Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics


Switzerland sent a delegation of 26 athletes 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. Swiss athletes competed in 6 sports at the Beijing games and performed as follows:

Medallists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Edith HunkelerAthleticsWomen's Marathon - T5417th
Heinz FreiCyclingMen's Individual Road Race - HC B14th
Heinz FreiCyclingMen's Individual Road Time Trial - HC B12th
Beat BöschAthleticsMen's 100 m - T5213th
Beat BöschAthleticsMen's 200 m - T5210th
Philippe HornerArcheryMen's Individual Compound - Open13th
Urs KollyAthleticsMen's Pentathlon - P4411th
Sandra GrafAthleticsWomen's Marathon - T5417th
Edith HunkelerAthleticsWomen's 1500 m - T5416th
Manuela ScharAthleticsWomen's 200 m - T5414th
Pia SchmidAthleticsWomen's 200 m - T5211th

Archery

3 competitors:
;Men
;Women

Athletics

14 competitors:
;Men
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
;Women

Cycling

5 competitors:
;Men
Time trials & Road races
AthleteClassEventTimeClass
Factor
Factorized
Time
Rank
Heinz FreiHC BRoad Time Trial22:06.23--
Heinz FreiHC BRoad Race1:28:25--
Franz NietlispachHC CRoad Time Trial21:53.12 '--6
Franz NietlispachHC CRoad Race1:33:49 '--8
Ivan RenggliLC1Track Time Trial1:13.725--10
Ivan RenggliLC1Road Time Trial35:25.66 '--4
Ivan RenggliLC1-2/CP4
Road Race1:46:13 '--11
Lukas WeberHC BRoad Time Trial22:50.12 '--6
Lukas WeberHC BRoad Race1:30:24 '--7

Pursuits
;Women
Time trials & Road races
AthleteClassEventTimeClass
Factor
Factorized
Time
Rank
Ursula SchwallerHC A-C
Road time trial29:29.660.8167124:05.294
Ursula SchwallerHC A-C
Road race1:34:49 --9

Shooting

1 competitor:
Men

Swimming

1 competitor:
;Women

Wheelchair Tennis

3 competitors:
;Men
;Women