Description:
Olympic Games Seoul 1988 Medals
Front: Seated Victory holding laurel wreath and palm branch, Colosseum in background. Legend to right, "XXIV Olympiad Seoul 1988."
Back: Dove of peace soaring with laurel branch in beak. Seoul Olympic emblem above dove.
Sport event engraved on medal edge
Ribbon: Grosgrain ribbon from rayon in ultramarine-orange-red-white
Medal presented in velvet case
Designer: Giuseppi Cassioli and Yang Sung-Chun (reverse)
Mint: Korea Security Printing and Minting Corporation, Seoul, Korea
Front: Seated Victory holding laurel wreath and palm branch, Colosseum in background. Legend to right, "XXIV Olympiad Seoul 1988."
Back: Dove of peace soaring with laurel branch in beak. Seoul Olympic emblem above dove.
Sport event engraved on medal edge
Ribbon: Grosgrain ribbon from rayon in ultramarine-orange-red-white
Medal presented in velvet case
Designer: Giuseppi Cassioli and Yang Sung-Chun (reverse)
Mint: Korea Security Printing and Minting Corporation, Seoul, Korea
Title:
Seoul 1988
Fun fact(s):
Greg Louganis struck his head on the springboard in his penultimate dive in Seoul and still won gold. He repeated his winning performance in platform, claiming his fourth career gold medal later in the Games.
More Info:
The Seoul Olympic emblem on the reverse of the medal is composed of the Seoul Olympic sash with the three Taeguk patterns from the Korean national flag and the five Olympic rings.
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Front: Seoul 1988 gold medal, Victory and Colosseum in background
Front: Seoul 1988 silver medal, Victory and Colosseum in background
Front: Seoul 1988 bronze medal, Victory and Colosseum in background
Back: Seoul 1988 prize medals, Peace dove with laurel and Olympic emblem
Front: Seoul 1988 gold medal, Victory and Colosseum in background
Front: Seoul 1988 silver medal, Victory and Colosseum in background
Front: Seoul 1988 bronze medal, Victory and Colosseum in background
Back: Seoul 1988 prize medals, Peace dove with laurel and Olympic emblem