What is 1988 Winter Olympics?
{{Infobox Olympic games|1988|Winter|Olympics | host_city = [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], Canada | motto = ''Coming Together in Calgary''<br />({{lang-fr|Se réunir à Calgary}}) | nations = 57 | athletes = 1,423 (1,122 men, 301 women) | events = 46 in 6 [[Olympic sports|sports]] (10 disciplines) | opening = February 13 | closing = February 28 | opened_by = [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] [[Jeanne Sauvé]] | cauldron = [[Robyn Perry]] | stadium = [[McMahon Stadium]] | winter_prev = [[1984 Winter Olympics|Sarajevo 1984]] | winter_next = [[1992 Winter Olympics|Albertville 1992]] | summer_prev = [[1984 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles 1984]] | summer_next = [[1988 Summer Olympics|Seoul 1988]] |image=Olympic rings without rims.svg|image_size=250px}} [[File:Strolz Hubert 02.jpg|thumb|[[Hubert Strolz]], [[Austria|Austrian]] [[Alpine skiing|alpine skiier]]. Strolz won a gold medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics]] The '''1988 [[Winter Olympics]]''', officially known as the '''XV Olympic Winter Games''', were held in [[Calgary, Alberta|Calgary]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]] and opened by Governor General [[Jeanne Sauvé]]. The Olympics were highly successful financially as they brought in million-dollar profits. The games left a lasting impression on the host city and gave it a new identity from a cowtown to a large commercial sector of the country. 1988 was also the last year that the [[Paralympic Games]] and the Winter Olympics were held in separate cities. All Games after the 1988 Winter Olympics have been hosted by the same city or a city nearby. The Canadian team did not win a gold medal during the 1988 Winter Olympics, similar to how the Canadian team did not win one during the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in [[Montreal]]. At the time, Canada and [[Yugoslavia]] were the only countries that had not won a gold medal when their country hosted the Olympics. (However, Canada would later win a gold medal when the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] were hosted in [[Vancouver]].) == History == === Back