Canada at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Sporting event delegation
Canada sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing . 143 Canadian athletes competed in 17 sports.[ 1] Canada also sent several officials to the games, including Tara Grieve in boccia and Andrew Smith in rowing .[ 2] Canada finished seventh on the medal table at the Beijing games after finishing third on the medal table at the 2004 Summer Paralympics (behind China and Great Britain ).[ 3] Swimmer Donovan Tildesley , a world record-holder and medalist at the 2000 and 2004 Paralympics , was the country's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.[ 4] The delegation is headed by Chef de Mission Debbie Low.[ 1]
Chantal Petitclerc ties the 5 gold medal record at a single Games for a Canadian, repeating the feat she performed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics , and tying Stephanie Dixon , who set the record at the 2000 Summer Paralympics .[ 5]
Medallists
Sports
Archery
Men
Women
Athletics
Men's track
Men's field
Women's track
Women's field
Boccia
Cycling
Men's road
Men's track
Women's road
Women's track
Equestrian
Individual events
Team
* - denotes score is counted towards the total team's score.
Goalball
The men's and women's teams didn't win any medals; the men's team were knocked out by Lithuania in the quarter-finals and the women's team didn't succeed to the semifinals.
Men's tournament
Players
Group B matches
Quarterfinals
5-8th classification
5/6th classification
Women's tournament
Players
Preliminary matches
Judo
Men
Athlete
Event
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Repechage round 1
Repechage round 2
Final/ Bronze medal contest
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Bill Morgan
Men's 100kg
Lyivytskyi (UKR ) L 0000โ0200
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Bye
Porter (USA ) L 0000-0200
Did not advance
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Men
Women
Swimming
Men
Women
Table tennis
Men
Athlete
Event
Preliminaries
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final / BM
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Rank
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Rank
Ian Kent
Men's singles C8
Jambor (SVK ) L 0โ3
Glikman (ISR ) L 1-3
Ledoux (BEL ) L 2-3
4
Did not advance
Wheelchair basketball
The Canadian men's team won a silver medal after being defeated by Australia in the silver medal match while the women's team finished in fifth place overall.
Men's tournament
Players
Group A Results
Canada (CAN)
62 –59
Germany (GER)
Scoring by quarter: 17 - 13, 6 - 13 , 19 - 17, 20 - 16
South Africa (RSA)
55–80
Canada (CAN)
Scoring by quarter: 12 - 25 , 12 - 21 , 24 - 16, 7 - 18
Canada (CAN)
62 –52
Sweden (SWE)
Scoring by quarter: 25 - 14, 19 - 11, 14 - 12, 4 - 15
Japan (JPN)
48–75
Canada (CAN)
Scoring by quarter: 7 - 18 , 18 - 19 , 5 - 21 , 18 - 17
Canada (CAN)
93 –62
Iran (IRI)
Scoring by quarter: 30 - 16, 22 - 19, 21 - 20, 20 - 7
Quarterfinals
Israel (ISR)
47–55
Canada (CAN)
Scoring by quarter: 4 - 20 , 7 - 10 , 13 - 14 , 14 - 20
Semifinals
Gold medal game
Canada (CAN)
60–72
Australia (AUS)
Scoring by quarter: 17 - 16, 15 - 12, 15 - 26 , 13 - 18
Women's tournament
Players
Group B Results
Quarterfinals
Canada (CAN)
49–53
Australia (AUS)
Scoring by quarter: 10 - 14 , 17 - 14, 10 - 12 , 12 - 13
Classification 5-8
Fifth place
Wheelchair fencing
Men
Wheelchair rugby
The Canadian rugby team won the bronze medal after narrowly defeating Great Britain in the bronze medal match.
Squad list
Group stage
Knockout stage
Pool Match 1 Opposition Result
Pool Match 2 Opposition Result
Pool Match 3 Opposition Result
Rank
Semifinal Opposition Result
Final Opposition Result
Rank
United States L 32-37
Japan W 48-40
China W 57-25
2 Q
Australia L 40-41
Great Britain W 47-41
Wheelchair tennis
Men
Women
Athlete
Class
Event
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Yuka Chokyu
Open
Singles
Homan (NED ) L 1-6, 2-6
Did not advance
Quads
Athlete
Class
Event
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Sarah Hunter
Open
Singles
Wagner (USA ) L 3-6, 6-4, 4-6
Did not advance
See also
References
External links
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