1988 Summer Paralympics

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VIII Paralympic Games
Host city	Seoul, South Korea
Motto	United for the Challenge
Nations participating	61
Athletes participating	3053
Events	732 in 16 sports
Opening ceremony	October 15
Closing ceremony	October 24
Officially opened by	Roh Tae-Woo
Stadium	Jamsil Olympic Stadium

The 1988 Summer Paralympics were the first Paralympics in 24 years that were held concurrently with the Olympic Games. They took place in Seoul, South Korea.

Contents 1 Sports 2 Medal table 3 Participating delegations 4 References

[edit] Sports

The games consisted of events in seventeen sports, including one demonstration sport, but the medals count for the official medal list. Powerlifting and weightlifting were considered to be a single sport.^[1]

• Archery
• Athletics
• Boccia
• Cycling
• Football 7-a-side
• Goalball
• Judo
• Lawn bowls
• Lifting
  • Powerlifting
  • Weightlifting
• Shooting
• Snooker
• Swimming
• Table tennis
• Volleyball
• Wheelchair basketball
• Wheelchair fencing
• Wheelchair tennis (demonstration sport)

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	92	90	91	273
2	West Germany	76	66	51	193
3	Great Britain	64	66	53	183
4	Canada	54	42	55	151
5	France	47	44	49	140
6	Sweden	42	38	23	103
7	South Korea	40	35	19	94
8	Netherlands	31	25	30	86
9	Poland	25	25	33	83
10	Australia	23	35	38	96
11	Denmark	23	19	22	64
12	Soviet Union	21	20	15	56
13	Spain	18	13	11	42
14	Japan	17	12	17	46
15	China	16	17	8	41
16	Italy	16	15	27	58
17	Belgium	15	18	8	41
18	Israel	15	13	17	45
19	Ireland	13	11	18	42
20	Austria	13	7	15	35
21	Switzerland	12	12	11	35
22	Finland	11	23	16	50
23	Norway	11	11	14	36
24	Mexico	8	9	6	23
25	Brazil	4	9	15	28
26	Kuwait	4	5	8	17
27	Iran	4	1	3	8
28	Portugal	3	5	6	14
29	Yugoslavia	3	4	10	17
30	New Zealand	2	4	11	17
31	Iceland	2	2	7	11
32	Bulgaria	2	1	0	3
33	Jamaica	1	4	3	8
34	Faroe Islands	1	3	3	7
35	Egypt	1	2	5	8
36	Puerto Rico	1	2	0	3
37	Bahrain	1	1	1	3
38	Guatemala	1	0	0	1
39	Argentina	0	7	2	9
40	Hungary	0	4	8	12
41	Kenya	0	4	1	5
42	Hong Kong	0	2	7	9
43	Indonesia	0	2	0	2
44	Greece	0	1	3	4
44	Czechoslovakia	0	1	0	1
44	Thailand	0	1	0	1
47	Tunisia	0	0	2	2
48	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
49	Morocco	0	0	1	1

[edit] Participating delegations

Sixty delegations took part in the Seoul Paralympics.^[2]

Argentina Australia Austria Bahamas Bahrain Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada China Colombia Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark Egypt Faroe Islands Finland France West Germany Great Britain

Greece Guatemala Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kenya Kuwait Liechtenstein Macau Malaysia Mexico

Morocco Netherlands New Zealand Norway Oman Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Singapore South Korea Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia United States Yugoslavia

[edit] References

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