57 NOCs (Nations)
1,423 athletes (301 women, 1,122 men)
46 events
9,498 volunteers
6,838 media (2,477 written press, 4,361 broadcasters)

Calgary 13 February 1988. Opening Ceremony at the MacMahon Stadium. The Olympic Flag.

Official opening of the Games by: Her Excellency, the Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé, Governor General of Canada, declares the XV Olympic Winter Games open.

Lighting the Olympic Flame by: Robyn Perry, a schoolgirl

Olympic Oath by: Pierre Harvey (cross country skiing)

Official Oath by: Suzanna Morrow -Francis (figure skating)

"He jumps on another planet," admitted Pavel Ploch (CZE), silver medallist. "I came to win three medals and now I have them," replied Matti Nykänen (FIN-ski jumping). He had such self-confidence that nothing could stop him from winning an extraordinary triple, not even the wind blowing across the hills or the continuous postponement of the events. [Full story]

The number of events increased from 39 in Sarajevo to 46 in Calgary - notably in Alpine skiing where the super giant slalom is on the programme for the first time and the Nordic combined returns to the programme (absent since 1948). [Full story]