Chronological summary of the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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This article contains notable highlights from the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China.

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Calendar

 ● Opening ceremony ● Event competitions ● Gold medal events ● Closing ceremony
September6th
Sat		7th
Sun		8th
Mon		9th
Tue		10th
Wed		11th
Thu		12th
Fri		13th
Sat		14th
Sun		15th
Mon		16th
Tue		17th
Wed		Events
IPC logo black (2004-2019).svg Ceremonies OC CC —
Archery pictogram (Paralympics).svg Archery ●●●●4329
Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics 1020171016201819255160
Boccia pictogram (Paralympics).svg Boccia ●●4●●37
Cycling Cycling (road) pictogram (Paralympics).svg Road cycling154446
Cycling (track) pictogram (Paralympics).svg Track cycling5774
Equestrian pictogram.svg Equestrian ●242311
Football Football 5-a-side pictogram (Paralympics).svg 5-a-side ●●●●●11
Football 7-a-side pictogram (Paralympics).svg 7-a-side ●●●●11
Goalball pictogram (Paralympics).svg Goalball ●●●●●●●22
Judo pictogram (Paralympics).svg Judo 44513
Powerlifting pictogram (Paralympics).svg Powerlifting 342342220
Rowing pictogram (Paralympics).svg Rowing ●●44
Sailing pictogram.svg Sailing ●●●●●33
Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg Shooting 22222212
Swimming pictogram (Paralympics).svg Swimming 161816121316141817140
Table tennis pictogram (Paralympics).svg Table tennis ●●●511●●●4424
Sitting volleyball pictogram (Paralympics).svg Volleyball ●●●●●●●112
Wheelchair basketball pictogram (Paralympics).svg Wheelchair basketball ●●●●●●●●112
Wheelchair fencing pictogram (Paralympics).svg Wheelchair fencing 332210
Wheelchair rugby pictogram (Paralympics).svg Wheelchair rugby ●●●●11
Wheelchair tennis pictogram (Paralympics).svg Wheelchair tennis ●●●●●1326
Daily medal events274161464552495651368472
Cumulative total2768129175220272321377428464472
September6th
Sat		7th
Sun		8th
Mon		9th
Tue		10th
Wed		11th
Thu		12th
Fri		13th
Sat		14th
Sun		15th
Mon		16th
Tue		17th
Wed		Events

September 6

Opening Ceremony

Day 1: September 7

Gold Medalists
SportEventCompetitor(s)NOCRecRef
Cycling Men's 1 km Time Trial (LC 3-4) Simon Richardson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain WR [4]
Cycling Women's 1 km Time Trial (B&VI 1-3) Aileen McGlynn
Ellen Hunter 		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain WR [5]
Cycling Men's Individual Pursuit (CP 3) Darren Kenny Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain [6]
Cycling Men's Individual Pursuit (CP 4) Christopher Scott Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [7]
Cycling Men's Ind. Pursuit (B&VI 1-3) Kieran Modra
Tyson Lawrence 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia WR [8]
Judo Women -48 kg Guo Huaping Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China [9]
Judo Women -52 kg Cui Na Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China [10]
Judo Men -60 kg Mouloud Noura Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria [11]
Judo Men -66 kg Sidali Lamri Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria [12]
Shooting Women's R2-10m Air Rifle Stand-SH1 Veronika Vadovicova Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia [13]
Shooting Men's P1-10m Air Pistol-SH1 Valeriy Ponomarenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia WR / PB [14]
Swimming Men's 200m Freestyle - S2 Dmitrii Kokarev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia WR [15]
Swimming Men's 100m Butterfly - S13 Dzmitry Salei Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus WR [16]
Swimming Women's 100m Butterfly - S13 Valerie Grand Maison Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada [17]
Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle - S3 Du Jianping Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China WR [18]
Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle - S4 David Smetanine Flag of France.svg  France [19]
Swimming Women's 100m Freestyle - S4 Nely Miranda Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico [20]
Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle - S5 Daniel Dias Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil WR [21]
Swimming Women's 100m Freestyle - S5 Maria Teresa Perales Flag of Spain.svg  Spain WR [22]
Swimming Men's 200m IM - SM6 Sascha Kindred Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain WR [23]
Swimming Women's 200m IM - SM6 Miranda Uhl Flag of the United States.svg  United States WR [24]
Swimming Men's 200m IM - SM7 Rudy Garcia Tolson Flag of the United States.svg  United States WR [25]
Swimming Women's 200m IM - SM7 Erin Popovich Flag of the United States.svg  United States WR [26]
Swimming Men's 100m Butterfly - S8 Peter Luck Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia WR [27]
Swimming Women's 100m Butterfly - S8 Jessica Long Flag of the United States.svg  United States [28]
Swimming Men's 100m Butterfly - S9 Tamás Sors Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary WR [29]
Swimming Women's 100m Butterfly - S9 Natalie du Toit Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa WR [30]

Day 2: September 8

Day 3: September 9

Day 4: September 10

Day 5: September 11

Day 6: September 12

Day 7: September 13

Lindsey Carmichael of Lago Vista, Texas, Standing Recurve Female Archer for USA, won the first medal in archery by an American woman ever at a Paralympics, shooting the highest score of the recurve medal matches (105 out of a possible 120) and the first medal in archery for the US during both the Beijing Olympics & Paralympics. [43] [44]

Day 8: September 14

Day 9: September 15

Day 10: September 16

Day 11: September 17

Closing Ceremony

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