Australia at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

Australia at the
1988 Summer Paralympics

IPC code

AUS

NPC

Australian Paralympic Committee

Website

www.paralympic.org.au

in Seoul

Competitors

179 in 16 sports

Flag bearer

Paul Croft (Opening) Rodney Nugent (Closing)

Medals
Ranked 10th

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
23	34	38	95

Officials

Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Australia competed at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea in 16 sports, winning medals in 6 sports. Gold medals were won in three sports - athletics, lawn bowls and swimming. Australia won 95 medals - 23 gold, 34 silver and 38 bronze medals.^[1] Australia finished 10th on the gold medal table and 7th on the combined medal table. Australian Confederation of Sports for the Disabled reported another medal ranking after Games with Australia being 2nd ranked in amputee sports, 8th in wheelchair sports, 11th in blind sports and 12th in cerebral palsy sports.^[2]

Notable Australian performances included:

Rodney Nugent, an arm amputee, won 4 gold medals and 3 bronze medals in athletics^[1]
Elizabeth Kosmala, a wheelchair shooter, won 3 gold medals and 1 silver medal^[1]
Dual individual gold medallists included: amputee swimmer Greg Hammond, amputee swimmer Judith Young, vision impaired thrower Russell Short and wheelchair thrower Bruce Wallrodt^[1]

Australian athletes broke eight world records.^[2]

Members of the Australian 4 × 100 m amputee relay during the medal ceremony at the 1988 Seoul Paralympic Games

Background

The five 'teardrops' arranged in the 'W' configuration and colours of the Olympic rings, represents the five oceans and five continents.

1988-1994 Paralympic Logo represents the five oceans and five continents

The 1988 Summer Paralympics were the first Paralympic Games to be held under the aegis of the International Co-ordinating Committee (ICC).^[3] The ICC was accepted into the Olympic Family, which allowed greater co-operation by National Olympic Committees in regards to the organization of Paralympic Games.^[3] The Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee (SLOOC) regarded the Paralympic Games as an extension of the Olympic Games and formulated a support plan which allowed sharing of Seoul Olympic manpower, facilities, equipment, and sharing of key personnel.^[3] The SLOOC gave a subsidy of $12,857,143 US dollars.^[3] It was not possible to use the Olympic Village so a new Paralympic Village, consisting of 10 apartment blocks, was created, providing catering, recreation, banking, post office facilities, medical centres, religious centres, and a shopping mall.^[3]^[4] The 1988 Seoul Paralympic Games was also the first time both the Olympics and Paralympics used the same venues, and since then, every Winter and Summer Paralympic Games have been held in the same city as the Olympic Games.^[5]

The Seoul Paralympic Organizing Committee (SPOC) designed the first Paralympic Symbol which was used from 1988-1994. The Five 'teardrops' in the 'W' configuration and colours of the Olympic rings represented the five oceans and the five continents.^[3] This symbol was eventually changed in 1994, as it was considered to be too close to the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) 5-ring emblem.^[6] The 1988 Seoul Paralympic Games is considered as the genesis of the Modern Paralympic Games.^[5]

Opening Ceremony

Flag bearer Paul Croft at the Opening Ceremony

During the Opening Ceremony there were more than 75,000 people within the Olympic Stadium with a then record of 3,057 competitors from 61 nations.^[7] The President of South Korea, Roh Tae-Woo, presented the new Paralympic flag to the President of the ICC, Jens Bromann.^[4] Paul Croft, competing in his second Paralympic Games, was the flag bearer for Australia during the Opening Ceremony.^[2] Parachutists in the Paralympic colors of blue, black, red, yellow, and green swept down into the Olympic Stadium following a procession of children in wheelchairs.^[8] The Olympic Torch was carried in by a one-legged South Korean Paralympic volleyball player and handed to 19 year old Cho Hyun-hui, a wheelchair bound athlete with cerebral palsy. Cho Hyun-hai was wheeled around the stadium by her 7-year-old daughter before handing the Torch to blind runner Lee Jae-oon, who linked hands with women's handball Olympic gold medalist Kiifi Hyun-mi, who together, were carried up by elevator platform to light the Olympic Flame.^[8]

Chief Paralympic Organiser Koh Kwi-nam addressed the athletes by saying "The goal you as athletes should try to reach for in the Games is not to accomplish the Olympic slogan of 'faster, higher and farther' but to show the world your real selves as courageous challengers, glorious conquerors and impartial participants."^[8]

Controversies

The Seoul Paralympic Games were not without controversies. The Iranian goalball team were disqualified for refusing to play against the Israeli team. It was deemed that the Iranian team had misused the sporting platform for political aims by the ICC who made immediate arrangements to send the team home.^[4] Asghar Dadkhan, the Iranian team manager, made a formal statement of apology pledging that all other Iranian athletes would compete with full regard to the regulations and would compete against Israel and any other nation.^[4]

A Libyan team arrived at the Seoul Paralympic Games without having gone through the normal entry procedures.^[4] The SPOC urged the ICC to accept the Libyan team and a compromise was reach, permitting the Libyans to participate as observers. They could compete in the marathon event, however they would not have any medal entitlement, nor would they be officially recognized at the Closing Ceremony.^[4]

Twenty-seven athletes were incorrectly awarded medals after the first round of competition in the men's and women's wheelchair slalom event. The mistake was discovered when officials realised that the medals should not have been awarded until after a second round of competition.^[9]

Team

Australian team at the Opening Ceremony

Australia sent a team of 179 athletes and 47 staff and escorts.^[2] The Australian Confederation of Sports for the Disabled Inc took responsibity for team management and fundraising. The team was organised by disability athlete categories - amputee, blind, cerebral palsy, wheelchair (paraplegic and quadriplegic).^[2]

Team management

The Australian team was organised by disability classifications as the Games team was organised by the Australian Confederation of Sports for the Disabled Inc.

Overall - Rhys Roberts (General Manager), Nigel Rouse (Assistant General Manager), Dr John Bourke (Medical Director), Dominic Wall (Sport Coordinator), David Douglas (Publicity Director)
Section Managers- Wally Parsons (Amputee), Gary Prior (Blind), Judy Hill (Cerebral palsy), George Dunstan (Wheelchair)
State Management - each Australian state provided team officials:
Australian Capital Territory - overall - Dominic Wall ; wheelchair officials - M. Trewella, G. Walker
New South Wales - Amputee officials - D. Beath, T. Beath, Vic Renalson; blind officials - L. Alder, T. Keneghan, J. Stephenson, S. Jackson ; cerebral palsy officials - A. Gregson, Tom Organ, S. Streat ; wheelchair officials - Michael Godfrey-Roberts, M. Bevan, C. Jarvis
Queensland - amputee officials - Paul Bird, H. Shorter ; blind officials - D. Beavis, J. Buckley ; cerebral palsy officials - A. Allan, A. Brindley, Karen Denman ; wheelchair officials - S. Hyde
South Australia - overall - R. Roberts ; amputee officials - P. Aldridge, M. Parsons, W. Parsons ; wheelchair officials - Kevin Bawden, George Dunstan, G. Gould, G. Maloney, M. Wardrop
Northern Territory - overall - N. Rouse ; blind official - B. Killalea
Tasmania - wheelchair official - G. Vince
Victoria - overall - John Bourke ; amputee official - P. Negropontis ; blind officials - J. Coole, E. O'Meagher ; wheelchair officials - Kathryn Lee, D. Perriman, J. Sayers
Western Australia - blind official - G. Prior ; cerebral palsy officials - G. Carter, D. Hancy, J. Hill, P. Jose, B. Lake, M. Chan ; whhelchair official - Norma Beer^[2]

The team captain was Paul Croft who carried the flag at the Opening Ceremony and Mike Nugent was the vice captain.^[2]

Fundraising

The Australian Confederation of Sports for the Disabled Inc undertook a range of fundraising acrivities to raise A$2 million of which A$1.w million would be used to send teams to the 1988 Seoul Summer and Innsbruck Winter Games.^[2] The remainder of the funds would be used for future Games. The cash amount finally raised was A$1,104,328.^[2] There were also considerable "in kind" donations covering accommodation, marketing, travel.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
01 ! Gold	Goodman, DavidDavid Goodman	Athletics	Men's 100 m B3
01 ! Gold	Hill, BradBrad Hill	Athletics	Men's 200 m C7
01 ! Gold	Biancucci, RobertRobert Biancucci	Athletics	Men's 800 m C8
01 ! Gold	Lowe, AdrianAdrian Lowe, Rodney Nugent, Nigel Parsons, Jason Smart	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m relay A2/A4–7
01 ! Gold	Lowe, AdrianAdrian Lowe, Rodney Nugent, Andrew O'Sullivan, Nigel Parsons	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 m relay A2/A4–7
01 ! Gold	Nugent, RodneyRodney Nugent	Athletics	Men's Long jump A6/A8–9/L6
01 ! Gold	Nugent, RodneyRodney Nugent	Athletics	Men's Triple jump A6/A8–9/L6
01 ! Gold	McGregor, KerrodKerrod McGregor	Athletics	Men's Discus throw A2/A9
01 ! Gold	Short, RussellRussell Short	Athletics	Men's Discus throw B3
01 ! Gold	Short, RussellRussell Short	Athletics	Men's Javelin throw B3
01 ! Gold	Wallrodt, BruceBruce Wallrodt	Athletics	Men's Javelin throw 2
01 ! Gold	Wallrodt, BruceBruce Wallrodt	Athletics	Men's Shot put 2
01 ! Gold	McIntyre, DeahnneDeahnne McIntyre	Athletics	Women’s 200 m 5–6
01 ! Gold	Molseed, PatriciaPatricia Molseed	Athletics	Women’s Shot put B1
01 ! Gold	Fowler, RoyRoy Fowler, Stan Kosmala	Lawn bowls	Men's pairs 2–6
01 ! Gold	Kosmala, ElizabethElizabeth Kosmala	Shooting	Women’s Air rifle 3 positions 2–6
01 ! Gold	Kosmala, ElizabethElizabeth Kosmala	Shooting	Women’s Air rifle kneeling 2–6
01 ! Gold	Kosmala, ElizabethElizabeth Kosmala	Shooting	Women’s Air rifle prone 2–6
01 ! Gold	Hammond, GregGreg Hammond	Swimming	Men’s 100 m freestyle A8
01 ! Gold	Hammond, GregGreg Hammond	Swimming	Men’s 100 m breaststroke A8
01 ! Gold	Yaxley, SandraSandra Yaxley	Swimming	Women’s 100 m freestyle C6
01 ! Gold	Young, JudithJudith Young	Swimming	Women’s 400 m freestyle A8
01 ! Gold	Young, JudithJudith Young	Swimming	Women’s 100 m backstroke A8
02 ! Silver	Vallelonga, VincenzoVincenzo Vallelonga	Athletics	Men’s 100 m 1B
02 ! Silver	McGregor, KerrodKerrod McGregor	Athletics	Men’s 100 m A2/A9
02 ! Silver	Lowe, AdrianAdrian Lowe	Athletics	Men’s 100 m A4/A9
02 ! Silver	Lowe, AdrianAdrian Lowe	Athletics	Men’s 200 m A4/A9
02 ! Silver	Lowe, AdrianAdrian Lowe	Athletics	Men’s 400 m A4/A9
02 ! Silver	Hill, BradBrad Hill	Athletics	Men’s 400 m C7
02 ! Silver	Biancucci, RobertRobert Biancucci	Athletics	Men’s 400 m C8
02 ! Silver	Dufty, AlanAlan Dufty	Athletics	Men’s Marathon 1C
02 ! Silver	Cordukes, RichardRichard Cordukes, Michael Desanto, Alan Dufty, Vincenzo Vallelonga	Athletics	Men’s 4 × 100 m relay 1A–1C
02 ! Silver	Hackett, MichaelMichael Hackett	Athletics	Men’s High jump A4/A9
02 ! Silver	Giddy, TerryTerry Giddy	Athletics	Men’s Discus throw 4
02 ! Silver	Thomas, BradleyBradley Thomas	Athletics	Men’s Pentathlon A4/A9
02 ! Silver	McLellan, YvetteYvette McLellan	Athletics	Women’s 400 m 2
02 ! Silver	McIntyre, DeahnneDeahnne McIntyre	Athletics	Women’s 400 m 5–6
02 ! Silver	Jones, MeredithMeredith Jones, Deahnne McIntyre, Yvette McLellan, Julie Russell	Athletics	Women’s 4 × 400 m relay 2–6
02 ! Silver	Smith, DonnaDonna Smith	Athletics	Women’s Javelin throw A6/A8-9/L6
02 ! Silver	Gill, KarenKaren Gill	Athletics	Women’s Javelin throw C3
02 ! Silver	Russell, JulieJulie Russell	Athletics	Women’s Shot put 3
02 ! Silver	Russell, JulieJulie Russell	Athletics	Women’s Pentathlon 3
02 ! Silver	Boldery, DavidDavid Boldery, Clifford Swann	Lawn bowls	Men's pairs LB2
02 ! Silver	Poble, MatthewMatthew Poble	Powerlifting	Men's 100 kg
02 ! Silver	Kosmala, ElizabethElizabeth Kosmala	Shooting	Women’s Air rifle standing 2–6
02 ! Silver	Tracey, PhillipPhillip Tracey	Swimming	Men’s 50 m freestyle 1A
02 ! Silver	Tracey, PhillipPhillip Tracey	Swimming	Men’s 100 m freestyle 1A
02 ! Silver	Tracey, PhillipPhillip Tracey	Swimming	Men’s 25 m backstroke 1A
02 ! Silver	Hammond, GregGreg Hammond, Jason Diederich, Brendan Burkett, Leslie Beath	Swimming	Men’s 4×50 m freestyle relay A1–A8
02 ! Silver	Yaxley, SandraSandra Yaxley	Swimming	Women’s 50 m backstroke C6
02 ! Silver	Huggett, CatherineCatherine Huggett	Swimming	Women’s 100 m backstroke C3
02 ! Silver	Lillecrapp, LynLyn Lillecrapp	Swimming	Women’s 50 m breaststroke 2
02 ! Silver	Maywood, MandyMandy Maywood	Swimming	Women’s 50 m breaststroke B3
02 ! Silver	Young, JudithJudith Young	Swimming	Women’s 100 m breaststroke A8
02 ! Silver	Young, JudithJudith Young	Swimming	Women’s 100 m butterfly L6
02 ! Silver	Young, JudithJudith Young	Swimming	Women’s 200 m individual medley L6
02 ! Silver	Currie, AnneAnne Currie, Deborah Holland, Susan Knox, Judith Young	Swimming	Women’s 4 × 100 m freestyle relay A–L
03 ! Bronze	Nugent, RodneyRodney Nugent	Athletics	Men’s 100 m A6/A8–9/L4
03 ! Bronze	Nugent, RodneyRodney Nugent	Athletics	Men’s 200 m A6/A8–9/L4
03 ! Bronze	Nugent, RodneyRodney Nugent	Athletics	Men’s High jump A6/A8–9/L6
03 ! Bronze	Nugent, MikeMike Nugent	Athletics	Men’s 200 m 2
03 ! Bronze	Biancucci, RobertRobert Biancucci	Athletics	Men’s 200 m C8
03 ! Bronze	O’Sullivan, AndrewAndrew O’Sullivan	Athletics	Men’s 400 m A4/A9
03 ! Bronze	Walsh, JasonJason Walsh	Athletics	Men’s 400 m B3
03 ! Bronze	Dufty, AlanAlan Dufty	Athletics	Men’s 1500 m 1C
03 ! Bronze	Cordukes, RichardRichard Cordukes, Michael Desanto, Alan Dufty, Vincenzo Vallelonga	Athletics	Men’s 4 × 200 m relay 1A–1C
03 ! Bronze	Nugent, RodneyRodney Nugent	Athletics	Men’s High jump A6/A8–9/L6
03 ! Bronze	McGregor, KerrodKerrod McGregor	Athletics	Men’s Long jump A2/A9
03 ! Bronze	McGregor, KerrodKerrod McGregor	Athletics	Men’s Javelin throw A2/A9
03 ! Bronze	Short, RussellRussell Short	Athletics	Men’s Shot put B3
03 ! Bronze	Vallelonga, VincenzoVincenzo Vallelonga	Athletics	Men’s Slalom 1B
03 ! Bronze	van Eldik, MatthewMatthew van Eldik	Athletics	Men’s Slalom C4–5
03 ! Bronze	Wallrodt, BruceBruce Wallrodt	Athletics	Men’s Discus throw 2
03 ! Bronze	Ahrens, ReneRene Ahrens	Athletics	Men’s Discus throw 6
03 ! Bronze	Eden, JohnJohn Eden	Athletics	Men’s Discus throw A2/A9
03 ! Bronze	McIntyre, DeahnneDeahnne McIntyre	Athletics	Women’s 100 m 5–6
03 ! Bronze	Russell, JulieJulie Russell	Athletics	Women’s Discus throw 3
03 ! Bronze	Russell, JulieJulie Russell	Athletics	Women’s Javelin throw 3
03 ! Bronze	Read, NevilleNeville Read	Lawn bowls	Men's singles 2–6
03 ! Bronze	Forsberg, JohnJohn Forsberg	Lawn bowls	Men's singles LB3
03 ! Bronze	Farrell, MichaelMichael Farrell	Powerlifting	Men's 100 kg
03 ! Bronze	Griffin, DavidDavid Griffin	Swimming	Men’s 100 m freestyle A2
03 ! Bronze	Griffin, DavidDavid Griffin	Swimming	Men’s 100 m butterfly A2
03 ! Bronze	Smith, RalphRalph Smith	Swimming	Men’s 100 m freestyle A7
03 ! Bronze	Ryding, WayneWayne Ryding	Swimming	Men’s 400 m freestyle 5
03 ! Bronze	Bugarin, KingsleyKingsley Bugarin	Swimming	Men’s 50 m breaststroke B3
03 ! Bronze	Bugarin, KingsleyKingsley Bugarin	Swimming	Men’s 100 m breaststroke B3
03 ! Bronze	Bugarin, KingsleyKingsley Bugarin	Swimming	Men’s 200 m breaststroke B3
03 ! Bronze	Lillecrapp, LynLyn Lillecrapp	Swimming	Women’s 50 m freestyle 2
03 ! Bronze	Lillecrapp, LynLyn Lillecrapp	Swimming	Women’s 50 m backstroke 2
03 ! Bronze	Lillecrapp, LynLyn Lillecrapp	Swimming	Women’s 25 m butterfly 2
03 ! Bronze	Knox, SusanSusan Knox	Swimming	Women’s 100 m backstroke A4
03 ! Bronze	Maywood, MandyMandy Maywood	Swimming	Women’s 100 m breaststroke B3
03 ! Bronze	Maywood, MandyMandy Maywood	Swimming	Women’s 200 m breaststroke B3
03 ! Bronze	Holland, DeborahDeborah Holland	Swimming	Women’s 400 m freestyle A2
03 ! Bronze	McNicholl, BrianBrian McNicholl	Weightlifting	Men's 85 kg^[1]

Medals by discipline
Discipline				Total
Archery	0	0	0	0
Athletics	14	19	20	53
Boccia	0	0	0	0
Cycling	0	0	0	0
Wheelchair fencing	0	0	0	0
Football seven-a-side	0	0	0	0
Lawn bowls	1	1	2	4
Powerlifting	0	1	1	2
Shooting	3	1	0	4
Swimming	5	12	14	31
Table tennis	0	0	0	0
Volleyball	0	0	0	0
Weightlifting	0	0	1	1
Wheelchair basketball	0	0	0	0
Total	23	34	38	95

^[1]

Events

Archery^[10]

Selected team of 3 athletes.

Men	Women
Arthur Fisk, Eric Klein	Carolyn Burns

Australia did not win any medals.^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Arthur Fisk	Men's Double FITA Round open	2207	24
Eric Klein	Men's Double FITA Round open	2150	28

Women

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Carolyn Burns	Women's Double FITA Round 2-6	2087	13

Athletics

Selected team of 73 athletes.

Men	Women
Rene Ahrens, Ian Aitchison, Robert Biancucci, Fabian Blattman, Peter Cliff, Darren Collins, Richard Cordukes, Paul Croft, Mark Davies, Michael Desanto, Phillip Deveraux, John Domanol, Alan Dufty, John Eden, Joe Egan, Craig Elliott, Shane Ellsmore, John Federico, Ian Gainey, Terry Giddy, David Goodman, Michael Hackett, Kevin Hamilton, Gary Hayes, Bradley Hill, Geoffrey Hill, Patrick Hughes, Matthew Jesse, Warren Lawton, John Lindsay, Adrian Lowe, Wayne Maher, Brett McArthur, Kerrod McGregor, Michael McIntyre, Warren McKennairey, Jeff McNeill, Marko Milne, Kieran Modra, Michael Nugent, Rodney Nugent, Andrew O’Sullivan, Nigel Parsons, Malcolm Richards, Sam Rickard, Jaime Romaguera, Edward Roos, Craig Sayers, Ralph Scott, Russell Short, Jason Smart, Bradley Thomas, Darren Thrupp, Ched Towns, Peter Trotter, Robert Turner, Vincenzo Vallelonga, Bruce Wallrodt, Jason Walsh, Ross Whyte, Jason Willis, Jeff Wiseman, Matthew van Eldik	Lynette Coleman, Karen Gill, Meredith Jones, Deahnne McIntyre, Yvette McLellan, Patricia Molseed, Julie Russell, Donna Smith, Katrina Vines

Australia's 4x400 gold medal relay team. Nigel Parsons (L), Andrew O'Sullivan, Rodney Nugent and Adrian Lowe (R) with coach Peter Negopontis (R front).

Athletics was Australia's most successful sport at the Games winning 53 medals - 14 gold, 19 silver and 20 bronze medals. 13 athletes won gold medals. Rodney Nugent won 4 gold medals, 3 bronze medals and set a world record of 6.72m in his long jump event.^[11] Four athletes came home with two gold medals - Adrian Lowe, Nigel Parsons, Russell Short and Bruce Wallrodt.^[1]

Deahnne McIntyre won a gold medal, two silver medals and a bronze medal, competing a week after undergoing an emergency appendectomy in a Seoul hospital.^[12] With doctors and officials telling her that she could not compete, McIntyre 'knew that she would be out there'.^[13] McIntyre came into the games as the world record holder for the Women's 200m 5-6 classification, which she eventually won the gold medal for.^[14]

Russell Short, a blind athlete, won two gold medals and a bronze medal. Short set a world record in his classification for javelin, making a throw of 54.72m.^[15]

Dubbed 'The Awesome Foursome', Australia's 4 × 400 m relay team set a world record time of 3 minutes 55 seconds, beating the previous record by 3.9 seconds and winning the race by 50 metres.^[16]

Patricia Molseed set a Paralympic Record of 8.82m in the Women's Shot Put B1 competition on her first throw despite suffering from a torn back muscle. Only able to make token efforts after her back gave out, her first throw was enough to clinch the gold medal.^[12]

Track events – men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ian Aitchison	Men's 1,500 m 3	4:32.47	7	Did not advance
	Men's 10,000 m 3	N/A		31:58.81	5
	Men's 5,000 m 3	N/A		16:23.13	10
	Men's Marathon 3	N/A		2:27:53	13
Robert Bancucci	Men's 1,500 m C8	N/A		4:55.76	5
	Men's 200 m C8	26.10 Q	2	25.60	03 !
	Men's 800 m C8	2:15.32 Q	1	2:13.76	01 !
	Men's 400 m C8	N/A		57.38	02 !
Fabian Blattman	Men's 200 m 1A	56.91	5	Did not advance
Peter Cliff	Men's 5,000 m B1	N/A		18:57.15	8
Peter Cliff	Men's Marathon B1	N/A		3:06:28	6
Darren Collins	Men's 100 m B2	12.85	3	Did not advance
Darren Collins	Men's 400 m B2	58.09	2	Did not advance
Richard Cordukes	Men's 100 m 1A	N/A		26.34	7
Richard Cordukes	Men's 200 m 1A	55.12 Q	4	53.90	8
Paul Croft	Men's 10,000 m A6A8A9L4	N/A		40:18.96	6
Michael Desanto	Men's 1,500 m 1B	N/A		5:54.47	5
	Men's 200 m 1B	45.39 Q	3	43.71	6
	Men's 400 m 1B	1:31.63	6	Did not advance
Phillip Deveraux	Men's 1,500 m B1	4:37.83 Q	2	4:18.45	4
Alan Dufty	Men's 100 m 1C	N/A		21.66	7
	Men's 200 m 1C	41.97 Q	4	41.05	5
	Men's 400 m 1C	1:24.73 Q	3	1:22.32	5
	Men's 800 m 1C	N/A		2:52.03	6
	Men's 1,500 m 1C	N/A		5:45.03	03 !
	Men's Marathon 1C	N/A		2:21:39	02 !
Joe Egan	Men's 100 m A4A9	13.39 Q	1	13.15	5
Joe Egan	Men's 200 m A4A9	28.46 Q	3	28.25	7
John Federico	Men's 200 m 5-6	33.82	3	Did not advance
John Federico	Men's Slalom 5-6	N/A		2:28.3	9
Ian Gainey	Men's 1,500 m 3	4:32.47 Q	7	4:12.78	10
	Men's 10,000 m 3	N/A		31:58.81	5
	Men's 5,000 m 3	N/A		15:13.48	8
David Goodman	Men's 400 m B3	51.87 Q	1	53.91	8
David Goodman	Men's 100 m B3	11.41	1	11.63	01 !
Wayne Haher	Men's 100 m C2	53.06	5	Did not advance
Kevin Hamilton	Men's 400 m B1	56.97	3	Did not advance
Bradley Hill	Men's 800 m C7	2:35.75	5	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m C7	26.45 Q	2	26.00	01 !
	Men's 400 m C7	N/A		58.41	02 !
Matthew Jesse	Men's 1,500 m B3	4:45.95 Q	3	4:36.59	7
John Lindsay	Men's 100 m 3	N/A		17.40	8
	Men's 200 m 3	33.40	3	Did not advance
	Men's 400 m 3	1:05.41 Q	3	1:05.23	6
	Men's 800 m 3	2:18.80	6	Did not advance
Adrian Lowe	Men's 100 m A4A9	12.72	2	12.37	02 !
	Men's 200 m A4A9	26.09 Q (WR)	1	25.86	02 !
	Men's 400 m A4A9	N/A		1:00.80	02 !
Brett McArthur	Men's 400 m 4	1:12.73	3	Did not advance
Brett McArthur	Men's 800 m 4	2:19.94	5	Did not advance
Kerrod McGregor	Men's 100 m A2A9	N/A		15.98	02 !
Michael McIntyre	Men's 200 m 4	34.49	2	Did not advance
Michael McIntyre	Men's 400 m 4	1:11.80	4	Did not advance
Paul McIntyre	Men's 100 m 4	18.01	7	Did not advance
Warren McKennairey	Men's 400 m B2	57.08	4	Did not advance
Jeff McNeill	Men's 5,000 m B2	N/A		16:59.79	6
Jeff McNeill	Men's Marathon B2	N/A		2:49:21	4
Kieran Modra	Men's 1,500 m B3	4:35.39	6	Did not advance
Michael Nugent	Men's 1,500 m 2	4:19.81 Q	4	4:22.61	10
	Men's 400 m 2	1:06.65 Q	4	1:07.44	8
	Men's 800 m 2	2:14.38 Q	2	2:12.66	8
	Men's Marathon 2	N/A		2:23:13	19
	Men's 200 m 2	34.95 Q	1	34.65	03 !
Rodney Nugent	Men's 100 m A6A8A9L4	11.70 Q	1	11.60	03 !
Rodney Nugent	Men's 200 m A6A8A9L4	24.05 Q	1	23.61	03 !
Andrew O'Sullivan	Men's 100 m A4A9	13.45 Q	4	13.47	7
	Men's 200 m A4A9	28.24 Q	2	27.80	6
	Men's 400 m A4A9	N/A		1:02.24	03 !
Nigel Parsons	Men's 100 m A6A8A9L4	12.38	5	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m A6A8A9L4	25.00 Q	2	24.92	7
	Men's 400 m A6A8A9L4	55.56 Q	5	56.53	7
Malcolm Richards	Men's 200 m C8	32.73	7	Did not advance
Sam Rickard	Men's 400 m B3	54.67	5	Did not advance
Sam Rickard	Men's 800 m B3	N/A		2:07.31	5
Jaime Romaguera	Men's 100 m C6	15.65	5	Did not advance
Craig Sayers	Men's 1,500 m 3	4:17.90	6	Did not advance
	Men's 400 m 3	1:11.35	3	Did not advance
	Men's 800 m 3	2:22.99	7	Did not advance
Jason Smart	Men's 100 m A6A8A9L4	12.56	5	Did not advance
Darren Thrupp	Men's 100 m C8	N/A		12.75	4
	Men's 200 m C8	26.72 Q	3	26.35	5
	Men's 400 m C8	N/A		1:01.92	8
Peter Trotter	Men's 1,500 m 4	4:19.60	7	Did not advance
	Men's 5,000 m 4	15:18.86	4	Did not advance
	Men's Marathon 4	N/A		1:54:37	5
Robert Turner	Men's 1,500 m 2	4:52.21	8	Did not advance
Robert Turner	Men's 800 m 2	2:39.88	5	Did not advance
Vincenzo Vallelonga	Men's 200 m 1B	42.73 Q	3	41.97	5
	Men's 400 m 1B	1:33.69	5	Did not advance
	Men's Salom 1B	N/A		2:33.9	03 !
	Men's 100 m 1B	N/A		20.84	02 !
Jason Walsh	Men's 100 m B3	11.89 Q	4	12.13	7
Jason Walsh	Men's 400 m B3	52.90 Q	2	51.37	03 !
Ross Whyte	Men's 800 m C8	2:31.88	7	Did not advance
Ross Whyte	Men's Cross Country 5,000 m C8	N/A		21:36.9	8
Jeff Wiseman	Men's 1,500 m 4	4:22.75	4	Did not advance
	Men's 400 m 4	1:08.57	4	Did not advance
	Men's 800 m 4	2:10.04	4	Did not advance
	Men's Marathon 4	N/A		1:58:28	7
Matthew van Eldik	Men's Slalom C4-5	N/A		N/A	03 !
Michael Desanto Richard Cordukes Alan Dufty Vincenzo Vallelonga	Men's 4 × 100 m Relay 1A-1C	N/A		1:28.14	02 !
Michael Desanto Alan Dufty Richard Cordukes Vincenzo Vallelonga	Men's 4 × 200 m Relay 1A-1C	N/A		2:41.43	03 !
Adrian Lowe Rodney Nugent Nigel Parsons Jason Smart	Men's 4 × 100 m Relay A2A4-7	N/A		47.08	01 !
Nigel Parsons Andrew O'Sullivan Adrian Lowe Rodney Nugent	Men's 4 × 400 m Relay A2A4-7	N/A		3:55.27	01 !

Track events – women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lynette Coleman	Women's Slalom C1	N/A		3:36.44	4
Meredith Jones	Women's 1,500 m 3	N/A		5:47.07	6
	Women's 100 m 3	N/A		21.83	8
	Women's 200 m 3	44.12	4	Did not advance
	Women's 400 m 3	1:28.13 Q	4	1:27.99	6
Deahnne McIntyre	Women's 100 m 5-6	19.97 Q	2	19.93	03 !
	Women's 200 m 5-6	N/A		40.36	01 !
	Women's 400 m 5-6	N/A		1:18.44	02 !
Yvette McLellan	Women's 1,500 m 2	N/A		5:07.25	4
	Women's 5,000 m 2	N/A		17:18.22	5
	Women's 800 m 2	N/A		2:38.06	5
	Women's 400 m 2	1:19.84 Q	3	1:18.69	02 !
Katrina Vines	Women's 100 m C6	N/A		20.46	7
Yvette McLellan Julie Russell Meredith Jones Deahnne McIntyre	Women's 4 × 400 m Relay 2-6	N/A		5:33.82	02 !

Field events – men

Australian discus competitor during the 1988 Seoul Paralympics

Rodney Nugent winner of 4 gold medals in Athletics

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Rene Ahrens	Men's Shot Put 6	12.87 m	4
Rene Ahrens	Men's Discus 6	40.44 m	03 !
Mark Davies	Men's Javelin B2	40.40 m	4
Mark Davies	Men's Triple Jump B2	11.52 m	8
Phillip Deveraux	Men's Javelin B1	37.24 m	6
Phillip Deveraux	Men's Pentathlon B1	2044	4
John Domanol	Men's Pentathlon B3	2085	7
John Eden	Men's Discus A2A9	34.86 m	03 !
Joe Egan	Men's Pentathlon A4A9	2828.12	5
Craig Elliott	Men's Javelin A2A9	34.58 m	6
Shane Ellsmore	Men's Discus C7	26.64 m	6
Terry Giddy	Men's Discus 4	34.82 m	02 !
David Goodman	Men's Pentathlon B3	1391	10
Michael Hackett	Men's High Jump A4A9	1.68 m	02 !
Gary Hayes	Men's Javelin A2A9	29.94 m	8
Geoffrey Hill	Men's Discus C5	24.24 m	8
Warren Lawton	Men's High Jump B3	1.63 m	8
Warren Lawton	Men's Triple Jump B3	10.80 m	8
Wayne Maher	Men's Kick Ball C2	15.03	4
Kerrod McGregor	Men's High Jump A2A9	1.64 m	9
	Men's Javelin A2A9	41.50 m	03 !
	Men's Long Jump A2A9	4.25 m	03 !
	Men's Discus A2A9	37.28 m PR	01 !
Marko Milne	Men's Shot Put C8	7.74 m	6
Kieran Modra	Men's Javelin B3	44.40 m	6
Rodney Nugent	Men's High Jump A6A8A9L6	1.79 m	03 !
	Men's Long Jump A6A8A9L6	6.72 m WR	01 !
	Men's Triple Jump A6A8A9L6	12.97 m	01 !
Sam Rickard	Men's High Jump B3	1.60 m	9
Edward Roos	Men's Discus A6A8A9L6	37.86 m	5
Edward Roos	Men's Shot Put A6A8A9L6	10.63 m	8
Ralph Scott	Men's Club Throw C6	37.14 m	4
Russell Short	Men's Shot Put B3	11.59 m	03 !
	Men's Discus B3	40.18 m	01 !
	Men's Javelin B3	54.72 m WR	01 !
Jason Smart	Men's High Jump A6A8A9L6	1.76 m	4
Jason Smart	Men's Javelin A6A8A9L6	36.34 m	7
Bradley Thomas	Men's Javelin A4A9	38.08 m	6
	Men's Long Jump A4A9	4.95 m	5
	Men's Pentathlon A4A9	3286.56	02 !
Ched Towns	Men's Javelin B2	40.16 m	5
Bruce Wallrodt	Men's Discus 2	22.30 m	03 !
	Men's Javelin 2	24.32 m PR	01 !
	Men's Shot Put 2	7.83 m	01 !
Jason Walsh	Men's Long Jump B3	5.76 m	7
Jason Willis	Men's Discus A3A9	28.30 m	4
	Men's Javelin A3A9	33.14 m	4
	Men's Shot Put A3A9	6.77 m	6
Matthew van Eldik	Men's Discus C4	16.16 m	7

Field events – women

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Lynette Coleman	Women's Precision Throw C1	80 m	6
Karen Gill	Women's Shot Put C3	2.75 m	4
Karen Gill	Women's Javelin C3	5.84 m	02 !
Patricia Molseed	Women's Shot Put B1	8.82 m PR	01 !
Julie Russell	Women's Discus 3	14.80 m	03 !
	Women's Javelin 3	12.76 m	03 !
	Women's Pentathlon 3	4034.75	02 !
	Women's Shot Put 3	5.18 m	02 !
Donna Smith	Women's Discus A6A8A9L6	20.06 m	4
Donna Smith	Women's Javelin A6A8A9L6	27.80 m	02 !

Results key

Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
WR = World record
PR = Paralympic record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Boccia

Selected team of 4 athletes.

Men	Women
Burke Gibbons, Murray Parker, Donald Turton	Lynette Coleman

Australia did not win any medals.^[1]

Event	Athlete	Pool Play		Quarter Finals	Semi Finals	Final	Rank
Event	Athlete	W-L	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mixed Individual C1	Lynette Coleman	0-3	4	Did not advance
Mixed Individual C2	Burke Gibbons	1-2	3	Did not advance
	Murray Parker	2-1	2	Lee (KOR) L 0:7	Did not advance
	Donald Turton	0-3	4	Did not advance
Mixed Team C1-C2	Lynette Coleman Murray Parker Burke Gibbons	1-2	3	Did not advance

Cycling

Selected team of 1 athlete.

Men
Gregory Caines

Australia did not win any medals.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Gregory Caines	Men's 60 km LC3	1:40:31.69	4

Football 7-a-side

The Football 7-a-side tournament was made up of 5 teams competing in a round robin tournament. Australia selected team of 9 athletes.

Australian Team
Shane Ellsmore, Lee Gordon, Geoffrey Hill, Mark Milne, David Pearson, Jaime Romaguera, Christopher Scott, Ralph Scott, Ross Whyte

Australia lost to the Netherlands 18-1, lost to Belgium 6-1, lost to Ireland 5 - 1 and lost to Korea 4-0. Australia did not win a medal.^[1]

Round Robin Tournament

Team	Pld	W	L	Goals (F:A)	Points
Netherlands 01 !	4	4	0	31:2	8
Belgium 02 !	4	3	1	11:5	6
Ireland 03 !	4	2	2	10:5	4
Korea	4	1	3	5:15	2
Australia	4	0	4	3:33	0

Goalball

Australia represented by:^[1]

Australian men's team
Theo Bottom, Robert Crestani, Russell Doyle, Kevin Frew, Gary Sargent, Tony Telfer. Coach: Terry Kenaghan

Australian men's results were - defeated Denmark 1-0, defeated South Korea 5-4, lost to Yugoslavia 0-1, lost to USA 2-3, lost to Italy 0-1, defeated Bulgaria 3-2 and lost to Canada 4-5. Australia beat the Netherlands in the 11th place playoff game.^[1]

Australian women's team
Margaret Booth, Heather Gleeson, Marilyn Mills, Robyn Stephens, Jodi Willis, Susanne Wilson. Coach: Eileen O'Meagher

Australian women's results were - defeated Great Britain 3-0, lost to Germany 2-6, lost to United States 0-6, lost to Denmark 0-4, lost to Netherlands 1-5, lost to 2-5 Canada and lost to South Korea 4-5.^[1]

Australia did not win any medals.^[1]

	Qualified for 2nd round
	Eliminated

Men

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Yugoslavia	7	5	1	1	10	5	+5	11
USA	7	5	1	1	14	5	+9	11
Italy	7	4	0	3	14	9	+5	8
Bulgaria	7	3	2	2	14	7	+7	8
Canada	7	4	0	3	22	13	+9	8
Australia	7	3	0	4	14	14	0	6
Denmark	7	1	2	4	1	9	-8	4
Korea	7	0	0	7	5	32	-27	0

	Qualified for semifinals
	Eliminated

Women

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
USA	7	7	0	0	26	0	+26	14
Denmark	7	4	2	1	27	3	+24	10
Netherlands	7	3	3	1	29	10	+19	9
Canada	7	4	1	2	18	13	+5	9
Germany	7	3	2	2	29	11	+18	8
Korea	7	2	0	5	12	40	-28	4
Australia	7	1	0	6	12	29	-17	2
Great Britain	7	0	0	7	9	56	-47	0

Lawn Bowls

Selected team of 11 athletes.

Men
David Boldery, David Doueal, John Forsberg, Roy Fowler, Ronald Gilshenan, Glen Hoffman, Stan Kosmala, Peter Magee, Max Peterson, Neville Read, Clifford Swann

Australia won 1 gold medal, 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals.^[1] Roy Fowler was competing in his sixth Paralympic Games, winning his 10th medal.^[17]

Athlete	Event	Pool Play		Semi Final	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	W-D-L	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
David Boldery Clifford Swann	Men's Pairs LB2	3-1-1	2	N/A		02 !
David Doueal	Men's Singles LB1	3-0-1	1	N/A	Chang Bok Lee (KOR) L 11-21	4
John Forsberg	Men's Singles LB3	1-0-2	3	N/A	Robert Love (GBR) W 21-9	03 !
Roy Fowler Stan Kosmala	Men's Pairs 2-6	3-0-1	1	N/A		01 !
Ronal Gilshenan	Men's Singles LB3	1-0-2	2	N/A	Did not advance
Glen Hoffman	Men's Singles LB3	1-0-2	3	N/A	Did not advance
Peter Magee	Men's Singles 2-6	1-0-2	3	Did not advance
Max Peterson	Men's Singles 2-6	1-0-3	4	Did not advance
Neville Read	Men's Singles 2-6	3-0-0	1	Ken Bridgeman (GBR) L 12-21	Sin Nam Song (KOR) W 21-17	03 !

Powerlifting

Australia were represented by two athletes, Matthew Poble and Michael Farrell who won silver and bronze respectively.^[1]

Event	Athlete	Result	Rank
Men's Up to 100 kg	Matthew Poble	160 kg	02 !
Men's Up to 100 kg	Michael Farrell	150 kg	03 !

Shooting

Selected team of 8 athletes.

Men	Women
Robert Bakker, Keith Bremner, Allan Chadwick, Andrew Rambow, Stanley Sims, Grant Walker	Barbara Caspers, Elizabeth Kosmala

Elizabeth Kosmala won all Australia's shooting medals - 3 gold medals and one silver medal.^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Robert Bakker	Men's Air Pistol Standing LSH2	546	10
Keith Bremner	Men's Air Pistol 2-6	521	20
	Men's Air Rifle 3 Positions 2-6	1076	33
	Men's Air Rifle Kneeling 2-6	370	36
	Men's Air Rifle Standing 2-6	329	34
	Mixed Air Rifle Prone 2-6	377	36
Allan Chadwick	Men's Air Rifle 2 Positions with Aids 1A-1C	780	4
	Men's Air Rifle Kneeling with Aids 1A-1C	393	4
	Men's Air Rifle Prone with Aids 1A-1C	387	6
Andrew Rambow	Men's Air Rifle 3 Positions 2-6	1109	31
	Men's Air Rifle Kneeling 2-6	385	26
	Men's Air Rifle Standing 2-6	339	32
	Mixed Air Rifle Prone 2-6	385	33
Stanley Simms	Men's Air Pistol Standing LSH2	538	16
Grant Walker	Men's Air Rifle 2 Positions with Aids 1A-1C	770	6
	Men's Air Rifle Kneeling with Aids 1A-1C	386	7
	Men's Air Rifle Prone with Aids 1A-1C	384	8

Women

Event	Athlete	Score	Rank
Barbara Caspers	Women's Air Rifle 3 Positions 2-6	1116	12
	Women's Air Rifle Kneeling 2-6	385	8
	Women's Air Rifle Prone 2-6	382	13
	Women's Air Rifle Standing 2-6	349	12
Elizabeth Kosmala	Women's Air Rifle 3 Positions 2-6	1171	01 !
	Women's Air Rifle Kneeling 2-6	395	01 !
	Women's Air Rifle Prone 2-6	395	01 !
	Women's Air Rifle Standing 2-6	381	02 !
	Mixed Air Rifle Prone 2-6	395	15

Team

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Keith Bremner	Mixed Air Rifle 3 Positions Team 2-6	3356	12
Elizabeth Kosmala
Andrew Rambow
Keith Bremner	Mixed Air Rifle Kneeling Team 2-6	1150	10
Elizabeth Kosmala
Andrew Rambow
Keith Bremner	Mixed Air Rifle Prone Team 2-6	1157	12
Elizabeth Kosmala
Andrew Rambow
Keith Bremner	Mixed Air Rifle Standing Team 2-6	1049	12
Elizabeth Kosmala
Andrew Rambow

Snooker

Australia was represented by John Hunt and Michael Quinn. Hunt finished 2nd in Pool A and Quinn finished 3rd in Pool C. Neither athlete qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Event	Athlete	Pool Play		Semifinal	Final
Event	Athlete	W-L	Rank	Semifinal	Final
Men's Snooker Event Open	John Hunt	1-1	2	Did not advance
Men's Snooker Event Open	Michael Quinn	0-2	3	Did not advance

Swimming

Selected team of 25 athletes.

Men	Women
Leslie Beath, Kingsley Bugarin, Brendan Burkett, Jason Diederich, Richard Dougan, Stephen Gregson, David Griffin, Gregory Hammond, Simon Matthew Lee, David Lillecrapp, Brian Moores, Robert Philpot, Wayne Ryding, Ralph Smith, Gregory Timmermans, Phillip Tracey, Robert Walden	Karen Ferguson, Deborah Holland, Catherine Huggett, Susan Knox, Lyn Lillecrapp, Mandy Maywood, Sandra Yaxley, Judith Young

Australia won 5 gold, 12 silver and 14 bronze medals. Greg Hammond won two gold medals and Sandra Yaxley won one gold medal.^[1]

Judith Young won two gold medals and three silver medals. After winning gold in the 100m backstroke and 400m freestyle, The United States of America and Great Britain, protested that Young was swimming in the wrong category and should be reclassified from amputee to Les Autres. After winning both events in a world record time, the protest was upheld and Young was re-classified in the Les Autres category. Both world record times were scratched from the record books but Young was able to keep both the gold medals and a silver she won in the 100m breaststroke.^[11]^[18] She would go on to win two more medals in her new classification.^[18]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Leslie Beath	Men's 100 m Backstroke A2	1:21.68	4	Did not advance
	Men's 100m Butterfly A2	1:22.94	4 Q	1:22.76	8
	Men's 100 m Freestyle A2	1:07.92	3	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m Individual Medley A2	2:57.18	1	Did not advance
	Men's 400 m Freestyle A2	5:33.26	5	Did not advance
Kingsley Bugarin	Men's 200 m Individual Medley B3	2:39.07	5 Q	2:36.29	6
	Men's 100 m Breaststroke B3	1:17.13	3 Q	1:17.67	03 !
	Men's 200 m Breaststroke B3	2:49.87	3 Q	2:48.70	03 !
	Men's 50 m Breaststroke B3	34.96	3 Q	34.82	03 !
Brendan Burkett	Men's 100 m Breaststroke A2	1:33.99	2 Q	1:35.42	8
	Men's 100 m Butterfly A2	1:19.36	3 Q	1:21.18	7
	Men's 100 m Freestyle A2	1:06.31	3 Q	1:06.30	8
	Men's 400 m Freestyle A2	5:08.19	2 Q	5:03.18	6
Jason Diederich	Men's 100 m Backstroke A4	1:14.69	5 Q	1:14.17	6
	Men's 100 m Butterfly A4	1:13.64	2 Q	1:10.47	4
	Men's 100 m Freestyle A4	1:04.59	4 Q	1:03.81	8
	Men's 200 m Individual Medley A4	2:44.49	6 Q	2:46.49	7
	Men's 400 m Freestyle A4	5:15.56	6	Did not advance
Richard Dougan	Men's 100 m Backstroke A4	1:20.23	5	Did not advance
	Men's 100 m Breaststroke A4	1:41.79	8	Did not advance
	Men's 100 m Butterfly A4	1:28.91	4	Did not advance
	Men's 100 m Freestyle A4	1:08.06	5	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m Individual Medley A4	2:53.62	5	Did not advance
	Men's 400 m Freestyle A4	5:24.81	6	Did not advance
Stephen Gregson	Men's 100 m Freestyle C6	1:57.58	5	Did not advance
Stephen Gregson	Men's 50 m Backstroke C6	N/A		1:09.15	7
David Griffin	Men's 100 m Backstroke A2	1:22.98	4	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m Individual Medley A2	2:48.64	3 Q	2:47.65	7
	Men's 100 m Butterfly A2	1:17.22	2 Q	1:14.27	03 !
	Men's 100 m Freestyle A2	1:05.95	1 Q	1:04.60	03 !
Gregory Hammond	Men's 100 m Breaststroke A8	N/A		1:20.18 WR	01 !
Gregory Hammond	Men's 100 m Freestyle A8	1:06.26	2 Q	1:03.75 PR	01 !
Simon Matthew Lee	Men's 100 m Breaststroke C8	N/A		1:46.47	5
Simon Matthew Lee	Men's 100 m Freestyle C8	1:26.19	3	Did not advance
David Lillecrapp	Men's 100 m Backstroke A4	1:14.97	1 Q	1:13.74	4
	Men's 100 m Breaststroke A4	1:32.60	1 Q	1:33.73	7
	Men's 100 m Freestyle A4	1:05.46	4	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m Individual Medley A4	2:46.18	3	Did not advance
	Men's 400 m Freestyle A4	4:53.89	3 Q	4:51.90	6
Brian Moores	Men's 100 m Freestyle 1A	N/A		Did not start	N/A
Robert Philpot	Men's 100 m Freestyle C6	1:29.44	2 Q	1:35.98	6
Robert Philpot	Men's 50 m Breaststroke C6	N/A		57.79	5
Wayne Ryding	Men's 100 m Breaststroke 5	1:50.06	1 Q	1:45.39	4
	Men's 100 m Freestyle 5	1:10.52	1 Q	1:08.99	4
	Men's 400 m Freestyle 5	N/A		5:25.25	03 !
Ralph Smith	Men's 100 m Freestyle A7	N/A		1:43.72	03 !
Gregory Timmermans	Men's 50 m Backstroke C6	N/A		56.56	4
Gregory Timmermans	Men's 50 m Breaststroke C6	N/A		1:01.35	6
Phillip Tracey	Men's 100 m Freestyle 1A	N/A		3:02.71	02 !
	Men's 25 m Backstroke 1A	N/A		41.15	02 !
	Men's 50 m Freestyle 1A	N/A		1:28.07	02 !
Robert Walden	Men's 100 m Freestyle C6	1:31.57	1 Q	1:33.10	4
	Men's 50 m Backstroke C6	N/A		1:04.41	5
	Men's 50 m Breaststroke C6	N/A		57.34	4

Qualification Legend: Q= Qualified for final; PR= Paralympic Record; WR= World Record

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karen Ferguson	Women's 100 m Freestyle C6	2:30.48	4 Q	2:26.19	7
Karen Ferguson	Women's 50 m Backstroke C6	N/A		1:06.15	7
Deborah Holland	Women's 100 m Breaststroke A2	2:01.89	3 Q	2:04.37	7
	Women's 100 m Freestyle A2	1:23.97	5 Q	1:22.42	5
	Women's 400 m Freestyle A2	N/A		5:50.58	03 !
Catherine Huggett	Women's 400 m Freestyle C3-4	N/A		10:21.79	4
Catherine Huggett	Women's 100 m Backstroke C3	N/A		2:38.04	02 !
Lyn Lillecrapp	Women's 25 m Butterfly 2	N/A		34.27	03 !
	Women's 100 m Backstroke S6	N/A		58.37	03 !
	Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB3	N/A		54.21	03 !
	Women's 100 m Freestyle S6	N/A		1:17.07	02 !
Mandy Maywood	Women's 200 m Individual Medley B3	3:09.58	3 Q	3:10.82	6
	Women's 100 m Breaststroke B3	1:28.40	1 Q	1:30.73	3
	Women's 200 m Breaststroke B3	3:14.23	2 Q	3:14.53	03 !
	Women's 50 m Breaststroke B3	40.85	1 Q	40.81	02 !
Sandra Yaxley	Women's 100 m Freestyle C6	1:42.00	1 Q	1:41.58	01 !
Sandra Yaxley	Women's 50 m Backstroke C6	N/A		55.03	02 !
Judith Young	Women's 100 m Freestyle L6	N/A		1:09.88	4
	Women's 100 m Backstroke A8	N/A		1:21.20	01 !
	Women's 400 m Freestyle A8	N/A		5:14.03	01 !
	Women's 100 m Breaststroke A8	N/A		1:35.17	02 !
	Women's 100 m Butterfly L6	N/A		1:15.68	02 !
	Women's 200 m Individual Medley L6	N/A		2:49.61	02 !

Qualification Legend: Q= Qualified for final; WR= World Record

Australian tennis player practising with a player from another country

Table Tennis

Selected team of 9 athletes.

Men	Women
Geoffey Barden, Marcel Bucello, Paul Croft, Garry Croker, Jeremy O'Halloran, Craig Parsons, John Sheil, Ian Simpson	Carmel Williams

Australia did not win any medals.^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Pool Play		Quarter Finals	Semi Finals	Final	Rank
		W-L	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Geoffey Barden	Men's Singles TT5	0-3	4	Did not advance
Marcel Bucello	Men's Singles TT6	0-3	4	Did not advance
Paul Croft	Men's Singles TT7	0-3	4	Did not advance
Garry Croker	Men's Singles 1A	0-2	3	Did not advance
Jeremy O'Halloran	Men's Singles TT5	0-4	5	Did not advance
Craig Parsons	Men's Singles 1B	1-3	4	Did not advance
John Sheil	Men's Singles 2	0-3	4	Did not advance
Ian Simpson	Men's Singles 1C	1-1	2	Si Un Kim (KOR) L 0-2	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Pool Play		Quarter Finals	Semi Finals	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	W-L	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carmel Williams	Women's Singles 2	1-1	2	Lone Rasmussen (DEN) W 2-1	Elisabeth Bisquolm (SUI) L 0-2	Jolanda Paardekam (NED) L 0-2	4

Weightlifting

Selected team of 5 athletes.

Men
Ray Epstein, Brian McNicholl, Arnie Money, Paul O’Brien, Col Richards

Australia won a bronze medal through Brian McNicholl's performance.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Ray Epstein	Men's Up to 51 kg	135 kg	7
Brian McNicholl	Men's Up to 85 kg	192.5 kg	03 !
Arnie Money	Men's Up to 57 kg	125	11
Paul O'Brien	Men's Up to 85 kg	155	7
Col Richards	Men's Up to 65 kg	135	8

Wheelchair Basketball

The Australian Men's Wheelchair Basketball team was placed in Group B with Argentina, France, Germany and Morocco. Australia lost to France 49-61, lost to Germany 27-43, defeated Argentina 54-36 and defeated Morocco 88-21. Australia finished third in their group and 10th overall, losing to Belgium in the 9th place playoff game.^[1]

Australian Team
Troy Andrews, Sandy Blythe, Stuart Ewin, David Gould, Michael Haughey, Gerry Hewson, Erich Hubel, Michael McFawn, Richard Oliver, Christopher Sparks, Stephen Trestrail, Michael Walker

Group Stage

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
France	4	4	0	257	146	+111	8
Germany	4	3	1	201	141	+60	7
Australia	4	2	2	218	161	+57	6
Argentina	4	1	3	170	189	-19	5
Morocco	4	0	4	89	298	-209	4

Classification 9-16

Team	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Team	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Australia	Mexico W 68 - 52	Great Britain W 40 - 29	Belgium L 43 - 47	10

Wheelchair Fencing

Australia was represented by two athletes, Robert Goodwin and Robert Jordan. Neither athlete advanced out of the pool rounds.^[1]

Event	Athlete	Pool Play		Final Round	Rank
Event	Athlete	W-L	Rank	Final Round	Rank
Men's Foil Individual 1C-3	Robert Goodwin	2-2	3	Did not advance
Men's Foil Individual 1C-3	Robert Jordan	0-3	4	Did not advance
Men's Sabre Individual 1C-3	Robert Goodwin	0-3	4	Did not advance

Wheelchair Tennis

Wheelchair tennis was a demonstration sport and the medals awarded were not included in the overall medal tally. Mick Connell was the sole representative for Australia and was runner up in the men's singles.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mick Connell	Men's Singles	Chip Turner (USA) W 6-7, 7-6, 6-0	Laurent Giammartini (GER) L 2-6, 2-6	02 !

References

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Nations at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea

Africa	Egypt Kenya Morocco Tunisia

America	Argentina Bahamas Brazil Canada Colombia Guatemala Jamaica Mexico Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago United States

Asia	Bahrain China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Japan Jordan Kuwait Macau Malaysia Oman Philippines Singapore South Korea Thailand

Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark Faroe Islands Finland France Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Liechtenstein Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland West Germany Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia New Zealand

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Australia at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

Background

Opening Ceremony

Controversies