| Swimming at the VIII Paralympic Games | |
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| Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool |
| Dates | 17 to 26 October,1988 |
Swimming at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of 257 events.
| Swimming at the VIII Paralympic Games | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool |
| Dates | 17 to 26 October,1988 |
Swimming at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of 257 events.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) | 33 | 28 | 22 | 83 |
| 2 |  Sweden (SWE) | 31 | 26 | 7 | 64 |
| 3 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 24 | 37 | 22 | 83 |
| 4 |  Canada (CAN) | 24 | 10 | 17 | 51 |
| 5 |  West Germany (FRG) | 20 | 11 | 10 | 41 |
| 6 |  Netherlands (NED) | 19 | 17 | 18 | 54 |
| 7 |  France (FRA) | 16 | 21 | 23 | 60 |
| 8 |  Poland (POL) | 13 | 20 | 20 | 53 |
| 9 |  Denmark (DEN) | 12 | 11 | 12 | 35 |
| 10 |  Spain (ESP) | 12 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 11 |  Israel (ISR) | 12 | 6 | 12 | 30 |
| 12 |  China (CHN) | 9 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 13 |  Norway (NOR) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 14 |  Australia (AUS) | 5 | 12 | 14 | 31 |
| 15 |  Italy (ITA) | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 16 |  Belgium (BEL) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 17 |  Finland (FIN) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 18 |  Ireland (IRL) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 19 |  Faroe Islands (FRO) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 20 |  Iceland (ISL) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 21 |  Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 22 |  New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 23 |  Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 24 |  South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 25 |  Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 26 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| 27 |  Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 28 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 29 |  Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 30 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 32 |  Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 |  Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (34 entries) | 257 | 257 | 257 | 771 | |
Argentina (2) Australia (25) Austria (3) Belgium (2) Brazil (9) Canada (27) China (10)
Colombia (4)
Cyprus (1) Denmark (48) Egypt (46) Faroe Islands (4) Finland (7) France (25) Great Britain (42) Greece (2)
Hong Kong (3) Hungary (8) Iceland (10)
Indonesia (1) Ireland (5) Israel (12) Italy (20) Japan (37)
Kuwait (3)
Macau (1)
Malaysia (2) Mexico (1) Morocco (3) Netherlands (18) New Zealand (3) Norway (6)
Philippines (1) Poland (17)
Singapore (2) Spain (19) South Korea (16) Soviet Union (8) Sweden (24) Switzerland (5)
Thailand (2) United States (73) West Germany (14) Yugoslavia (2)
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