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| plek = [[Seoel]], [[Suid-Korea]]
| lande = 159 [[Nasionale Olimpiese Komitee]]s
| atlete = 8 391 (6 197 mans, 2 194 vroue)<ref>{{en}} {{cite web |url=https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/Factsheets-Reference-Documents/Games/OG/Factsheet-The-Games-of-the-Olympiad.pdf |title=Factsheet – The Games of the Olympiad |publisher=[[Internasionale Olimpiese Komitee]] |date=Desember 2017 |accessdateaccess-date=5 Maart 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223030320/https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/Factsheets-Reference-Documents/Games/OG/Factsheet-The-Games-of-the-Olympiad.pdf |archive-date=23 Desember 2018 |url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| items = 237 in 23 sporte<ref>{{en}} {{cite web |url=https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/Factsheets-Reference-Documents/Games/OG/Factsheet-The-Programme-of-the-Games-of-the-Olympiad.pdf |title=Factsheet – The Programme of the Games of the Olympiad |publisher=[[Internasionale Olimpiese Komitee]] |date=Oktober 2017 |accessdateaccess-date=5 Maart 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422115908/https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/Factsheets-Reference-Documents/Games/OG/Factsheet-The-Programme-of-the-Games-of-the-Olympiad.pdf |archive-date=22 April 2020 |url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| opening = [[17 September]] [[1988]]
| sluiting = [[2 Oktober]] [[1988]]
| opener = President [[Roh Tae-woo]]<ref>{{en}} {{cite web |url=https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/Factsheets-Reference-Documents/Games/Ceremonies/Factsheet-Opening-Ceremony-of-the-Games-of-the-Olympiad.pdf |title=Factsheet – Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad |publisher=[[Internasionale Olimpiese Komitee]] |date=11 Januarie 2018 |accessdateaccess-date=5 Maart 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225031154/https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/Factsheets-Reference-Documents/Games/Ceremonies/Factsheet-Opening-Ceremony-of-the-Games-of-the-Olympiad.pdf |archive-date=25 Desember 2018 |url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| eed = [[Hur Jae]] ([[basketbal]]) en<br />[[Son Mi-na]] ([[handbal]])
| beampte = [[Lee Hak-rae]] ([[judo]])
Dit was naas die [[Olimpiese Somerspele 1964|Olimpiese Somerspele van 1964]] in [[Tokio]] die tweede Somerspele, wat in [[Asië]] beslis is en die laaste, wat tydens die [[Koue Oorlog]] plaasgevind het. Tydens die spele het twee van die wêreld se dominante sportnasies vir die laaste keer deelgeneem, die [[Duitse Demokratiese Republiek]] en die [[Sowjetunie]]; albei lande is nog voor die volgende spele ontbind.
[[Noord-Korea]] (ondersteun deur sy bondgenoot [[Kuba]]), wat hom sedert die [[Korea-oorlog]] nog steeds in staat van oorlog met die suide bevind, het die spele geboikot; die laaste boikot van Olimpiese spele. Dit was ook die laaste spele waar [[Suid-Afrika]] weens sy [[Apartheid]]sbeleid nie kon deelneem nie. [[Ethiopië]], [[Albanië]] en die [[Seychelle]] het nie op die IOK se uitnodigings gereageer nie.<ref>{{en}} {{cite book|author1=John E. Findling|author2=Kimberly D. Pelle|title=Historical Dictionary of the Modern Olympic Movement|url=https://books.google.de/books?id=vj5-Srq3ki4C&pg=PA182&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false|year=1996|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-28477-9|pages=182–}}</ref> [[Nicaragua]] het as gevolg van atletiese en finansiële oorwegings nie deelgeneem nie.<ref>{{en}} {{cite news |last=Janofsky |first=Michael |title=CUBANS TURN THEIR BACK ON THE SEOUL OLYMPICS |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/16/sports/cubans-turn-their-back-on-the-seoul-olympics.html |publisher=[[New York Times]] |date=16 Januarie 1988 |accessdateaccess-date=5 Maart 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419050911/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/16/sports/cubans-turn-their-back-on-the-seoul-olympics.html |archive-date=19 April 2019 |url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Die deelname van [[Madagaskar]] is verwag, maar dié land het weens finansiële redes onttrek.<ref>{{en}} {{cite web|url=http://www.olympiandatabase.com/index.php?id=515&L=1|title=Seoul Olympics 1988|accessdate=5 Maart 2018}}</ref>
Die [[Olimpiese Winterspele 1988]] is in [[Calgary]], [[Kanada]], aangebied. Die [[Paralimpiese Somerspele 1988]] is tussen 15 en 24 Oktober in Seoel gehou.
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