China at the 2008 Summer Paralympics


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. 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 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, Guo Wei, and Zhang Haidong. 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.
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

MedalNameSportEvent
Cheng ChangjieArcheryMen's individual recurve W1/W2
Fu Hongzhi
Gao Fangxia
Xiao Yanhong		ArcheryWomen's team recurve
Yang SenAthleticsMen's 100m T35
Yu ShiranAthleticsMen's 200m T53
Zhang LixinAthleticsMen's 200m T54
Li YansongAthleticsMen's 400m T12
Zhang LixinAthleticsMen's 400m T54
Li HuzhaoAthleticsMen's 800m T53
Zhang ZhenAthleticsMen's 1500m T11
Zhang ZhenAthleticsMen's 5000m T11
Qi ShunAthleticsMen's marathon T12
Liu Xiangkun
Li Qiang
Yang Yuqing
Li Yansong		AthleticsMen's 4 × 100 m relay T11-13
Zong Kai
Zhao Ji
Zhang Lixin
Li Huzhao		AthleticsMen's 4 × 100 m relay T53/T54
Cui Yanfeng
Zhao Ji
Li Huzhao
Zhang Lixin		AthleticsMen's 4 × 400 m relay T53/54
Li DuanAthleticsMen's long jump F11
Li DuanAthleticsMen's triple jump F11
Xia DongAthleticsMen's javelin throw F37/38
Fan LiangAthleticsMen's discus throw F53-54
Zhu PengkaiAthleticsMen's javelin throw F11-12
Guo WeiAthleticsMen's javelin throw F35-36
Gao MingjieAthleticsMen's javelin throw F42/44
Guo WeiAthleticsMen's shot put F35-36
Xia DongAthleticsMen's shot put F37-38
Wu ChunmiaoAthleticsWomen's 100 m T11
Wang FangAthleticsWomen's 100m T36
Huang LishaAthleticsWomen's 100m T53
Wang FangAthleticsWomen's 200m T36
Huang LishaAthleticsWomen's 200m T53
Zhou HongzhuanAthleticsWomen's 800m T53
Dong Hongjiao
Liu Wenjun
Huang Lisha
Zhang Ting		AthleticsWomen's 4 × 100 m relay T53-54
Zheng BaozhuAthleticsWomen's shot put F42-46
Wu QingAthleticsWomen's discus throw F35-36
Mi NaAthleticsWomen's discus throw F37-38
MenggenjimisuAthleticsWomen's discus throw F40
Wang JunAthleticsWomen's discus throw F42-46
Wu QingAthleticsWomen's javelin throw F35-38
Yao JuanAthleticsWomen's javelin throw F42-46
Qing SupingAthleticsWomen's javelin throw F57-58
Tang HongxiaAthleticsWomen's shot put F12-13
Mi NaAthleticsWomen's shot put F37-38
Bao Daolei
Cai Changgui
Chen Liangliang
Du Jinran
Yang Chunhong
Yao Yongquan		GoalballMen's team
Guo HuapingJudoWomen's 48 kg
Cui NaJudoWomen's 52 kg
Wang LijingJudoWomen's 57 kg
Yuan YanpingJudoWomen's +70 kg
Wu GuojingPowerliftingMen's 52 kg
Liu LeiPowerliftingMen's 75 kg
Zhang HaidongPowerliftingMen's 82.5 kg
Cai HuichaoPowerliftingMen's 90 kg
Qi DongPowerliftingMen's 100 kg
Xiao CuijuanPowerliftingWomen's 44 kg
Bian JianxinPowerliftingWomen's 60 kg
Fu TaoyingPowerliftingWomen's 67.5 kg
Li RuifangPowerliftingWomen's +82.5 kg
Zhou Yangjing
Shan Zilong		RowingMixed double sculls
Lin HaiyanShootingWomen's 10m air pistol SH1
Xu QingSwimmingMen's 50m freestyle
Xiaofu WangSwimmingMen's 50m freestyle S8
Du JianpingSwimmingMen's 100m freestyle S3
Xiaofu WangSwimmingMen's 100m freestyle S8
Du JianpingSwimmingMen's 50m backstroke S3
Yang BozunSwimmingMen's 100m backstroke S11
Xu QingSwimmingMen's 50m butterfly S6
Rong TianSwimmingMen's 50m butterfly S7
Du Jianping
He Junquan
Tang Yuan
Yang Yuanrun		SwimmingMen's 4x50m freestyle relay
Du Jianping
Tang Yuan
Xu Qing
Yang Yuanrun		SwimmingMen's 4x50m medley relay
Xie QingSwimmingWomen's 100m freestyle S11
Jiang FuyingSwimmingWomen's 50m butterfly S6
Min HuangSwimmingWomen's 50m butterfly S7
Feng PanfengTable tennisMen's singles class 3
Chen GangTable tennisMen's singles class 8
Ge YangTable tennisMen's singles class 9-10
Ye ChaoqunTable tennisMen's team class 6-8
Ge Yang
Ma Lin		Table tennisMen's team class 9-10
Liu JingTable tennisWomen's singles class 1-2
Li QianTable tennisWomen's singles class 3
Zhou YingTable tennisWomen's singles class 4
Ren GuixiangTable tennisWomen's singles class 5
Lei LinaTable tennisWomen's singles class 9
Li Qian
Liu Jing		Table tennisWomen's team class 1-3
Ren Guixiang
Gu Gai		Table tennisWomen's team class 4-5
Lei Lina
Fan Lei		Table tennisWomen'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		VolleyballWomen's team
Tian JianquanWheelchair fencingMen's épée A
Hu DaoliangWheelchair fencingMen's épée B
Ye RuyiWheelchair fencingMen's foil A
Hu DaoliangWheelchair fencingMen's foil B
Ye RuyiWheelchair fencingMen's sabre A
Zhang ChuncuiWheelchair fencingWomen's épée A
Chen Yegang
Cheng Changjie
Dong Zhi		ArcheryMen's team recurve
Gao FangxiaArcheryWomen's individual recurve standing
Fu HongzhiArcheryWomen's individual recurve W1/W2
Fu XinhanAthleticsMen's 100m T35
Ma YuxiAthleticsMen's 100m T37
Zhou WenjunAthleticsMen's 100m T38
Li YansongAthleticsMen's 200m T12
Zhou WenjunAthleticsMen's 200m T38
Li HuzhaoAthleticsMen's 400m T53
He ChengenAthleticsMen's 800m T36
Che Mian
Zhou Wenjun
Yang Chen
Ma Yuxi		AthleticsMen's 4 × 100 m T35-38
Wang WenboAthleticsMen's discus throw F35-36
Zheng WeihaiAthleticsMen's discus throw F57-58
Zhang XuelongAthleticsMen's javelin throw F37-38
Zhang YingbinAthleticsMen's javelin throw F55-56
Liu WenjunAthleticsWomen's 100m T54
Wu ChunmiaoAthleticsWomen's 200m T11
Zhou HongzhuanAthleticsWomen's 400m T53
MenggenjimisuAthleticsWomen's shot put F40
Zhong YongyuanAthleticsWomen's shot put F42-46
Zhang LiangminAthleticsWomen's discus throw F12-13
Yang YueAthleticsWomen's discus throw F42-46
Wang TingAthleticsWomen's discus throw F54-56
Kuidong ZhangCyclingMen's 1 km time trial LC1
Kuidong Zhang
Yuanchao Zheng
Zhang Lu		CyclingMen's team sprint LC1-4 CP3/4
Ye YapingCyclingWomen'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-sideMen's team
Chen Fengqing
Fan Feifei
Lin Shan
Wang Ruixue
Wang Shasha
Xu Juan		GoalballWomen's team
Xu ZhilinJudoMen's 73 kg
Wang SongJudoMen's +100 kg
Cui ZhePowerliftingWomen's 40 kg
Zuo JuePowerliftingWomen's 82.5 kg
Li JianfeiShootingMixed 25m pistol SH1
Zhang CuipingShootingMixed 10m air rifle prone SH1
Zhang CuipingShootingMixed 50m rifle prone SH1
Du JianpingSwimmingMen's 50m freestyle S3
Tang YuanSwimmingMen's 50m freestyle S6
Guo ZhiSwimmingMen's 50m freestyle S9
Tang YuanSwimmingMen's 100m freestyle S6
Guo ZhiSwimmingMen's 100m freestyle S9
Yang BozunSwimmingMen's 100m freestyle S11
Li HanhuaSwimmingMen's 200m freestyle S3
Yang BozunSwimmingMen's 400m freestyle S11
He JunquanSwimmingMen's 50m backstroke S5
Yuanrun YangSwimmingMen's 100m backstroke S6
Guo ZhiSwimmingMen's 100m backstroke S9
Xiaofu WangSwimmingMen's 100m breaststroke SB8
Lin FurongSwimmingMen's 100m breaststroke SB9
Yang BozunSwimmingMen's 100m breaststroke SB11
Wei YanpengSwimmingMen's 100m butterfly S8
He JunquanSwimmingMen's 200m individual medley SM5
Yang YuanrunSwimmingMen's 200m individual medley SM6
Tian RongSwimmingMen's 200m individual medley SM7
Wang JiachaoSwimmingMen's 200m individual medley SM8
Guo Zhi
Lin Furong
Wang Xiaofu
Wei Yanpeng		SwimmingMen's 4 × 100 m medley relay
Min HuangSwimmingWomen's 100m breaststroke SB7
Min HuangSwimmingWomen's 200m individual medley SM7
Ye ChaoqunTable tennisMen's singles class 7
Ma LinTable tennisMen's singles class 9-10
Guo Xingyuan
Zhang Yan		Table tennisMen's team class 4-5
Gu GaiTable tennisWomen's singles class 5
Liu MeiliTable tennisWomen's singles class 9
Fan LeiTable tennisWomen's singles class 10
Zhang LeiWheelchair fencingMen's épée A
Zhang LeiWheelchair fencingMen's foil A
Tian JianquanWheelchair fencingMen's sabre A
Yao FangWheelchair fencingWomen's épée B
Zhang ChunchuiWheelchair fencingWomen's foil A
Yao FangWheelchair fencingWomen's foil B
Xiao YanhongArcheryWomen's individual recurve W1/W2
Yang YuqingAthleticsMen's 100m T12
Yu ShiranAthleticsMen's 100m T53
Yang YuqingAthleticsMen's 200m T12
Che MianAthleticsMen's 200m T36
Ma YuxiAthleticsMen's 200m T37
Che MianAthleticsMen's 400m T36
Chen HongjieAthleticsMen's high jump F44/46
Ma YuxiAthleticsMen's long jump F37/38
Li KangyongAthleticsMen's long jump F46
Xia DongAthleticsMen's discus throw F37-38
Wang LezhengAthleticsMen's discus throw F42
Gao ChanglongAthleticsMen's javelin throw F42/44
Wang JuanAthleticsWomen's 100m T44
Dong HongjiaoAthleticsWomen's 100m T54
Zhou HongzhuanAthleticsWomen's 200m T53
Liu MiaomiaoAthleticsWomen's long jump F12
Li ChunhuaAthleticsWomen's discus throw F37-38
Zheng BaozhuAthleticsWomen's discus throw F42-46
Yuanchao ZhengCyclingMen's 1 km time trial LC2
Dong JingpingCyclingWomen's 500m time trial LC1-2/CP 4
Dong JingpingCyclingWomen's individual pursuit LC1-2/CP 4
Li XiaodongJudoMen's 60 kg
Wu MaoshunPowerliftingMen's 67.5 kg
Li BingPowerliftingMen's +100 kg
Zhang LipingPowerliftingWomen's 75 kg
Dong ChaoShootingMen's 50m rifle 3x40
Zhang CuipingShootingWomen's 50m rifle 3x20 SH1
Xiaoming XionSwimmingMen's 50m freestyle S9
Li HanhuaSwimmingMen's 100m freestyle S3
Yuanrun YangSwimmingMen's 100m freestyle S6
Du JianpingSwimmingMen's 200m freestyle S3
Wang JiachaoSwimmingMen's 400m freestyle S8
Zeng HuabinSwimmingMen's 50m backstroke S4
Tang YuanSwimmingMen's 100m backstroke S6
He JunquanSwimmingMen's 50m butterfly S5
Mang PeiSwimmingMen's 50m butterfly S7
Wang XiaofuSwimmingMen's 100m butterfly S8
Guo ZhiSwimmingMen's 100m butterfly S9
Xu QingSwimmingMen's 200m individual medley SM6
Guo Zhi
Wang Xiaofu
Wei Yanpeng
Xiaoming Xiong		SwimmingMen's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
Xia JiangboSwimmingWomen's 50m backstroke S3
Jiang FuyingSwimmingWomen's 100m backstroke S6
Jin XiaoqinSwimmingWomen's 100m butterfly S8
Wang ShuaiSwimmingWomen's 100m butterfly S10
Feng Panfeng
Gao Yanming
Zhao Ping		Table tennisMen's team class 3
Zhang XiaolingTable tennisWomen's singles class 8
Hou ChunxiaoTable tennisWomen's singles class 10
Ye HuaWheelchair fencingWomen's foil B

Sports

Archery

Men

Women

Teams

Athletics

Men's track

Men's field

Women's track

Women's field

Boccia

Individual events

Pairs/teams events

Cycling

Men's road

Men's track

Women's road

Women's track

Equestrian

Football 5-a-side

The men's football 5-a-side team won a silver medal in the football 5-a-side

Players

;Group stage
;Gold medal match

Football 7-a-side

The men's football 7-a-side team didn't win any medals; they were 8th out of 8 teams.

Players

;Group stage
;7th-8th place match

Goalball

Men's team

The men's goalball team won the gold medal after defeating Lithuania.
;Players
;Group B Matches
;Quarterfinals
;Semifinals
;Gold medal match

Women's team

The women's team won a silver medal after being defeated by reigning champions United States in the gold medal match.
;Players
;Preliminary matches
;Semifinals
;Gold medal match

Judo

Men

Women

Powerlifting

Men

Women

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Men

Women

Swimming

Men

Women

Table tennis

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's teams

Women's teams

Volleyball

The men's volleyball team didn't win any medals; they were 5th out of 8 teams. However, the women's team won the gold medal after defeating the United States.

Men's tournament

;Players
;Group A matches
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;5-8 Semifinals
;5th-6th place game

Women's tournament

;Players
;Group B matches
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;Semifinals
;Gold medal match

Wheelchair basketball

The men's basketball team didn't win any medals; they were 12th out of 12 teams.

Players

;Group B results
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;Classification 9-12
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;Eleventh place
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The women's basketball team didn't win any medals; they were 7th out of 10 teams.

Players

;Group B Matches
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;Quarterfinals
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;Classification 5-8
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;Seventh place
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Wheelchair fencing

Men

Women

Wheelchair rugby

The men's rugby team didn't win any medals; they were 8th out of 8 teams.

Players

Wheelchair tennis

Men

Women