title: Singapore at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
text: # Singapore at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
  
  Singapore competed at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea. Eight competitors from Singapore competed in a total of two sports (athletics and swimming), and did not place in the medal table.
  
  ## Disability classifications
  
  Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.
  
  ## Athletics
  
  | Name | Event and disability code | Round reached | Position | Result |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ng Hoe Chye | Men's 200m 5-6 | First round heats | First round heats | 36.98 secs |
  | Ng Hoe Chye | Men's 400m 5-6 | First round heats | First round heats | 1:16.04 mins |
  | Ong Bah Lee | Women's 200m 3 | First round heats | First round heats | 44.26 secs |
  | Ong Bah Lee | Women's 400m 3 | Finals | 8th | 1:30.63 mins |
  | Ong Bah Lee | Women's 800m 3 | Finals | 6th | 3:14.86 mins |
  | Raja Singh | Men's 200m 2 | First round heats | First round heats | 36.82 secs |
  | Raja Singh | Men's 800m 2 | First round heats | First round heats | 2:30.06 mins |
  | Raja Singh | Men's 1500m 2 | Semifinal heats | Semifinal heats | 4:43.22 mins |
  | Raja Singh | Men's marathon 2 | Finals | 18th | 2:20:43 hrs |
  | Thanapal Sinniah | Men's discus throw 5 | Finals | 8th | 24.40 metres |
  | Thanapal Sinniah | Men's marathon 5-6 | Finals | 17th | 3:33:56 hrs |
  | Tan Kian Meng William | Men's 400m 4 | Semifinal heats | Semifinal heats | 1:10.29 mins |
  | Tan Kian Meng William | Men's 800m 4 | First round heats | First round heats | 2:20.49 mins |
  | Tan Kian Meng William | Men's 1500m 4 | Semifinal heats | Semifinal heats | 4:38.22 mins |
  | Tan Kian Meng William | Men's 5000m 4 | Semifinal heats | Semifinal heats | 16:27.66 mins |
  | Tan Kian Meng William | Men's marathon 4 | Finals | 14th | 2:13:42 hrs |
  | Tang See Chong | Men's 200m 3 | Semifinal heats | Semifinal heats | 35.57 secs |
  | Tang See Chong | Men's 400m 3 | Semifinal heats | Semifinal heats | 1:08.34 mins |
  | Tang See Chong | Men's 800m 3 | First round heats | First round heats | 2:37.73 mins |
  | Tang See Chong | Men's marathon 3 | Finals | 9th | 2:07:38 hrs |
  | Derek Yzelman | Men's 100m 5-6 | Finals | 7th | 17.49 secs |
  | Derek Yzelman | Men's 400m 5-6 | Semifinal heats | Semifinal heats | 1:07.67 mins |
  | Derek Yzelman | Men's 800m 5-6 | First round heats | First round heats | 2:17.96 mins |
  | Derek Yzelman | Men's 1500m 5-6 | First round heats | First round heats | 4:26.34 mins |
  | Derek Yzelman | Men's marathon 5-6 | Finals | 13th | 2:21:15 hrs |
  
  ## Swimming
  
  | Name | Event and disability code | Round reached | Position | Result |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Thanapal Sinniah | Men's 100m freestyle 5 | First round heats | First round heats | 1:35.32 mins |
  | Yong Phen Chong | Men's 50m breaststroke B1 | First round heats | First round heats | 47.21 secs |
  | Yong Phen Chong | Men's 100m breaststroke B1 | First round heats | First round heats | 1:47.15 mins |
  | Yong Phen Chong | Men's 100m butterfly B1 | Finals | 8th | 1:59.15 mins |
  