Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:SUI
Npcname:Swiss Paralympic Committee
Games:Summer Paralympics
Year:2008
Location:Beijing
Competitors:26
Sports:6
Flagbearer:Heinz Frei
Rank:34
Gold:3
Silver:2
Bronze:6
Officials:Ruedi Spitzli
Appearances:auto

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.[1] Swiss athletes competed in 6 sports at the Beijing games[2] and performed as follows:

Medallists

MedalNameSportEventDate
17th
14th
12th
13th
10th
13th
11th
17th
16th
14th
11th

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

3 competitors:

Men
AthleteClassEventRanking Round1/16 Finals1/8 FinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal/
Bronze medal contest
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score
Philippe HornerOpenIndividual compound6795Bye
W 113-109
W 113-99
L 109-114
W 115-111
Robert LehnerW1Individual compound6039N/A
W 94-89
L 102-106		Did not advance
Women

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

14 competitors:

Men
AthleteClassEventHeatsSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultPointsRank
Maurice AmacherT54400 m52.537Did not advance
1500 m3:14.505Did not advance
5000 m10:51.418Did not advance
Christoph BauschT44100 m12.033 QN/A12.03align="center"-6
200 m24.894 qN/A24.61align="center"-8
Manuel BeelerT13400 m55.426Did not advance
800 mN/A2:03.08align="center"-8
Beat BöschT52100 mN/A17.51align="center"-
200 mN/A31.41align="center"-
400 m1:05.605Did not advance
Heinz FreiT53800 m1:38.964 qN/A1:37.68align="center"-6
T54
(T53)		5000 m10:23.244Did not advance
MarathonN/A1:25:43align="center"-14
Lukas HendryT11100 m12.394Did not advance
200 m25.384Did not advance
F11Long jumpN/A5.54align="center"-7
Marcel HugT54400 m47.782 Q49.404 q47.67align="center"-5
800 m1:40.162 Q1:35.245 q1:37.51align="center"-5
1500 m3:17.271 Q3:10.331 QDid not finish
5000 m10:51.191 QN/A10:23.20align="center"-4
MarathonN/ADid not finish
Urs KollyF42-44
(F44)		Long jumpN/A6.369835
Javelin throwN/A39.6872814
Tobias LotscherT54800 m1:41.006Did not advance
1500 m3:09.244 Q3:13.988Did not advance
MarathonN/A1:32:36align="center"-27
Christoph SommerT461500 m4:12.459Did not advance
5000 mN/A15:28.19align="center"-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

Women
AthleteClassEventHeatsSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultPointsRank
Sandra GrafT54800 m1:58.675Did not advance
1500 m3:30.694 qN/A3:42.26align="center"-6
5000 mN/A12:30.55align="center"-5
MarathonN/A1:40:01align="center"-
Edith HunkelerT54400 m55.334 qN/A55.25align="center"-4
800 m1:53.082 QN/A1:49.11align="center"-4
1500 m3:34.683 QN/A3:41.03align="center"-
MarathonN/A1:39:59align="center"-
Pia SchmidT52100 mN/A21.53align="center"-4
200 mN/A39.95align="center"-
Manuela ScharT54100 m16.623 QN/A16.35align="center"-4
200 m29.241 QN/A28.84align="center"-
400 m56.313 QN/A56.24align="center"-6

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

5 competitors:

MenTime trials & Road races
AthleteClassEventTimeClass
Factor		Factorized
Time		Rank
Heinz FreiHC BRoad Time Trial22:06.23align="center"-align="center"-
Road Race1:28:25align="center"-align="center"-
Franz NietlispachHC CRoad Time Trial21:53.12 (+ 1:36.60)align="center"-align="center"-6
Road Race1:33:49 (+ 12:09)align="center"-align="center"-8
Ivan RenggliLC1Track Time Trial1:13.725align="center"-align="center"-10
Road Time Trial35:25.66 (+ 0:44.04)align="center"-align="center"-4
LC1-2/CP4
(LC1)		Road Race1:46:13 (+ 0:10)align="center"-align="center"-11
Lukas WeberHC BRoad Time Trial22:50.12 (+ 0:43.89)align="center"-align="center"-6
Road Race1:30:24 (+ 1:59)align="center"-align="center"-7

Pursuits

WomenTime trials & Road races
AthleteClassEventTimeClass
Factor		Factorized
Time		Rank
Ursula SchwallerHC A-C
(HC B)		Road time trial29:29.660.8167124:05.294
Road race1:34:49 (+ 21:49)align="center"-align="center"-9

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

1 competitor:

Men

AthleteClassEventQualificationFinalRank
ScoreRankScoreTotal
Patrick Plattneralign=center rowspan="2"SH1P1-10 m air pistol55223Did not advance23
Mixed P3-25 m sport pistol55511Did not advance11

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

1 competitor:

Women
AthleteClassEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Chantal CavinS1150 m freestyle33.295 Q32.584
100 m freestyle1:12.093 Q1:12.164

Wheelchair Tennis

See main article: Wheelchair Tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

3 competitors:

Men
AthleteClassEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score
Daniel dalla PeregrinaOpenSingles
W 1–6, 6–2, 6-2
L 4–6, 6–3, 4-6		Did not advance
Konstantin SchmähOpenSingles
L 3–6, 4-6		Did not advance
Daniel dalla Peregrina
Konstantin Schmäh		OpenDoublesN/A
L 0–6, 1-6		Did not advance
Women

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www2.swissparalympic.ch/beijing2008/de/news/data/upimages/teambroschuerebeijing2008.pdf "Official Team Brochure"
  2. http://www2.swissparalympic.ch/abfragen/athleten.php?event=beijing2008&lang=de "Swiss Team"

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