1988 Summer Paralympics
Venue: |
Seoul , South Korea |
Stadion: | Olympic Stadium |
Opening ceremony: | October 15, 1988 |
Closing ceremony: | October 24, 1988 |
Opened by: |
Roh Tae-woo (President of South Korea ) |
Competitions: | 729 in 16 sports |
Countries: | 61 |
Athletes: | 3,053 |
← Stoke Mandeville / New York 1984 | |
Barcelona 1992 → |
Medal table | |||||
space | country | total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 92 | 90 | 91 | 273 |
2 | BR Germany | 76 | 66 | 51 | 193 |
3 | United Kingdom | 64 | 66 | 55 | 183 |
4th | Canada | 54 | 42 | 55 | 151 |
5 | France | 47 | 44 | 49 | 140 |
6th | Sweden | 42 | 38 | 23 | 103 |
7th | South Korea | 40 | 35 | 19th | 94 |
8th | Netherlands | 31 | 25th | 30th | 86 |
9 | Poland | 25th | 25th | 33 | 83 |
... | |||||
20th | Austria | 13 | 7th | 15th | 35 |
21st | Switzerland | 12 | 12 | 11 | 35 |
Complete medal table |
The 8th Summer Paralympics took place from October 15 to October 24, 1988 in South Korea's capital Seoul . Since those games, the Summer Paralympics have been held at the same location as the Summer Olympics.
Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony was held at the Seoul Olympic Stadium on October 15th. The parade started with a record of 3,053 athletes from 61 countries. The 8th Summer Paralympics were opened by the then President of South Korea, Roh Tae-woo .
Participating Nations
sports
Medals were fought for in 16 sports. In addition, wheelchair tennis was introduced as a demonstration sport.
- Boccia
- Archery
- 7-a-side football
- Weightlifting / powerlifting
- Goalball
- Judo
- Lawn bowling
- athletics
- Cycling
- Wheelchair basketball
- Wheelchair fencing
- Wheelchair tennis (demonstration sport)
- shoot
- swim
- snooker
- Table tennis
- volleyball
Web links
Commons : 1988 Summer Paralympics - collection of pictures, videos and audio files