Snooker at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

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Snooker
at the VIII Paralympic Games
VenueChung-Nip Polio Centre, Seoul
DatesOctober 1988
Competitors12 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mike Langley  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ireland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Great Britain
1984

Snooker at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of a men's open event. It was held at the Chung-Nip Polio Centre, Seoul.[1]

There were twelve competitors, from six countries: three each from Great Britain and South Korea two each from Australia and Denmark, and one each from Egypt and the Republic of Ireland.[2]

Mike Langley won the gold medal.[3]

Snooker has not been included in the Paralympic Games since 1988.[1]: 368 

Medal summary[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men open[3] Mike Langley
 Great Britain

 Ireland

 Great Britain

References[]

  1. ^ a b Brittain, Ian (2012). From Stoke Mandeville to Stratford : a history of the summer paralympic games (PDF). Champaign, Illinois: Common Ground Publishing LLC. p. 204. ISBN 978-1-86335-988-7.
  2. ^ "Snooker – Participants (1988)". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Snooker (1988)". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 19 November 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.


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