New Zealand sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The country was represented by thirty athletes competing in 7 sports: athletics, boccia, cycling, power-lifting, shooting, swimming and wheelchair rugby.
Medallists Medal Name Sport Event Swimming Men's 150 m individual medley SM4 Swimming Woman's 100 m backstroke S10 Swimming Woman's 100 m breaststroke SB9 Swimming Woman's 200 m individual medley SM10 Cycling Woman's 500 m time trial (LC3–4/CP 3) Athletics Women's 200 m T44 Swimming Women's 100 m Butterfly S10 Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke SB13 Cycling Time trial B&VI 1–3 Shooting Mixed R4-10 m air rifle standing SH2 Cycling Women's individual pursuit (LC 1–2/CP 4) Cycling Time trial LC 3–4/CP 3
Sports Athletics
Men's track AthleteClassEventHeatsSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankTim PrendergastT13800m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 1:56.2861500m4:13.549 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 4:09.0955000m15:47.266 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 15:13.604Matt SladeT37100m12.546 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 12.464200m25.5310did not advance
Men's field AthleteClassEventFinalResultPointsRankTerry Faleva'aiF33-34/52Shot put9.6589512
Women's track AthleteClassEventHeatsSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankKate HoranT44100m14.046 q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 14.015200m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 28.36
Women's field AthleteClassEventFinalResultPointsRankJessica HamillF32-34/51-53Discus throw19.2710087Shot put6.7789811F33-34/52-53Javelin throw13.6896310
Boccia
AthleteEventPreliminariesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOpponentOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankLiam SandersMixed individual BC1 L 3-73did not advance W 6-0 W 5-2 L 2-5Keri BonnerMixed individual BC2 L 0-174did not advance L 1-8 L 1-4Jeremy Morriss L 2-32did not advance W 9-4 W 10-1Maurice Toon L 3-43did not advance L 4-9 W 21-0Henk DijkstraMixed individual BC3 L 0-193did not advance L 4-5 W 13-0Amanda Slade L 0-144did not advance L 0-12 W 11-0Keri Bonner Jeremy Morriss Liam Sanders Maurice ToonTeam BC1-2 L 4-83did not advance L 2-8Henk Dijkstra Greig Jackson Amanda SladePairs BC3 L 4-84did not advance W 4-2 L 2-3
Cycling
Women's road AthleteEventTimeRankAnnemarie DonaldsonWomen's road race HC A/B/C1:39:2211Women's road time trial HC A/B/C32:13.218Fiona SouthornWomen's road time trial LC1/LC2/CP443:02.787Paula TesorieroWomen's road time trial LC3/LC4/CP345:00.92Jayne Parsons Annaliisa Farrell (pilot)Women's road race B&VI 1-32:01:278Women's road time trial B&VI 1-338:40.40
Women's track AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimeRankOppositionTimeRankFiona SouthornWomen's individual pursuit LC1-2/CP44:06.9658did not advanceWomen's time trial LC1-2/CP4align="center" colspan="2" 42.09Paula TesorieroWomen's individual pursuit LC3-4/CP34:22.8623 q W 4:26.080Women's time trial LC3-4/CP3align="center" colspan="2" 43.3Jayne Parsons Annaliisa Farrell (pilot)Women's individual pursuit B&VI 1-33:47.2714 q / L 3:47.9004Women's time trial B&VI 1-3align="center" colspan="2" 1:14.0485
Powerlifting
AthleteEventResultRankGeorge Taamaru+100kgNMR
Shooting
AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreTotalRankMichael JohnsonMixed 10m air rifle prone SH25999did not advanceMixed 10m air rifle standing SH25977 Q104.2701.2
Swimming
Men AthleteClassEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankCameron LeslieS550m butterfly43.206 Q44.43650m freestyle38.679did not advance200m freestyle style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 2:57.216SM4150m individual medley2:40.431 Q2:33.57 WRDaniel SharpS1350m freestyle25.308 Q25.508100m freestyle58.8514did not advanceSB13100m breaststroke1:10.814 Q1:08.73
Women AthleteClassEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankSophie PascoeS10100m backstroke1:11.261 Q1:10.57 WR100m butterfly1:12.934 Q1:10.53100m freestyle1:05.909did not advanceSB9100m breaststroke1:24.541 Q1:22.58SM10200m individual medley2:39.401 Q2:35.21
Wheelchair rugby
Squad listGroup stageKnockout stagePool Match 1OppositionResultPool Match 2OppositionResultPool Match 3OppositionResultRankSemifinalOppositionResultFinalOppositionResultRankL 38–39L 38–39W 40–313Classification 5-8W 47–34Classification 5–6W 28–255
See also 2008 Summer Paralympics New Zealand at the Paralympics New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics
References
External links Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site International Paralympic Committee List of New Zealand's Paralympians in Beijing, New Zealand Herald