Winner's medal awarded in men's football at the Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics. Silver, 61.3 mm, 140 gm, by the Korea Security Printing and Minting Corporation. The front features the traditional medal design by Giuseppe Cassioli of a ‘Seated Victory’ with the Colosseum in the background, and raised lettering, “XXIV Olympiad, Seoul, 1988”; the reverse features a sleek modern design by the Seoul Organizing Committee portraying a soaring dove of peace with a laurel branch in its beak, with the Seoul Olympic emblem above. Inscribed along the bottom edge with the name of the event: "Football, Men." Complete with its original ultramarine, red, orange, and white ribbon, and its purple velvet presentation case with cardboard box.
Brazil’s iconic men’s national football team won the silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, reaching the final before losing 2–1 to the Soviet Union. The squad featured future stars such as Romário, Bebeto, Taffarel, Jorginho, Mazinho, and Neto, and Romário was the tournament’s standout scorer with seven goals in six matches. It was Brazil’s second straight Olympic silver in men’s football.
