# Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics made its Summer Paralympic début at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul. This was not only its first, but also its last appearance in the Summer Paralympics before its dissolution. The country participated only in athletics and swimming events. Soviet competitors won 56 medals, of which 21 were gold.
Vadim Kalmykov, with four gold medals in track and field, was the USSR's most successful athlete at the Games.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Victor Riabochtan | Athletics | Men's 100m B1 |
| Gold | Alexandre Mokhir | Athletics | Men's 100m B2 |
| Gold | Victor Riabochtan | Athletics | Men's 400m B1 |
| Gold | Vadim Kalmykov | Athletics | Men's high jump B2 |
| Gold | Oleg Chepel | Athletics | Men's high jump B3 |
| Gold | Vadim Kalmykov | Athletics | Men's long jump B2 |
| Gold | Oleg Chepel | Athletics | Men's long jump B3 |
| Gold | Vadim Kalmykov | Athletics | Men's triple jump B2 |
| Gold | Vitautas Guirnus | Athletics | Men's javelin throw B1 |
| Gold | Alexandre Mokhir | Athletics | Men's javelin throw B2 |
| Gold | Vitautas Guirnus | Athletics | Men's pentathlon B1 |
| Gold | Vadim Kalmykov | Athletics | Men's pentathlon B2 |
| Gold | Oleg Chepel | Athletics | Men's pentathlon B3 |
| Gold | Raissa Jouravliova | Athletics | Women's 100m B2 |
| Gold | Tamara Pankova | Athletics | Women's 400m B1 |
| Gold | Rima Batalova | Athletics | Women's 400m B2 |
| Gold | Tamara Pankova | Athletics | Women's 800m B1 |
| Gold | Rima Batalova | Athletics | Women's 800m B2 |
| Gold | Tamara Pankova | Athletics | Women's 1500m B1 |
| Gold | Raissa Jouravliova | Athletics | Women's long jump B2 |
| Gold | Raissa Jouravliova | Athletics | Women's pentathlon B2 |
| Silver | Sergei Sevastianov | Athletics | Men's 100m B1 |
| Silver | Anatoly Pomykalov | Athletics | Men's 800m B2 |
| Silver | Farzat Timerboulatov | Athletics | Men's 800m B3 |
| Silver | Farzat Timerboulatov | Athletics | Men's 1500m B3 |
| Silver | Sergei Sevastianov | Athletics | Men's triple jump B1 |
| Silver | Sergei Sevastianov | Athletics | Men's pentathlon B1 |
| Silver | Alexandre Mokhir | Athletics | Men's pentathlon B2 |
| Silver | Danute Chmidek | Athletics | Women's 800m B3 |
| Silver | Raissa Jouravliova | Athletics | Women's discus throw B2 |
| Silver | Oleg Cher | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle B1 |
| Silver | Oleg Cher | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle B1 |
| Silver | Oleg Cher | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke B1 |
| Silver | Alexandre Gapon | Swimming | Men's 100m breaststroke B2 |
| Silver | Vladimir Sigidov | Swimming | Men's 200m breaststroke B1 |
| Silver | Alexandre Gapon | Swimming | Men's 200m breaststroke B2 |
| Silver | Oleg Cher | Swimming | Men's 200m individual medley B1 |
| Silver | Men's relay team | Swimming | Men's 4x100m freestyle relay B1-B3 |
| Silver | Men's relay team | Swimming | Men's 4x100m medley relay B1-B3 |
| Silver | Nadezda Maksimova | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle B3 |
| Silver | Tatiana Chipovalova | Swimming | Women's 50m breaststroke B2 |
| Bronze | Anatoly Pomykalov | Athletics | Men's 400m B2 |
| Bronze | Anatoly Pomykalov | Athletics | Men's 5000m B2 |
| Bronze | Victor Riabochtan | Athletics | Men's long jump B1 |
| Bronze | Andrei Kolyvanov | Athletics | Men's javelin throw B3 |
| Bronze | Rima Batalova | Athletics | Women's 100m B2 |
| Bronze | Danute Chmidek | Athletics | Women's 400m B3 |
| Bronze | Mikhail Kapitonov | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle B2 |
| Bronze | Oleg Cher | Swimming | Men's 400m freestyle B1 |
| Bronze | Vladimir Sigidov | Swimming | Men's 100m breaststroke B1 |
| Bronze | Tatiana Chipovalova | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle B2 |
| Bronze | Tatiana Chipovalova | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle B2 |
| Bronze | Nadezda Maksimova | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle B3 |
| Bronze | Tatiana Chipovalova | Swimming | Women's 100m breaststroke B2 |
| Bronze | Tatiana Chipovalova | Swimming | Women's 200m breaststroke B2 |
| Bronze | Tatiana Chipovalova | Swimming | Women's 400m individual medley B2 |