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Template:Future sport Template:Infobox Paralympics Switzerland Switzerland will send a delegation of 27 athletes (18 male, 9 female) to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The stated goal is to win a minimum of 11 medals and finish the games among the top 50 nations[1]. Swiss athetes will compete in 6 sports at the Beijing games and list as follows[2]:

Medallists

Further information: 2008 Summer Paralympics medal table and List of 2008 Summer Paralympics medal winners
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Heinz Frei Cycling Men's Individual Road Race - HC B
 Gold Heinz Frei Cycling Men's Individual Time Trial HC B
 Silver Beat Bosch Athletics Men's 100 m - T52
 Silver Beat Bosch Athletics Men's 200m - T52
 Bronze Pia Schmid Athletics Women's 200m - T52
 Bronze Manuela Schar Athletics Women's 200m - T54
 Bronze Urs Kolly Athletics Men's Pentathlon - P44
 Bronze Edith Hunkeler Athletics Women's 1500m - T54
 Bronze Philippe Horner Archery Men's Individual Compound - Open

File:2008caharchery.jpg 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<br\>Score Opposition<br\>Score Opposition<br\>Score Opposition<br\>Score Opposition<br\>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<br\>Score Opposition<br\>Score Opposition<br\>Score Opposition<br\>Score Opposition<br\>Score
Magali Comte St Individual Recurve 571 4 Bye  Carmichael (USA)
L 76-87 		Did not advance

File:2008cahtj.jpg 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 4x100m 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 Schär 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

File:2008cahzxc.jpg Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

5 competitors:

Men

  • Heinz Frei
  • Franz Nietlispach
  • Ivan Renggli
  • Lukas Weber

Women

  • Ursula Schwaller

File:2008cahsj.jpg 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

File:2008cahyy.jpg Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

1 competitor:

Women

  • Chantal Cavin

File:2008cahlywq.jpg Wheelchair Tennis

Main article: Wheelchair Tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

3 competitors:

Men

  • Daniel dalla Peregrina
  • Konstantin Schmaeh

Women

  • Karin Suter-Erath

See also

References

  1. ^ "Official Team Brochure", Swiss Paralympic Committee, August 30, 2008
  2. ^ "Swiss Team", Swiss Paralympic Committee, August 30, 2008


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