China at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

China at the Paralympic Games
Flag of the People's Republic of China IPC code  CHN NPC National Paralympic Committee of China
At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing
Competitors	332 in 20 sports
Medals Rank: 1	Gold 89	Silver 70	Bronze 52	Total 211
Paralympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1960–1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
Winter Games
1976–1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010

China was the host of the 2008 Summer Paralympics, held in Beijing. China's delegation included 547 people, of whom 332 were competitors. The athletes, 197 men and 135 women, ranged in age from 15 to 51 and competed in all twenty sports.^[1] Two-hundred and twenty-six of the competitors participated in the Paralympic Games for the first time.^[2] The delegation was the largest in Chinese history^[2] and was expected to be the largest at the 2008 Games.^[3] China topped the medal count at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, and was expected to duplicate or surpass that achievement on home ground. China dominated the medal count winning the most gold, silver, bronze, and total medals by a wide margin.

During the Chinese National Games for the Disabled, a "rehearsal" for Chinese Paralympians, the latter broke 62 world records in athletics, swimming, powerlifting, shooting, cycling and archery. Strong Chinese contenders expected to take part in the Beijing Games include Wang Xiaofu (swimming), Li Hanhua (swimming), Guo Wei (shotput and javelin), and Zhang Haidong (powerlifting).^[4] Olympic competitors will also include Li Duan in the men's long jump.^[1] Zhang Xiaoling, ten time gold medallist in table tennis, will be competing at the Paralympics for the sixth time. She has never lost a match at the Paralympic Games.^[5]

In addition to rowing, which will make its Paralympic debut in Beijing, the Chinese team competed in eight other Paralympic sports for the first time: equestrian, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair basketball, sailing, boccia, goalball, football 5-a-side and football 7-a-side.^[2]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date 1 Gold Guo Wei Athletics Men's javelin throw x8 - F35-36 8 Sep 1 Gold Yao Juan Athletics Women's javelin throw x5 - F42-46 7 Sep 1 Gold Guo Huaping Judo Women -48 kg 7 Sep 1 Gold Cui Na Judo Women -52 kg 7 Sep 1 Gold Wang Lijing Judo Women -58 kg 7 Sep 1 Gold Lin Haiyan Shooting Women's P2-10m air pistol - SH1 8 Sep 1 Gold Du Jianping Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle - S3 7 Sep 1 Gold Wang Xiaofu Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle - S8 8 Sep 1 Gold Wu Qing Athletics Women's discus throw - F35-36 9 Sep 1 Gold Wu Chunmiao Athletics Women's 100 m - T11 9 Sep 1 Gold Zong Kai, Zhao Ji, Zhang Lixin, Li Huzhao Athletics Men's 4×100m relay - T53/T54 9 Sep 1 Gold Xia Dong Athletics Men's javelin throw - F37/38 9 Sep 1 Gold Zheng Baozhu Athletics Women's shot put - F42-46 9 Sep 1 Gold Zhang Zhen Athletics Men's 5000 m - T11 9 Sep 1 Gold Yuan Yanping Judo Women +70 kg 9 Sep 1 Gold Xiao Cuijuan Powerlifting Women's -44 kg 9 Sep 2 Silver Huang Min Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley - SM7 7 Sep 2 Silver Ye Yaping Cycling Women's 500 m time trial (LC1-2/CP-4) 8 Sep 2 Silver Xu Zhilin Judo Men -73 kg 8 Sep 2 Silver Tang Yuan Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle - S6 8 Sep 2 Silver Guo Zhi Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle - S9 8 Sep 2 Silver He Junquan Swimming Men's 50 m backstroke - S5 8 Sep 2 Silver Yang Bozun Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke - SB11 8 Sep 2 Silver Wei Yanpeng Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly - S8 7 Sep 2 Silver Yang Yuanrun Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley -SM6 7 Sep 2 Silver Tian Rong Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley -SM7 7 Sep 2 Silver Wang Ting Athletics Women's discus throw - F54-56 9 Sep 2 Silver Zhang Xuelong Athletics Men's javelin throw - F37-38 9 Sep 2 Silver Zhang Yingbin Athletics Men's javelin throw - F55-56 9 Sep 2 Silver Zhong Yongyuan Athletics Women's shot put - F42-46 9 Sep 2 Silver Zhang Kuidong Cycling Men's 1 km time trial (LC 1) 9 Sep 2 Silver Wang Song Judo Men +100 kg 9 Sep 2 Silver Cui Zhe Powerlifting Women's -40 kg 9 Sep 2 Silver Yang Yuanrun Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke - S6 9 Sep 2 Silver Li Hanhua Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle - S3 9 Sep 2 Silver Huang Min Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke - SB7 9 Sep 2 Silver Wang Xiaofu Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke - SB8 9 Sep 3 Bronze Zeng Huabin Swimming Men's 50 m backstroke - S4 8 Sep 3 Bronze Wang Xiaofu Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly - S8 7 Sep 3 Bronze Guo Zhi Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly - S9 7 Sep 3 Bronze Xu Qing Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley - SM6 7 Sep 3 Bronze Jin Xiaoqin Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly - S8 7 Sep 3 Bronze Wang Shuai Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly - S10 8 Sep 3 Bronze Dong Jingping Cycling Women's 500 m time trial (LC1-2/CP 4) 8 Sep 3 Bronze Li Xiaodong Judo Men -60 kg 7 Sep 3 Bronze Yang Yuanrun Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle - S6 8 Sep 3 Bronze Li Hanhua Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle - S3 7 Sep 3 Bronze Ma Yuxi Athletics Men's long jump - F37/38 9 Sep 3 Bronze Zheng Yuanchao Cycling Men's 1 km time trial (LC 2) 9 Sep 3 Bronze Zhang Cuiping Shooting Women's R8-50 m sport rifle 3x20 - SH1 9 Sep 3 Bronze Tang Yuan Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke - S6 9 Sep 3 Bronze Jiang Fuying Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke - S6 9 Sep 3 Bronze Du Jianping Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle - S3 9 Sep

Medals by date Day Date Total Day 1 7th 5 4 6 15 Day 2 8th 3 6 4 13 Day 3 9th 8 11 6 25 Day 4 10th Day 5 11th Day 6 12th Day 7 13th Day 8 14th Day 9 15th Day 10 16th Day 11 17th Total 16 21 16 53

See also

• China at the Paralympics
• China at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Sports in China

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Chinese president encourages country's Paralympians", Xinhua, August 21, 2008
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Delegation to Beijing Paralympic Games largest in Chinese history". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. 2008-07-17. http://en.paralympic.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/others/n214459089.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-18. 
3. ^ "China's team for Paralympic Games could be the largest", official website of the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics
4. ^ "National Games for Disabled boosts China's hope at Beijing Paralympics", official website of the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics
5. ^ "51-year-old Chinese to compete in sixth Paralympic Games", Xinhua, September 9, 2008

External links

• Beijing 2008 Press Release - IPC
• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee
• National Paralympic Committee of China (NPCC) - short introduction