OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE XV {1988 CALGARY OLYMPICS} {1988/02/20}, PART 6 (TV)
Summary
This program presents a portion of coverage of the 1988 XV Olympic Winter Games from Calgary. Highlights of this portion include coverage of the following events and topics:
Anchor sports commentator Jim McKay presides throughout this portion and introduces various events and highlights.
Sports commentators Gary Bender and Eric Heiden cover the men's 1500m speed-skating event, featuring Eric Flaim (USA), who breaks the world record with a time of 1:52.12.
Bender and Heiden cover the men's 1500m speed-skating finals, featuring top competitors Toru Aoyanagi (Japan), Nikolay Gulyayev (USSR), Aleksandr Klimov (USSR), Andre Hoffman (East Germany), and Michael Hadschieff (Austria). Hoffman breaks the world record with a time of 1:52.06.
Sports commentator Donna de Varona interviews Katarina Witt (East Germany) about her future after figure skating.
McKay provides coverage of Olympic festivities in Calgary.
McKay interviews actor Michael J. Fox about his Canadian heritage.
Sports commentators Lynn Swann and John Morgan cover the two-man bobsled event, highlighting top competitors Wolfgang Hoppe (East Germany) and Albert Grimaldi (Monaco), Prince of Monaco.
Swann and Morgan profile Grimaldi about his being royalty and how he trains for the bobsled event.
Swann and Morgan cover the two-man bobsled event as Grimaldi and his team make the first run in the event.
Notable commercials and/or promos include: Kareem Abdul-Jabar for AmPm; Jaime Lee Curtis, O.J. Simpson and Arnold Palmer for Hertz; Martha Stewart for K-Mart; Wilma Rudolph and Evelyn Ashford for Blue Cross Blue Shield.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: February 20, 1988
- RUNNING TIME: 01:02:25
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:15944
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1988, Winter, Calgary; Olympics; Speed Skating, 1500m men; Bobsleigh, two-man men
- SERIES RUN: ABC
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - AmPm convenience stores
- TV - Commercials - Autolite
- TV - Commercials - Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance
- TV - Commercials - Campbell's sous
- TV - Commercials - FedEx
- TV - Commercials - Hertz car rental services
- TV - Commercials - Jeep automobiles
- TV - Commercials - K-Mart stores
- TV - Commercials - Kodak
CREDITS
- Jim McKay … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Eric Heiden … Sports Commentator
- Lynn Swann … Sports Commentator
- John Morgan … Sports Commentator
- Gary Bender … Sports Commentator
- Donna de Varona … Sports Commentator
- Hein Vergeer … Athlete
- Toru Aoyanagi … Athlete
- Eric Flaim … Athlete
- Nikolay Gulyayev … Athlete
- Aleksandr Klimov … Athlete
- Andre Hoffmann … Athlete
- Katarina Witt … Athlete
- Wolfgang Hoppe … Athlete
- Albert Grimaldi … Athlete
- Michael J. Fox … Cameo
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar … Talent, AMPM Commercial
- Jamie Lee Curtis … Talent, Hertz Commercial
- O.J. Simpson … Talent, Hertz Commercial
- Arnold Palmer … Talent, Hertz Commercial
- Martha Stewart … Talent, K-Mart Commercial
- Wilma Rudolph … Talent, Blue Cross Blue Shield Commercial
- Evelyn Ashford … Talent, Blue Cross Blue Shield Commercial