- China at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
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China at the Paralympic Games
Flag of the People's Republic of ChinaIPC code CHN NPC National Paralympic Committee of China At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in BeijingCompetitors 332 in 20 sports Medals
Rank: 1Gold
89Silver
70Bronze
52Total
211Paralympic 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]
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Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Gold Guo Wei Athletics Men's javelin throw x8 - F35-36 8 Sep Gold Yao Juan Athletics Women's javelin throw x5 - F42-46 7 Sep Gold Guo Huaping Judo Women -48 kg 7 Sep Gold Cui Na Judo Women -52 kg 7 Sep Gold Wang Lijing Judo Women -58 kg 7 Sep Gold Lin Haiyan Shooting Women's P2-10m air pistol - SH1 8 Sep Gold Du Jianping Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle - S3 7 Sep Gold Wang Xiaofu Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle - S8 8 Sep Gold Wu Qing Athletics Women's discus throw - F35-36 9 Sep Gold Wu Chunmiao Athletics Women's 100 m - T11 9 Sep Gold Zong Kai, Zhao Ji, Zhang Lixin, Li Huzhao Athletics Men's 4×100m relay - T53/T54 9 Sep Gold Xia Dong Athletics Men's javelin throw - F37/38 9 Sep Gold Zheng Baozhu Athletics Women's shot put - F42-46 9 Sep Gold Zhang Zhen Athletics Men's 5000 m - T11 9 Sep Gold Yuan Yanping Judo Women +70 kg 9 Sep Gold Xiao Cuijuan Powerlifting Women's -44 kg 9 Sep Silver Huang Min Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley - SM7 7 Sep Silver Ye Yaping Cycling Women's 500 m time trial (LC1-2/CP-4) 8 Sep Silver Xu Zhilin Judo Men -73 kg 8 Sep Silver Tang Yuan Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle - S6 8 Sep Silver Guo Zhi Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle - S9 8 Sep Silver He Junquan Swimming Men's 50 m backstroke - S5 8 Sep Silver Yang Bozun Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke - SB11 8 Sep Silver Wei Yanpeng Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly - S8 7 Sep Silver Yang Yuanrun Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley -SM6 7 Sep Silver Tian Rong Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley -SM7 7 Sep Silver Wang Ting Athletics Women's discus throw - F54-56 9 Sep Silver Zhang Xuelong Athletics Men's javelin throw - F37-38 9 Sep Silver Zhang Yingbin Athletics Men's javelin throw - F55-56 9 Sep Silver Zhong Yongyuan Athletics Women's shot put - F42-46 9 Sep Silver Zhang Kuidong Cycling Men's 1 km time trial (LC 1) 9 Sep Silver Wang Song Judo Men +100 kg 9 Sep Silver Cui Zhe Powerlifting Women's -40 kg 9 Sep Silver Yang Yuanrun Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke - S6 9 Sep Silver Li Hanhua Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle - S3 9 Sep Silver Huang Min Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke - SB7 9 Sep Silver Wang Xiaofu Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke - SB8 9 Sep Bronze Zeng Huabin Swimming Men's 50 m backstroke - S4 8 Sep Bronze Wang Xiaofu Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly - S8 7 Sep Bronze Guo Zhi Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly - S9 7 Sep Bronze Xu Qing Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley - SM6 7 Sep Bronze Jin Xiaoqin Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly - S8 7 Sep Bronze Wang Shuai Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly - S10 8 Sep Bronze Dong Jingping Cycling Women's 500 m time trial (LC1-2/CP 4) 8 Sep Bronze Li Xiaodong Judo Men -60 kg 7 Sep Bronze Yang Yuanrun Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle - S6 8 Sep Bronze Li Hanhua Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle - S3 7 Sep Bronze Ma Yuxi Athletics Men's long jump - F37/38 9 Sep Bronze Zheng Yuanchao Cycling Men's 1 km time trial (LC 2) 9 Sep Bronze Zhang Cuiping Shooting Women's R8-50 m sport rifle 3x20 - SH1 9 Sep Bronze Tang Yuan Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke - S6 9 Sep Bronze Jiang Fuying Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke - S6 9 Sep 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
- ^ a b "Chinese president encourages country's Paralympians", Xinhua, August 21, 2008
- ^ 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.
- ^ "China's team for Paralympic Games could be the largest", official website of the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics
- ^ "National Games for Disabled boosts China's hope at Beijing Paralympics", official website of the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics
- ^ "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
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- China at the Summer Paralympics
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