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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.

**Medal leaders** **References**

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Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's team recurve open
KOR
Jung Young-Joo
Lee Hong-Gu
Yoon Young-BaeCHN
Chen Yegang
Cheng Changjie
Dong ZhiITA
Oscar de Pellegrin
Mario Esposito
Marco Vitale

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's pentathlon P44
Jeremy CampbellJeff SkibaUrs Kolly

† 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. The re-run race resulted in the same three athletes winning medals but in a different order.

†† 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.

***** 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.

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Pairs BC4
BRA
Dirceu Pinto
Eliseu SantosPOR
Fernando Pereira
Bruno ValentimCZE
Ladislav Kratina
Radek Prochazka

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Road cycling

Mixed road race CP 1–2David StoneRiaan NelGiorgio Farroni

Track cycling

Men's Team sprint (LC1–4 CP3/4)
GBR
Darren Kenny
Mark Bristow
Jody CundyCHN
Kuidong Zhang
Yuanchao Zheng
Zhang LuCZE
Tomas Kvasnicka
Jiri Bouska
Jiří Ježek

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Football five-a-side

Main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Football seven-a-side

Main article: Football 7-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Goalball

Main article: Goalball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair basketball

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair fencing

Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair rugby

Main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Medal leaders

Athletes that won at least two gold medals or at least three total medals are listed below.

AthleteNationSport**Gold****Silver****Bronze**Total
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References

References

  1. "General Information: Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games". [[International Paralympic Committee]] (IPC).
  2. (2008-09-08). "Woods forced to give back medal". [[BBC Sport]].
  3. (2008-09-12). "Woods battles to bronze in re-run". [[BBC Sport]].
  4. Davies, Gareth A. (2008-09-15). "Rebecca Chin stripped of Paralympic silver by 'failing' system". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
  5. (2008-09-14). "Gold for Weir after appeal U-turn". [[BBC Sport]].
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