1988 Summer Paralympics / table tennis

At the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul , medals were awarded in a total of 37 table tennis competitions. There were ten medals for women and 27 for men. As before at the Games in New York and Stoke Mandeville in 1980 , open competitions were held. The athletes fought in individual and team competitions, as well as in open competitions for the medals.

Classes

The women played individually in classes 2, 3, 4, TT 6 and TT 7, as well as in an open competition. There was also a competition (2-4) in which classes 2, 3 and 4 were combined. In the team competition, classes 2, 4 and TT 6 were played.

In the case of men, a distinction was made between classes 1A, 1A-4, 1B, 1C, 2, 3, 4, C5, C6, TT 2, TT 3, TT 4, TT 5, TT 6 and TT 7. Also with the An open competition was held for men. Team competitions were held in classes 1A, 1B, 1C, 2, 3, 4, TT 2, TT 5, TT 6 and TT 7.

Medalists women

singles

2nd grade

space	country	player
1	Switzerland	Bisquolm, Elisabeth
2	BR Germany	Lamsbach, Ruth
3	Netherlands	Paardekam, Jolanda

Class 3

space	country	player
1	BR Germany	Weninger, Christiane
2	United States	Johnson, Jennifer
3	Norway	Andersen, Inger Lise

Grade 4

space	country	player
1	United States	Terranova, Terese
2	BR Germany	Sikora, Monika
3	Austria	Fetz, Hildegard

Grade 2 - 4

space	country	player
1	United States	Johnson, Jennifer
2	Austria	Kirchmair, Gabriele
3	BR Germany	Weninger, Christiane

Class TT 6

space	country	player
1	France	Darvand, Bernadette
2	Sweden	Andersson, Marie-Louise
3	People's Republic of China	Cheng, Yu

Class TT 7

space	country	player
1	People's Republic of China	Hua, Guiyun
2	Denmark	Baertelsen, Marianne
3	BR Germany	Bauer, Birgit

Class TT open

space	country	player
1	People's Republic of China	Zhang, Xiaoling
2	Belgium	Borre, Ingrid
3	Sweden	Andersson, Marie-Louise

team

2nd grade

space	country	player
1	Switzerland	Droux, Christiane Mettler-Kiener, Elisabeth
2	United Kingdom
3	BR Germany

Grade 4

space	country	player
1	United States
2	BR Germany
3	Austria

Class TT 6

space	country	player
1	People's Republic of China
2	France
3	Sweden

Medalists men

singles

Class 1A

space	country	player
1	South Korea	Lee, Hae Gon
2	South Korea	Kang, Sung Hoon
3	Finland	Moods, Matti

Class 1B

space	country	player
1	Austria	Hajek, Rudolf
2	BR Germany	Hassler, Bruno
3	Norway	Simensen, Svein Bjornar

Class 1C

space	country	player
1	BR Germany	Emmel, Manfred
2	BR Germany	Jaksch, Rudolf
3	France	Jeannin, Daniel

2nd grade

space	country	player
1	France	Peeters, Michel
2	South Korea	Kim, Young Soo
3	Austria	Altendorfer, Fritz

Class 3

space	country	player
1	Austria	Starl, Peter
2	South Korea	Kim, Ki Hoon
3	Austria	Sutter, Christian

Grade 4

space	country	player
1	BR Germany	Kreidel, Thomas
2	BR Germany	Schmidt, Peter
3	United States	Dempsey, Michael

Class 1A - 4

space	country	player
1	United States	Dempsey, Michael
2	France	Tisserant, guy
3	BR Germany	Velroyen, Herbert

Class TT 2

space	country	player
1	France	Tisserant, guy
2	BR Germany	Velroyen, Herbert
3	France	Gauducheau, Michel

Class TT 3

space	country	player
1	BR Germany	Kurfeß, Thomas
2	BR Germany	Schmidt, Rainer
3	BR Germany	Welting, Stephan

Class TT 4

space	country	player
1	United Kingdom	Hope, David
2	France	Piras, Marc
3	BR Germany	Mueller, Klaus

Class TT 5

space	country	player
1	South Korea	Kim, Kwang Jin
2	BR Germany	Schmitt, Thomas
3	Hungary	Szepesi, Attila

Class TT 6

space	country	player
1	Finland	Jokinen, Kimmo
2	Denmark	Pehrsson, Torben
3	Sweden	Nilsson, Jorgen

Class TT 7

space	country	player
1	BR Germany	Koller, Manfred
2	Yugoslavia	Dimitrijevic, Svetislav
3	Denmark	Havaleschka, Frands

Class C5

space	country	player
1	Netherlands	Kersten, Harold
2	Japan	Inada, Koji
3	Belgium	Hollander, Eric

Class C6

space	country	player
1	Sweden	Axelsson, Thomas
2	Sweden	Westling, Mikael
3	South Korea	Kim, Kyung Sik

Class TT open

space	country	player
1	France	Chedeau, Claude
2	BR Germany	Boy, Manfred
3	Denmark	Pehrsson, Torben

team

Class 1A

space	country	player
1	South Korea
2	Switzerland	Rosenast, Hans Zumkehr, Rolf
3	United States

Class 1B

space	country	player
1	BR Germany
2	Norway
3	Austria

Class 1C

space	country	player
1	BR Germany
2	South Korea
3	Belgium

2nd grade

space	country	player
1	Austria
2	South Korea
3	BR Germany

Class 3

space	country	player
1	South Korea
2	Austria
3	United Kingdom

Grade 4

space	country	player
1	BR Germany
2	South Korea
3	Hong Kong

Class TT 2

space	country	player
1	France	Gauducheau, Michel Tisserant, Guy
2	South Korea	Choi, Hyung Suk Um, Tae Hyung
3	BR Germany	Velroyen, Herbert Rehder, Hans Jurgen

Class TT 5

space	country	player
1	BR Germany	Schmitt, Thomas Horsch, Wolfgang
2	France	Garofalo, Thierry Piras, Marc
3	Hungary	Szepesi, Attila Kovacs, Gyozo

Class TT 6

space	country	player
1	Netherlands	Rohof, Niels Zijda, Rein
2	Japan	Kozakura, Masaaki Saiki, Shuzo
3	Hungary	Majsai, Karoly Erdos, Lajos

Class TT 7

space	country	player
1	BR Germany	Koller, Manfred Vahle, Markus
2	Sweden	Nyberg, Dennis Nilsson, Jorgen
3	Denmark	Havaleschka, Frands Pehrsson, Torben

Class C5 - C8

space	country	player
1	Sweden
2	Belgium
3	Ireland

Table tennis medal table

Table tennis medal table
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	BR Germany	10	10	8th	28
2	France	5	4th	2	11
3	South Korea	4th	7th	1	12
4th	United States	4th	1	2	7th
5	Austria	3	2	5	10
6th	People's Republic of China	3	-	1	4th
7th	Sweden	2	3	3	8th
8th	Switzerland	2	1	-	3
9	Netherlands	2	-	1	3
10	United Kingdom	1	1	1	3
11	Finland	1	-	1	2
12	Hungary	-	-	3	3
13	Denmark	-	2	3	5
14th	Belgium	-	2	2	4th
15th	Japan	-	2	-	2
16	Norway	-	1	2	3
17th	Yugoslavia	-	1	-	1
18th	Hong Kong	-	-	1	1
	Ireland	-	-	1	1

literature

• International Paralympic Committee: Selection fields under "General Search": Competition = "1988 Seoul", Sports = "Table Tennis", Event = select (accessed on January 17, 2016)