| Russia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | RUS |
| NPC | Russian Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Beijing | |
| Competitors | 144 in 13 sports |
| Flag bearer | Alexey Ashapatov |
| Medals Ranked 8th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Soviet Union (1988) Unified Team (1992) RPC (2020) | |
Russia sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China [1] that won a total of 63 medals: 18 gold, 23 silver and 22 bronze.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Artem Arefyev | Athletics | Men's 800m T36 |
| Gold | Alexey Ashapatov | Athletics | Men's discus throw F57-58 |
| Gold | Alexey Ashapatov | Athletics | Men's shot put F57-58 |
| Gold | Oleg Kretsul | Judo | Men's 90kg |
| Gold | Valeriy Ponomarenko | Shooting | Men's 10m air pistol SH1 |
| Gold | Andrey Lebedinskiy | Shooting | Mixed 25m pistol SH1 |
| Gold | Dmitrii Kokarev | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle S2 |
| Gold | Dmitrii Kokarev | Swimming | Men's 200m freestyle S2 |
| Gold | Dmitrii Kokarev | Swimming | Men's 50m backstroke S2 |
| Gold | Igor Plotnikov | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke S6 |
| Gold | Konstantin Lisenkov | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke S8 |
| Gold | Alexander Nevolin-Svetov | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke S12 |
| Gold | Alexey Fomenkov | Swimming | Men's 100m breaststroke SB6 |
| Gold | Oxana Savchenko | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle S12 |
| Gold | Oxana Savchenko | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle S12 |
| Gold | Olesya Vladykina | Swimming | Women's 100m breaststroke SB8 |
| Gold | Oxana Savchenko | Swimming | Women's 200m individual medley SM12 |
| Gold | Natalia Martyasheva | Table tennis | Women's singles class 6-7 |
 Silver | Alexy Labzin | Athletics | Men's 100m T13 |
| Silver | Alexy Labzin | Athletics | Men's 200m T13 |
| Silver | Artem Arefyev | Athletics | Men's 400m T36 |
| Silver | Evengy Gudkov | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F42/44 |
| Silver | Vladimir Andryushchenko | Athletics | Men's shot put F11-12 |
| Silver | Maxim Narozhnyy | Athletics | Men's shot put F42 |
| Silver | Elena Chistilina | Athletics | Women's 100m T46 |
| Silver | Pavel Borisov Alexey Chesmin Mamuka Dzimistaishvili Stanislav Kolyhalov Andrey Kuvaev Alexander Lekov Andrey Lozhechnikov Lasha Murvandze Georgy Nadzharyan Ivan Potekhin Oleg Smirnov Aleksey Tumakov | Football 7-a-side | Men's team |
| Silver | Ayrat Zakiev | Powerlifting | Men's 60kg |
| Silver | Olesya Lafina | Powerlifting | Women's 48kg |
| Silver | Tamara Podpalnaya | Powerlifting | Women's 52kg |
| Silver | Irina Kazantseva | Powerlifting | Women's 56kg |
| Silver | Sergey Malyshev | Shooting | Men's 10m air pistol SH1 |
| Silver | Dmitrii Kokarev | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S2 |
| Silver | Alexander Nevolin-Svetov | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S12 |
| Silver | Konstantin Lisenkov | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle S8 |
| Silver | Alexander Nevolin-Svetov | Swimming | Men's 200m individual medley SM12 |
| Silver | Irina Grazhdanova | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle S9 |
| Silver | Anna Efimenko | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle S12 |
| Silver | Anna Efimenko | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle S12 |
| Silver | Anna Efimenko | Swimming | Women's 400m freestyle S13 |
| Silver | Anastasia Diodorova | Swimming | Women's 50m butterfly S6 |
| Silver | Yulia Ovsyannikova | Table tennis | Women's singles class 6-7 |
 Bronze | Pavel Kharagezov | Athletics | Men's 800m T36 |
| Bronze | Ildar Pomykalov | Athletics | Men's marathon T12 |
| Bronze | Margarita Koptilova | Athletics | Women's 100m T38 |
| Bronze | Margarita Koptilova | Athletics | Women's 200m T38 |
| Bronze | Elenna Pautova | Athletics | Women's 800m T12-13 |
| Bronze | Elenna Pautova | Athletics | Women's 1500m T13 |
| Bronze | Victoria Potapova | Judo | Women's 48kg |
| Bronze | Alesya Stepanyuk | Judo | Women's 52kg |
| Bronze | Madina Kazakova | Judo | Women's 63kg |
| Bronze | Tatiana Savostyanova | Judo | Women's 70kg |
| Bronze | Irina Kalyanova | Judo | Women's +70kg |
| Bronze | Natalia Dalekova | Shooting | Women's 10m air pistol SH1 |
| Bronze | Valeriy Ponomarenko | Shooting | Mixed 25m pistol SH1 |
| Bronze | Valeriy Ponomarenko | Shooting | Mixed 50m pistol SH1 |
| Bronze | Konstantin Lisenkov | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S8 |
| Bronze | Alexander Chekurov | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S11 |
| Bronze | Andrey Strokin | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S13 |
| Bronze | Alexander Nevolin-Svetov | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle S12 |
| Bronze | Denis Dorogaev | Swimming | Men's 100m breaststroke SB9 |
| Bronze | Andrey Strokin | Swimming | Men's 100m butterfly S13 |
| Bronze | Anna Efimenko | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke S13 |
| Bronze | Alexander Baychik Tanatkan Bukin Dimitriy Gordiyenko Evgeny Kuzovnikov Andreu Lavrinovich Viktor Milenin Sergey Pozdeev Maksim Timchenko Sergey Uporov Alexey Volkov Sergey Yakunin | Volleyball | Men's team |
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Rank | ||
| Timur Tuchinov | Men's individual recurve | 606 | 8 | Bye |  Zarzuela (ESP)L 97-98 | did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Artem Arefyev | T36 | 400m | — | 55.59 | | |||
| 800m | — | 2:08.83 WR | | |||||
| Vladislav Barinov | T37 | 100m | 12.57 | 9 | did not advance | |||
| 200m | 25.58 | 11 | did not advance | |||||
| Pavel Kharagezov | T36 | 400m | — | 57.51 | 4 | |||
| 800m | — | 2:14.80 | | |||||
| Andrey Kholostyakov | T37 | 100m | 12.46 | 5 Q | — | 12.49 | 5 | |
| 200m | 25.41 | 7 q | — | 25.70 | 7 | |||
| Maxim Kirillov | T12 | 800m | 2:35.10 | 12 | did not advance | |||
| Andrey Koptev | T11 | 100m | DSQ | did not advance | ||||
| Alexey Labzin | T13 | 100m | 10.98 =PR | 2 Q | — | 10.88 | | |
| 200m | 21.86 | 2 Q | — | 21.87 | | |||
| Yury Nosulenko | T46 | 200m | 22.72 | 3 Q | — | 22.48 | 4 | |
| 400m | 49.90 | 5 q | — | 49.66 | 6 | |||
| Ildar Pomykalov | T12 | 10000m | — | DNF | ||||
| Marathon | — | 2:33:27 | | |||||
| Artem Tayganov | T11 | 1500m | 4:24.41 | 9 | did not advance | |||
| Fedor Trikolich | T12 | 100m | 11.27 | 7 q | 11.17 | 5 B | 11.18 | 1 |
| Alexander Yalchik | T46 | 800m | 1:57.06 | 5 q | — | 1:58.04 | 7 | |
| Alexander Zverev | T13 | 400m | 50.43 | 4 Q | — | 50.05 | 5 | |
| Evgeny Kegelev Andrey Koptev Alexey Labzin Fedor Trikolich | T11-T13 | 4x100m relay | DNS | did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | |||
| Vladimir Andryushchenko | F11-12 | Discus throw | 49.49 | 974 | 4 |
| Shot put | 16.46 | 1015 | | ||
| Alexey Ashapatov | F57-58 | Discus throw | 57.61 WR | 1079 | |
| Shot put | 16.03 WR | 1072 | | ||
| Vladislav Barinov | F37-38 | Long jump | 5.36 | 931 | 9 |
| Evgeny Gudkov | F42/44 | Javelin throw | 55.50 | 1018 | |
| Alexey Ivanov | F55-56 | Shot put | 11.75 SB | 1012 | 4 |
| Evgeny Kegelev | F12 | Long jump | 6.02 | - | 11 |
| Andrey Koptev | F11 | Triple jump | 12.44 | - | 4 |
| Alexey Kuznetsov | F53-54 | Javelin throw | 26.78 SB | 1015 | 6 |
| Alexey Lesnykh | F37-38 | Shot put | 11.99 | 797 | 10 |
| Maxim Narozhnyy | F42 | Shot put | 13.92 | - | |
| Sergey Sevostianov | F11 | Triple jump | 11.92 | - | 6 |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Rima Batalova | T12 | 800m | 2:20.59 | 4 q | 2:20.94 | 4 |
| 1500m | — | 4:44.21 | 4 | |||
| Elena Chistilina | T46 | 100m | 12.79 | 4 Q | 12.65 | |
| 200m | 26.43 | 4 Q | 26.15 | 5 | ||
| Elena Frolova | T11 | 100m | 13.48 | 9 | did not advance | |
| 200m | 27.59 | 8 q | 27.69 | 7 | ||
| Margarita Goncharova | T38 | 100m | 14.29 | 3 Q | 13.97 | |
| 200m | 28.75 | 4 Q | 28.62 | | ||
| Yulia Linevich | T36 | 100m | — | 16.10 | 8 | |
| Alexandra Moguchaya | T46 | 100m | 13.04 | 9 | did not advance | |
| 200m | 27.32 | 12 | did not advance | |||
| Elena Pautova | T12 | 800m | 2:17.27 | 2 q | 2:15.70 | |
| 1500m | — | 4:32.91 | | |||
| Nikol Rodomakina | T46 | 100m | 12.79 | 4 Q | 12.76 | 5 |
| 200m | 26.40 | 3 Q | 26.52 | 7 | ||
| Agyul Sakhibzadaeva | T36 | 100m | — | 15.74 | 7 | |
| 200m | — | 33.91 | 7 | |||
| Olga Semenova | T13 | 200m | DNS | did not advance | ||
| 400m | 1:04.90 | 9 | did not advance | |||
| Svetlana Sergeeva | T37 | 100m | 14.87 | 7 q | 15.24 | 8 |
| Evgenia Trushnikova | T37 | 100m | 15.35 | 11 | did not advance | |
| 200m | 31.51 | 8 q | 31.06 | 5 | ||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | |||
| Yulia Arefyeva | F35-38 | Javelin throw | 18.83 SB | 1085 | 5 |
| Elena Burdykina | F32-34/52-53 | Shot put | 7.05 | 935 | 8 |
| Natalia Gudkova | F42-46 | Javelin throw | 38.16 SB | 1042 | 5 |
| Svetlana Sergeeva | F35-38 | Javelin throw | 24.60 SB | 1036 | 8 |
| F37-38 | Shot put | 8.57 | 849 | 16 | |
| Olga Sergienko | F57-58 | Javelin throw | 20.55 SB | 1032 | 4 |
| Shot put | 8.46 | 842 | 11 | ||
| Aleksandra Surkova | F13 | Long jump | 4.64 | - | 10 |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | |||
| Mariya Zagorskaya | Bazalt | Mixed individual championship test grade Ia | 47.000 | 13 |
| Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ia | 60.833 | 10 | ||
The men's football 7-a-side team won the silver medal after losing to Ukraine in the gold medal match.
| Athlete | Event | First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
| Oleg Kretsul | Men's 90kg | Vazquez (ESP) W 1100-0000 |  Clarke (AUS)W 1000-0000 |  Nine (ALG)W 1000-0000 | — |  Mammadov (AZE)W 0100-0010 | |
| Alexander Parasyuk | Men's +100kg |  Papp (HUN)L 0000-1011 | — |  Papachristos (GRE)W 0001-0000 |  Dewall (USA)L 0000-1000 | Did not advance | |
| Said Shakhmanov | Men's 60kg | — | Ibrahimov (AZE) L 0000–1000 | — |  Zasyadkovych (UKR)W 0010-0001 |  Hirose (JPN)W 1000-0101 |  Li X (CHN)L 0000-1000 |
| Anatoliy Shevchenko | Men's 90kg | Nine (ALG) L 0001-0010 | — | Watson (USA) W 1000-0000 | Vazquez (ESP) W 0001-0000 |  Cugnon de Sevricourt (FRA)L 0001-0002 | |
| Athlete | Event | First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
| Ekaterina Buzmakova | Women's 57kg | Wang L (CHN) L 0000-1000 | — |  D Silva (BRA)L 0000-1000 | Did not advance | |
| Irina Kalyanova | Women's +70kg | Yuan Y (CHN) L 0000-1000 | — | Bye | Komatsu (JPN) W 0201-0000 | |
| Madina Kazakova | Women's 63kg | Bye |  Aimthisung (THA)W 1000-0000 | Arce (ESP) L 0002-0011 | — | Zhou Q (CHN) W 1010-0010 |
| Victoria Potapova | Women's 48kg | Bye |  Brussig (GER)W 1000–0020 | Guo H (CHN) L 0001-0110 | — | Halinska (UKR) W 0201-0010 |
| Tatiana Savostyanova | Women's 70kg | Bye |  Ruvalcaba (MEX)L 0101-0110 | — | Szabo (HUN) W 1000-0000 | |
| Alesya Stepanyuk | Women's 52kg | S Hernandez (ESP) W 1000-0000 | — | Aurieres-Martinet (FRA) L 0000-1000 | — | Tsuchiya (JPN) W 0200-0000 |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ildar Bedderdinov | 52kg | 157.5 | 5 |
| Nikolay Marfin | +100kg | 207.5 | 6 |
| Vadim Rakitin | 82.5kg | 200.0 | 5 |
| Sergey Sychev | 67.5kg | 190.0 | 4 |
| Ayrat Zakiev | 60kg | 200.0 | |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irina Kazantseva | 56kg | 97.5 | |
| Olga Kiseleva | 75kg | 100.0 | 5 |
| Olesya Lafina | 48kg | 115.0 | |
| Tamara Podpalnaya | 52kg | 125.0 | |
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Elena Akimova Valery Bisarnov Nikolay Bogomolov Anatoly Krupin Valentina Pshenichnaya | Mixed coxed four | 3:51.78 | 10 R | 3:53.51 | 6 FB | 3:52.20 | 3 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | ||
| Andrey Lebedinskiy | Men's 10m air pistol SH1 | 564 | 7 Q | 99.7 | 663.7 | 4 |
| Mixed 25m pistol SH1 | 574 | 1 Q | 200.7 | 774.7 | | |
| Mixed 50m pistol SH1 | 518 | 14 | did not advance | |||
| Sergey Malyshev | Men's 10m air pistol SH1 | 569 | 2 Q | 96.8 | 664.6 | |
| Mixed 25m pistol SH1 | 569 | 6 Q | 193.9 | 762.9 | 6 | |
| Mixed 50m pistol SH1 | 532 | 8 Q | 91.8 | 623.8 | 5 | |
| Sergey Nochevnoy | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 | 599 | 7 Q | 104.0 | 703.0 | 7 |
| Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 | 587 | 4 Q | 100.8 | 687.8 | 6 | |
| Valeriy Ponomarenko | Men's 10m air pistol SH1 | 578 | 1 Q | 94.4 | 672.4 | |
| Mixed 25m pistol SH1 | 573 | 2 Q | 195.9 | 768.9 | | |
| Mixed 50m pistol SH1 | 542 | 2 Q | 85.8 | 627.8 | | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | ||
| Natalia Dalekova | Women's 10m air pistol SH1 | 366 | 5 Q | 96.6 | 462.6 | |
| Anastasia Panteleeva | Women's 10m air pistol SH1 | 369 | 3 Q | 93.5 | 462.5 | 4 |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Anastasia Diodorova | S6 | 100m backstroke | 1:36.20 | 5 Q | 1:33.96 | 4 |
| 50m butterfly | 40.90 | 4 Q | 39.93 | | ||
| SM6 | 200m individual medley | 3:33.32 | 8 Q | 3:33.24 | 8 | |
| Anna Efimenko | S12 | 50m freestyle | 29.42 | 7 Q | 27.82 | |
| 100m freestyle | 1:03.01 | 3 Q | 1:01.24 | | ||
| Irina Grazhdanova | S9 | 100m butterfly | 1:15.57 | 12 | did not advance | |
| 50m freestyle | 29.60 | 2 Q | 29.33 | | ||
| 100m freestyle | 1:06.78 | 11 | did not advance | |||
| 400m freestyle | 5:23.29 | 16 | did not advance | |||
| SM9 | 200m individual medley | 2:58.11 | 16 | did not advance | ||
| Oxana Guseva | S7 | 50m butterfly | 42.28 | 8 Q | 41.07 | 8 |
| 100m freestyle | — | 1:20.68 | 8 | |||
| 400m freestyle | 5:50.89 | 6 Q | 5:46.61 | 6 | ||
| SM7 | 200m individual medley | 3:24.21 | 5 Q | 3:19.50 | 6 | |
| Yulia Nikitina | SB9 | 100m breaststroke | 1:27.86 | 8 Q | 1:27.28 | 8 |
| Oxana Savchenko | S12 | 50m freestyle | 27.92 WR | 1 Q | 27.07 WR | |
| 100m freestyle | 1:01.27 PR | 1 Q | 59.47 WR | | ||
| SM12 | 200m individual medley | 2:36.12 | 1 Q | 2:30.55 | | |
| Olga Sokolova | S11 | 50m freestyle | 24.17 | 10 | did not advance | |
| 100m freestyle | 1:19.17 | 10 | did not advance | |||
| Anna Vengerovskaya | S8 | 100m butterfly | 1:22.58 | 9 | did not advance | |
| 50m freestyle | 35.36 | 10 | did not advance | |||
| 100m freestyle | 1:20.89 | 15 | did not advance | |||
| SM8 | 200m individual medley | 3:06.05 | 12 | did not advance | ||
| Olesya Vladykina | SB8 | 100m breaststroke | 1:23.40 PR | 1 Q | 1:20.58 WR | |
| SM8 | 200m individual medley | 2:53.72 PR | 3 Q | 2:53.79 | 4 | |
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Sergey Poddubnyy | Men's singles C2 | Molliens (FRA) L 0–3 |  Kim K Y (KOR)W 3-2 |  Ahmed (LBA)W 3–0 | 2 | did not advance | ||
| Vadim Buzin | Men's singles C6 |  Rosenmeier (DEN)L 1-3 |  P du Plooy (RSA)W 3-0 |  Arguello Garcia (CRC)W 3-2 | 2 | did not advance | ||
| Alexander Esaulov | Arnold (GER) L 0-3 |  Gregorovic (CRO)W 3-1 | Chen C (CHN) W 3-2 | 2 | did not advance | |||
| Pavel Lukyanov | Men's singles C9-10 | de la Bourdonnaye (FRA) L 0-3 |  Manso (CUB)W 3-1 | — | 2 | did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Nadezda Pushpasheva | Women's singles C1-2 |  Pezzutto (ITA)L 1–3 |  Breathnach (IRL)W 3-1 | — | 2 | did not advance | ||
| Natalia Martyasheva | Women's singles C6-7 | Khodzynska (UKR) W 3-1 | Barneoud (FRA) W 3-0 | — | 1 Q |  van Zon (NED)W 3-2 |  Ovsyannikova (RUS)W 3-1 | |
| Yulia Ovsyannikova | Safonova (UKR) W 3-2 | Na (KOR) W 3-0 | — | 1 Q |  Mahmoud Afify (EGY)W 3-1 | Martyasheva (RUS) L 1-3 | | |
| Olga Komleva | Women's singles 9 | Liu M (CHN) L 0-3 |  Grzelak (POL)L 1-3 | Lazzaro (AUS) W 3-0 | 3 | did not advance | ||
| Inna Karmayeva | Women's singles 10 | Fan L (CHN) L 0-3 |  la Bourdonnaye (CZE)L 0-3 | Maghraby (EGY) W 3-0 | 3 | did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Vadim Buzin Alexander Esaulov | Men's team C6-8 | Spain (ESP) L 1-3 | did not advance | |||
| Inna Karmayeva Olga Komleva Natalia Martyasheva Yulia Ovsyannikova | Women's team C6-10 | Bye |  Sweden (SWE)W 3-1 | Poland (POL) L 0-3 | France (FRA) L 0-3 | 4 |
The men's team won the bronze medal after defeating Egypt in the bronze medal match.
| 8 September 2008 19:30 | China (CHN) | 0–3 | Russia (RUS) | China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 2,000 Referees: France Marcoux (Canada) |
| (22–25, 22–25, 23–25) | ||||
| 9 September 2008 15:30 | Russia (RUS) | 3-0 |  Iraq (IRQ) | China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Joseph Campbell (United States) |
| (25–13, 25–8, 25–15) | ||||
| 10 September 2008 11:30 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 1–3 | Russia (RUS) | China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 400 Referees: Janko Plesnik (Slovenia) |
| (21–25, 22–25, 25–18, 16–25) | ||||
| 12 September 2008 18:00 | Russia (RUS) | 0–3 |  Iran (IRI) | China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Gabor Karadi (Hungary) |
| (22–25, 13–25, 20–25) | ||||
| 15 September 2008 16:00 | Russia (RUS) | 3-2 | Egypt (EGY) | China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 2,400 Referees: Martijn Meulenkamp (Netherlands) |
| (22–25, 25–16, 19–25, 25–20, 15–9) | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Ivan Andreev | Men's foil A | Pender (POL) | L 0-5 | 6 | did not advance | ||||
| Pellegrini (ITA) | L 1-5 | ||||||||
| Maillard (FRA) | W 5-4 | ||||||||
| Mato (HUN) | L 4-5 | ||||||||
 Alhaddad (KUW) | L 2-5 | ||||||||
| Men's sabre A | Ye R (CHN) | L 1-5 | 5 Q | Pellegrini (ITA) L 6-15 | did not advance | ||||
| Stanczuk (POL) | L 4-5 | ||||||||
| Mato (HUN) | L 3-5 | ||||||||
| Citerne (FRA) | W 5-4 | ||||||||
| Alexakis (GRE) | W 5-4 | ||||||||
| Sergey Frolov | Men's foil A | Ye R (CHN) | L 2-5 | 5 Q | Ye R (CHN) L 9-15 | did not advance | |||
 Chan W K (HKG) | L 2-5 | ||||||||
| Bazhukov (UKR) | L 1-5 | ||||||||
| Makowski (POL) | L 4-5 | ||||||||
| Calhoun (USA) | W 5-4 | ||||||||
| Men's sabre A | Pellegrini (ITA) | L 0-5 | 5 Q | Makowski (POL) W 15-10 | Pellegrini (ITA) L 3-15 | did not advance | |||
| More (FRA) | L 1-5 | ||||||||
| Makowski (POL) | W 5-4 | ||||||||
| Calhoun (USA) | L 2-5 | ||||||||
| L Sanchez (ESP) | W 5-3 | ||||||||
| Altabbakh (KUW) | W 5-4 | ||||||||
| Vladimir Poleshchuk | Men's épée B | Komar (UKR) | L 3–5 | 3 Q | Kim GH (KOR) L 13-15 | did not advance | |||
| Latreche (FRA) | W 5-1 | ||||||||
| Bogdos (GRE) | L 2-5 | ||||||||
| Williams (USA) | W 5-3 | ||||||||
| Alsaedi (KUW) | W 5-1 | ||||||||
| Marat Yusupov | Men's foil B | Sarri (ITA) | L 2-5 | 5 Q | Latreche (FRA) L 8-15 | did not advance | |||
| Latreche (FRA) | L 2-5 | ||||||||
| Wyganowski (POL) | L 2-5 | ||||||||
| Hisakawa (JPN) | W 5-2 | ||||||||
 Bezyazychny (BLR) | W 5-4 | ||||||||
| Men's sabre B | Mari (ITA) | L 1-5 | 4 Q | Datsko (UKR) W 15-8 | Francois (FRA) L 9-15 | did not advance | |||
| Hui (HKG) | L 4-5 | ||||||||
| Pluta (POL) | W 5-4 | ||||||||
| Soler (ESP) | W 5-0 | ||||||||
| Moreno (USA) | W 5-4 | ||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Liudmila Vasilyeva | Women's épée B | Yao F (CHN) | W 5-4 | 1 Q | — | Magnat (FRA) W 15–13 | Yao F (CHN) L 10-15 | Jana (THA) L 8–15 | 4 |
| Magnat (FRA) | W 5-3 | ||||||||
| Vettraino (ITA) | W 5-1 | ||||||||
| Palfi (HUN) | W 5-3 | ||||||||
| Demello (USA) | W 5-1 | ||||||||
| Women's foil B | Chan Y C (HKG) | L 1-5 | 5 Q | Magnat (FRA) W 15-9 | Yao F (CHN) L 7-15 | did not advance | |||
| Ye H (CHN) | L 2-5 | ||||||||
| Jana (THA) | L 1-5 | ||||||||
| Palfi (HUN) | L 4-5 | ||||||||
| Demello (USA) | W 5-0 | ||||||||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
| Leonid Shevchik | Open | Men's singles | Lee H-G (KOR) L 1-6, 1-6 | did not advance | ||||
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