Switzerland at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeSUI
NPCSwiss Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.swissparalympic.ch
in Beijing
Competitors26 in 6 sports
Flag bearer Heinz Frei
OfficialsRuedi Spitzli
Medals
Ranked 34th
Gold
3
Silver
2
Bronze
6
Total
11
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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

Further information: 2008 Summer Paralympics medal table and List of 2008 Summer Paralympics medal winners
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Edith Hunkeler Athletics Women's Marathon - T54 17th
 Gold Heinz Frei Cycling Men's Individual Road Race - HC B 14th
 Gold Heinz Frei Cycling Men's Individual Road Time Trial - HC B 12th
 Silver Beat Bösch Athletics Men's 100 m - T52 13th
 Silver Beat Bösch Athletics Men's 200 m - T52 10th
 Bronze Philippe Horner Archery Men's individual compound – open 13th
 Bronze Urs Kolly Athletics Men's Pentathlon - P44 11th
 Bronze Sandra Graf Athletics Women's Marathon - T54 17th
 Bronze Edith Hunkeler Athletics Women's 1500 m - T54 16th
 Bronze Manuela Schar Athletics Women's 200 m - T54 14th
 Bronze Pia Schmid Athletics Women's 200 m - T52 11th

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

3 competitors:

Men
Athlete Class Event Ranking Round 1/16 Finals 1/8 Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final/
Bronze medal contest
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Philippe Horner Open Individual compound 679 5 Bye  Champey (FRA)
W 113-109 		 Heary (IRL)
W 113-99 		 Stubbs (GBR)
L 109-114 		 Pemberton (USA)
W 115-111
Robert Lehner W1 Individual compound 603 9 N/A  Antonios (FIN)
W 94-89 		 Drahoninsky (CZE)
L 102-106 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Class Event Ranking Round 1/16 Finals 1/8 Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final/
Bronze medal contest
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Magali Comte St Individual recurve 571 4 Bye  Carmichael (USA)
L 76-87 		Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

14 competitors:

Men
Athlete Class Event Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Points Rank
Maurice Amacher T54 400 m 52.53 7 Did not advance
1500 m 3:14.50 5 Did not advance
5000 m 10:51.41 8 Did not advance
Christoph Bausch T44 100 m 12.03 3 Q N/A 12.03 - 6
200 m 24.89 4 q N/A 24.61 - 8
Manuel Beeler T13 400 m 55.42 6 Did not advance
800 m N/A 2:03.08 - 8
Beat Bösch T52 100 m N/A 17.51 -
200 m N/A 31.41 -
400 m 1:05.60 5 Did not advance
Heinz Frei T53 800 m 1:38.96 4 q N/A 1:37.68 - 6
T54
(T53) 		5000 m 10:23.24 4 Did not advance
Marathon N/A 1:25:43 - 14
Lukas Hendry T11 100 m 12.39 4 Did not advance
200 m 25.38 4 Did not advance
F11 Long jump N/A 5.54 - 7
Marcel Hug T54 400 m 47.78 2 Q 49.40 4 q 47.67 - 5
800 m 1:40.16 2 Q 1:35.24 5 q 1:37.51 - 5
1500 m 3:17.27 1 Q 3:10.33 1 Q Did not finish
5000 m 10:51.19 1 Q N/A 10:23.20 - 4
Marathon N/A Did not finish
Urs Kolly F42-44
(F44) 		Long jump N/A 6.36 983 5
Javelin throw N/A 39.68 728 14
Tobias Lotscher T54 800 m 1:41.00 6 Did not advance
1500 m 3:09.24 4 Q 3:13.98 8 Did not advance
Marathon N/A 1:32:36 - 27
Christoph Sommer T46 1500 m 4:12.45 9 Did not advance
5000 m N/A 15:28.19 - 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

Athlete Class Event Long jump Shot put 100 m Discus throw 400 m Total Rank
Result Points Rank Result Points Rank Time Points Rank Result Points Rank Time Points Rank
Urs Kolly P44 Pentathlon 6.30 927 3 12.25 778 3 12.60 862 4 40.15 728 3 1:00.29 823 2 4118
Women
Athlete Class Event Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Points Rank
Sandra Graf T54 800 m 1:58.67 5 Did not advance
1500 m 3:30.69 4 q N/A 3:42.26 - 6
5000 m N/A 12:30.55 - 5
Marathon N/A 1:40:01 -
Edith Hunkeler T54 400 m 55.33 4 q N/A 55.25 - 4
800 m 1:53.08 2 Q N/A 1:49.11 - 4
1500 m 3:34.68 3 Q N/A 3:41.03 -
Marathon N/A 1:39:59 -
Pia Schmid T52 100 m N/A 21.53 - 4
200 m N/A 39.95 -
Manuela Schar T54 100 m 16.62 3 Q N/A 16.35 - 4
200 m 29.24 1 Q N/A 28.84 -
400 m 56.31 3 Q N/A 56.24 - 6

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

5 competitors:

Men

Time trials & Road races

Athlete Class Event Time Class
Factor 		Factorized
Time 		Rank
Heinz Frei HC B Road Time Trial 22:06.23 - -
Road Race 1:28:25 - -
Franz Nietlispach HC C Road Time Trial 21:53.12 (+ 1:36.60) - - 6
Road Race 1:33:49 (+ 12:09) - - 8
Ivan Renggli LC1 Track Time Trial 1:13.725 - - 10
Road Time Trial 35:25.66 (+ 0:44.04) - - 4
LC1-2/CP4
(LC1) 		Road Race 1:46:13 (+ 0:10) - - 11
Lukas Weber HC B Road Time Trial 22:50.12 (+ 0:43.89) - - 6
Road Race 1:30:24 (+ 1:59) - - 7

Pursuits

Athlete(s) Class Event Qualifying Final/
Bronze medal race
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank
Ivan Renggli LC1 Track pursuit 5:06.912
46.918 		9 Did not advance
Women

Time trials & Road races

Athlete Class Event Time Class
Factor 		Factorized
Time 		Rank
Ursula Schwaller HC A-C
(HC B) 		Road time trial 29:29.66 0.81671 24:05.29 4
Road race 1:34:49 (+ 21:49) - - 9

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

1 competitor:

Men

Athlete Class Event Qualification Final Rank
Score Rank Score Total
Patrick Plattner SH1 P1-10 m air pistol 552 23 Did not advance 23
Mixed P3-25 m sport pistol 555 11 Did not advance 11

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

1 competitor:

Women
Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Chantal Cavin S11 50 m freestyle 33.29 5 Q 32.58 4
100 m freestyle 1:12.09 3 Q 1:12.16 4

Wheelchair Tennis

Main article: Wheelchair Tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

3 competitors:

Men
Athlete Class Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Daniel dalla Peregrina Open Singles  Illobre (ESP)
W 1–6, 6–2, 6-2 		 Fujimoto (JPN)
L 4–6, 6–3, 4-6 		Did not advance
Konstantin Schmäh Open Singles  Dobbie (AUS)
L 3–6, 4-6 		Did not advance
Daniel dalla Peregrina
Konstantin Schmäh 		Open Doubles N/A  Oh - Lee (KOR)
L 0–6, 1-6 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Class Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Karin Suter-Erath Open Singles N/A  Hong (KOR)
L 1–6, 1-6 		Did not advance

See also

References

  1. ^ "Official Team Brochure" Archived 2008-09-10 at the Wayback Machine, Swiss Paralympic Committee, August 30, 2008
  2. ^ "Swiss Team" Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine, Swiss Paralympic Committee, August 30, 2008

External links

Nations at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China
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