1988 Olympic Hockey: Who Took Gold?
Ava Walsh
2025-05-26 01:35:44
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The Great Britain men’s team [made] their own history as they beat West Germany 3-1 to win gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Ask anyone over the age of 35 to name a famous British male hockey player and they will usually reply Ian Taylor, Imran Sherwani or Sean Kerly. Now, 30 years on from that momentous victory, sports journalist Rod Gilmour has written Seoul Glow, a compelling account of the journey the men’s team took to win Great Britain’s first hockey gold medal.
Verdie Witting
2025-05-12 20:57:08
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In Seoul, 24 years ago, Great Britain’s hockey men won Olympic gold for the only time since the war. Sean Kerly scored a hat-trick in the 3-2 semi-final win over Australia, then another goal to add to Imran Sherwani’s double in the final as West Germany were beaten 3-1. Now with their 2012 successors on the verge of emulating the feat, Sportsmail reunites the boys of ’88...
Reta Bogan
2025-05-12 19:15:56
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After 68 years of waiting, Great Britain's men finally reclaimed the Olympic hockey crown with a stunning victory over Germany in the final. And so it came to 1 October 1988, the day upon which GB's men could finally break their run without a gold. Imran Sherwani scored twice and Kerly bagged another - his eighth of the Games - to seal the victory in a game still widely regarded as one of Britain's greatest Olympic moments of all time.
Sanford Kautzer
2025-05-12 17:01:11
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Winning a hockey gold medal at the Seoul Olympics was a magnificent achievement for the Great Britain team. But while the rest of the squad were celebrating our victory over West Germany, I was whisked away by officials demanding I give a urine sample for a drugs test. We had very little idea the country was in a frenzy following the 3-1 win in the final â courtesy of a couple of goals from Imran Sherwani and one from the great Sean Kerly.
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