| Tunisia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | TUN |
| NPC | Tunisian Paralympic Committee |
| in Beijing | |
| Competitors | 35 in 1 sport |
| Flag bearer | Ahmed Benhaj Ali |
| Medals Ranked 15th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Tunisia sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The country was represented by 35 athletes (22 men and 13 women). [1]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Farhat Chida | Athletics | Men's 400m T38 |
| Gold | Abderrahim Zhiou | Athletics | Men's 800m T12 |
| Gold | Farhat Chida | Athletics | Men's long jump F37-38 |
| Gold | Mourad Idoudi | Athletics | Men's club throw F32/51 |
| Gold | Mourad Idoudi | Athletics | Men's discus throw F32/51 |
| Gold | Faouzi Rzig | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F33-34/52 |
| Gold | Somaya Bousaid | Athletics | Women's 800m T12-13 |
| Gold | Somaya Bousaid | Athletics | Women's 1500m T13 |
| Gold | Raoua Tlili | Athletics | Women's shot put F40 |
 Silver | Abbes Saidi | Athletics | Men's 400m T38 |
| Silver | Mohamed Fouzai | Athletics | Men's 5000m T46 |
| Silver | Abderrahim Zhiou | Athletics | Men's 10000m T12 |
| Silver | Mohamed Krid | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F33-34/52 |
| Silver | Mourad Idoudi | Athletics | Men's shot put F32 |
| Silver | Sonia Mansour | Athletics | Women's 100m T38 |
| Silver | Sonia Mansour | Athletics | Women's 200m T38 |
| Silver | Raoua Tlili | Athletics | Women's discus throw F40 |
| Silver | Hania Aidi | Athletics | Women's javelin throw F54-56 |
 Bronze | Mohamed Charmi Farhat Chida Fares Hamdi Abbes Saidi | Athletics | Men's 4x100m relay T35-38 |
| Bronze | Mahmoud Khaldi | Athletics | Men's pentathlon P12 |
| Bronze | Yousra Ben Jemaa | Athletics | Women's discus throw F32-34/51-53 |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Ahmed Aouadi | T54 | 100m | 14.61 | 8 q | — | 14.72 | 8 | |
| 200m | 27.03 | 21 | did not advance | |||||
| 400m | 50.24 | 16 q | 52.84 | 13 | did not advance | |||
| Ahmed Belhaj Ali | T12 | 100m | 11.48 | 11 Q | 11.42 | 11 | did not advance | |
| Samir Chaabani | T46 | Marathon | — | 2:35:54 | 6 | |||
| Mohamed Charmi | T37 | 200m | 25.30 | 6 q | — | 53.24 | 8 | |
| 800m | — | 2:03.91 | 4 | |||||
| Farhat Chida | T38 | 100m | — | 11.39 | 5 | |||
| 200m | 23.69 | 6 Q | — | 22.60 | 4 | |||
| 400m | — | 51.14 | | |||||
| Mohamed Fouzai | T46 | 800m | 2:00.78 | 8 Q | — | 1:53.75 | 4 | |
| 1500m | 4:09.95 | 8 Q | — | 4:41.87 | 12 | |||
| Marathon | — | DNF | ||||||
| Ali Ganfoudi | T12 | 100m | 11.60 | 12 Q | 11.40 | 10 | did not advance | |
| 200m | 23.75 | 18 | did not advance | |||||
| Mahmoud Khaldi | T12 | 400m | 50.12 | 3 q | DNF | did not advance | ||
| Faycal Othmani | T37 | 800m | — | 2:12.42 | 6 | |||
| Abbes Saidi | T38 | 200m | 25.50 | 13 | did not advance | |||
| 400m | — | 51.97 | | |||||
| Fethi Saidi | T46 | 200m | 23.59 | 16 | did not advance | |||
| 400m | 52.26 | 13 | did not advance | |||||
| Abderrahim Zhiou | T12 | 800m | 1:56.01 | 1 Q | — | 1:52.13 WR | | |
| 10000m | — | 31:43.15 | | |||||
| Marathon | — | 2:35:26 | 4 | |||||
| Omar Zidi | T52 | 400m | 1:08.03 | 12 | did not advance | |||
| Marathon | — | 2:09:04 | 7 | |||||
| Fethi Zouinkhi | T54 | Marathon | — | 1:38:06 | 30 | |||
| Mohamed Charmi Farhat Chida Fares Hamdi Abbes Saidi | T35-38 | 4x100m relay | — | 47.81 | | |||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | |||
| Mohamed Amara | F40 | Shot put | 9.23 | - | 11 |
| Farhat Chida | F37-38 | Long jump | 6.44 WR | 1104 | |
| Abdeljabbar Dhifallah | F37-38 | Javelin throw | 39.10 | 812 | 9 |
| Fares Hamdi | F37-38 | Long jump | 5.77 SB | 1003 | 6 |
| Mourad Idoudi | F32 | Shot put | 10.40 | - | |
| F32/51 | Club throw | 35.77 WR | 1125 | | |
| Discus throw | 19.72 WR | 1132 | | ||
| Mahmoud Khaldi | P12 | Pentathlon | 3149 | | |
| Mohamed Krid | F33-34/52 | Discus throw | 38.09 | 969 | 4 |
| Javelin throw | 31.26 | 1172 | | ||
| Shot put | 9.43 | 874 | 14 | ||
| Faouzi Rzig | F33-34/52 | Javelin throw | 34.81 WR | 1305 | |
| Hamdi Warfili | F37-38 | Discus throw | 39.47 | 886 | 7 |
| Shot put | 12.56 SB | 842 | 8 | ||
| Abderrahim Zhiou | P12 | Pentathlon | 3050 | 6 | |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Somaya Bousaid | T13 | 400m | 56.86 | 2 Q | 56.72 | 4 |
| 800m | 2:20.18 | 3 Q | 2:03.21 | | ||
| 1500m | — | 4:14.00 | | |||
| Sonia Mansour | T38 | 100m | 13.65 PR | 2 Q | 13.66 | |
| 200m | 27.93 =WR | 1 Q | 28.07 | | ||
| Masouda Siffi | T54 | 100m | 18.16 | 11 | did not advance | |
| 200m | 33.01 | 13 | did not advance | |||
| Marathon | — | 1:57:19 | 10 | |||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | |||
| Hania Aidi | F54-56 | Javelin throw | 16.83 | 1149 | |
| Shot put | 6.31 | 1016 | 4 | ||
| Aroua Bidani | F32-34/51-53 | Discus throw | 5.96 | 537 | 19 |
| Shot put | 4.08 | 802 | 16 | ||
| Yousra Ben Jemaa | F32-34/51-53 | Discus throw | 21.00 | 1098 | |
| Shot put | 6.52 | 864 | 14 | ||
| F33-34/52-53 | Javelin throw | 14.51 | 1022 | 5 | |
| Najet Ghribi | F35-38 | Javelin throw | 20.62 | 868 | 12 |
| Amani Guizani | F35-38 | Javelin throw | 18.04 SB | 1040 | 7 |
| Fatma Kachroudi | F37-38 | Discus throw | 26.39 | 898 | 9 |
| Shot put | 8.70 | 849 | 15 | ||
| Aida Sidhom | F35-38 | Javelin throw | 26.25 | 1105 | 4 |
| Mariem Soudani | F57-58 | Discus throw | 30.78 | 979 | 6 |
| Raoua Tlili | F40 | Discus throw | 27.61 SB | - | |
| Shot put | 8.95 WR | - | | ||
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