| Thailand at the 1988 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | THA |
| NPC | Paralympic Committee of Thailand |
| Website | www |
| in Seoul | |
| Competitors | 10 |
| Medals Ranked 45th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Thailand competed at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea. Ten competitors from Thailand won a single silver medal and finished joint 45th in the medal table along with Czechoslovakia. [1]
The 1984 International Games for the Disabled, commonly known as the 1984 Summer Paralympics, were the seventh Paralympic Games to be held. There were two separate competitions: one in Stoke Mandeville, England, United Kingdom for wheelchair athletes with spinal cord injuries and the other at the Mitchel Athletic Complex and Hofstra University on Long Island, New York, United States for wheelchair and ambulatory athletes with cerebral palsy, amputees, and les autres [the others]. Stoke Mandeville had been the location of the Stoke Mandeville Games from 1948 onwards, seen as the precursors to the Paralympic Games, as the 9th International Stoke Mandeville Games in Rome in 1960 are now recognised as the first Summer Paralympics.
Athletics at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of 345 events. Because of ties for third place in the men's 800 metre A1–3/A9/L2 and precision throw C1 events, a total of 347 bronze medals were awarded. There was also a tie for first place in the women's 100 m 5–6. That meant 345 gold medals and 344 silver medals were awarded. Bulgaria, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Thailand and Tunisia won their first ever medals in this sport.
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Czechoslovakia competed at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea. 1 competitor from Czechoslovakia won a single silver medal and finished joint 45th in the medal table along with Thailand.
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Athiwat Paeng-nuea is a Paralympic athlete from Thailand who competes in category T54 sprint events. He represented Thailand at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a gold medal in the 100 metres T54 event and a silver medal in the 400 metres event.
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