Editing 1988 Summer Olympics (section)

==Ceremonies==
Live doves were released during the opening ceremony as a symbol of world peace, but a number of the doves were burned alive or suffered major trauma by the lighting of the Olympic cauldron. As a result of protests following the incident, the last time live doves were released during the opening ceremony was in 1992 in Barcelona, at the start of the ceremony. Balloon doves were released in [[1994 Winter Olympics]] and the [[1998 Winter Olympics]] and paper doves were used at the Atlanta Ceremony in [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/aug132004/oly5.asp |title=When messengers of peace were burned alive |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040829084509/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/aug132004/oly5.asp |archive-date=29 August 2004 |website=Deccan Herald |date=12 August 2004 |access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref>

These were also the last Summer Olympic Games to hold the opening ceremony during the daytime. The opening ceremony featured a skydiving team descending over the stadium and forming the five-colored Olympic Rings,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skydivecolumbus.com/demo_jumps.htm|title=Demo Jumps |website=Columbus School of Skydiving |access-date=5 March 2010|archive-date=25 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925160622/http://www.skydivecolumbus.com/demo_jumps.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> as well as a mass demonstration of [[taekwondo]]. The skydiving team trained at [[Yolo County Airport|SkyDance SkyDiving]] and had hoped the opening ceremony appearance would set the stage for skydiving becoming a medal event by 2000.<ref name="skydance">{{cite news|last=Natt|first=Lorena|title=Skydivers aiming to elevate sport with Olympic jump|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/santa-ana-orange-county-register-sep-05-1988-p-29/|work=[[The Orange County Register]]|date=5 September 1988|access-date=12 July 2018}}</ref>