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2008 Summer Paralympics |
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The 2008 Summer Paralympics were held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 6 to 17 September 2008. Approximately 3,951 athletes from 146 National Paralympic Committees (NPC) participated. Overall, 472 events in 20 sports were held; 262 events were opened to men, 176 were opened to women and 34 were mixed events. [1]
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† Diane Roy was initially awarded the gold, Shelly Woods the silver and Amanda McGrory the bronze in the women's 5000 m T54. However a re-run of the race was ordered by the International Paralympic Committee following protests by the Australian, US and Swiss teams after 6 competitors were involved in a crash on the penultimate lap. [2] The re-run race resulted in the same three athletes winning medals but in a different order. [3]
†† Rebecca Chin of Great Britain was originally awarded the silver medal in the women's discus throw F37–38 event. Following a challenge to her classification, Chin was deemed ineligible for the event, stripped of her medal, and her results were erased. [4]
* David Weir was initially awarded the gold medal in the men's 800 m T54 but a re-run of the race was ordered after a lane violation was discovered. However, following a letter from Kurt Fearnley and the Australian authorities to the IPC, asking that, in the spirit of sportsmanship, the result not be overturned the re-run was cancelled and the medals reinstated. [5]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual BC1 | Joao Paulo Fernandes ![]() | Antonio Marques ![]() | Gabriel Shelly ![]() |
Individual BC2 | Hoi Ying Karen Kwok ![]() | Nigel Murray ![]() | Manuel Ángel Martín ![]() |
Individual BC3 | Keon-Woo Park ![]() | Grigorios Polychronidis ![]() | Ho-Won Jeong ![]() |
Individual BC4 | Dirceu Pinto ![]() | Yuk Wing Leung ![]() | Eliseu Santos ![]() |
Team BC1-2 | ![]() Dan Bentley Nigel Murray Zoe Robinson David Smith | ![]() Joao Paulo Fernandes Fernando Ferreira Cristina Gonçalves Antonio Marques | ![]() Francisco Javier Beltrán Pedro Cordero Manuel Ángel Martín José Vaquerizo |
Pairs BC3 | ![]() Ho-Won Jeong Keon-Woo Park Bo-Mee Shin | ![]() Yolanda Martín Santiago Pesquera José Manuel Rodríguez | ![]() Armando Costa Mário Peixoto Eunice Raimundo |
Pairs BC4 | ![]() Dirceu Pinto Eliseu Santos | ![]() Fernando Pereira Bruno Valentim | ![]() Ladislav Kratina Radek Prochazka |
Athletes that won at least two gold medals or at least three total medals are listed below.
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