Wheelchair racing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
Wheelchair races
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Wheelchair racing at the 1988 Summer Olympics featured as a demonstration event within the athletics programme on 30 September 1988. There were two events, a 800 m race for women and a 1500 m race for men. Medals were not awarded, as the sport was not part of the official competition.

Men's 1500 m wheelchair

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Mustapha Badid France 3:33.51
2nd Paul van Winkel Belgium 3:33.61
3rd Craig Blanchette United States 3:34.37
4 Farid Amarouche France 3:50.40
5 Gregor Golombek West Germany 3:51.14
André Viger Canada DNF
Robert Figl West Germany DNF
Yoo Hee-sang South Korea DNF

Women's 800 m wheelchair

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Sharon Hedrick United States 2:11.49
2nd Connie Hansen Denmark 2:18.29
3rd Candace Cable-Brooks United States 2:18.68
4 Ingrid Lauridsen Denmark 2:28.24
5 Jeannette Jansen Netherlands 2:28.56
6 Ann Cody-Morris United States 2:28.78
7 Monica Wetterström Sweden 2:30.28
8 Kang Hyung-soon South Korea 3:16.28

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