List of 2008 Summer Paralympics medal winners
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The 2008 Summer Paralympics were held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 6 to 17 September 2008. Approximately 3,951 athletes from 146 National Paralympic Committees (NPC) participated. Overall, 472 events in 20 sports were held; 262 events were opened to men, 176 were opened to women and 34 were mixed events.[1]
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Archery
[edit]Athletics
[edit]† Diane Roy was initially awarded the gold, Shelly Woods the silver and Amanda McGrory the bronze in the women's 5000 m T54. However a re-run of the race was ordered by the International Paralympic Committee following protests by the Australian, US and Swiss teams after 6 competitors were involved in a crash on the penultimate lap.[2] The re-run race resulted in the same three athletes winning medals but in a different order.[3]
†† Rebecca Chin of Great Britain was originally awarded the silver medal in the women's discus throw F37–38 event. Following a challenge to her classification, Chin was deemed ineligible for the event, stripped of her medal, and her results were erased.[4]
* David Weir was initially awarded the gold medal in the men's 800 m T54 but a re-run of the race was ordered after a lane violation was discovered. However, following a letter from Kurt Fearnley and the Australian authorities to the IPC, asking that, in the spirit of sportsmanship, the result not be overturned the re-run was cancelled and the medals reinstated.[5]
Boccia
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual BC1 | Joao Paulo Fernandes![]() | Antonio Marques![]() | Gabriel Shelly![]() |
Individual BC2 | Hoi Ying Karen Kwok![]() | Nigel Murray![]() | Manuel Ángel Martín![]() |
Individual BC3 | Keon-Woo Park![]() | Grigorios Polychronidis![]() | Ho-Won Jeong![]() |
Individual BC4 | Dirceu Pinto![]() | Yuk Wing Leung![]() | Eliseu Santos![]() |
Team BC1-2 | ![]() Dan Bentley Nigel Murray Zoe Robinson David Smith | ![]() Joao Paulo Fernandes Fernando Ferreira Cristina Gonçalves Antonio Marques | ![]() Francisco Javier Beltrán Pedro Cordero Manuel Ángel Martín José Vaquerizo |
Pairs BC3 | ![]() Ho-Won Jeong Keon-Woo Park Bo-Mee Shin | ![]() Yolanda Martín Santiago Pesquera José Manuel Rodríguez | ![]() Armando Costa Mário Peixoto Eunice Raimundo |
Pairs BC4 | ![]() Dirceu Pinto Eliseu Santos | ![]() Fernando Pereira Bruno Valentim | ![]() Ladislav Kratina Radek Prochazka |
Cycling
[edit]Road cycling
[edit]Track cycling
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Women's 500m time trial (LC1–2/CP 4) | Jennifer Schuble![]() | Ye Yaping![]() | Dong Jingping![]() |
Women's 500m time trial (LC3–4/CP 3) | Paula Tesoriero![]() | Natalie Simanowski![]() | Jayme Paris![]() |
Women's 1 km time trial (B&VI 1–3) | ![]() Aileen McGlynn Ellen Hunter | ![]() Felicity Johnson Katie Parker | ![]() Lindy Hou Toireasa Gallagher |
Women's Individual pursuit (B&VI 1–3) | ![]() Aileen McGlynn Ellen Hunter | ![]() Lindy Hou Toireasa Gallagher | ![]() Karissa Whitsell Mackenzie Woodring |
Women's Individual pursuit (LC 1–2/CP 4) | Sarah Storey![]() | Jennifer Schuble![]() | Jingping Dong![]() |
Women's Individual pursuit (LC 3–4/CP 3) | Barbara Buchan![]() | Natalie Simanowski |