| Table tennis at the VIII Paralympic Games | |
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 Paralympic Table tennis | |
Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of 37 events, 27 for men and 10 for women.
| Table tennis at the VIII Paralympic Games | |
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| Paralympic Table tennis | |
Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of 37 events, 27 for men and 10 for women.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  West Germany (FRG) | 10 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
| 2 |  France (FRA) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 |  South Korea (KOR) | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 |  United States (USA) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 |  China (CHN) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 |  Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 |  Austria (AUT) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 |  Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 |  Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 |  Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 |  Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 |  Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 |  Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singles 2–4 | Jennifer Johnson  United States | Gabriele Kirchmair  Austria | Christiane Weninger  West Germany |
| Singles 2 | Elisabeth Bisquolm  Switzerland | Ruth Lamsbach West Germany | Jolanda Paardekam  Netherlands |
| Singles 3 | Christiane Weninger West Germany | Jennifer Johnson United States | Inger Lise Andersen  Norway |
| Singles 4 | Terese Terranova United States | Monika Sikora West Germany | Hildegard Fetz Austria |
| Singles TT open | Xiaoling Zhang  China | Ingrid Borre  Belgium | Marie-Louise Andersson  Sweden |
| Singles TT6 | Bernadette Darvand  France | Marie-Louise Andersson Sweden | Cheng Yu China |
| Singles TT7 | Guiyun Hua China | Marianne Baertelsen  Denmark | Birgit Bauer West Germany |
| Teams 2 | Switzerland (SUI) Christiane Droux Elisabeth Mettler-Kiener | Great Britain (GBR) Val Beck Anne Peskey | West Germany (FRG) |
| Teams 4 | United States (USA) | West Germany (FRG) | Austria (AUT) |
| Teams TT6 | China (CHN) | France (FRA) | Sweden (SWE) |
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