| Judo at the VIII Paralympic Games | |
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 Paralympic Judo | |
Judo at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of six events for men.
| Judo at the VIII Paralympic Games | |
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| Paralympic Judo | |
Judo at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of six events for men.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 60 kg | Simon Jackson  | Mokoto Shinkawa  | Jaime De Oliveira  |
John Allen  | |||
| Men's 65 kg | Shinichi Ishizue | Rene Duchemin  | Júlio Silva |
Pier Morten  | |||
| Men's 71 kg | Yu Sung An  | Norio Kato | Paul Lewis |
| Eddie Morten | |||
| Men's 78 kg | Takio Ushikubo | Do Sang Yu | Terence Powell |
| David McKinley | |||
| Men's 86 kg | Yasuhiro Uwano | David Hurst | Kenneth Henningsson  |
| Daniel Fourcade | |||
| Men's +95 kg | Masakazu Saito | Walter Monti  | Leonel Cunha Moraes Filho |
| David Hodgkins |
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