China at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

China was the host of the 2008 Summer Paralympics, held in Beijing. China's delegation included 547 people, of whom 332 were competitors. The athletes, 197 men and 135 women, ranged in age from 15 to 51 and competed in all twenty sports. 226 of the competitors participated in the Paralympic Games for the first time. The delegation was the largest in Chinese history and at the 2008 Games. China topped the medal count at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. China dominated the medal count winning the most gold, silver, bronze, and total medals by a wide margin in Beijing.

During the games, some Chinese Paralympians broke 62 world and Paralympic records in athletics, swimming, powerlifting, shooting, cycling and archery. Strong Chinese contenders were Wang Xiaofu and Li Hanhua (swimming), Guo Wei (shot put and javelin), and Zhang Haidong (powerlifting). Olympic competitors will also include Li Duan in the men's long jump. Zhang Xiaoling, ten time gold medallist in table tennis was competing at the Paralympics for the sixth and last time. She won a bronze medal in the women's singles.

Rowing made its Paralympic debut in Beijing, and the Chinese team competed in eight other Paralympic sports for the first time: equestrian, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair basketball, sailing, boccia, goalball, football 5-a-side and football 7-a-side.

Medalists

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Men
W 104-88 W 108-103 W 99-93 W 112-98 W 108-104 W 100-94 W 98-95 L 98=105 W 98-93 W 108-102 L 104-106 L 95-95
 * align=left|Cheng Changjie
 * align=left|Men's individual recurve W1/W2
 * 626
 * 5
 * 5
 * align=left|Chen Yegang
 * rowspan=3 align=left|Men's individual recurve standing
 * 628
 * 2
 * Bye
 * 2
 * Bye
 * align=left|Dong Zhi
 * 625
 * 3
 * Bye
 * 3
 * Bye
 * colspan=3|did not advance
 * align=left|Zhu Weiliang
 * 591
 * 16
 * 16
 * colspan=5|did not advance
 * }

Women
L 81-107 W 79-65 L 81-99 W 97-75 W 99-81 W 82-76 L 85-91 W 91-66 W 96-90 L 93-95 W 98-94 W 89-89 W 106-83 W 98-85 L 92-103 L 82-89 W 98-96 L 97-101
 * align=left|Wang Li
 * align=left|Women's individual compound
 * 551
 * 8
 * colspan=2 N/A
 * colspan=2 N/A
 * colspan=3|did not advance
 * align=left|Cao Xuerong
 * rowspan=3 align=left|Women's individual recurve W1/W2
 * 554
 * 7
 * Bye
 * Bye
 * colspan=3|did not advance
 * align=left|Fu Hongzhi
 * 600
 * 2
 * Bye
 * Bye
 * align=left|Xiao Yanhong
 * 611 WR
 * 1
 * Bye
 * 1
 * Bye
 * align=left|Gao Fangxia
 * rowspan=3 align=left|Women's individual recurve standing
 * 593
 * 2
 * Bye
 * 2
 * Bye
 * align=left|Wang Yanhong
 * 495
 * 20
 * 495
 * 20
 * colspan=5|did not advance
 * align=left|Yan Huilian
 * 534
 * 16
 * 16
 * colspan=4|did not advance
 * }

Teams
W 202-191 W 208-201 L 206-209 W 187-165 W 194-178 W 205-177
 * align=left|Chen Yegang Cheng Changjie Dong Zhi
 * align=left|Men's team recurve
 * 1879
 * 3
 * colspan=2 N/A
 * colspan=2 N/A
 * align=left|Fu Hongzhi Gao Fangxia Xiao Yanhong
 * align=left|Women's team recurve
 * 1804 WR
 * 1
 * colspan=2 N/A
 * 1
 * colspan=2 N/A
 * }
 * }

Football 5-a-side
The men's football 5-a-side team won a silver medal in the football 5-a-side

Players

 * Chen Shanyong
 * Li Xiaoqiang
 * Wang Yafeng
 * Wang Zhoubin
 * Wei Zheng
 * Xia Zheng
 * Yang Xinqiang
 * Yu Yutan
 * Zhang Qiang
 * Zheng Wenfa

Tournament

 * Group stage


 * Gold medal match

Football 7-a-side
The men's football 7-a-side team didn't win any medals; they were 8th out of 8 teams.

Players

 * Dong Xinliang
 * Fan Zhichao
 * He Jinghua
 * Lang Yunlong
 * Li Chuan
 * Liu Bo
 * Wu Gang
 * Xu Guojun
 * Yang Wenshun
 * Yang Ye
 * Zhu Xu
 * Zhuge Bin

Tournament

 * Group stage


 * 7th-8th place match

Men's team
The men's goalball team won the gold medal after defeating Lithuania.


 * Players
 * Bao Daolei
 * Cai Changgui
 * Chen Liangliang
 * Du Jinran
 * Yang Chunhong
 * Yao Yongquan


 * Group B Matches


 * Quarterfinals


 * Semifinals


 * Gold medal match

Women's team
The women's team won a silver medal after being defeated by reigning champions United States in the gold medal match.


 * Players
 * Chen Fengqing
 * Fan Feifei
 * Lin Shan
 * Wang Ruixue
 * Wang Shasha
 * Xu Juan


 * Preliminary matches


 * Semifinals


 * Gold medal match

Volleyball
The men's volleyball team didn't win any medals; they were 5th out of 8 teams. However, the women's team won the gold medal after defeating the United States.

Men's tournament

 * Players
 * Gao Hui
 * Ding Xiaochao
 * Dou Wencheng
 * Huang Chunji
 * Li Ji
 * Li Lei
 * Li Mingfa
 * Tong Jiao
 * Wang Haidong
 * Wang Xiaolang
 * Zhang Zhongmin
 * Zhou Canming


 * Group A matches


 * 5-8 Semifinals


 * 5th-6th place game

Women's tournament

 * Players
 * Li Liping
 * Liang Fen
 * Liu Lijuan
 * Lu Chunli
 * Lu Hongqin
 * Sheng Yuhong
 * Tan Yanhua
 * Yang Yanling
 * Zhang Lijun
 * Zhang Xufei
 * Zheng Xiongying
 * Zhong Haihong


 * Group B matches


 * Semifinals


 * Gold medal match

Wheelchair basketball
The men's basketball team didn't win any medals; they were 12th out of 12 teams.

Players

 * Guojun Chen
 * Hai Ding
 * Haijing Chen
 * Hang Xu
 * Huanjian Qu
 * Lei Yang
 * Lei Zhang
 * Pengcheng Li
 * Xunan Huang
 * Yandong Guo
 * Yinhai Lin

Men's tournament

 * Group B results


 * Classification 9-12


 * Eleventh place

The women's basketball team didn't win any medals; they were 7th out of 10 teams.

Players

 * Chao Yang
 * Damei Chen
 * Donghuai Zheng
 * Fengling Peng
 * Li Gu
 * Mihuan Liu
 * Qiuping Cao
 * Qiurong Chen
 * Santao Zhang
 * Wenhua Hao
 * Yanhua Li
 * Yongqing Fu

Women's tournament

 * Group B Matches


 * Quarterfinals


 * Classification 5-8


 * Seventh place

Wheelchair rugby
The men's rugby team didn't win any medals; they were 8th out of 8 teams.

Players

 * Chen Jun
 * Cheng Shuangmiao
 * Cui Maosheng
 * Han Guifei
 * Pan Zilin
 * Shao Dequan
 * Tao Zhenfang
 * Tian Shilin
 * Wang Sheng
 * Xia Junfeng
 * Yu Zhongtao
 * Zhang Wenli