 at the 1988 Summer | |
|---|---|
 Paralympic Judo | |
| Location | South Korea  |
| Date | 1988 |
| Competition at external databases | |
| Links | JudoInside |
Para Judo at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of six events for men.
| at the 1988 Summer | |
|---|---|
| Paralympic Judo | |
| Location | South Korea |
| Date | 1988 |
| Competition at external databases | |
| Links | JudoInside |
Para Judo at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of six events for men.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Japan (JPN) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 |  South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |  Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 9 |  Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 60 kg | Simon Jackson  Great Britain | Mokoto Shinkawa Japan | Jaime De Oliveira Brazil |
John Allen  United States | |||
| Men's 65 kg | Shinichi Ishizue Japan | Rene Duchemin  France | Júlio Silva Brazil |
Pier Morten  Canada | |||
| Men's 71 kg | Yu Sung An  South Korea | Norio Kato (judo) Japan | Paul Lewis Great Britain |
| Eddie Morten Canada | |||
| Men's 78 kg | Takio Ushikubo Japan | Do Sang Yu South Korea | Terence Powell Great Britain |
| David McKinley United States | |||
| Men's 86 kg | Yasuhiro Uwano Japan | David Hurst Great Britain | Kenneth Henningsson  Sweden |
| Daniel Fourcade France | |||
| Men's +95 kg | Masakazu Saito Japan | Walter Monti  Italy | Leonel Cunha Moraes Filho Brazil |
| David Hodgkins Great Britain |
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