Paralympic Games 1988 Seoul, South Korea

VIII Paralympic Games
Host city	Seoul, South Korea
Motto	United for the Challenge
Nations participating	61
Athletes participating	3,057
Events	732 in 16 sports
Opening ceremony	October 15
Closing ceremony	October 24
Officially opened by	Roh Tae-Woo
Stadium	Jamsil Olympic Stadium
Summer:
< Stoke Mandeville/New York 1984 Barcelona 1992 >
Winter:
< Innsbruck 1988 Tignes-Albertville 1992 >

The 1988 Summer Paralympics were the first Paralympics in 24 years that take place in the same city as the Olympic Games. They took place in Seoul, South Korea. This was the first time the term "Paralympic" came into official use.

Contents  [hide] 1 Sports 2 Medal table 3 Participating delegations 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[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

Main article: 1988 Summer Paralympics 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
45	Czechoslovakia	0	1	0	1
	Thailand	0	1	0	1
47	Tunisia	0	0	2	2
48	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
	Morocco	0	0	1	1
50	Bahamas	0	0	0	0
	Cyprus	0	0	0	0
	India	0	0	0	0
	Jordan	0	0	0	0
	Liechtenstein	0	0	0	0
	Macau	0	0	0	0
	Oman	0	0	0	0
	Philippines	0	0	0	0
	Singapore	0	0	0	0
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	0	0
	Total (60 NPCs)	733	731	744	2208

[edit]Participating delegations

Sixty delegations took part in the Seoul Paralympics.^[2] Burma, which had taken part in the previous Games, was absent. The Seoul Paralympics occurred mere weeks after the 8888 Uprising and the military coup which brought the State Peace and Development Council to power. Burma would return as Myanmar in 1992.^[3]

The Soviet Union made its Summer Paralympic début, having previously taken part in the 1988 Winter Paralympics. It was not only the USSR's first participation in the Summer Games, but was also to be its last, as the Union was dissolved prior to the 1992 Summer Paralympics. It won a total of 56 medals, of which 21 gold.^[4]

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