Here are the top-10 ranked countries based on Paralympic medals won in 1988. As per tradition, the ranking order is based first on the number of gold medals, then silver and bronze.

In 1988, the leading country on the medal table was the USA.

rank Country Gold Silver Bronze total
1 United States 92 90 91 273
2 West Germany 76 66 51 193
3 Great Britain 64 66 53 183
4 Canada 54 42 55 151
5 France 47 44 49 140
6 Sweden 42 38 23 103
7 South Korea 40 35 19 94
8 Netherlands 31 25 30 86
9 Poland 25 25 33 83
10 Australia 23 35 38 96