1988 Summer Olympics

The Games of the XXIV Olympiad were held in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. The host was chosen in the September 1981 vote, ahead of the Japanese city of Nagoya. South Korea's government became a democracy under the pressure of organizing the Olympics.

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1988 - Seoul - South Korea - 1981 - Japan - Nagoya - Democracy

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After boycotts of the Olympics in 1976, 1980 and 1984, the Seoul Games were again boycotted, but this time only by four nations: North Korea, Cuba, Ethiopia and Nicaragua.

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North Korea - Cuba - Ethiopia - Nicaragua

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