Archery at the VIII Paralympic Games | |
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Competitors | 110 from 22 nations |
Archery at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of nine events.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | South Korea (KOR) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
4 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
8 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
9 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (12 nations) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
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