketball/World/Women_1979.html todor66.com profile of the 1979 FIBA Women's World Basketball Championship results.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527165654/http://todor66.com/basketball/World/Women_1979.html |date= 27 May 2009 }} Retrieved 2 December 2010.</ref>

The success of the [[ISSF World Shooting Championships|UIT World Shooting Championships]] that year led to the formation of a bid committee to bring the 1988 Games to Seoul. Among Seoul's competitors were [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]] (who also bidded for the [[1988 Summer Paralympics]] in a different process, host of the [[1956 Summer Olympics]], and [[Nagoya]], [[Japan]]. Seoul submitted its bid to the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) in late 1980 though Melbourne withdrew its bid in early 1981. At the 1981 IOC meeting in [[Baden-Baden]], [[West Germany]] ([[Germany]] since October 1990), the IOC selected Seoul to host the 1988 Summer Olympics.<ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. pp.34-43. Retrieved 2 December 2010.</ref>

Venues for the Seoul Sports Complex were constructed between 1973 and 1984.<ref name=ssc>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. p. 159. Retrieved 2 December 2010.</ref> Except for Mongchon Tosong and the Tongillo Road Course, all of the other venues were completed or renovated by the summer of 1986.<ref name=osg88v>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v1p1.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. 172, 174, 186-206. Retrieved 2 December 2010.</ref> The fact that the city was preparing to host the 1986 Asian Games was well regarded, as much of the infrastructure built for the event would be reused and the event was seen as the big test.<ref name=ssc /><ref name=osg88v /><ref>[http://www.ocasia.org/Game/GameParticular.aspx?GPCode=14 OCAsia.org profile of the 1986 Asian Games.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107080115/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/GameParticular.aspx?GPCode=14 |date=7 November 2010 }} Retrieved 2 December 2010.</ref>

==During the Olympics==
The [[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|men's marathon]] course was run in hot weather along a route lined with 36,000 [[police]] personnel.<ref>Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Track & Field (Men): Marathon". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition''. London: Aurum Press Limited. pp. 149-50.</ref> At the Han River Regatta Course/ Canoeing Site during the [[Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres|men's K-1 1000 m canoeing]] event, it was announced that [[Australia at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Australia]]'s [[Grant Davies]] had won the event, but that was reversed a few minutes later by a jury of the [[International Canoe Federation]] that [[United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics|American]] [[Greg Barton]] had won the event in a photo finish by 0.005 seconds.<ref>Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Kayak Singles 1000 Meters". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition''. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 472.</ref> In the men's rowing coxless fours final, the [[Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Soviet]] team finished last to one of their seats breaking in the middle of the race.<ref>Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Rowing: Men's Four-Oared Shell Without Coxswain". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition''. London: Aurum Press Limited. pp. 796-7.</ref>

During the fifth race of the sailing Finn event near Busan, [[Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Canada]]'s [[Lawrence Lemieux]] was in second place when he noticed [[Joseph Chan (sailor)|Joseph Chan]] of [[Singapore at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Singapore]] in the water {{convert|25|yd|m|abbr=on}} from his capsized boat.<ref name=wal1>Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Sailing: Men's Finn". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition''. London Aurum Press Limited. p. 827.</ref> Lemieux abandoned his position and rescued Chan and Chan's Singapore teammate.<ref name=wal1 /><ref name=edmj /> Even though Lemieux finished last in the race, the IOC gave him second place for the race as a result of Lemieux's heroic efforts.<ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v2p2.pdf 1988 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 2. Part 2. p. 692. Retrieved 2 December 2010.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181806/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/SAI/mixed-one-person-dinghy-race-five.html Sports-reference.com 1988 Summer Olympics sailing mixed-one-person-dinghy (Finn) class 24 September Race Five results.] Retrieved 2 December 2010.</ref> Lemieux would be awarded the IOC [[Pierre de Coubertin medal]] at the Finn medal awards ceremony by President [[Juan Antonio Samaranch]].<ref name=edmj>[http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/sports/story.html?id=063e5f99-458f-47c2-b6c2-0e34056bb81f "Lemieux's sportsmanship still recognized".] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628223604/http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/sports/story.html?id=063e5f99-458f-47c2-b6c2-0e34056bb81f |date=28 June 2011 }} Canada.com 13 March 2008 ''Edmonton Journal'' article Retrieved 2 December 2010.</ref>

The tennis venue for the [[Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's Singles|women's singles]] event witnessed [[West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics|West Germany]]'s [[Steffi Graf]] defeating [[Argentina at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Argentina]]'s [[Gabriella Sabatini]] to win the "Golden Slam", including the [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] events in [[1988 Australian Open|Australia]], [[1988 French Open|France]], [[1988 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]], and the [[1988 US Open (tennis)|United States]].<ref>Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Tennis: Women's Singles". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition''. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 1027.</ref>

==After the Olympics==
Olympic Stadium continues to be of use to many events as of 2010.<ref>[http://stadium.seoul.go.kr/stadium_eng/new/0201_1.html Stadium.seoul.go.kr profile of Olympic Stadium.] Retrieved 2 December 2010.</ref> When Korea co-hosted the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] with [[Japan]], none of the 1988 Summer Olympic venues used for football were used for those events.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070603165220/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/index.html FIFA.com 2002 FIFA World Cup information.] Retrieved 2 December 2010.</ref> Dongdaemun Stadium was demolished in 2008.<ref name=dds />

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Olympic venues}}
{{1988 Summer Olympic venues}}

[[Category:Venues of the 1988 Summer Olympics| ]]
[[Category:Lists of Summer Olympic venues|1988 Summer Olympic venues]]