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Wheelchair racing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Wheelchair racing at the 1988 Summer Olympics featured as a demonstration event within the athletics programme on 30 September 1988. There were two events, an 800 m race for women and a 1500 m race for men. Medals were not awarded, as the sport was not part of the official competition.

Men's 1500 m wheelchair

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mustapha Badid  France 3:33.51
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paul van Winkel  Belgium 3:33.61
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Craig Blanchette  United States 3:34.37
4 Farid Amarouche  France 3:50.40
5 Gregor Golombek  West Germany 3:51.14
André Viger  Canada DNF
Robert Figl  West Germany DNF
Yoo Hee-sang  South Korea DNF

Women's 800 m wheelchair

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sharon Hedrick  United States 2:11.49
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Connie Hansen  Denmark 2:18.29
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Candace Cable-Brooks  United States 2:18.68
4 Ingrid Lauridsen  Denmark 2:28.24
5 Jeannette Jansen  Netherlands 2:28.56
6 Ann Cody-Morris  United States 2:28.78
7 Monica Wetterström  Sweden 2:30.28
8 Kang Hyung-soon  South Korea 3:16.28

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