We’re in the wheelhouse of our youth now with this latest entry on Olympic Wednesday: the 1988 winter olympiad in Canada. Over 1,400 athletes from 57 nations competed in 46 medal events across 10 disciplines as the “colder” sports began to gain more popularity across the world as a spectator event. Considering the host nation’s reputation for all things “north”? This was the first Winter Olympics held in the country.

Once again, the Soviet Union and its “professional” athletes topped the podium more than any other nation, with 11 golds overall and 29 total medals. That means the cheaters from East Germany weren’t far behind, either: 25 medals, including 9 golds. Only Switzerland (15) and Austria (10) also reached double-digit figures in the medal count, while the Canadians themselves took home just 5 medals—and sadly didn’t win a gold.

Most Outstanding Male Athlete: Matti Nykänen, Finland

Finnish ski jumper Matti Nykänen was the only male competitor to earn three gold medals at these Games, and he takes our hardware home here, easily. He was kind of a “bad boy” off the hill, but his talent on the jumps was undeniable: he had won gold (large hill) and silver (normal hill) in Sarajevo, but in Calgary, he topped that effort, winning gold in the two individual events and in the team event (large hill).

Most Outstanding Female Athlete: Yvonne van Gennip, Netherlands

After failing to medal in three different events on Sarajevo’s ice track, Dutch speed skater Yvonne van Gennip took home three individual golds from Calgary: 1,500m; 3,000m; and 5,000m. Thus, she was the only athlete at the 1988 Winter Olympics to win three individual golds. What’s said is how basically no one in the United States noticed, since the American TV coverage was all about Bonnie Blair (1 gold, 1 bronze).

Most Outstanding Male Team: USSR Biathlon

Most Americans probably didn’t even know what biathlon was until the 1981 James Bond film, For Your Eyes Only. However, the Soviets definitely knew, and in Calgary, the men won four medals out of a possible five to turn in the most dominant performance by a male athletic team at these Games. They took second and third in the 10km sprint event, second in 20km event, and gold in the 4×7.5km relay event. Pretty good.

Most Outstanding Female Team: USSR Cross-Country Skiing

Cheating really works: the East German women won the maximum 10 medals possible in the five speed skating events, but we won’t reward them for it, obviously. However, the Soviet women did almost as well in the cross-country skiing events, winning eight of a possible 10 medals themselves: golds in the 10km, the 20km, and the 4x5km relay; silvers in the 5km, 10km, and 20km events; and bronzes in the 5km and 20km.