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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)
Officials	47
Medals Ranked 10th	Gold 23 Silver 34 Bronze 38 Total 95
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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.

Notable Australian performances included:

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

Australian athletes broke eight world records.

Background

The 1988 Summer Paralympics were the first Paralympic Games to be held under the aegis of the International Co-ordinating Committee (ICC). 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. 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. The SLOOC gave a subsidy of $12,857,143 US dollars. 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. 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.

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. 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. The 1988 Seoul Paralympic Games is considered as the genesis of the Modern Paralympic Games.

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. The President of South Korea, Roh Tae-Woo, presented the new Paralympic flag to the President of the ICC, Jens Bromann. Paul Croft, competing in his second Paralympic Games, was the flag bearer for Australia during the Opening Ceremony. 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. 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.

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."

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. 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.

A Libyan team arrived at the Seoul Paralympic Games without having gone through the normal entry procedures. 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.

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.

Team

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

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, Henry 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 ; wheelchair official – Norma Beer

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

Fundraising

The Australian Confederation of Sports for the Disabled Inc undertook a range of fundraising activities 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. The remainder of the funds would be used for future Games. The cash amount finally raised was A$1,104,328. There were also considerable "in kind" donations covering accommodation, marketing, travel.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event  Gold David Goodman Athletics Men's 100 m B3  Gold Brad Hill Athletics Men's 200 m C7  Gold Robert Biancucci Athletics Men's 800 m C8  Gold Adrian Lowe, Rodney Nugent, Nigel Parsons, Jason Smart Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m relay A2/A4–7  Gold Adrian Lowe, Rodney Nugent, Andrew O'Sullivan, Nigel Parsons Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m relay A2/A4–7  Gold Rodney Nugent Athletics Men's Long jump A6/A8–9/L6  Gold Rodney Nugent Athletics Men's Triple jump A6/A8–9/L6  Gold Kerrod McGregor Athletics Men's Discus throw A2/A9  Gold Russell Short Athletics Men's Discus throw B3  Gold Russell Short Athletics Men's Javelin throw B3  Gold Bruce Wallrodt Athletics Men's Javelin throw 2  Gold Bruce Wallrodt Athletics Men's Shot put 2  Gold Deahnne McIntyre Athletics Women's 200 m 5–6  Gold Patricia Molseed Athletics Women's Shot put B1  Gold Roy Fowler, Stan Kosmala Lawn bowls Men's pairs 2–6  Gold Elizabeth Kosmala Shooting Women's Air rifle 3 positions 2–6  Gold Elizabeth Kosmala Shooting Women's Air rifle kneeling 2–6  Gold Elizabeth Kosmala Shooting Women's Air rifle prone 2–6  Gold Greg Hammond Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle A8  Gold Greg Hammond Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke A8  Gold Sandra Yaxley Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle C6  Gold Judith Young Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle A8  Gold Judith Young Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke A8  Silver Vincenzo Vallelonga Athletics Men's 100 m 1B  Silver Kerrod McGregor Athletics Men's 100 m A2/A9  Silver Adrian Lowe Athletics Men's 100 m A4/A9  Silver Adrian Lowe Athletics Men's 200 m A4/A9  Silver Adrian Lowe Athletics Men's 400 m A4/A9  Silver Brad Hill Athletics Men's 400 m C7  Silver Robert Biancucci Athletics Men's 400 m C8  Silver Alan Dufty Athletics Men's Marathon 1C  Silver Richard Cordukes, Michael Desanto, Alan Dufty, Vincenzo Vallelonga Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m relay 1A–1C  Silver Michael Hackett Athletics Men's High jump A4/A9  Silver Terry Giddy Athletics Men's Discus throw 4  Silver Bradley Thomas Athletics Men's Pentathlon A4/A9  Silver Yvette McLellan Athletics Women's 400 m 2  Silver Deahnne McIntyre Athletics Women's 400 m 5–6  Silver Meredith Jones, Deahnne McIntyre, Yvette McLellan, Julie Russell Athletics Women's 4 × 400 m relay 2–6  Silver Donna Smith Athletics Women's Javelin throw A6/A8-9/L6  Silver Karen Gill Athletics Women's Javelin throw C3  Silver Julie Russell Athletics Women's Shot put 3  Silver Julie Russell Athletics Women's Pentathlon 3  Silver David Boldery, Clifford Swann Lawn bowls Men's pairs LB2  Silver Matthew Pobje Powerlifting Men's 100 kg  Silver Elizabeth Kosmala Shooting Women's Air rifle standing 2–6  Silver Phillip Tracey Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle 1A  Silver Phillip Tracey Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle 1A  Silver Phillip Tracey Swimming Men's 25 m backstroke 1A  Silver Greg Hammond, Jason Diederich, Brendan Burkett, Leslie Beath Swimming Men's 4×50 m freestyle relay A1–A8  Silver Sandra Yaxley Swimming Women's 50 m backstroke C6  Silver Catherine Huggett Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke C3  Silver Lyn Lillecrapp Swimming Women's 50 m breaststroke 2  Silver Mandy Maywood Swimming Women's 50 m breaststroke B3  Silver Judith Young Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke A8  Silver Judith Young Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly L6  Silver Judith Young Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley L6  Silver Anne Currie, Deborah Holland, Susan Knox, Judith Young Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay A–L  Bronze Rodney Nugent Athletics Men's 100 m A6/A8–9/L4  Bronze Rodney Nugent Athletics Men's 200 m A6/A8–9/L4  Bronze Rodney Nugent Athletics Men's High jump A6/A8–9/L6  Bronze Mike Nugent Athletics Men's 200 m 2  Bronze Robert Biancucci Athletics Men's 200 m C8  Bronze Andrew O’Sullivan Athletics Men's 400 m A4/A9  Bronze Jason Walsh Athletics Men's 400 m B3  Bronze Alan Dufty Athletics Men's 1500 m 1C  Bronze Richard Cordukes, Michael Desanto, Alan Dufty, Vincenzo Vallelonga Athletics Men's 4 × 200 m relay 1A–1C  Bronze Rodney Nugent Athletics Men's High jump A6/A8–9/L6  Bronze Kerrod McGregor Athletics Men's Long jump A2/A9  Bronze Kerrod McGregor Athletics Men's Javelin throw A2/A9  Bronze Russell Short Athletics Men's Shot put B3  Bronze Vincenzo Vallelonga Athletics Men's Slalom 1B  Bronze Matthew van Eldik Athletics Men's Slalom C4–5  Bronze Bruce Wallrodt Athletics Men's Discus throw 2  Bronze Rene Ahrens Athletics Men's Discus throw 6  Bronze John Eden Athletics Men's Discus throw A2/A9  Bronze Deahnne McIntyre Athletics Women's 100 m 5–6  Bronze Julie Russell Athletics Women's Discus throw 3  Bronze Julie Russell Athletics Women's Javelin throw 3  Bronze Neville Read Lawn bowls Men's singles 2–6  Bronze John Forsberg Lawn bowls Men's singles LB3  Bronze Michael Farrell Powerlifting Men's 100 kg  Bronze David Griffin Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle A2  Bronze David Griffin Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly A2  Bronze Ralph Smith Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle A7  Bronze Wayne Ryding Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle 5  Bronze Kingsley Bugarin Swimming Men's 50 m breaststroke B3  Bronze Kingsley Bugarin Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke B3  Bronze Kingsley Bugarin Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke B3  Bronze Lyn Lillecrapp Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle 2  Bronze Lyn Lillecrapp Swimming Women's 50 m backstroke 2  Bronze Lyn Lillecrapp Swimming Women's 25 m butterfly 2  Bronze Susan Knox Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke A4  Bronze Mandy Maywood Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke B3  Bronze Mandy Maywood Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke B3  Bronze Deborah Holland Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle A2  Bronze Brian McNicholl Weightlifting Men's 85 kg

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

Events

Archery

Selected team of 3 athletes.

Australia did not win any medals.

Men

Women

Athletics

Selected team of 73 athletes.

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. Four athletes came home with two gold medals – Adrian Lowe, Nigel Parsons, Russell Short and Bruce Wallrodt.

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. With doctors and officials telling her that she could not compete, McIntyre 'knew that she would be out there'. 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.

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.

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.

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.

Track events – men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		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
	Men's 800 m C8	2:15.32 Q	1	2:13.76
	Men's 400 m C8	N/A		57.38
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
	Men's Marathon B1	N/A		3:06:28	6
Darren Collins	Men's 100 m B2	12.85	3	Did not advance
	Men's 400 m B2	58.09	2	Did not advance
Richard Cordukes	Men's 100 m 1A	N/A		26.34	7
	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
	Men's Marathon 1C	N/A		2:21:39
Joe Egan	Men's 100 m A4A9	13.39 Q	1	13.15	5
	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
	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
	Men's 100 m B3	11.41	1	11.63
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
	Men's 400 m C7	N/A		58.41
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
	Men's 200 m A4A9	26.09 Q (WR)	1	25.86
	Men's 400 m A4A9	N/A		1:00.80
Brett McArthur	Men's 400 m 4	1:12.73	3	Did not advance
	Men's 800 m 4	2:19.94	5	Did not advance
Kerrod McGregor	Men's 100 m A2A9	N/A		15.98
Michael McIntyre	Men's 100 m 4	18.01	7	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m 4	34.49	2	Did not advance
	Men's 400 m 4	1:11.80	4	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
	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
Rodney Nugent	Men's 100 m A6A8A9L4	11.70 Q	1	11.60
	Men's 200 m A6A8A9L4	24.05 Q	1	23.61
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
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
	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
	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
	Men's 100 m 1B	N/A		20.84
Jason Walsh	Men's 100 m B3	11.89 Q	4	12.13	7
	Men's 400 m B3	52.90 Q	2	51.37
Ross Whyte	Men's 800 m C8	2:31.88	7	Did not advance
	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
Michael Desanto Richard Cordukes Alan Dufty Vincenzo Vallelonga	Men's 4 × 100 m Relay 1A-1C	N/A		1:28.14
Michael Desanto Alan Dufty Richard Cordukes Vincenzo Vallelonga	Men's 4 × 200 m Relay 1A-1C	N/A		2:41.43
Adrian Lowe Rodney Nugent Nigel Parsons Jason Smart	Men's 4 × 100 m Relay A2A4-7	N/A		47.08
Nigel Parsons Andrew O'Sullivan Adrian Lowe Rodney Nugent	Men's 4 × 400 m Relay A2A4-7	N/A		3:55.27

Track events – women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		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
	Women's 200 m 5-6	N/A		40.36
	Women's 400 m 5-6	N/A		1:18.44
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
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

Field events – men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Rene Ahrens	Men's Shot Put 6	12.87 m	4
	Men's Discus 6	40.44 m
Mark Davies	Men's Javelin B2	40.40 m	4
	Men's Triple Jump B2	11.52 m	8
Phillip Deveraux	Men's Javelin B1	37.24 m	6
	Men's Pentathlon B1	2044	4
John Domanol	Men's Pentathlon B3	2085	7
John Eden	Men's Discus A2A9	34.86 m
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
David Goodman	Men's Pentathlon B3	1391	10
Michael Hackett	Men's High Jump A4A9	1.68 m
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
	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
	Men's Long Jump A2A9	4.25 m
	Men's Discus A2A9	37.28 m PR
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
	Men's Long Jump A6A8A9L6	6.72 m WR
	Men's Triple Jump A6A8A9L6	12.97 m
Sam Rickard	Men's High Jump B3	1.60 m	9
Edward Roos	Men's Discus A6A8A9L6	37.86 m	5
	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
	Men's Discus B3	40.18 m
	Men's Javelin B3	54.72 m WR
Jason Smart	Men's High Jump A6A8A9L6	1.76 m	4
	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
Ched Towns	Men's Javelin B2	40.16 m	5
Bruce Wallrodt	Men's Discus 2	22.30 m
	Men's Javelin 2	24.32 m PR
	Men's Shot Put 2	7.83 m
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
	Women's Javelin C3	5.84 m
Patricia Molseed	Women's Shot Put B1	8.82 m PR
Julie Russell	Women's Discus 3	14.80 m
	Women's Javelin 3	12.76 m
	Women's Pentathlon 3	4034.75
	Women's Shot Put 3	5.18 m
Donna Smith	Women's Discus A6A8A9L6	20.06 m	4
	Women's Javelin A6A8A9L6	27.80 m

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.

Australia did not win any medals.

Event	Athlete	Pool play		Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final	Rank
		W-L	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
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.

Australia did not win any medals.

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.

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.

Round Robin Tournament

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

Goalball

Australia represented by:

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.

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.

Australia did not win any medals.

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

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.

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

Athlete	Event	Pool play		Semi-final	Final / BM	Rank
		W-D-L	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
David Boldery Clifford Swann	Men's Pairs LB2	3-1-1	2	N/A
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
Roy Fowler Stan Kosmala	Men's Pairs 2-6	3-0-1	1	N/A
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

Powerlifting

Australia were represented by two athletes, Matthew Pobje and Michael Farrell who won silver and bronze respectively.

Event	Athlete	Result	Rank
Men's Up to 100 kg	Matthew Pobje	160 kg
	Michael Farrell	150 kg

Shooting

Selected team of 8 athletes.

Elizabeth Kosmala won all Australia's shooting medals – 3 gold medals and one silver medal.

Men

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
	Women's Air Rifle Kneeling 2-6	395
	Women's Air Rifle Prone 2-6	395
	Women's Air Rifle Standing 2-6	381
	Mixed Air Rifle Prone 2-6	395	15

Team

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.

Swimming

Selected team of 25 athletes.

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

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. She would go on to win two more medals in her new classification.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		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
	Men's 200 m Breaststroke B3	2:49.87	3 Q	2:48.70
	Men's 50 m Breaststroke B3	34.96	3 Q	34.82
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
	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
	Men's 100 m Freestyle A2	1:05.95	1 Q	1:04.60
Greg Hammond	Men's 100 m Breaststroke A8	N/A		1:20.18 WR
	Men's 100 m Freestyle A8	1:06.26	2 Q	1:03.75 PR
Simon Matthew Lee	Men's 100 m Breaststroke C8	N/A		1:46.47	5
	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
	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
Ralph Smith	Men's 100 m Freestyle A7	N/A		1:43.72
Gregory Timmermans	Men's 50 m Backstroke C6	N/A		56.56	4
	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
	Men's 25 m Backstroke 1A	N/A		41.15
	Men's 50 m Freestyle 1A	N/A		1:28.07
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
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karen Ferguson	Women's 100 m Freestyle C6	2:30.48	4 Q	2:26.19	7
	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
Catherine Huggett	Women's 400 m Freestyle C3-4	N/A		10:21.79	4
	Women's 100 m Backstroke C3	N/A		2:38.04
Lyn Lillecrapp	Women's 25 m Butterfly 2	N/A		34.27
	Women's 100 m Backstroke S6	N/A		58.37
	Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB3	N/A		54.21
	Women's 100 m Freestyle S6	N/A		1:17.07
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
	Women's 50 m Breaststroke B3	40.85	1 Q	40.81
Sandra Yaxley	Women's 100 m Freestyle C6	1:42.00	1 Q	1:41.58
	Women's 50 m Backstroke C6	N/A		55.03
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
	Women's 400 m Freestyle A8	N/A		5:14.03
	Women's 100 m Breaststroke A8	N/A		1:35.17
	Women's 100 m Butterfly L6	N/A		1:15.68
	Women's 200 m Individual Medley L6	N/A		2:49.61

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

Table Tennis

Selected team of 9 athletes.

Australia did not win any medals.

Men

Athlete	Event	Pool play		Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final	Rank
		W-L	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
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
		W-L	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
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.

Australia won a bronze medal through Brian McNicholl's performance.

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
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.

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
	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
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.

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.

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

See also

• Australia at the Paralympics
• 1988 Summer Paralympics

Further reading

• '88 Paralympics Appeal Report
• Russell Short interviewed by Nikki Henningham in the Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project, National Library of Australia, 2012
• David Gould interviewed by Nikki Henningham in the Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project, National Library of Australia, 2010
• Libby Kosmala interviewed by Nikki Henningham in the Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project, Nationaal Library of Australia, 2010
• Chris Scott interviewed by Ian Jobling in the Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project, National Library of Australia, 2011
• Norma Beer interviewed by Ian Jobling in the Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project, National Library of Australia, 2011
• Paul Bird interviewed by Ian Jobling in the Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project, National Library of Australia, 2011

References

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2. ^ '88 Paralympics Appeal report (PDF). Australian Confederation of Sports for the Disabled. 1989. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-09.
3. ^ Scruton, Joan (1988). Stoke Mandeville Road to the Paralympics. Brill, Aylesbury, England: The Peterhouse Press. pp. 399–347. ISBN 0-946312-10-9.
4. ^ Bailey, Steve (2008). Athlete First: A History of the Paralympic Movement. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 91–137. doi:10.1002/9780470724323.ch5. ISBN 9780470724323.
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