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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
was the host of the
2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...
, held in
Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
. 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."Chinese president encourages country's Paralympians"
, Xinhua, August 21, 2008 226 of the competitors participated in the Paralympic Games for the first time. The delegation was the largest in Chinese history and at the 2008 Games. China topped the medal count at the
2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...
in
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. China dominated the medal count winning the most gold, silver, bronze, and total medals by a wide margin in Beijing. During the games, some Chinese Paralympians broke 62 world and Paralympic records in athletics, swimming, powerlifting, shooting, cycling and archery. Strong Chinese contenders were Wang Xiaofu and
Li Hanhua Li Hanhua (born 26 February 1982) is a Chinese swimmer. He won a gold medal at the Mixed 4x50metre freestyle relay-20 Points event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, where he swam in the heats (with a time of 42.35) but not in the final race, whe ...
(swimming),
Guo Wei Guo Wei () (10 September 904 – 22 February 954According to Guo Wei's biography in "Old Histories of the Five Dynasties", he died between 9am and 11 am on the ''renchen'' day of the 1st month of the 1st year of the ''Xiande'' era of his reign ...
(shot put and javelin), and
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(powerlifting). Olympic competitors will also include
Li Duan Li Duan (; born 1978) is a blind Chinese Paralympic athlete competing mainly in F11 jumping events. He became blind after an explosion on 11 September 1996. Before that he was a professional basketball player who played fo ...
in the men's long jump.
Zhang Xiaoling Zhang Xiaoling (, born 20 July 1957) is a Chinese retired para table tennis player who won 12 Paralympic medals from 1988 to 2008. She laboured as a sent-down youth during the Cultural Revolution. While toiling one day in 1973, she seriously ...
, ten time gold medallist in table tennis was competing at the Paralympics for the sixth and last time. She won a bronze medal in the women's singles."51-year-old Chinese to compete in sixth Paralympic Games"
, Xinhua, September 9, 2008 Rowing made its Paralympic debut in Beijing, and the Chinese team competed in eight other Paralympic sports for the first time:
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, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair basketball,
sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen cour ...
, boccia, goalball,
football 5-a-side Paralympic football consists of adaptations of the sport of association football for athletes with a physical disability. These sports are typically played using International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) rules, with modifications to ...
and
football 7-a-side Cerebral palsy football, also called ''7-a-side football'' or formerly ''Paralympic football'', is an adaptation of association football for athletes with cerebral palsy and other neurological disorders, including stroke and traumatic brain injur ...
.


Medalists

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Sports


Archery


Men

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W 104-88 ,
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W 99-93 ,
W 112-98 ,
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W 100-94 ,
W 98-95 ,
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W 98-93 , , - , align=left, Dong Zhi , 625 , 3 , Bye ,
W 108-102 ,
L 104-106 , colspan=3, Did not advance , - , align=left, Zhu Weiliang , 591 , 16 ,
L 95-95 , colspan=5, Did not advance


Women

, - , align=left, Wang Li , align=left, Women's individual compound , 551 , 8 , colspan=2 ,
L 81-107 , colspan=3, Did not advance , - , align=left, Cao Xuerong , rowspan=3 align=left, Women's individual recurve W1/W2 , 554 , 7 , Bye ,
W 79-65 ,
L 81-99 , colspan=3, Did not advance , - , align=left, Fu Hongzhi , 600 , 2 , Bye ,
W 97-75 ,
W 99-81 ,
W 82-76 ,
L 85-91 , , - , align=left, Xiao Yanhong , 611 WR , 1 , Bye ,
W 91-66 ,
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L 93-95 ,
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Gao Fangxia Gao Fangxia () is a Chinese paralympic archer. She won the silver medal at the Women's individual recurve - Standing event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the ...
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W 89-89 ,
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L 92-103 , , - , align=left, Wang Yanhong , 495 , 20 ,
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Yan Huilian Yan Huilian (born 18 June 1983) is a Chinese archer. She won individual event in the 2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports even ...
, 534 , 16 ,
W 98-96 ,
L 97-101 , colspan=4, Did not advance


Teams

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W 202-191 ,
W 208-201 ,
L 206-209 , , - , align=left, Fu Hongzhi
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W 187-165 ,
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Athletics


Men's track


Men's field


Women's track


Women's field


Boccia


Individual events


Pairs/teams events


Cycling


Men's road


Men's track


Women's road


Women's track


Equestrian


Football 5-a-side

The men's football 5-a-side team won a silver medal in the football 5-a-side


Players

* Chen Shanyong * Li Xiaoqiang * Wang Yafeng * Wang Zhoubin * Wei Zheng * Xia Zheng * Yang Xinqiang * Yu Yutan * Zhang Qiang * Zheng Wenfa


Tournament

;Group stage ;Gold medal match


Football 7-a-side

The men's football 7-a-side team didn't win any medals; they were 8th out of 8 teams.


Players

* Dong Xinliang * Fan Zhichao * He Jinghua * Lang Yunlong * Li Chuan * Liu Bo * Wu Gang * Xu Guojun * Yang Wenshun *
Yang Ye Yang Ye (楊業) or Yang Jiye (楊繼業)According to he changed his name directly from Liu Jiye to Yang Ye in 979, changing both the surname and the given name. If this is to be believed, the name Yang Jiye is technically incorrect, but shows ...
*
Zhu Xu Zhu Xu (; 15 April 1930 – 15 September 2018) was a Chinese actor. He was well known for his roles in Zhang Yang's '' Shower'' and Wu Tianming's '' The King of Masks'', the latter film winning him the Best Actor prize at the Tokyo Internationa ...
* Zhuge Bin


Tournament

;Group stage ;7th-8th place match


Goalball


Men's team

The men's goalball team won the gold medal after defeating
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. ;Players * Bao Daolei * Cai Changgui * Chen Liangliang * Du Jinran * Yang Chunhong * Yao Yongquan ;Group B Matches ;Quarterfinals ;Semifinals ;Gold medal match


Women's team

The women's team won a silver medal after being defeated by reigning champions
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in the gold medal match. ;Players * Chen Fengqing * Fan Feifei * Lin Shan *
Wang Ruixue Wang Ruixue (, born 4 May 1987) is a Chinese retired goalball player. She won a silver medal at both the 2008 Summer Paralympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Wang has congenital albinism. Like her national teammates Lin Shan, Fan Feifei, ...
* Wang Shasha * Xu Juan ;Preliminary matches ;Semifinals ;Gold medal match


Judo


Men


Women


Powerlifting


Men


Women


Rowing


Sailing


Shooting


Men


Women


Swimming


Men


Women


Table tennis


Men's singles


Women's singles


Men's teams


Women's teams


Volleyball

The men's volleyball team didn't win any medals; they were 5th out of 8 teams. However, the women's team won the gold medal after defeating the
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Men's tournament

;Players *
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* Ding Xiaochao * Dou Wencheng * Huang Chunji * Li Ji * Li Lei * Li Mingfa * Tong Jiao * Wang Haidong * Wang Xiaolang * Zhang Zhongmin * Zhou Canming ;Group A matches ---- ---- ;5-8 Semifinals ;5th-6th place game


Women's tournament

;Players * Li Liping * Liang Fen * Liu Lijuan * Lu Chunli * Lu Hongqin * Sheng Yuhong * Tan Yanhua * Yang Yanling * Zhang Lijun * Zhang Xufei * Zheng Xiongying * Zhong Haihong ;Group B matches ---- ---- ;Semifinals ;Gold medal match


Wheelchair basketball

The men's basketball team didn't win any medals; they were 12th out of 12 teams.


Players

* Guojun Chen * Hai Ding * Haijing Chen * Hang Xu * Huanjian Qu *
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* Lei Zhang * Pengcheng Li * Xunan Huang * Yandong Guo * Yinhai Lin


Men's tournament

;Group B results ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Classification 9-12 ---- ;Eleventh place ---- The women's basketball team didn't win any medals; they were 7th out of 10 teams.


Players

* Chao Yang * Damei Chen * Donghuai Zheng * Fengling Peng * Li Gu * Mihuan Liu * Qiuping Cao * Qiurong Chen * Santao Zhang * Wenhua Hao * Yanhua Li * Yongqing Fu


Women's tournament

;Group B Matches ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinals ---- ;Classification 5-8 ---- ;Seventh place ----


Wheelchair fencing


Men


Women


Wheelchair rugby

The men's rugby team didn't win any medals; they were 8th out of 8 teams.


Players

*Chen Jun * Cheng Shuangmiao * Cui Maosheng * Han Guifei * Pan Zilin * Shao Dequan * Tao Zhenfang * Tian Shilin * Wang Sheng *
Xia Junfeng Xia Junfeng was a street food seller in China who was convicted of murder in 2009 and executed in 2013. Trial and execution Junfeng's death sentence was carried out, despite two appeals, after he was convicted of murdering two officials who were tr ...
* Yu Zhongtao *
Zhang Wenli Zhang Wenli (張文禮) (died September 15, 921?Academia Sinicabr>Chinese-Western Calendar Converter''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 271.), known as Wang Deming (王德明) during the time that he was an adoptive son of Wang Rong, was a Chinese military g ...


Tournament


Wheelchair tennis


Men


Women


See also

*
China at the Paralympics China first competed at the Paralympic Games in 1984, at the 1984 Summer Paralympics, Summer Games in New York City, United States and Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom. Since the 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2004 Athens Games, China has topped the meda ...
* China at the 2008 Summer Olympics *
Sports in China Sport in China has been long associated with the martial arts. Today, China (including mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau) consists of a variety of competitive sports. Traditional Chinese culture regards physical fitness as an important chara ...


References


External links


Beijing 2008 Press Release
- IPC
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official SiteInternational Paralympic Committee
(NPCC) - short introduction {{DEFAULTSORT:China At The 2008 Summer Paralympics Nations at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
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2008 in Chinese sport