Athletics at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
Appearance
Athletics at the VIII Paralympic Games | |
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Competitors | 1141 from 57 nations |
Athletics at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of 344 events. Because of ties for third place in the men's 800 metre A1–3/A9/L2 and precision throw C1 events, a total of 346 bronze medals were awarded. Because of a tie for first place in the women's 100 m 5–6 345 gold medals and 343 silver medals were awarded. Bulgaria, Indonesia, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Thailand and Tunisia won their first ever medals in this sport.
Participating nations
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Medal summary
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 48 | 54 | 30 | 132 |
2 | West Germany (FRG) | 40 | 37 | 31 | 108 |
3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 29 | 22 | 26 | 77 |
4 | Canada (CAN) | 28 | 28 | 32 | 88 |
5 | Soviet Union (URS) | 21 | 9 | 6 | 36 |
6 | Australia (AUS) | 14 | 18 | 19 | 51 |
7 | France (FRA) | 14 | 13 | 10 | 37 |
8 | South Korea (KOR) | 14 | 11 | 9 | 34 |
9 | Japan (JPN) | 11 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
10 | Ireland (IRL) | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 |
11 | Austria (AUT) | 9 | 3 | 9 | 21 |
12 | Switzerland (SUI) | 8 | 9 | 8 | 25 |
13 | Belgium (BEL) | 8 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
14 | Poland (POL) | 8 | 5 | 10 | 23 |
15 | Mexico (MEX) | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
16 | Denmark (DEN) | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
17 | Netherlands (NED) | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
18 | Finland (FIN) | 6 | 17 | 6 | 29 |
19 | Spain (ESP) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
20 | Sweden (SWE) | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 |
21 | Italy (ITA) | 5 | 3 | 13 | 21 |
22 | Norway (NOR) | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 |
23 | Kuwait (KUW) | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
24 | China (CHN) | 3 | 10 | 5 | 18 |
25 | Brazil (BRA) | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 |
26 | Portugal (POR) | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
27 | Israel (ISR) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
28 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
29 | Iran (IRI) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
30 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
31 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
32 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
33 | Bahrain (BRN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
34 | Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Iceland (ISL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
36 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
37 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
38 | Kenya (KEN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
39 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
41 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
42 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
43 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Totals (44 entries) | 333 | 338 | 307 | 978 |
Men's events
Women's events
Mixed events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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4×100 m relay C2–3 |
Ireland (IRL) David Boland Martin Costello Lorraine Gallagher Darrin Jordan |
United States (USA) Lee Jonas Phillip Laing David Osborn Rene Rivera |
Canada (CAN) Jamie Bone Andre Lavallee Laura Misciagna David Severin |
References
- Athletics at the 1988 Summer Paralympics (Seoul) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)