Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Switzerland at the Paralympic Games
Flag of Switzerland IPC code  SUI NPC Swiss Paralympic Committee
At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing
Competitors	26 in 6 sports
Officials	Ruedi Spitzli
Flag bearer	Heinz Frei
Medals Rank: 34	Gold 3	Silver 2	Bronze 6	Total 11
Paralympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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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. Swiss athletes competed in 6 sports at the Beijing games and performed as follows:

Medallists

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
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

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
			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
			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

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

14 competitors:

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			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
			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
			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

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

5 competitors:

Men

Time trials & Road races

Athlete	Class	Event	Time	Class Factor	Factorized Time	Rank
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
			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
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

30px Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

1 competitor:

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
			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

30px Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

1 competitor:

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			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

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
			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
			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

• 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Switzerland at the Paralympics
• Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee