Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee

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The Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee ( SLOOC for short ) was the organizing committee for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul . The SLOOC was founded on November 2, 1981 after the Olympic Games were awarded to Seoul. The first president of the organizing committee was Kim Yong-shik . On July 11, 1983, the future President of South Korea, Roh Tae-woo , took over this office until he handed it over to Park Seh-jik on May 7, 1985 . The SLOOC also organized the Asian Games , which took place two years earlier , after it was given this task in 1982. On February 14, 1983, the Asian Games Organizing Committee (SAGOC) was incorporated into the SLOOC.

The structure of the SLOOC comprised twelve departments such as the department for the Olympic village , the department for the sports facilities and the department of the press officer. At the beginning of the Olympic Games, the organizing committee employed 1,428 people, plus a further 27,221 volunteers.

Finances

The SLOOC's revenues totaled 909,840 million won . The marketing of the TV rights accounted for 224,694 million won alone. In addition, there were high revenues from the coin program with 135,235 million won and the lottery with 118,804 million. In addition, there were 241,634 million won in grants and donations. In the run-up to the Summer and Winter Olympic Games in 1988, the marketing of the Olympic Games was optimized by the International Olympic Committee . Instead of a large number of sponsors such as in Montreal in 1976, where there were 306, the "Olympic Program" was set up between 1985 and 1988, to which nine financially strong sponsors such as Coca-Cola , VISA and Panasonic belonged. The proceeds from this program were divided so that Calgary and Seoul each received a share of the $ 96 million raised. The SLOOC also had 23 other sponsors and 57 suppliers who got involved. The SLOOC faced an expense of 568,391 million won. The construction of the sports facilities cost 237,795 million won, the holding of the competitions 26,053 million and the Olympic village and the press center 30,931 million. The organizing committee made a profit of 341.5 billion won. This went to the Seoul Olympic Sports Promotion Foundation, founded on April 20, 1989 .

Executive Committee of the SLOOC

The executive committee of the SLOOC at the time of the Olympic Games in 1988 consisted of the following members. The President of the Organizing Committee was Park Seh-jik . The three vice-presidents were Kim Yong-nae , the mayor of Seoul, Kim Un-jong , a member of the IOC, and Kim Ock-jin , the general secretary.

The following members also belonged to the Executive Committee:

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Die Chronik IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 , p. 28.
  2. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Die Chronik IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 , p. 33.
  3. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 , p. 47.