| New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | NZL |
| NPC | Paralympics New Zealand |
| Website | paralympics |
| in Beijing | |
| Competitors | 30 in 7 sports |
| Flag bearer | Sholto Taylor [1] |
| Medals Ranked 24th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
New Zealand sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The country was represented by thirty athletes [2] competing in 7 sports: athletics, boccia, cycling, power-lifting, shooting, swimming and wheelchair rugby. [3]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Cameron Leslie | Swimming | Men's 150 m individual medley SM4 [4] [5] |
| Gold | Sophie Pascoe | Swimming | Woman's 100 m backstroke S10 [6] |
| Gold | Sophie Pascoe | Swimming | Woman's 100 m breaststroke SB9 [7] [8] |
| Gold | Sophie Pascoe | Swimming | Woman's 200 m individual medley SM10 [9] |
| Gold | Paula Tesoriero | Cycling | Woman's 500 m time trial (LC3–4/CP 3) [7] [10] |
 Silver | Kate Horan | Athletics | Women's 200 m T44 [11] |
| Silver | Sophie Pascoe | Swimming | Women's 100 m Butterfly S10 [7] [12] |
| Silver | Daniel Sharp | Swimming | Men's 100 m breaststroke SB13 [6] |
 Bronze | Annaliisa Farrell Jayne Parsons | Cycling | Time trial B&VI 1–3 [13] |
| Bronze | Michael Johnson | Shooting | Mixed R4-10 m air rifle standing SH2 [9] [14] |
| Bronze | Paula Tesoriero | Cycling | Women's individual pursuit (LC 1–2/CP 4) [7] [10] |
| Bronze | Paula Tesoriero | Cycling | Time trial LC 3–4/CP 3 [13] |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Tim Prendergast | T13 | 800m | — | 1:56.28 | 6 | |||
| 1500m | 4:13.54 | 9 Q | — | 4:09.09 | 5 | |||
| 5000m | 15:47.26 | 6 Q | — | 15:13.60 | 4 | |||
| Matt Slade | T37 | 100m | 12.54 | 6 Q | — | 12.46 | 4 | |
| 200m | 25.53 | 10 | did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | |||
| Terry Faleva'ai | F33-34/52 | Shot put | 9.65 | 895 | 12 |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Kate Horan | T44 | 100m | 14.04 | 6 q | — | 14.01 | 5 | |
| 200m | — | 28.36 | | |||||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | |||
| Jessica Hamill | F32-34/51-53 | Discus throw | 19.27 | 1008 | 7 |
| Shot put | 6.77 | 898 | 11 | ||
| F33-34/52-53 | Javelin throw | 13.68 | 963 | 10 | |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annemarie Donaldson | Women's road race HC A/B/C | 1:39:22 | 11 |
| Women's road time trial HC A/B/C | 32:13.21 | 8 | |
| Fiona Southorn | Women's road time trial LC1/LC2/CP4 | 43:02.78 | 7 |
| Paula Tesoriero | Women's road time trial LC3/LC4/CP3 | 45:00.92 | |
| Jayne Parsons Annaliisa Farrell (pilot) | Women's road race B&VI 1-3 | 2:01:27 | 8 |
| Women's road time trial B&VI 1-3 | 38:40.40 | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank | ||
| Fiona Southorn | Women's individual pursuit LC1-2/CP4 | 4:06.965 | 8 | did not advance | |
| Women's time trial LC1-2/CP4 | — | 42.0 | 9 | ||
| Paula Tesoriero | Women's individual pursuit LC3-4/CP3 | 4:22.862 | 3 q |  Paris (AUS)W 4:26.080 | |
| Women's time trial LC3-4/CP3 | — | 43.3 | | ||
| Jayne Parsons Annaliisa Farrell (pilot) | Women's individual pursuit B&VI 1-3 | 3:47.271 | 4 q |  Whitsell (USA) / Woodring (USA)L 3:47.900 | 4 |
| Women's time trial B&VI 1-3 | — | 1:14.048 | 5 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Taamaru | +100kg | NMR | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | ||
| Michael Johnson | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 | 599 | 9 | did not advance | ||
| Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 | 597 | 7 Q | 104.2 | 701.2 | | |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Cameron Leslie | S5 | 50m butterfly | 43.20 | 6 Q | 44.43 | 6 |
| 50m freestyle | 38.67 | 9 | did not advance | |||
| 200m freestyle | — | 2:57.21 | 6 | |||
| SM4 | 150m individual medley | 2:40.43 | 1 Q | 2:33.57 WR | | |
| Daniel Sharp | S13 | 50m freestyle | 25.30 | 8 Q | 25.50 | 8 |
| 100m freestyle | 58.85 | 14 | did not advance | |||
| SB13 | 100m breaststroke | 1:10.81 | 4 Q | 1:08.73 | | |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Sophie Pascoe | S10 | 100m backstroke | 1:11.26 | 1 Q | 1:10.57 WR | |
| 100m butterfly | 1:12.93 | 4 Q | 1:10.53 | | ||
| 100m freestyle | 1:05.90 | 9 | did not advance | |||
| SB9 | 100m breaststroke | 1:24.54 | 1 Q | 1:22.58 | | |
| SM10 | 200m individual medley | 2:39.40 | 1 Q | 2:35.21 | | |
| Squad list | Group stage | Knockout stage | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pool Match 1 Opposition Result | Pool Match 2 Opposition Result | Pool Match 3 Opposition Result | Rank | Semifinal Opposition Result | Final Opposition Result | Rank | |
| Australia L 38-39 |  Great Britain L 38-39 |  Germany W 40-31 | 3 | Classification 5-8 China W 47-34 | Classification 5–6 Germany W 28-25 | 5 | |
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