Wheelchair tennis at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
Wheelchair tennis at the VIII Paralympic Games | |
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Venue | Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center |
Wheelchair tennis at the 1988 Summer Paralympics | |
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Edition | Demonstration sport |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Laurent Giammartini | |
Women's singles | |
Monique Kalkman-Van Den Bosch |
Wheelchair tennis at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of men's and women's singles events. Despite wheelchair tennis being contested as a demonstration sport, and not an official part of the Paralympic program, medals were awarded and counted for the overall medal list.
Medal summary
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles | Laurent Giammartini France | Mick Connell Australia | Chip Turner United States |
Sasson Aharoni Israel | |||
Women's singles | Chantal Vandierendonck Netherlands | Monique Van Den Bosch Netherlands | Terry Lewis United States |
Ellen de Lange Netherlands |
Source: Paralympic.org [1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Medallists, 1988 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair tennis". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 1988. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
- Wheelchair Tennis at the 1988 Summer Paralympics (Seoul) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)