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{{Infobox Olympic games|1988|Summer
| Name                   = Games of the XXIV Olympiad
| Logo                   = 1988 Summer Olympics logo.svg
| Size                   = 150 
| Optional caption       =
| Host city              = Seoul, South Korea
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These were the last Olympic Games for two of the world's "dominating" sport powers, the [[Soviet Union]] and [[East Germany]], as both ceased to exist before the next Olympic Games.


[[North Korea]], still officially at war with SouThe games were boycotted by [[North Korea,]] and its allies,: [[People's Socialist Republic of Albania|Albania]] (who,<ref>Albania declared an Olympic-record fourth consecutive boycott),</ref> [[People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia|Ethiopia]], [[Cuba]], [[Democratic Republic of Madagascar|Madagascar]], and the [[Seychelles]] boycotted the games. North Korea was still officially at war with South Korea. [[Nicaragua]] boycotted the games because of the U.S. military support to the [[Contras|Contra]] rebels]]. However, the much larger boycotts seen in the previous three Summer Olympics ([[1976 Summer Olympics|1976]], [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980]] and [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]]) were avoided, resulting in the largest ever number of participating nations during the Cold War era.

==Host city selection==
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