Wheelchair racing at the 1988 Summer Olympics featured as a demonstration event within the athletics programme on 30 September 1988. There were two events, an 800 m race for women and a 1500 m race for men. Medals were not awarded, as the sport was not part of the official competition.

Men's 1500 m wheelchair

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Mustapha Badid   France 3:33.51
  Paul van Winkel   Belgium 3:33.61
  Craig Blanchette   United States 3:34.37
4 Farid Amarouche   France 3:50.40
5 Gregor Golombek   West Germany 3:51.14
André Viger   Canada DNF
Robert Figl   West Germany DNF
Yoo Hee-sang   South Korea DNF

Women's 800 m wheelchair

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Sharon Hedrick   United States 2:11.49
  Connie Hansen   Denmark 2:18.29
  Candace Cable-Brooks   United States 2:18.68
4 Ingrid Lauridsen   Denmark 2:28.24
5 Jeannette Jansen   Netherlands 2:28.56
6 Ann Cody-Morris   United States 2:28.78
7 Monica Wetterström   Sweden 2:30.28
8 Kang Hyung-soon   South Korea 3:16.28

See also

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References

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