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Kanadensaren Ben Johnson som vann 100 m på världsrekordtid, avslöjades vara dopad med anabola steroider, diskvalificerades och fråntogs både medalj och världsrekordsnoteringar.
Simmerskan Kristin Otto, Östtyskland vann sex guld och blev därmed den segerrikaste under tävlingarna. Andra framgångsrika simmare var Matt Biondi, USA med fem guld och Janet Evans, USA med tre.
Anthony Nesty från Surinam erövrade sitt lands första olympiska medalj genom sin överraskande seger på 100 m fjärilsim. Han blev dessutom den förste färgade simmare att ta medalj.
Christa Rothenburger, DDR, blev den första och enda deltagare som lyckas erövra en olympisk medalj samma år vid såväl vinter- som sommarspel. Hon lägger ett cykelsilver till det guld hon vann på skridsko i Calgary.
Den amerikanske simhopparen Greg Louganis lyckas med att erövra båda simhoppsgulden i två på varandra följande Olympiska spel. Vid försöken på 3 m-svikten slog han huvudet i svikten vid ett baklängeshopp. Trots detta gick han till final och tog guld.
Inom gymnastiktävlingarna tog Vladimir Artemov, Sovjetunionen hem fyra guld och Daniela Silivas, Rumänien tre.
Peter Seisenbacher, Österrike och Hitoshi Saito, Japan blev första judokas att försvara sina OS-titlar.
Svenska florettfäktaren Kerstin Palm (utslagen i försöken) blev första kvinna att ha deltagit i sju Olympiska spel.
Två bulgariska tyngdlyftare (Mitko Grablev och Angel Guenchev) fråntogs sina guldmedaljer efter positiva dopingprov. Det bulgariska laget avbröt deltagandet och åkte hem till följd av proverna.
För första gången tog Indonesien en olympisk medalj. Den kom i damernas bågskytte. Lilies Handayani, Nurfitriyana Saiman och Kusuma Wardhani tar silver i lagtävlingen. De vann skiljetävling om silver mot USA med 72-67.
För första gången sedan 1904 blev Sverige utan guldmedaljer.[1]
Brunei deltog även de vid invignings- och avslutningsceremonin för första gången, men deras delegation bestod endast av en domare i simning och inga idrottare.
Bojkottande nationer
Efter uppmuntran från Kubas president Fidel Castro så krävde Nordkorea att de skulle få vara medarrangörer vid spelen. IOK träffade representanter för Nordkorea och Sydkorea vid två tillfällen, men eftersom de nordkoreanska kraven varken kunde accepteras av IOK eller Sydkorea så förblev det Seoul som blev ensam värd för spelen. I protest mot detta bojkottade Nordkorea och några andra länder spelen. Albanien och Seychellerna valde dock att inte officiellt delta i den av Nordkorea ledda bojkotten av rädsla för sanktioner från IOK, men de ställde aldrig upp i spelen. Madagaskar var anmälda att delta, men vid invigningsceremonin så saknades de då de valde att delta i bojkotten.
Cycling (road) pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Cycling (road). This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Flag of Iran.svg Flag of Iran. The tricolor flag was introduced in 1906, but after the Islamic Revolution of 1979 the Arabic words 'Allahu akbar' ('God is great'), written in the Kufic script of the Qur'an and repeated 22 times, were added to the red and green strips where they border the white central strip and in the middle is the emblem of Iran (which is a stylized Persian alphabet of the Arabic word Allah ("God")). The official ISIRI standard (translation at FotW) gives two slightly different methods of construction for the flag: a compass-and-straightedge construction used for File:Flag of Iran (official).svg, and a "simplified" construction sheet with rational numbers used for this file.
Flag of Israel.svg Flag of Israel. Shows a Magen David (“Shield of David”) between two stripes. The Shield of David is a traditional Jewish symbol. The stripes symbolize a Jewish prayer shawl (tallit).
Flag of Jamaica.svg Flag of Jamaica. “The sunshine, the land is green, and the people are strong and bold” is the symbolism of the colours of the flag. GOLD represents the natural wealth and beauty of sunlight; GREEN represents hope and agricultural resources; BLACK represents the strength and creativity of the people. The original symbolism, however, was "Hardships there are, but the land is green, and the sun shineth", where BLACK represented the hardships being faced.
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei Olympic Flag. According to the official website of Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee, Blue Sky(circle) & White Sun(triangles) above the Olympic rings is neither the National Emblem of the Republic of China, nor the Party Emblem of Kuomintang (KMT), but a design in between, where the triangles do not extend to the edge of the blue circle, as registered at International Olympic Committee in 1981 and digitally rendered in 2013. Besides, the blue outline of the five-petaled plum blossom is broader than the red one. Moreover, the CMYK code of the blue one and the Blue Sky & White Sun is "C100-M100-Y0-K0", and different from the Olympic rings (C100-M25-Y0-K0). Note that it's the only version recognized by IOC.
Flag of Portugal.svg Flag of Portugal, created by Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro (1857–1929), officially adopted by Portuguese government in June 30th 1911 (in use since about November 1910). Color shades matching the RGB values officially reccomended here. (PMS values should be used for direct ink or textile; CMYK for 4-color offset printing on paper; this is an image for screen display, RGB should be used.)
Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Volleyball (indoor). This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Den Dominikanska republikens flagga består av ett vitt centrerat kors som sträcker sig hela vägen ut till flaggans kant. I mitten på korset sitter ett emblem med en bibel, ett gyllene kors och sex dominikanska flaggor. Emblemet är omgivet av olivkvistar och palmblad. Under emblemet står ”Republica Dominicana” och ovanför ett band med landets mottot ”Dios, Patria, Libertad” (”Gud, Landet, Frihet”).
Flag of South Korea (1984–1997).svg Flag of South Korea from 21 February 1984 to 15 October 1997, when the exact colors were specified into their shades.
Olympic rings.svg Olympic Rings without "rims" (gaps between the rings), As used, eg. in the logos of the 2008 and 2016 Olympics. The colour scheme applied here was specified in 2023 guidelines.
Basketball pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Basketball. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Synchronized swimming pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Synchronized swimming. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Gymnastics (artistic). This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Athletics pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports – . This is an unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Flag of Bahrain (1972–2002).svg This is the flag of Bahrain used from 5 October 1950 until 14 February 2002. The base image is from the 2002 CIA World Factbook (mirrored at UMSL). I have removed the border and recolored the red section according to Image:Flag of Bahrain.svg.
Tennis pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Tennis. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Boxing pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Boxing. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Cycling pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Cycling (road). This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Sailing pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Sailing. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Shooting pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Shooting. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Modern pentathlon pictogram (pre-2025).svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Modern pentathlon. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Field hockey pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Field hockey. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Football pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Football. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Swimming pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Swimming. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Fencing pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Fencing. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Flag of Mauritania.svg Flag of Mauritania, adopted in 2017. The National Assembly added red stripes to the top and bottom edges to represent “the blood shed by the martyrs of independence”.
Water polo pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Water polo. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Judo pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Judo. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for the 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Canoeing (flatwater) pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Canoeing (flatwater). This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Archery pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Archery. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Handball pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Handball. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Wrestling pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Wrestling. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Weightlifting pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Weightlifting. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Diving pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Diving. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Rowing pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Rowing. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Table tennis pictogram.svg Pictograms of Olympic sports - Tennis. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.
Sydkorea
Sovjetunionen
Östtyskland
USA
Västtyskland
Ungern
Bulgarien
Rumänien
Frankrike
Italien
Brunei deltog även de vid invignings- och avslutningsceremonin för första gången, men deras delegation bestod endast av en domare i simning och inga idrottare.
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