Seoul 1988

Olympic Games Seoul 1988 Official Torch

Brass torch and shaft with leather-wrapped base. Near the combustion bowl is traditional Korean design of two dragons. The Seoul Olympic logo below torch bowl on either side with row of triangles wrapped around torch. On the rim of deep bronze flange, "Games of the XXIV Olympiad Seoul 1988." Leather handle gold accents and deep bronze base. 21.7 inches high.

Designer: Lee Woo-Sung
Manufacturer: Korea Explosives Co. Ltd.

Fuel: Maganese dioxide, barium chormate, magnesium and phosphorous.

The design of the Seoul Olympic torch, engraved with two dragons, symbolized the harmony of East and West. Also, 1988 was the year of the dragon, one of the twelve animal characters in the Korean Zodiac.

Start Date: August 23, 1988, Olympia, Greece
End Date: Spetember 17, 1988, Olympic Stadium, Seoul, Republic of South Korea
First torchbearer: Thanassis Kalogiannis
Last torchbearer: Won-Tak Kim, Sun-Man Chung and Mi-Chung Sohn
Number of torchbearers: 1,847
Relay length: approximately 2983 miles