1988 Summer Olympics

Hosting both Summer and Winter Olympics

By Kim Yun-sik

The 2018 Winter Olympic Games is scheduled to take place in PyeongChang in the mountainous Gangwon Province, South Korea, after its bid was chosen by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The two other candidates that applied to host the Games were Annecy and Munich.

After losing in two consecutive bids to Vancouver and Sochi; PyeongChang won the right to host the 2018 Olympics. PyeongChang gleaned 63 votes against Munich’s 25 and Annecy’s 7. IOC President Jacques Rogge admitted he was surprised that the vote was concluded in the first round, but the best one, PyeongChang, won convincingly. It was South Korea’s patience and perseverance that prevailed.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak travelled to Durban, South Africa, to make a personal pitch for the 2018 Games. The news of PyeongChang’s victory came near midnight in Korea and the resort residents danced and waved national and Olympic flags as they chanted, “This is the happiest day for our town.”

Let me venture back to an earlier period in the nation’s sporting activities. In the early 1970s, the economic policies of Seoul received global attention because it showed the world that the Asian economy had the strength to stand on its own. From then on South Korea has been known as a rising economic power.

In 1978 South Korea hosted the 42nd World Shooting Championship at the Taeneung International Shooting Range. It was the first time in history that an Asian nation hosted the event. The nation had grasped the world’s attention, once again. Holding the event allowed the world a close-up view of the booming Korean economy.

In September 1981, Seoul suggested that South Korea host the 1988 Summer Olympics. On Sept. 30, 1981, the IOC announced that Seoul had won the bid for the 1988 Summer Games. Cuba’s President Fidel Castor suggested that North Korea should be a co-host and the North demanded that a special opening and closing ceremony be held through a joint organization committee, but the IOC could not meet the North’s demands.

Unsatisfied with the response of the Olympic committee, North Korea boycotted the Olympics along with Cuba, Nicaragua, Ethiopia, Albania, the Seychelles and Madagascar.

With 13,004 athletes from 160 countries competing in 1,030 events the turnout was extraordinary. The Games resulted in a sporting spectacular that brought 30,000 Olympic family members and 300,000 tourists.

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