Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics |
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IPC code | SUI | ||||||||
NPC | Swiss Paralympic Committee | ||||||||
Website | www |
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in Beijing | |||||||||
Competitors | 26 in 6 sports | ||||||||
Flag bearer | Heinz Frei | ||||||||
Medals Ranked 34th |
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Officials | Ruedi Spitzli | ||||||||
Summer Paralympics appearances | |||||||||
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:
3 competitors:
14 competitors:
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
5 competitors:
Time trials & Road races
Pursuits
Time trials & Road races
1 competitor:
Men
1 competitor:
3 competitors: