Rare 1988 Calgary TRANSALTA UTILITIES Gold Olympic Games Mark Sponsor Pin

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Rare TRANSALTA UTILITIES Gold Olympic Games Mark Sponsor
Pin
from the 1988 Winter Olympic Games held in Calgary, Canada. Used in excellent condition. Standard clasp fastener. About 5/8" high and 1" wide.
Limited to only 4900 produced.
1988 Calgary-
For the first time, the Winter Olympics were extended to 16 days, including three weekends. The Alpine events were expanded from three to five with the inclusion of the super giant slalom and the Alpine combined. Team events were added in Nordic combined and ski jumping. Jumper Matti Nykänen took advantage of this new program to win three gold medals. The speed skating races were held indoors. Yvonne van Gennip surprised the favorites with three victories. Christa Rothenburger won the 1,000m. Seven months later she earned a silver medal in cycling to become the only athlete ever to win medals in the Winter and Summer Olympics in the same year. Figure skater Katarina Witt defended her Olympic title, while on the men's side Brian Boitano edged Brian Orser in an extremely close decision. Charismatic skier Alberto Tomba made his first Olympic appearance, winning both the giant slalom and the slalom.
About the Series:
The Olympics has never had an industry provide support quite like the oil community of Calgary. It started the TEAM PETROLEUM '88 program which provided significant funding in gold, silver, and bronze levels. The lapel pins were produced in quantities equaling the company contributions, so the production levels were very low, from only 100 to a maximum of 16,000 for only one pin.
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