1988 Summer Paralympics

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 1 Sports 2 Medal table 3 Participating delegations 4 See also 5 References 6 External links 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) 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 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 See also Paralympics portal 1988 Summer Olympics 1988 Winter Paralympics References ^ "1988 Seoul". International Paralympic Committee. 2008. http://www.paralympic.org/Paralympic_Games/Past_Games/Seoul_1988/index.html. Retrieved 2008-08-06.  ^ "Medal Standings - Seoul 1988 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 2008. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=1988PG&sport=all. Retrieved 2008-08-08.  ^ Burma at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee ^ Soviet Union at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee External links International Paralympic Committee v · d · eParalympic Games IPC • Sports • Medal tables • NPCs • Medalists • Symbols Summer Games 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012 • 2016 Winter Games 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014 Recent and upcoming Games: Beijing 2008 • Vancouver 2010 • London 2012 • Sochi 2014 • Rio de Janeiro 2016 This article related to sport in South Korea is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · d · e This article about a sporting event is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · d · e