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.
Vadim Kalmykov, with four gold medals in track and field, was the USSR's most successful athlete at the Games.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Victor Riabochtan Athletics Men's 100m B1 Alexandre Mokhir Athletics Men's 100m B2 Victor Riabochtan Athletics Men's 400m B1 Vadim Kalmykov Athletics Men's high jump B2 Oleg Chepel Athletics Men's high jump B3 Vadim Kalmykov Athletics Men's long jump B2 Oleg Chepel Athletics Men's long jump B3 Vadim Kalmykov Athletics Men's triple jump B2 Vitautas Guirnus Athletics Men's javelin throw B1 Alexandre Mokhir Athletics Men's javelin throw B2 Vitautas Guirnus Athletics Men's pentathlon B1 Vadim Kalmykov Athletics Men's pentathlon B2 Oleg Chepel Athletics Men's pentathlon B3 Raissa Jouravliova Athletics Women's 100m B2 Tamara Pankova Athletics Women's 400m B1 Rima Batalova Athletics Women's 400m B2 Tamara Pankova Athletics Women's 800m B1 Rima Batalova Athletics Women's 800m B2 Tamara Pankova Athletics Women's 1500m B1 Raissa Jouravliova Athletics Women's long jump B2 Raissa Jouravliova Athletics Women's pentathlon B2 Sergei Sevastianov Athletics Men's 100m B1 Anatoly Pomykalov Athletics Men's 800m B2 Farzat Timerboulatov Athletics Men's 800m B3 Farzat Timerboulatov Athletics Men's 1500m B3 Sergei Sevastianov Athletics Men's triple jump B1 Sergei Sevastianov Athletics Men's pentathlon B1 Alexandre Mokhir Athletics Men's pentathlon B2 Danute Chmidek Athletics Women's 800m B3 Raissa Jouravliova Athletics Women's discus throw B2 Oleg Cher Swimming Men's 50m freestyle B1 Oleg Cher Swimming Men's 100m freestyle B1 Oleg Cher Swimming Men's 100m backstroke B1 Alexandre Gapon Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke B2 Vladimir Sigidov Swimming Men's 200m breaststroke B1 Alexandre Gapon Swimming Men's 200m breaststroke B2 Oleg Cher Swimming Men's 200m individual medley B1 Men's relay team Swimming Men's 4x100m freestyle relay B1-B3 Men's relay team Swimming Men's 4x100m medley relay B1-B3 Nadežda Maksimova Swimming Women's 50m freestyle B3 Tatiana Chipovalova Swimming Women's 50m breaststroke B2 Anatoly Pomykalov Athletics Men's 400m B2 Anatoly Pomykalov Athletics Men's 5000m B2 Victor Riabochtan Athletics Men's long jump B1 Andrei Kolyvanov Athletics Men's javelin throw B3 Rima Batalova Athletics Women's 100m B2 Danute Chmidek Athletics Women's 400m B3 Mikhail Kapitonov Swimming Men's 50m freestyle B2 Oleg Cher Swimming Men's 400m freestyle B1 Vladimir Sigidov Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke B1 Tatiana Chipovalova Swimming Women's 50m freestyle B2 Tatiana Chipovalova Swimming Women's 100m freestyle B2 Nadežda Maksimova Swimming Women's 100m freestyle B3 Tatiana Chipovalova Swimming Women's 100m breaststroke B2 Tatiana Chipovalova Swimming Women's 200m breaststroke B2 Tatiana Chipovalova Swimming Women's 400m individual medley B2
See also Soviet Union at the Paralympics Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics
External links International Paralympic Committee
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