Switzerland sent a delegation of 26 athletes (17 male, 9 female) to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The stated goal was to win a minimum of 11 medals and finish the games among the top 50 nations."Official Team Brochure" , Swiss Paralympic Committee, August 30, 2008 Swiss athletes competed in 6 sports at the Beijing games"Swiss Team" , Swiss Paralympic Committee, August 30, 2008 and performed as follows:
Medallists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Edith Hunkeler Athletics Women's Marathon - T54 17th Heinz Frei Cycling Men's Individual Road Race - HC B 14th Heinz Frei Cycling Men's Individual Road Time Trial - HC B 12th Beat Bösch Athletics Men's 100 m - T52 13th Beat Bösch Athletics Men's 200 m - T52 10th Philippe Horner Archery Men's individual compound – open 13th Urs Kolly Athletics Men's Pentathlon - P44 11th Sandra Graf Athletics Women's Marathon - T54 17th Edith Hunkeler Athletics Women's 1500 m - T54 16th Manuela Schar Athletics Women's 200 m - T54 14th Pia Schmid Athletics Women's 200 m - T52 11th
Archery
3 competitors:
Men AthleteClassEventRanking Round1/16 Finals1/8 FinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal/Bronze medal contestScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScorePhilippe HornerOpenIndividual compound6795ByeW 113-109W 113-99L 109-114W 115-111 Robert LehnerW1Individual compound6039N/AW 94-89L 102-106Did not advance
Women AthleteClassEventRanking Round1/16 Finals1/8 FinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal/Bronze medal contestScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreMagali ComteStIndividual recurve5714ByeL 76-87Did not advance
Athletics
14 competitors:
Men AthleteClassEventHeatsSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultPointsRankMaurice AmacherT54400 m52.537Did not advance1500 m3:14.505Did not advance5000 m10:51.418Did not advanceChristoph BauschT44100 m12.033 QN/A12.03-6200 m24.894 qN/A24.61-8Manuel BeelerT13400 m55.426Did not advance800 mN/A2:03.08-8Beat BöschT52100 mN/A17.51-200 mN/A31.41-400 m1:05.605Did not advanceHeinz FreiT53800 m1:38.964 qN/A1:37.68-6T54(T53)5000 m10:23.244Did not advanceMarathonN/A1:25:43-14Lukas HendryT11100 m12.394Did not advance200 m25.384Did not advanceF11Long jumpN/A5.54-7Marcel HugT54400 m47.782 Q49.404 q47.67-5800 m1:40.162 Q1:35.245 q1:37.51-51500 m3:17.271 Q3:10.331 QDid not finish5000 m10:51.191 QN/A10:23.20-4MarathonN/ADid not finishUrs KollyF42-44(F44)Long jumpN/A6.369835Javelin throwN/A39.6872814Tobias LotscherT54800 m1:41.006Did not advance1500 m3:09.244 Q3:13.988Did not advanceMarathonN/A1:32:36-27Christoph SommerT461500 m4:12.459Did not advance5000 mN/A15:28.19-7
12-time Paralympic gold medallist Heinz Frei also competed in cycling. Sprinter Simon Vögeli was excluded after a pre-games classification concluded that his disability did not fit Paralympic criteria. A protest by the Swiss delegation was rejected. As a consequence of that decision, Switzerland also had to withdraw their respective 4 × 100 m relay team for lack of participants.
Pentathlon AthleteClassEventLong jumpShot put100 mDiscus throw400 mTotalRankResultPointsRankResultPointsRankTimePointsRankResultPointsRankTimePointsRankUrs KollyP44Pentathlon6.30927312.25778312.60862440.1572831:00.2982324118
Women AthleteClassEventHeatsSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultPointsRankSandra GrafT54800 m1:58.675Did not advance1500 m3:30.694 qN/A3:42.26-65000 mN/A12:30.55-5MarathonN/A1:40:01-Edith HunkelerT54400 m55.334 qN/A55.25-4800 m1:53.082 QN/A1:49.11-41500 m3:34.683 QN/A3:41.03-MarathonN/A1:39:59-Pia SchmidT52100 mN/A21.53-4200 mN/A39.95-Manuela ScharT54100 m16.623 QN/A16.35-4200 m29.241 QN/A28.84-400 m56.313 QN/A56.24-6
Cycling
5 competitors:
Men Time trials & Road races AthleteClassEventTimeClassFactorFactorizedTimeRankHeinz FreiHC BRoad Time Trial22:06.23--Road Race1:28:25--Franz NietlispachHC CRoad Time Trial21:53.12 (+ 1:36.60)--6Road Race1:33:49 (+ 12:09)--8Ivan RenggliLC1Track Time Trial1:13.725--10Road Time Trial35:25.66 (+ 0:44.04)--4LC1-2/CP4(LC1)Road Race1:46:13 (+ 0:10)--11Lukas WeberHC BRoad Time Trial22:50.12 (+ 0:43.89)--6Road Race1:30:24 (+ 1:59)--7
Pursuits Athlete(s)ClassEventQualifyingFinal/Bronze medal raceTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankIvan RenggliLC1Track pursuit5:06.91246.9189Did not advance
Women Time trials & Road races AthleteClassEventTimeClassFactorFactorizedTimeRankUrsula SchwallerHC A-C(HC B)Road time trial29:29.660.8167124:05.294Road race1:34:49 (+ 21:49)--9
Shooting
1 competitor:
Men AthleteClassEventQualificationFinalRankScoreRankScoreTotalPatrick PlattnerSH1P1-10 m air pistol55223Did not advance23Mixed P3-25 m sport pistol55511Did not advance11
Swimming
1 competitor:
Women AthleteClassEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankChantal CavinS1150 m freestyle33.295 Q32.584100 m freestyle1:12.093 Q1:12.164
Wheelchair Tennis
3 competitors:
Men AthleteClassEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreDaniel dalla PeregrinaOpenSinglesW 1–6, 6–2, 6-2L 4–6, 6–3, 4-6Did not advanceKonstantin SchmähOpenSinglesL 3–6, 4-6Did not advanceDaniel dalla PeregrinaKonstantin SchmähOpenDoublesN/AL 0–6, 1-6Did not advance
Women AthleteClassEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreKarin Suter-ErathOpenSinglesN/AL 1–6, 1-6Did not advance
See also 2008 Summer Paralympics Switzerland at the Paralympics Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Olympics
References
External links Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site International Paralympic Committee