Olympic Weightlifting Gymnasium
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The Woori Financial Art Hall (formerly the Olympic Weightlifting Gymnasium and Olympic Hall) is an musical theatre
located in the Olympic Park
area of Seoul
, South Korea
. Constructed between August 1984 and April 1986, it hosted the weightlifting
competitions for the 1988 Summer Olympics
.
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
located in the Olympic Park
Olympic Park, Seoul
The Seoul Olympic Park, shortened to Olpark, is an Olympic Park built to host the 1988 Summer Olympics. Olympic Park is located in Songpa-gu, Bangi-dong.- Competition facilities :*Olympic Velodrome, Seoul*Olympic Fencing Gymnasium...
area of Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
. Constructed between August 1984 and April 1986, it hosted the weightlifting
Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The weightlifting competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul consisted of ten weight classes, all for men only.-Medal summary:Mitko Grabnev and Angel Guenchev of Bulgaria were originally won their respective weight classes, but were both disqualified after they tested positive for Furosemide...
competitions for the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
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