World and Olympic records set at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Numerous world records and Olympic records were set in various events at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.

Ski Jumping Finnish ski jumper Matti Nykänen became the first person to win both the 70 metre and 90 metre events in a single Olympic Games.

Speed Skating All of the long track world (WR) and Olympic records (OR) that occurred during these Games were later broken at succeeding Winter Olympics and other world events.

+DateEventNOCNameTimeTypeRefFebruary 14Men's 500 metresUwe-Jens Mey36.45(WR)February 17Men's 5000 metresTomas Gustafson6:44.63(OR)February 18Men's 1000 metresNikolay Gulyayev1:13.03(OR)February 20Men's 1500 metresAndré Hoffmann1:52.06 (WR)February 21Men's 10000 metresTomas Gustafson13:48.20(WR)February 22Women's 500 metresBonnie Blair39.10 (WR)February 23Women's 3000 metresYvonne van Gennip4:11.94(WR)February 26Women's 1000 metresChrista Luding-Rothenburger1:17.65 (WR)February 27Women's 1500 metresYvonne van Gennip2:00.68(OR)February 28Women's 5000 metresYvonne van Gennip7:14.13 (WR)

References

Official reports