Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Switzerland at the
2008 Summer Paralympics

IPC code| SUI
NPC| Swiss Paralympic Committee
Website| www.swissparalympic.ch
in Beijing
Competitors| 26 in 6 sports
Flag bearer | Heinz Frei
Officials| Ruedi Spitzli
Medals
Ranked 34th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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Switzerland sent a delegation of 26 athletes (17 male, 9 female) to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The stated goal was to win a minimum of 11 medals and finish the games among the top 50 nations.[1] Swiss athletes competed in 6 sports at the Beijing games[2] and performed as follows:

## Medallists

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Further information: 2008 Summer Paralympics medal table and List of 2008 Summer Paralympics medal winners

Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Gold | Edith Hunkeler | Athletics | Women's Marathon - T54 | 17th
Gold | Heinz Frei | Cycling | Men's Individual Road Race - HC B | 14th
Gold | Heinz Frei | Cycling | Men's Individual Road Time Trial - HC B | 12th
Silver | Beat Bösch | Athletics | Men's 100 m - T52 | 13th
Silver | Beat Bösch | Athletics | Men's 200 m - T52 | 10th
Bronze | Philippe Horner | Archery | Men's individual compound – open | 13th
Bronze | Urs Kolly | Athletics | Men's Pentathlon - P44 | 11th
Bronze | Sandra Graf | Athletics | Women's Marathon - T54 | 17th
Bronze | Edith Hunkeler | Athletics | Women's 1500 m - T54 | 16th
Bronze | Manuela Schar | Athletics | Women's 200 m - T54 | 14th
Bronze | Pia Schmid | Athletics | Women's 200 m - T52 | 11th

## Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

3 competitors:

Men
Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Ranking Round  | 1/16 Finals  | 1/8 Finals  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final/
Bronze medal contest

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Score  | Seed  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score
Philippe Horner  | Open  | Individual compound | 679  | 5  | Bye  |  Champey (FRA)
W 113-109  |  Heary (IRL)
W 113-99  |  Stubbs (GBR)
L 109-114  |  Pemberton (USA)
W 115-111
Robert Lehner  | W1  | Individual compound | 603  | 9  | N/A  |  Antonios (FIN)
W 94-89  |  Drahoninsky (CZE)
L 102-106  | Did not advance

Women
Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Ranking Round  | 1/16 Finals  | 1/8 Finals  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final/
Bronze medal contest

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Score  | Seed  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score
Magali Comte  | St  | Individual recurve | 571  | 4  | Bye  |  Carmichael (USA)
L 76-87  | Did not advance

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

14 competitors:

Men
Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Heats  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Points  | Rank
Maurice Amacher  | T54  | 400 m | 52.53  | 7  | Did not advance
1500 m | 3:14.50  | 5  | Did not advance
5000 m | 10:51.41  | 8  | Did not advance
Christoph Bausch  | T44  | 100 m | 12.03  | 3 Q | N/A  | 12.03  | \-  | 6
200 m | 24.89  | 4 q | N/A  | 24.61  | \-  | 8
Manuel Beeler  | T13  | 400 m | 55.42  | 6  | Did not advance
800 m | N/A  | 2:03.08  | \-  | 8
Beat Bösch  | T52  | 100 m | N/A  | 17.51  | \-  |
200 m | N/A  | 31.41  | \-  |
400 m | 1:05.60  | 5  | Did not advance
Heinz Frei  | T53  | 800 m | 1:38.96  | 4 q | N/A  | 1:37.68  | \-  | 6
T54
(T53)  | 5000 m | 10:23.24  | 4  | Did not advance
Marathon | N/A  | 1:25:43  | \-  | 14
Lukas Hendry  | T11  | 100 m | 12.39  | 4  | Did not advance
200 m | 25.38  | 4  | Did not advance
F11  | Long jump | N/A  | 5.54  | \-  | 7
Marcel Hug  | T54  | 400 m | 47.78  | 2 Q | 49.40  | 4 q | 47.67  | \-  | 5
800 m | 1:40.16  | 2 Q | 1:35.24  | 5 q | 1:37.51  | \-  | 5
1500 m | 3:17.27  | 1 Q | 3:10.33  | 1 Q | Did not finish
5000 m | 10:51.19  | 1 Q | N/A  | 10:23.20  | \-  | 4
Marathon | N/A  | Did not finish
Urs Kolly | F42-44
(F44)  | Long jump | N/A  | 6.36  | 983  | 5
Javelin throw | N/A  | 39.68  | 728  | 14
Tobias Lotscher  | T54  | 800 m | 1:41.00  | 6  | Did not advance
1500 m | 3:09.24  | 4 Q | 3:13.98  | 8  | Did not advance
Marathon | N/A  | 1:32:36  | \-  | 27
Christoph Sommer  | T46  | 1500 m | 4:12.45  | 9  | Did not advance
5000 m | N/A  | 15:28.19  | \-  | 7

12-time Paralympic gold medallist Heinz Frei also competed in cycling.
Sprinter Simon Vögeli was excluded after a pre-games classification concluded that his disability did not fit Paralympic criteria. A protest by the Swiss delegation was rejected. As a consequence of that decision, Switzerland also had to withdraw their respective 4 × 100 m relay team for lack of participants.

Pentathlon

Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Long jump  | Shot put  | 100 m  | Discus throw  | 400 m  | Total  | Rank

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Result  | Points  | Rank  | Result  | Points  | Rank  | Time  | Points  | Rank  | Result  | Points  | Rank  | Time  | Points  | Rank
Urs Kolly | P44  | Pentathlon | 6.30  | 927  | 3  | 12.25  | 778  | 3  | 12.60  | 862  | 4  | 40.15  | 728  | 3  | 1:00.29  | 823  | 2  | 4118  |

Women
Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Heats  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Points  | Rank
Sandra Graf  | T54  | 800 m | 1:58.67  | 5  | Did not advance
1500 m | 3:30.69  | 4 q | N/A  | 3:42.26  | \-  | 6
5000 m | N/A  | 12:30.55  | \-  | 5
Marathon | N/A  | 1:40:01  | \-  |
Edith Hunkeler | T54  | 400 m | 55.33  | 4 q | N/A  | 55.25  | \-  | 4
800 m | 1:53.08  | 2 Q | N/A  | 1:49.11  | \-  | 4
1500 m | 3:34.68  | 3 Q | N/A  | 3:41.03  | \-  |
Marathon | N/A  | 1:39:59  | \-  |
Pia Schmid  | T52  | 100 m | N/A  | 21.53  | \-  | 4
200 m | N/A  | 39.95  | \-  |
Manuela Schar  | T54  | 100 m | 16.62  | 3 Q | N/A  | 16.35  | \-  | 4
200 m | 29.24  | 1 Q | N/A  | 28.84  | \-  |
400 m | 56.31  | 3 Q | N/A  | 56.24  | \-  | 6

## Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

5 competitors:

Men

Time trials & Road races

Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Time  | Class
Factor  | Factorized
Time  | Rank

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Heinz Frei  | HC B  | Road Time Trial | 22:06.23  | \-  | \-  |
Road Race | 1:28:25  | \-  | \-  |
Franz Nietlispach  | HC C  | Road Time Trial | 21:53.12 (+ 1:36.60) | \-  | \-  | 6
Road Race | 1:33:49 (+ 12:09) | \-  | \-  | 8
Ivan Renggli  | LC1  | Track Time Trial | 1:13.725  | \-  | \-  | 10
Road Time Trial | 35:25.66 (+ 0:44.04) | \-  | \-  | 4
LC1-2/CP4
(LC1)  | Road Race | 1:46:13 (+ 0:10) | \-  | \-  | 11
Lukas Weber  | HC B  | Road Time Trial | 22:50.12 (+ 0:43.89) | \-  | \-  | 6
Road Race | 1:30:24 (+ 1:59) | \-  | \-  | 7

Pursuits

Athlete(s)  | Class  | Event  | Qualifying  | Final/
Bronze medal race

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Time
Speed (km/h)  | Rank  | Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) | Rank
Ivan Renggli  | LC1  | Track pursuit | 5:06.912
46.918  | 9  | Did not advance

Women

Time trials & Road races

Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Time  | Class
Factor  | Factorized
Time  | Rank

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Ursula Schwaller  | HC A-C
(HC B)  | Road time trial | 29:29.66  | 0.81671  | 24:05.29  | 4
Road race | 1:34:49 (+ 21:49) | \-  | \-  | 9

## Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

1 competitor:

Men

Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Qualification  | Final  | Rank

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Score  | Rank  | Score  | Total
Patrick Plattner  | SH1  | P1-10 m air pistol | 552  | 23  | Did not advance  | 23
Mixed P3-25 m sport pistol | 555  | 11  | Did not advance  | 11

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

1 competitor:

Women
Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Heats  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Chantal Cavin  | S11  | 50 m freestyle | 33.29  | 5 Q | 32.58  | 4
100 m freestyle | 1:12.09  | 3 Q | 1:12.16  | 4

## Wheelchair Tennis

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Main article: Wheelchair Tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

3 competitors:

Men
Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score
Daniel dalla Peregrina  | Open  | Singles |  Illobre (ESP)
W 1–6, 6–2, 6-2  |  Fujimoto (JPN)
L 4–6, 6–3, 4-6  | Did not advance
Konstantin Schmäh  | Open  | Singles |  Dobbie (AUS)
L 3–6, 4-6  | Did not advance
Daniel dalla Peregrina
Konstantin Schmäh  | Open  | Doubles | N/A  |  Oh - Lee (KOR)
L 0–6, 1-6  | Did not advance

Women
Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score
Karin Suter-Erath  | Open  | Singles | N/A  |  Hong (KOR)
L 1–6, 1-6  | Did not advance

## See also

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* 2008 Summer Paralympics
* Switzerland at the Paralympics
* Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "Official Team Brochure" Archived 2008-09-10 at the Wayback Machine, Swiss Paralympic Committee, August 30, 2008
2. ^ "Swiss Team" Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine, Swiss Paralympic Committee, August 30, 2008

## External links

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* Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
* International Paralympic Committee

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