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."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's team for Paralympic Games could be the largest" , official website of the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics China topped the medal count at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. 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 (swimming), Guo Wei (shot put and javelin), and Zhang Haidong (powerlifting)."National Games for Disabled boosts China's hope at Beijing Paralympics" , official website of the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics Olympic competitors will also include Li Duan in the men's long jump. Zhang Xiaoling, 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: equestrian, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair basketball, sailing, boccia, goalball, football 5-a-side and football 7-a-side.

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Cheng Changjie Archery Men's individual recurve W1/W2 Fu Hongzhi Gao Fangxia Xiao Yanhong Archery Women's team recurve Yang Sen Athletics Men's 100m T35 Yu Shiran Athletics Men's 200m T53 Zhang Lixin Athletics Men's 200m T54 Li Yansong Athletics Men's 400m T12 Zhang Lixin Athletics Men's 400m T54 Li Huzhao Athletics Men's 800m T53 Zhang Zhen Athletics Men's 1500m T11 Zhang Zhen Athletics Men's 5000m T11 Qi Shun Athletics Men's marathon T12 Liu Xiangkun Li Qiang Yang Yuqing Li Yansong Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m relay T11-13 Zong Kai Zhao Ji Zhang Lixin Li Huzhao Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m relay T53/T54 Cui Yanfeng Zhao Ji Li Huzhao Zhang Lixin Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m relay T53/54 Li Duan Athletics Men's long jump F11 Li Duan Athletics Men's triple jump F11 Xia Dong Athletics Men's javelin throw F37/38 Fan Liang Athletics Men's discus throw F53-54 Zhu Pengkai Athletics Men's javelin throw F11-12 Guo Wei Athletics Men's javelin throw F35-36 Gao Mingjie Athletics Men's javelin throw F42/44 Guo Wei Athletics Men's shot put F35-36 Xia Dong Athletics Men's shot put F37-38 Wu Chunmiao Athletics Women's 100 m T11 Wang Fang Athletics Women's 100m T36 Huang Lisha Athletics Women's 100m T53 Wang Fang Athletics Women's 200m T36 Huang Lisha Athletics Women's 200m T53 Zhou Hongzhuan Athletics Women's 800m T53 Dong Hongjiao Liu Wenjun Huang Lisha Zhang Ting Athletics Women's 4 × 100 m relay T53-54 Zheng Baozhu Athletics Women's shot put F42-46 Wu Qing Athletics Women's discus throw F35-36 Mi Na Athletics Women's discus throw F37-38 Menggenjimisu Athletics Women's discus throw F40 Wang Jun Athletics Women's discus throw F42-46 Wu Qing Athletics Women's javelin throw F35-38 Yao Juan Athletics Women's javelin throw F42-46 Qing Suping Athletics Women's javelin throw F57-58 Tang Hongxia Athletics Women's shot put F12-13 Mi Na Athletics Women's shot put F37-38 Bao Daolei Cai Changgui Chen Liangliang Du Jinran Yang Chunhong Yao Yongquan Goalball Men's team Guo Hua Ping Judo Women's 48 kg Cui Na Judo Women's 52 kg Wang Lijing Judo Women's 57 kg Yuan Yanping Judo Women's +70 kg Wu Guojing Powerlifting Men's 52 kg Liu Lei Powerlifting Men's 75 kg Zhang Haidong Powerlifting Men's 82.5 kg Cai Huichao Powerlifting Men's 90 kg Qi Dong Powerlifting Men's 100 kg Xiao Cuijuan Powerlifting Women's 44 kg Bian Jianxin Powerlifting Women's 60 kg Fu Taoying Powerlifting Women's 67.5 kg Li Ruifang Powerlifting Women's +82.5 kg Zhou Yangjing Shan Zilong Rowing Mixed double sculls Lin Haiyan Shooting Women's 10m air pistol SH1 Xu Qing Swimming Men's 50m freestyle Xiaofu Wang Swimming Men's 50m freestyle S8 Du Jianping Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S3 Xiaofu Wang Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S8 Du Jianping Swimming Men's 50m backstroke S3 Yang Bozun Swimming Men's 100m backstroke S11 Xu Qing Swimming Men's 50m butterfly S6 Rong Tian Swimming Men's 50m butterfly S7 Du Jianping He Junquan Tang Yuan Yang Yuanrun Swimming Men's 4 × 50 m freestyle relay Du Jianping Tang Yuan Xu Qing Yang Yuanrun Swimming Men's 4 × 50 m medley relay Xie Qing Swimming Women's 100m freestyle S11 Jiang Fuying Swimming Women's 50m butterfly S6 Min Huang Swimming Women's 50m butterfly S7 Feng Panfeng Table tennis Men's singles class 3 Chen Gang Table tennis Men's singles class 8 Ge Yang Table tennis Men's singles class 9–10 Ye Chaoqun Table tennis Men's team class 6–8 Ge Yang Ma Lin Table tennis Men's team class 9–10 Liu Jing Table tennis Women's singles class 1–2 Li Qian Table tennis Women's singles class 3 Zhou Ying Table tennis Women's singles class 4 Ren Guixiang Table tennis Women's singles class 5 Lei Lina Table tennis Women's singles class 9 Li Qian Liu Jing Table tennis Women's team class 1–3 Ren Guixiang Gu Gai Table tennis Women's team class 4–5 Lei Lina Fan Lei Table tennis Women's team class 6–10 Li Liping Liang Fen Liu Lijuan Lu Chunli Lu Hongqin Sheng Yuhong Tan Yanhua Yang Yanling Zhang Lijun Zhang Xufei Zheng Xiongying Zhong Haihong Volleyball Women's team Tian Jianquan Wheelchair fencing Men's épée A Hu Daoliang Wheelchair fencing Men's épée B Ye Ruyi Wheelchair fencing Men's foil A Hu Daoliang Wheelchair fencing Men's foil B Ye Ruyi Wheelchair fencing Men's sabre A Zhang Chuncui Wheelchair fencing Women's épée A Chen Yegang Cheng Changjie Dong Zhi Archery Men's team recurve Gao Fangxia Archery Women's individual recurve standing Fu Hongzhi Archery Women's individual recurve W1/W2 Fu Xinhan Athletics Men's 100m T35 Ma Yuxi Athletics Men's 100m T37 Zhou Wenjun Athletics Men's 100m T38 Li Yansong Athletics Men's 200m T12 Zhou Wenjun Athletics Men's 200m T38 Li Huzhao Athletics Men's 400m T53 He Chengen Athletics Men's 800m T36 Che Mian Zhou Wenjun Yang Chen Ma Yuxi Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m T35-38 Wang Wenbo Athletics Men's discus throw F35-36 Zheng Weihai Athletics Men's discus throw F57-58 Zhang Xuelong Athletics Men's javelin throw F37-38 Zhang Yingbin Athletics Men's javelin throw F55-56 Liu Wenjun Athletics Women's 100m T54 Wu Chunmiao Athletics Women's 200m T11 Zhou Hongzhuan Athletics Women's 400m T53 Menggenjimisu Athletics Women's shot put F40 Zhong Yongyuan Athletics Women's shot put F42-46 Zhang Liangmin Athletics Women's discus throw F12-13 Yang Yue Athletics Women's discus throw F42-46 Wang Ting Athletics Women's discus throw F54-56 Kuidong Zhang Cycling Men's 1 km time trial LC1 Kuidong Zhang Yuanchao Zheng Zhang Lu Cycling Men's team sprint LC1-4 CP3/4 Ye Yaping Cycling Women's 500m time trial LC1-2/CP 4 Chen Shanyong Li Xiaoqiang Wang Yafeng Wang Zhoubin Wei Zheng Xia Zheng Yang Xinqiang Yu Yutan Zhang Qiang Zheng Wenfa Football 5-a-side Men's team Chen Fengqing Fan Feifei Lin Shan Wang Ruixue Wang Shasha Xu Juan Goalball Women's team Xu Zhilin Judo Men's 73 kg Wang Song Judo Men's +100 kg Cui Zhe Powerlifting Women's 40 kg Zuo Jue Powerlifting Women's 82.5 kg Li Jianfei Shooting Mixed 25m pistol SH1 Zhang Cuiping Shooting Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 Zhang Cuiping Shooting Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 Du Jianping Swimming Men's 50m freestyle S3 Tang Yuan Swimming Men's 50m freestyle S6 Guo Zhi Swimming Men's 50m freestyle S9 Tang Yuan Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S6 Guo Zhi Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S9 Yang Bozun Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S11 Li Hanhua Swimming Men's 200m freestyle S3 Yang Bozun Swimming Men's 400m freestyle S11 He Junquan Swimming Men's 50m backstroke S5 Yuanrun Yang Swimming Men's 100m backstroke S6 Guo Zhi Swimming Men's 100m backstroke S9 Xiaofu Wang Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke SB8 Lin Furong Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke SB9 Yang Bozun Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke SB11 Wei Yanpeng Swimming Men's 100m butterfly S8 He Junquan Swimming Men's 200m individual medley SM5 Yang Yuanrun Swimming Men's 200m individual medley SM6 Tian Rong Swimming Men's 200m individual medley SM7 Wang Jiachao Swimming Men's 200m individual medley SM8 Guo Zhi Lin Furong Wang Xiaofu Wei Yanpeng Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay Min Huang Swimming Women's 100m breaststroke SB7 Min Huang Swimming Women's 200m individual medley SM7 Ye Chaoqun Table tennis Men's singles class 7 Ma Lin Table tennis Men's singles class 9–10 Guo Xingyuan Zhang Yan Table tennis Men's team class 4–5 Gu Gai Table tennis Women's singles class 5 Liu Meili Table tennis Women's singles class 9 Fan Lei Table tennis Women's singles class 10 Zhang Lei Wheelchair fencing Men's épée A Zhang Lei Wheelchair fencing Men's foil A Tian Jianquan Wheelchair fencing Men's sabre A Yao Fang Wheelchair fencing Women's épée B Zhang Chunchui Wheelchair fencing Women's foil A Yao Fang Wheelchair fencing Women's foil B Xiao Yanhong Archery Women's individual recurve W1/W2 Yang Yuqing Athletics Men's 100m T12 Yu Shiran Athletics Men's 100m T53 Yang Yuqing Athletics Men's 200m T12 Che Mian Athletics Men's 200m T36 Ma Yuxi Athletics Men's 200m T37 Che Mian Athletics Men's 400m T36 Chen Hongjie Athletics Men's high jump F44/46 Ma Yuxi Athletics Men's long jump F37/38 Li Kangyong Athletics Men's long jump F46 Xia Dong Athletics Men's discus throw F37-38 Wang Lezheng Athletics Men's discus throw F42 Gao Changlong Athletics Men's javelin throw F42/44 Wang Juan Athletics Women's 100m T44 Dong Hongjiao Athletics Women's 100m T54 Zhou Hongzhuan Athletics Women's 200m T53 Liu Miaomiao Athletics Women's long jump F12 Li Chunhua Athletics Women's discus throw F37-38 Zheng Baozhu Athletics Women's discus throw F42-46 Yuanchao Zheng Cycling Men's 1 km time trial LC2 Dong Jingping Cycling Women's 500m time trial LC1-2/CP 4 Dong Jingping Cycling Women's individual pursuit LC1-2/CP 4 Li Xiaodong Judo Men's 60 kg Wu Maoshun Powerlifting Men's 67.5 kg Li Bing Powerlifting Men's +100 kg Zhang Liping Powerlifting Women's 75 kg Dong Chao Shooting Men's 50m rifle 3x40 Zhang Cuiping Shooting Women's 50m rifle 3x20 SH1 Xiaoming Xion Swimming Men's 50m freestyle S9 Li Hanhua Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S3 Yuanrun Yang Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S6 Du Jianping Swimming Men's 200m freestyle S3 Wang Jiachao Swimming Men's 400m freestyle S8 Zeng Huabin Swimming Men's 50m backstroke S4 Tang Yuan Swimming Men's 100m backstroke S6 He Junquan Swimming Men's 50m butterfly S5 Mang Pei Swimming Men's 50m butterfly S7 Wang Xiaofu Swimming Men's 100m butterfly S8 Guo Zhi Swimming Men's 100m butterfly S9 Xu Qing Swimming Men's 200m individual medley SM6 Guo Zhi Wang Xiaofu Wei Yanpeng Xiaoming Xiong Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Xia Jiangbo Swimming Women's 50m backstroke S3 Jiang Fuying Swimming Women's 100m backstroke S6 Jin Xiaoqin Swimming Women's 100m butterfly S8 Wang Shuai Swimming Women's 100m butterfly S10 Feng Panfeng Gao Yanming Zhao Ping Table tennis Men's team class 3 Zhang Xiaoling Table tennis Women's singles class 8 Hou Chunxiao Table tennis Women's singles class 10 Ye Hua Wheelchair fencing Women's foil B | width="22%" align="left" valign="top" |

Medals by dateDayDateTotalDay 17th54615Day 28th36413Day 39th811625Day 410th87823Day 511th910221Day 612th54312Day 713th124218Day 814th1481335Day 915th176528Day 1016th77418Day 1117th2204Total896853210

Sports Archery

Men

|align=left|Cheng Changjie |align=left|Men's individual recurve W1/W2