Introduced from Seoul by Desmond Lynam On the eve of the XXIV Olympic Games, a look
. ahead to 16 days of competition, all of it covered full? by BBCtv.
For the first time since 1972 the USA, the USSR and the major African nations will meet at the Olympic Games. Yet even their sporting might is threatened by the continued rise of the nations from the Far East - Japan,
China and South Korea itself. Also a report on life in the city of Seoul, and a complete guide to the sportsmen and women who will be making the headlines, including reports on the potential British gold medallists.
Will there be more medals for Steve Cram and Daley Thompson? Can
Colin Jackson or Liz McColgan triumph at their first
Olympics? What are the prospects for
Adrian Moorhouse , Steve Redgrave and Andy Holmes , Virginia Leng , David Broome and Sean Kerly ?
Reporters KEVIN COSGROVE ARCHIE MACPHERSON
RON PICKERING and GERALD SINSTADT Editors JOHN PHILIPS and JOHN ROWLINSON