Iran participated at 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 ...
in
Beijing,
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 ...
. The country's delegation consists of 72 competitors in nine sports:
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 ...
,
goalball,
judo,
powerlifting,
shooting,
table tennis,
track and field athletics,
volleyball, and
wheelchair basketball.
Competitors
Medal summary
Medal table
Medalists
Results by event
Athletics
;Men
Women
Football 7-a-side
;
Men
Goalball
;
Men
Judo
;Men
Powerlifting
;Men
Shooting
;Men
;Women
;Mixed
Sitting volleyball
;
Men
Table tennis
;Women
Wheelchair basketball
;
Men
References
External links
International Paralympic Committee
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Nations at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
Paralympics
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaired ...