What Happened in 1988

1988 — year

1988 Summer Olympics — Games of the XXIV Olympiad, in Seoul, South Korea

Eurovision Song Contest 1988 — 33rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest

1988 Formula One World Championship — sports season

1988 Summer Olympics medal table — distribution of medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 African Cup of Nations — football tournament

basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics — international basketball tournament

1988 AFC Asian Cup — international football competition

athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics — Track and field athletics events during the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 Winter Olympics medal table — Wikimedia list article

1988–89 UEFA Cup — 18th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA

handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics — overview of handball practiced at the 1988 Olympic Summer Games

swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics — Swimming at the Olympics

1988 in film — overview of the events of 1988 in film

football at the 1988 Summer Olympics — 1988 edition of the association football tournament during the Olympic Summer Games

tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics — tennis tournament

volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics — Olympic competition

Campos de Sport de El Sardinero — football stadium

wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics — competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics

rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics — rowing regatta

table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics — Table tennis at the Olympics

water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics — water polo at the Olympics

1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners — state-sponsored mass executions of political prisoners in Iran

1988 European Super Cup — football match

1988 Winter Paralympics — Winter Paralympics

South Yemen at the 1988 Summer Olympics — Participation of South Yemen in the 1988 Summer Olympics

boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics — Boxing competitions

UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying — international football competition

shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics — Sports shooting at the Olympics

field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics — field hockey competition

fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Australia at the 1988 Summer Olympics — sporting event delegation

cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics — cycling events at the Olympics

28th Chess Olympiad — FIDE chess tournament for national teams

Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics — country participating in the Olympic Games

UEFA Euro 1988 squads — Wikimedia list article

weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics — Weightlifting at the Olympics

ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics — 1988 edition of the ski jumping competitions during the Olympic Winter Games

diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics — Diving at the Olympics

speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics — Speed skating at the Olympics

archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics — Archery at the Olympics

judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics — judo competition

East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics — overview of East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Denmark at the 1988 Summer Olympics — sporting event delegation

gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics — gymnastics events at the Olympics

Soviet Union at the 1988 Winter Olympics — country entered in olympic winter games

Greece at the 1988 Summer Olympics — sporting event delegation

synchronized swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics — synchronised swimming events at the Olympics

1988 Winter Olympics — 15th edition of Winter Olympics, in Calgary, Canada

figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics — 1988 edition of the figure skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games

ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics — 1988 edition of the ice hockey tournament during the Olympic Winter Games

UEFA Euro 1988 — 8th European association football championship

UEFA Euro 1988 finals — final game of the UEFA Euro 1988

1988 Canadian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1988

1988 Detroit Grand Prix — motor car race

Pan Am Flight 103 — US transatlantic flight, bombed in 1988 over Scotland

1988 Spitak earthquake — December 1988 earthquake in Armenian SSR, USSR

1988 Intercontinental Cup — 1988 edition of the Intercontinental Cup

Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown — 1988 airliner shootdown

1988 German Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1988

Piper Alpha — North Sea oil platform that burnt down in 1988

1988 British Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1988

Halabja massacre — massacre against the Kurdish people that took place in Halabja, Iraq on March 16, 1988

WrestleMania IV — WWE's 1988 WrestleMania pay-per-view

1988 United States presidential election — 51st quadrennial U.S. presidential election

Palestinian Declaration of Independence — statement written by Mahmoud Darwish and proclaimed by Yasser Arafat

1988 Australian Grand Prix — 468th Formula 1 Championship Grand Prix

60th Academy Awards — award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 1987

Aloha Airlines Flight 243 — 1988 aviation accident

1988 Brazilian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1988

1988 Summer Paralympics — multi-parasport event in Seoul, South Korea

1988 Japanese Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1988

1988 Spanish Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1988

1988 European Cup Final — association football match

1988 San Marino Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1988

1988 French presidential election — 1988 presidential election in France

1988 Monaco Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1988

Ramstein air show disaster — aviation accident

1988 Hungarian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1988

1988 Belgian Grand Prix — Formula One race