Scarce 'exhibition sport' winner's medal issued for the Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics. Gilt silver, 60 mm, 152 gm, by the Korea Security Printing and Minting Corporation. The front features the mascot of the Games, Hodori, playing badminton over “XXIV Olympiad / Seoul 1988”; the reverse features the emblem of Seoul's XXIV Olympiad. The edge is engraved with the name of the even, "Badminton." Complete with its original ultramarine, red, orange, and white ribbon, and its purple velvet presentation case. The medal has some minor edgewear, and the case exhibits some foxing to the inner lining.
Badminton was an exhibition sport at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, featuring five events: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles. Competitions took place at the Seoul National University Gymnasium on September 19th. South Korea had three gold medal victories, and China had two first-place finishes.
