Feb 13, 1988 - Feb 28, 1988
The 1988 Winter Olympics were held in Calgary. It was the first time the Alpine events were held on artificial snow, and the Alpine events were expanded to five events for both the men and women. Katarina Witt and Brian Boitano won the figure skating gold medals. Yvonne van Gennip won three gold medals in speed skating over the highly favored East Germans.
Alpine Skiing
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Gold Medal |
Country |
| Feb 17, 1988 |
Men's Alpine Combined |
Hubert Strolz |
Austria |
| Feb 15, 1988 |
Men's Downhill |
Pirmin Zurbriggen |
Switzerland |
| Feb 27, 1988 |
Men's Slalom |
Alberto Tomba |
Italy |
| Feb 25, 1988 |
Men's Giant Slalom |
Alberto Tomba |
Italy |
| Feb 21, 1988 |
Men's Super G |
Franck Piccard |
France |
| Feb 21, 1988 |
Women's Alpine Combined |
Anita Wachter |
Austria |
| Feb 19, 1988 |
Women's Downhill |
Marina Kiehl |
West Germany |
| Feb 26, 1988 |
Women's Slalom |
Vreni Schneider |
Switzerland |
| Feb 24, 1988 |
Women's Giant Slalom |
Vreni Schneider |
Switzerland |
| Feb 22, 1988 |
Women's Super G |
Sigrid Wolf |
Austria |
Biathlon
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|
Gold Medal |
Country |
| Feb 20, 1988 |
Men's Biathlon Individual |
Frank-Peter Roetsch |
East Germany |
| Feb 26, 1988 |
Men's Biathlon Relay |
Soviet Union |
Soviet Union |
| Feb 23, 1988 |
Men's Biathlon 10k Sprint |
Frank-Peter Roetsch |
East Germany |
Bobsleigh
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|
Gold Medal |
Country |
| Feb 21, 1988 |
Two Man Bobsleigh |
Jānis Ķipurs & Vladimir Kozlov |
Soviet Union |
| Feb 28, 1988 |
Four Man Bobsleigh |
Switzerland |
Switzerland |
Cross Country
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|
Gold Medal |
Country |
| Feb 19, 1988 |
Men's Cross Country 15k |
Mikhail Devyatyarov |
Soviet Union |
| Feb 15, 1988 |
Men's Cross Country 30k |
Alexey Prokurorov |
Soviet Union |
| Feb 27, 1988 |
Men's Cross Country 50k |
Gunde Svan |
Sweden |
| Feb 22, 1988 |
Men's Cross Country Relay |
Sweden |
Sweden |
| Feb 17, 1988 |
Women's Cross Country 5k |
Marjo Matikainen |
Finland |
| Feb 14, 1988 |
Women's Cross Country 10k |
Vida Vencienė |
Soviet Union |
| Feb 25, 1988 |
Women's Cross Country 20k |
Tamara Tikhonova |
Soviet Union |
| Feb 21, 1988 |
Women's Cross Country Relay |
Soviet Union |
Soviet Union |
Figure Skating
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|
Gold Medal |
Country |
| Feb 20, 1988 |
Men's Figure Skating |
Brian Boitano |
United States |
| Feb 27, 1988 |
Women's Figure Skating |
Katarina Witt |
East Germany |
| Feb 16, 1988 |
Pairs Figure Skating |
Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov |
Soviet Union |
| Feb 23, 1988 |
Ice Dancing |
Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin |
Soviet Union |
Ice Hockey
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|
Gold Medal |
Country |
| Feb 28, 1988 |
Men's Ice Hockey |
Soviet Union |
Soviet Union |
Luge
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|
Gold Medal |
Country |
| Feb 15, 1988 |
Men's Luge |
Jens Müller |
East Germany |
| Feb 18, 1988 |
Women's Luge |
Steffi Walter-Martin |
East Germany |
| Feb 19, 1988 |
Doubles Luge |
Jorg Hoffmann & Jochen Pietzsch |
East Germany |
Nordic Combined
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|
Gold Medal |
Country |
| Feb 28, 1988 |
Nordic Combined Normal Hill |
Hippolyt Kempf |
Switzerland |
| Feb 24, 1988 |
Nordic Combined Team |
West Germany |
West Germany |
Ski Jumping
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|
Gold Medal |
Country |
| Feb 23, 1988 |
Men's Ski Jumping Large Hill |
Matti Nykänen |
Finland |
| Feb 14, 1988 |
Men's Ski Jumping Normal Hill |
Matti Nykänen |
Finland |
| Feb 24, 1988 |
Men's Ski Jumping Team |
Finland |
Finland |
Speed Skating
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|
Gold Medal |
Country |
| Feb 14, 1988 |
Men's Speed Skating 500m |
Uwe-Jens Mey |
East Germany |
| Feb 18, 1988 |
Men's Speed Skating 1000m |
Nikolay Gulyayev |
Soviet Union |
| Feb 20, 1988 |
Men's Speed Skating 1500m |
André Hoffmann |
East Germany |
| Feb 17, 1988 |
Men's Speed Skating 5000m |
Tomas Gustafson |
Sweden |
| Feb 21, 1988 |
Men's Speed Skating 10000m |
Tomas Gustafson |
Sweden |
| Feb 22, 1988 |
Women's Speed Skating 500m |
Bonnie Blair |
United States |
| Feb 26, 1988 |
Women's Speed Skating 1000m |
Christa Rothenburger |
East Germany |
| Feb 27, 1988 |
Women's Speed Skating 1500m |
Yvonne van Gennip |
Netherlands |
| Feb 23, 1988 |
Women's Speed Skating 3000m |
Yvonne van Gennip |
Netherlands |
| Feb 28, 1988 |
Women's Speed Skating 5000m |
Yvonne van Gennip |
Netherlands |
