Snooker at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

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Snooker
at the VIII Paralympic Games
VenueChung-Nip Polio Centre, Seoul
DatesOctober 1988
Competitors12 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mike Langley  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michael White  Ireland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maurice Job  Great Britain
1984

Snooker at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of a men's open event. It was held at the Chung-Nip Polio Centre, Seoul.[1]

There were twelve competitors, from six countries: three each from Great Britain and South Korea two each from Australia and Denmark, and one each from Egypt and the Republic of Ireland.[2]

Mike Langley won the gold medal.[3]

Snooker has not been included in the Paralympic Games since 1988.[1]: 368 

Medal summary[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men open[3] Mike Langley
 Great Britain
Michael White
 Ireland
Maurice Job
 Great Britain

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Brittain, Ian (2012). From Stoke Mandeville to Stratford : a history of the summer paralympic games (PDF). Champaign, Illinois: Common Ground Publishing LLC. p. 204. ISBN 978-1-86335-988-7.
  2. ^ "Snooker – Participants (1988)". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Snooker (1988)". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 19 November 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.