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When in 1982 the XV Olympics of winter were assigned in Calgary in the province of the Alberta this city had just celebrated its hundredth birthday For the inhabitants theses games were the final bouquet of development of the city of oil. February 13 1988 is a date in the history of the television That particular day near two billions and half of viewers attended the ceremony of aperture.

Dates: February 13 - 28, 1988 N.O.C. participants: 57 Number of sports: 6 Number of contests: 46 Number of athletes: 1423 Men: 1122 Women: 301 Volonteers: 9498 Media: 6838 Opening: Jeanne Sauvé, Canada General Governor Oath: Pierre Harvey Oath juges: Suzanna Morrow -Francis Last torch bearer: Robyn Perry Bids towns: Falun (SWE), Cortina d'Ampezzo (ITA)