Goalball at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of men's and women's team events.

Darryl Holden Reni Jackson Jeffrey May George Morris James Neppl Jerry Windell Ahmed Mamoud Abouzeed Hussein Mohamed Ahmed Ahmed Mohamed Aween El Said Mohamed El Said Bekhit Gad Mohamed Mohamed Sherief Ella Andersen Helle Brodersen Kirste Christensen Ann Howalt Katja Hunersen Lene Skov Jensen Patricia Baxter Donna Budeau Angie Garlick Karen Helmacy Maureen Ryan April Saunders Patricia Campion Lucy Greco Danielle Lessard Lisa McLeod Dianne Robitaille Helena Rooyakkers 15 men's teams competed.

[2] The Iranian team chanted an aggressive "war cry" at the Israeli team and refused to play them.

They were subsequently deemed to have committed a "gross misuse of the sporting platform for political aims" and were disqualified.

Iranian team manager Asghar Dadkhan formally apologised the following day and stated that other Iranian athletes would comply with the regulations.