title: Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
text: # Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
  
  Great Britain competed at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea. It finished third in the overall medal count, with a total of 184 medals.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  ### Gold medalists
  
  | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold | Karen Watts | Archery | Women's double FITA round 2-6 |
  | Gold | Wilma Anic Joan Cooper Karen Watts | Archery | Women's double FITA round team 2-6 |
  | Gold | Peter Carruthers | Athletics | Men's 100m 1B |
  | Gold | Nigel Coultas | Athletics | Men's 100m A6/A8-9/L4 |
  | Gold | Nigel Coultas | Athletics | Men's 200m A6/A8-9/L4 |
  | Gold | Colin Keay | Athletics | Men's 200m C6 |
  | Gold | Simon Butler | Athletics | Men's 400m B3 |
  | Gold | Colin Keay | Athletics | Men's 400m C6 |
  | Gold | Robert Matthews | Athletics | Men's 800m B1 |
  | Gold | Noel Thatcher | Athletics | Men's 800m B2 |
  | Gold | Anthony Hamilton | Athletics | Men's 800m B3 |
  | Gold | Robert Matthews | Athletics | Men's 1500m B1 |
  | Gold | Anthony Hamilton | Athletics | Men's 1500m B3 |
  | Gold | James Sands | Athletics | Men's 3000m cross country C6 |
  | Gold | Robert Matthews | Athletics | Men's 5000m B1 |
  | Gold | Stephen Brunt | Athletics | Men's marathon B2 |
  | Gold | Nigel Coultas | Athletics | Men's high jump A6/A8-9/L6 |
  | Gold | Michael Walker | Athletics | Men's club throw C4 |
  | Gold | Paul Williams | Athletics | Men's club throw C5 |
  | Gold | Michael Walker | Athletics | Men's discus throw C4 |
  | Gold | Paul Williams | Athletics | Men's discus throw C5 |
  | Gold | Ian Hayden | Athletics | Men's discus throw L5 |
  | Gold | Michael Walker | Athletics | Men's javelin throw C4 |
  | Gold | Paul Williams | Athletics | Men's javelin throw C5 |
  | Gold | Ian Hayden | Athletics | Men's javelin throw L4 |
  | Gold | Jonathan Ward | Athletics | Men's shot put B3 |
  | Gold | Michael Walker | Athletics | Men's shot put C4 |
  | Gold | Isabel Barr | Athletics | Women's discus throw 1B |
  | Gold | Denise Ross | Athletics | Women's discus throw B1 |
  | Gold | Dorothy Ripley | Athletics | Women's shot put 5 |
  | Gold | Kerry Taylor | Athletics | Women's slalom C1 |
  | Gold | Simon Jackson | Judo | Men's 60kg |
  | Gold | Ken Bridgeman | Lawn bowls | Men's singles 2-6 |
  | Gold | Ralph Foster | Lawn bowls | Men's singles LB1 |
  | Gold | Neil Shaw Bernard Wessier | Lawn bowls | Men's pairs LB2 |
  | Gold | Anthony Bishop | Powerlifting | Men's +100kg |
  | Gold | Deanna Coates | Shooting | Women's air rifle standing 2-6 |
  | Gold | Mike Langley | Snooker | Men's open |
  | Gold | Mike Kenny | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle 1A |
  | Gold | Andrew Blake | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle 3 |
  | Gold | Mike Kenny | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle 1A |
  | Gold | Oliver Jones | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle A1 |
  | Gold | Robin Surgeoner | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle C4 |
  | Gold | Robin Surgeoner | Swimming | Men's 200m freestyle C4 |
  | Gold | Robin Surgeoner | Swimming | Men's 400m freestyle C3-4 |
  | Gold | Mike Kenny | Swimming | Men's 25m backstroke 1A |
  | Gold | Martin Mansell | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke C5 |
  | Gold | Mike Kenny | Swimming | Men's 25m breaststroke 1A |
  | Gold | Robin Surgeoner | Swimming | Men's 100m breaststroke C4 |
  | Gold | Paul Noble | Swimming | Men's 100m butterfly L5 |
  | Gold | Mike Kenny | Swimming | Men's 75m individual medley 1A |
  | Gold | Men's relay team | Swimming | Men's 4x100m freestyle relay A-L |
  | Gold | Men's relay team | Swimming | Men's 4x100m medley relay A-L |
  | Gold | Janice Burton | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle B1 |
  | Gold | Beverley Gull | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle 4 |
  | Gold | Beverley Gull | Swimming | Women's 400m freestyle 4 |
  | Gold | Jane Stidever | Swimming | Women's 400m freestyle C3-4 |
  | Gold | Beverley Gull | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke 4 |
  | Gold | Dianne Barr | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke A4 |
  | Gold | Jane Stidever | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke C4 |
  | Gold | Women's relay team | Swimming | Women's 4x100m freestyle relay A-L |
  | Gold | Women's relay team | Swimming | Women's 4x100m medley relay A-L |
  | Gold | David Hope | Table tennis | Men's singles TT4 |
  | Gold | Carol Walton | Wheelchair fencing | Women's épée 4-6 |
  
  ### Silver medalists
  
  | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Silver | Colin Keay | Athletics | Men's 100m C6 |
  | Silver | Nigel Coultas | Athletics | Men's 400m A6/A8-9/L4 |
  | Silver | Gordon Robertson | Athletics | Men's 400m C6 |
  | Silver | Noel Thatcher | Athletics | Men's 1500m B2 |
  | Silver | Gerard McConnell | Athletics | Men's 5000m cross country C8 |
  | Silver | Mark Farnell | Athletics | Men's 5000m C3 |
  | Silver | Mark Farnell | Athletics | Men's marathon B3 |
  | Silver | Steven Varden | Athletics | Men's club throw C2 |
  | Silver | Norman Burns | Athletics | Men's club throw C4 |
  | Silver | John Harris | Athletics | Men's discus throw 5 |
  | Silver | Jonathan Ward | Athletics | Men's discus throw B3 |
  | Silver | Brian Lessiter | Athletics | Men's discus throw L5 |
  | Silver | Norman Burns | Athletics | Men's javelin throw C4 |
  | Silver | Kevan McNicholas | Athletics | Men's shot put 2 |
  | Silver | Ernest Guild | Athletics | Men's shot put 5 |
  | Silver | Paul Williams | Athletics | Men's shot put C5 |
  | Silver | Ian Hayden | Athletics | Men's shot put L4 |
  | Silver | Terry Hudson | Athletics | Men's slalom C1 |
  | Silver | Norman Burns | Athletics | Men's slalom C4-5 |
  | Silver | Kerry Taylor | Athletics | Women's precision throw C1 |
  | Silver | Isabel Barr | Athletics | Women's shot put 1B |
  | Silver | Denise Ross | Athletics | Women's shot put B1 |
  | Silver | Carol Johnson | Athletics | Women's slalom C1 |
  | Silver | David Hurst | Judo | Men's 86kg |
  | Silver | John Gronow | Lawn bowls | Men's singles 2-6 |
  | Silver | Richard Coates | Lawn bowls | Men's singles LB3 |
  | Silver | Nicholas Slater | Powerlifting | Men's 75kg |
  | Silver | Keith Morriss | Shooting | Men's air rifle sitting LSH1 |
  | Silver | Christopher Holmes | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle B2 |
  | Silver | Ian Sharpe | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle B3 |
  | Silver | Paul Hancock | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle C6 |
  | Silver | Paul Noble | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle L5 |
  | Silver | Martin Mansell | Swimming | Men's 200m freestyle C5 |
  | Silver | David Moreton | Swimming | Men's 400m freestyle A4 |
  | Silver | Christopher Holmes | Swimming | Men's 400m freestyle B2 |
  | Silver | Paul Noble | Swimming | Men's 400m freestyle L5 |
  | Silver | Paul Hancock | Swimming | Men's 50m backstroke C6 |
  | Silver | Andrew Gilbert | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke L4 |
  | Silver | Paul Noble | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke L5 |
  | Silver | Chris Hallam | Swimming | Men's 50m breaststroke 2 |
  | Silver | Mark Butler | Swimming | Men's 25m butterfly 2 |
  | Silver | Peter Aldous | Swimming | Men's 100m butterfly A2 |
  | Silver | David Moreton | Swimming | Men's 100m butterfly A4 |
  | Silver | Martin Mansell | Swimming | Men's 200m individual medley C5 |
  | Silver | Paul Noble | Swimming | Men's 200m individual medley L5 |
  | Silver | Men's relay team | Swimming | Men's 3x25m freestyle relay 1A-1C |
  | Silver | Men's relay team | Swimming | Men's 4x50m medley relay A1-A8 |
  | Silver | Angela McDowell | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle B2 |
  | Silver | Angela McDowell | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle B2 |
  | Silver | Jane Stidever | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle C4 |
  | Silver | Jane Stidever | Swimming | Women's 200m freestyle C4 |
  | Silver | Linda Walters | Swimming | Women's 400m freestyle A2 |
  | Silver | Janice Burton | Swimming | Women's 400m freestyle B1 |
  | Silver | Joanne Round | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke A8 |
  | Silver | Janice Burton | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke B1 |
  | Silver | Jeanette Esling | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke L4 |
  | Silver | Louise Byles | Swimming | Women's 50m breaststroke B1 |
  | Silver | Louise Byles | Swimming | Women's 100m breaststroke B1 |
  | Silver | Jane Stidever | Swimming | Women's 100m breaststroke C4 |
  | Silver | Louise Byles | Swimming | Women's 200m breaststroke B1 |
  | Silver | Joanne Round | Swimming | Women's 100m butterfly A8 |
  | Silver | Angela McDowell | Swimming | Women's 100m butterfly B2 |
  | Silver | Joanne Round | Swimming | Women's 200m individual medley A8 |
  | Silver | Janice Burton | Swimming | Women's 200m individual medley B1 |
  | Silver | Angela McDowell | Swimming | Women's 400m individual medley B2 |
  | Silver | Val Beck Anne Peskey | Table tennis | Women's teams 2 |
  
  ### Bronze medalists
  
  | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Bronze | Robert Barrett | Athletics | Men's 100m A4/A9 |
  | Bronze | Robert Barrett | Athletics | Men's 200m A4/A9 |
  | Bronze | Gordon Robertson | Athletics | Men's 200m C6 |
  | Bronze | Chris Hallam | Athletics | Men's 400m 2 |
  | Bronze | Stephen Syndercombe | Athletics | Men's 1500m C8 |
  | Bronze | Simon Butler | Athletics | Men's long jump B3 |
  | Bronze | Leslie Jones | Athletics | Men's javelin throw 5 |
  | Bronze | James Richardson | Athletics | Men's shot put 1A |
  | Bronze | Terence Hopkins | Athletics | Men's shot put 4 |
  | Bronze | Brian Lessiter | Athletics | Men's shot put L4 |
  | Bronze | Jonathan Ward | Athletics | Men's pentathlon B3 |
  | Bronze | Tanni Grey | Athletics | Women's 400m 3 |
  | Bronze | Anne Woffinden | Athletics | Women's club throw C3 |
  | Bronze | Anne Trotman | Athletics | Women's discus throw C3 |
  | Bronze | Kerry Taylor | Athletics | Women's distance throw C1 |
  | Bronze | Isabel Barr | Athletics | Women's javelin throw 1B |
  | Bronze | Anne Trotman | Athletics | Women's javelin throw C3 |
  | Bronze | Anne Trotman | Athletics | Women's shot put C3 |
  | Bronze | Paul Lewis | Judo | Men's 71kg |
  | Bronze | Terence Powell | Judo | Men's 78kg |
  | Bronze | David Hodgkins | Judo | Men's +95kg |
  | Bronze | Ken Bridgeman John Gronow | Lawn bowls | Men's pairs 2-6 |
  | Bronze | Hazel Randall | Lawn bowls | Women's singles 2-6 |
  | Bronze | Fred MacKenzie | Powerlifting | Men's 90kg |
  | Bronze | Isabel Barr | Shooting | Women's air pistol 2-6 |
  | Bronze | Gill Middleton | Shooting | Women's air rifle prone 2-6 |
  | Bronze | Gill Middleton | Shooting | Women's air rifle standing 2-6 |
  | Bronze | Maurice Job | Snooker | Men's open |
  | Bronze | Christopher Holmes | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle B2 |
  | Bronze | Ian Sharpe | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle B3 |
  | Bronze | Andrew Gilbert | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle L4 |
  | Bronze | Andrew Gilbert | Swimming | Men's 400m freestyle L4 |
  | Bronze | Marc Woods | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke A4 |
  | Bronze | Martin Mansell | Swimming | Men's 200m backstroke C5 |
  | Bronze | Ian Sharpe | Swimming | Men's 100m butterfly B3 |
  | Bronze | David Moreton | Swimming | Men's 200m individual medley A4 |
  | Bronze | Men's relay team | Swimming | Men's 4x50m freestyle relay A1-A8 |
  | Bronze | Dianne Barr | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle A4 |
  | Bronze | Janice Burton | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle B1 |
  | Bronze | Helen Lewis | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle L5 |
  | Bronze | Dianne Barr | Swimming | Women's 400m freestyle A4 |
  | Bronze | Angela McDowell | Swimming | Women's 400m freestyle B2 |
  | Bronze | Angela McDowell | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke B2 |
  | Bronze | Anne Trotman | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke C3 |
  | Bronze | Thelma Young | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke L6 |
  | Bronze | Tara Flood | Swimming | Women's 25m breaststroke L1 |
  | Bronze | Thelma Young | Swimming | Women's 100m breaststroke L6 |
  | Bronze | Janice Burton | Swimming | Women's 100m butterfly B1 |
  | Bronze | Angela McDowell | Swimming | Women's 200m individual medley B2 |
  | Bronze | Women's relay team | Swimming | Women's 4x100m freestyle relay B1-B3 |
  | Bronze | Arnie Chan Neil Robinson | Table tennis | Men's teams 3 |
  | Bronze | Cyril Thomas | Wheelchair fencing | Men's sabre 4-6 |
  | Bronze | Suzannah Rockett | Wheelchair fencing | Women's épée 4-6 |
  
  ### Medals by sport
  
  Medals by sport :
  
  | Sport | | | | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athletics | 30 | 22 | 19 | 71 |
  | Swimming | 24 | 37 | 22 | 83 |
  | Lawn Bowls | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
  | Archery | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | Judo | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
  | Shooting | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
  | Powerlifting | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | Table tennis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | Wheelchair Fencing | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
  | Snooker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | Total | 65 | 65 | 54 | 184 |
  