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Events on Sunday 2 October 1988 2
19881988 Summer OlympicsXXIV Olympiad - SeoulThe last Games for the USSR and East Germany. Winner: Soviet Union.
1988Samsung sponsors Seoul OlympicsSamsung is a major domestic sponsor of the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics — the event that introduces South Korea to the world as a modern industrial nation. The Olympics boost Samsung's domestic profile and give the company its first significant international visibility. Seoul 1988 is the beginning of South Korea's global cultural emergence, with Samsung as one of its leading corporate ambassadors.