Rare winner's medal issued for badminton, a demonstration sport at the Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics. Bronze, 57 mm, 121 gm. The front depicts the Seoul Games emblem and the reverse features Olympic mascot Hodori the Amur tiger playing badminton; both sides bear raised text, “XXIV Olympiad, Seoul 1988,” and the bottom edge is engraved: “Badminton.” Includes its ultramarine-red-orange-and-white ribbon and its original blue presentation case, which contains some toning to the underside of the lid.
The badminton exhibition competitions took place at the Seoul National University Gymnasium on September 19, 1988, and included five events: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles. Among the nine competing nations, South Korea and China topped the medal field with five each; South Korea, Japan, Denmark, and Hong Kong all won bronze medals.
