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Australia at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
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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. 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.
Members of the Australian 4 × 100 m amputee relay during the medal ceremony at the 1988 Seoul Paralympic Games
Members of the Australian 4 × 100 m amputee relay during the medal ceremony at the 1988 Seoul Paralympic Games
Flag bearer Paul Croft at the Opening Ceremony
Flag bearer Paul Croft at the Opening Ceremony
Australian team at the Opening Ceremony
Australian team at the Opening Ceremony
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)
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).
Australia at the Paralympics
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Australia has participated officially in every Paralympic Games since its inauguration in 1960 except for the 1976 Winter Paralympics.
Paralympic Flame alight in Sydney at the 2000 Summer Paralympic Games.
Paralympic Flame alight in Sydney at the 2000 Summer Paralympic Games.
Daphne Ceeney and Elizabeth Edmondson shake hands after Edmondson won gold and Ceeney silver in the 50 m prone swimming event in Tokyo at the 1964 Sum
Daphne Ceeney and Elizabeth Edmondson shake hands after Edmondson won gold and Ceeney silver in the 50 m prone swimming event in Tokyo at the 1964 Summer Paralympic Games.
Tony South receives his gold medal for the archery Albion Round in Tel-Aviv at the 1968 Summer Paralympics from the founder of the Paralympic movement
Tony South receives his gold medal for the archery Albion Round in Tel-Aviv at the 1968 Summer Paralympics from the founder of the Paralympic movement, Ludwig Guttmann.
In Paralympic sport, Australia has been most successful in Athletics. Greg Smith gives the crowd a "thumbs up" after winning gold at the 800 m T52 fin
In Paralympic sport, Australia has been most successful in Athletics. Greg Smith gives the crowd a "thumbs up" after winning gold at the 800 m T52 final at the 2000 Summer Paralympic Games, in Sydney on Day 04.