On September 3, 1988, the opening ceremony of the Seoul Olympic Athletes' Village was held.

About 14,000 Olympic athletes and executives stayed in the athletes' village, which closed on October 5 after opening for 33 days from this day.

The 24th Seoul Olympic Games were held from September 17 to October 2, 1988, with the slogan "World is Seoul, Seoul is World" and 160 countries, the largest ever participated in the Olympics.