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Contents: All Out For Glory (Seoul promises the rarity of an almost boycott-free Summer Games.), A Teutonic Juggernaut (By excelling in sports, East Germans can enjoy many privileges.), A Better Deal This Time (Carl Lewis hopes to win more gold and shuck his image problems.), The Heart of Seoul (The gleaming host city celebrates the new and honors the old.), A Hero In His Native Land (Sohn Kee Chung won the marathon in ’36 for a country not his own.), One Tough Zone Defense (The games played in Korea’s tense DMZ are not just games.), Best Ever? The Bahamas! (A salute, with charts, to some golden countries, big and small.) Archery – Denise Parker, 14, will win hearts if not medals, Basketball – The U.S. seeks revenge for a galling 1972 loss, Oscar Schmidt is Brazil’s American-slayer, Boxing – Paratrooper Anthony Hembrick goes to fistic war, Canoeing – Greg Barton bids for a historic kayaking gold, Cycling – Jeannie Longo keeps rubbing rivals the wrong way, Diving – The U.S, and China will engage in aerial combat, A meet-by-meet look at Greg Louganis’s dominance of his sport Equestrian – Welcome, horses, to a land of few horses, Fencing – West German coach Emil Bock turns out the best, Field Hockey – Four stickhandlers give the Netherlands the edge, Gymnastics – Soviet Dmitri Bilozerchev is a daredevil who dared, Handball – Eastern Europeans have this sport well in hand, Judo – U.S. star Mike Swain is a made-in-Japan model, Modern Pentathlon – Hungary and the U.S.S.R. wage a war of nerves, Rowing – A Finn and his West German foe knock sculls, Shooting – The Running Boar event heads for extinction, Soccer – Italy’s pro teams cover Roberto Cravero, Swimming – Contenders from all over will churn Seoul’s waters, The 50-meter freestyle is short, sweet and very fast, The two best individual medalists will stroke it out, The diminutive Janet Evans stands above the crowds, Synchronized Swimming – Hold your breath for a Canada-U.S. duel, Table Tennis – Jiang Jialiang is China’s brightest sports star, Tennis – Professionals play this time for medals only, Track and Field – Three U.S. women defy the Eastern Europeans, Milestones are near and performance limits few, Florence Griffith Joyner is difficult to catch, Soviet pole vaulter Sergei Bubka comes up roses, Volleyball – U.S. ace Steve Timmons gave up dunks for spikes, Water Polo – Rugged Yugoslavia should repeat its ’84 triumph, Weightlifting – Turkey has a big winner in Naim Suleymanoglu, Wrestling – The Scherr brothers could share Olympic medals, Yachting – The U.S. sails into Pusan with highest of hopes Who Will Win What (SI’s Anita Verschoth picks the winners of all 730 Olympic medals.), Looking For the O-Word (Despite efforts to limit its use, the work “Olympic” is everywhere.)
Cover: Seoul ’88 Olympics
Condition: Very Good
