The 1988 Winter Olympics were held in Calgary. It was the first time the Alpine events were held on artificial snow, and the Alpine events were expanded to five events for both the men and women.
Katarina Witt and Brian Boitano won the figure skating gold medals. Yvonne van Gennip won three gold medals in speed skating over the highly favored East Germans.
Other athletes with multiple gold medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics included S Tomas Gustafson of Sweden (speed skating), Alberto Tomba of Italy and Vreni Schneider of Switzerland (slalom), Matti Nykanen of Finland (ski jumping), and Frank-Peter Roetsch of East Germany (biathlon).
1988 Winter Olympic Medal Winners
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Feb 13-28, 1988