Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

Soviet Union at the
1988 Summer Paralympics
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IPC codeURS
in Seoul
Competitors22 in 2 sports
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
21
Silver
20
Bronze
15
Total
56
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Unified Team (1992)
 Estonia (1992–)
 Latvia (1992–)
 Lithuania (1992–)
 Belarus (1994–)
 Kazakhstan (1994–)
 Russia (1994–2014)
 Armenia (1996–)
 Azerbaijan (1996–)
 Kyrgyzstan (1996–)
 Moldova (1996–)
 Ukraine (1996–)
 Turkmenistan (2000–)
 Tajikistan (2004–)
 Uzbekistan (2004–)
 Georgia (2008–)
 RPC (2020)

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics made its Summer Paralympic début at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul. This was not only its first, but also its last appearance in the Summer Paralympics before its dissolution. The country participated only in athletics and swimming events. Soviet competitors won 56 medals, of which 21 were gold.[1]

Vadim Kalmykov, with four gold medals in track and field, was the USSR's most successful athlete at the Games.[2]

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Victor Riabochtan Athletics Men's 100m B1
 Gold Alexandre Mokhir Athletics Men's 100m B2
 Gold Victor Riabochtan Athletics Men's 400m B1
 Gold Vadim Kalmykov Athletics Men's high jump B2
 Gold Oleg Chepel Athletics Men's high jump B3
 Gold Vadim Kalmykov Athletics Men's long jump B2
 Gold Oleg Chepel Athletics Men's long jump B3
 Gold Vadim Kalmykov Athletics Men's triple jump B2
 Gold Vitautas Guirnus Athletics Men's javelin throw B1
 Gold Alexandre Mokhir Athletics Men's javelin throw B2
 Gold Vitautas Guirnus Athletics Men's pentathlon B1
 Gold Vadim Kalmykov Athletics Men's pentathlon B2
 Gold Oleg Chepel Athletics Men's pentathlon B3
 Gold Raissa Jouravliova Athletics Women's 100m B2
 Gold Tamara Pankova Athletics Women's 400m B1
 Gold Rima Batalova Athletics Women's 400m B2
 Gold Tamara Pankova Athletics Women's 800m B1
 Gold Rima Batalova Athletics Women's 800m B2
 Gold Tamara Pankova Athletics Women's 1500m B1
 Gold Raissa Jouravliova Athletics Women's long jump B2
 Gold Raissa Jouravliova Athletics Women's pentathlon B2
 Silver Sergei Sevastianov Athletics Men's 100m B1
 Silver Anatoly Pomykalov Athletics Men's 800m B2
 Silver Farzat Timerboulatov Athletics Men's 800m B3
 Silver Farzat Timerboulatov Athletics Men's 1500m B3
 Silver Sergei Sevastianov Athletics Men's triple jump B1
 Silver Sergei Sevastianov Athletics Men's pentathlon B1
 Silver Alexandre Mokhir Athletics Men's pentathlon B2
 Silver Danute Chmidek Athletics Women's 800m B3
 Silver Raissa Jouravliova Athletics Women's discus throw B2
 Silver Oleg Cher Swimming Men's 50m freestyle B1
 Silver Oleg Cher Swimming Men's 100m freestyle B1
 Silver Oleg Cher Swimming Men's 100m backstroke B1
 Silver Alexandre Gapon Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke B2
 Silver Vladimir Sigidov Swimming Men's 200m breaststroke B1
 Silver Alexandre Gapon Swimming Men's 200m breaststroke B2
 Silver Oleg Cher Swimming Men's 200m individual medley B1
 Silver Men's relay team Swimming Men's 4x100m freestyle relay B1-B3
 Silver Men's relay team Swimming Men's 4x100m medley relay B1-B3
 Silver Nadezda Maksimova Swimming Women's 50m freestyle B3
 Silver Tatiana Chipovalova Swimming Women's 50m breaststroke B2
 Bronze Anatoly Pomykalov Athletics Men's 400m B2
 Bronze Anatoly Pomykalov Athletics Men's 5000m B2
 Bronze Victor Riabochtan Athletics Men's long jump B1
 Bronze Andrei Kolyvanov Athletics Men's javelin throw B3
 Bronze Rima Batalova Athletics Women's 100m B2
 Bronze Danute Chmidek Athletics Women's 400m B3
 Bronze Mikhail Kapitonov Swimming Men's 50m freestyle B2
 Bronze Oleg Cher Swimming Men's 400m freestyle B1
 Bronze Vladimir Sigidov Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke B1
 Bronze Tatiana Chipovalova Swimming Women's 50m freestyle B2
 Bronze Tatiana Chipovalova Swimming Women's 100m freestyle B2
 Bronze Nadezda Maksimova Swimming Women's 100m freestyle B3
 Bronze Tatiana Chipovalova Swimming Women's 100m breaststroke B2
 Bronze Tatiana Chipovalova Swimming Women's 200m breaststroke B2
 Bronze Tatiana Chipovalova Swimming Women's 400m individual medley B2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Soviet Union at the Paralympics on paralympic.org
  2. ^ Soviet Union at the Paralympics on paralympic.org


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