Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
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IPC code	GBR
NPC	British Paralympic Association
Website	www.paralympics.org.uk
inBeijing
Competitors	212[1] in 18 sports
Flag bearers	Danny Crates (opening)[2][3] David Roberts (closing)[4][5]
Officials	approx. 200[1]
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 42 Silver 29 Bronze 31 Total 102
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Great Britain competed at the2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Great Britain sent a delegation of around 400, of which 212 were athletes, to compete in eighteen sports at the Games. The team was made up of athletes from the whole United Kingdom; athletes fromNorthern Ireland, who may elect to holdIrish citizenship under the pre-1999 article 2 of theIrish constitution, are able to be selected to represent either Great Britain orIreland at the Paralympics.^[6] Additionally someBritish overseas territories compete separately from Britain in Paralympic competition.

Britain finished second in themedal table, behind host nationChina, winning 42 gold medals and 102 total medals, equalling the team's position in themedal table at the2004 Athens Games. The number of medals won was an increase on the 94 medals and 35 golds in Athens. The team was the most successful in two decades, with 80 different athletes winning at least one medal.^[7] The United Kingdom was the next host of the Summer Paralympics, holding the2012 Games in London.

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of fivedisability categories;amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness;cerebral palsy;wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories;visual impairment, including blindness;Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for exampledwarfism ormultiple sclerosis.^[8][9] EachParalympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such asathletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for exampleswimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.^[10]

The following British competitors won medals at the games, all dates are September 2008.^[11] In the 'by discipline' sections below, medallists' names are inbold.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Darren Kenny Cycling Men's individual pursuit – CP3 7th  Gold Simon Richardson Cycling Men's individual 1 km time trial – LC3-4 7th  Gold Aileen McGlynn Ellen Hunter Cycling Women's individual 1 km time trial – B&VI 7th  Gold Sascha Kindred Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley – SM6 7th  Gold Anthony Kappes Barney Storey Cycling Men's 1 km time trial – B&VI 8th  Gold David Roberts Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle – S7 8th  Gold Eleanor Simmonds Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle – S6 8th  Gold Jody Cundy Cycling Men's individual 1 km time trial – LC2 9th  Gold Darren Kenny Cycling Men's individual 1 km time trial – CP3 9th  Gold Simon Richardson Cycling Men's individual pursuit – LC3 9th  Gold Aileen McGlynn Ellen Hunter Cycling Women's individual pursuit – B&VI 9th  Gold Mark Bristow Cycling Men's individual 1 km time trial – LC1 9th  Gold Sascha Kindred Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke – SB7 9th  Gold Anne Dunham Equestrian Individual championship test – Grade Ia 9th  Gold Lee Pearson Equestrian Individual championship test – Grade Ib 9th  Gold Sophie Christiansen Anne Dunham Simon Laurens Lee Pearson Equestrian Team championship 9th  Gold Sarah Storey Cycling Women's individual pursuit – LC1-2/CP 4 10th  Gold Anthony Kappes Barney Storey Cycling Men's sprint – B&VI 1–3 10th  Gold Jody Cundy Darren Kenny Mark Bristow Cycling Men's team sprint – LC1-4\CP3/4 10th  Gold Heather Frederiksen Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke – S8 10th  Gold Matt Walker Graham Edmunds David Roberts Robert Welbourn Swimming Men's 4×100 m freestyle – 34 points 10th  Gold Matt Skelhon Shooting Mixed R3 10 m air rifle prone – SH1 11th  Gold Helene Raynsford Rowing Women's single sculls – A 11th  Gold Tom Aggar Rowing Men's single sculls – A 11th  Gold David Roberts Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle – S7 11th  Gold Sophie Christiansen Equestrian Individual freestyle test – Grade Ia 11th  Gold Lee Pearson Equestrian Individual freestyle test – Grade Ib 11th  Gold Rachel Morris Cycling Women's time trial – HCA/HCB/HCC 12th  Gold David Stone Cycling Mixed time trial – CP1/CP2 12th  Gold Sarah Storey Cycling Women's time trial – LC1-2/CP 4 12th  Gold Dan Bentley Nigel Murray Zoe Robinson David Smith Boccia Mixed team – BC1/BC2 12th  Gold Sam Hynd Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle – S8 12th  Gold Elizabeth Johnson Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke – SB6 12th  Gold Danielle Brown Archery Women's individual compound – Open 13th  Gold John Stubbs Archery Men's individual compound – Open 13th  Gold Darren Kenny Cycling Men's road race – CP3 13th  Gold David Stone Cycling Mixed road race – CP1/CP2 13th  Gold David Weir Athletics Men's 800 m – T54 13th  Gold Peter Norfolk Tennis Quad singles – Open 14th  Gold Eleanor Simmonds Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle – S6 14th  Gold David Roberts Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle – S7 14th  Gold David Weir Athletics Men's 1500 m – T54 16th  Silver James Anderson Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle – S2 7th  Silver Heather Frederiksen Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle – S8 8th  Silver Louise Watkin Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle – S9 8th  Silver Chris Martin Athletics Men's discus throw – F33/34/52 8th  Silver Nyree Lewis Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke – S6 9th  Silver Rik Waddon Cycling Men's 1 km time trial – CP3 9th  Silver Sophie Christiansen Equestrian Individual championship test – Grade Ia 9th  Silver Libby Clegg Athletics Women's 100 m – T12 9th  Silver Nigel Murray Boccia Mixed individual – BC2 9th  Silver Ben Rushgrove Athletics Men's 100 m – T36 9th  Silver Jon Fox Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke – S7 10th  Silver Felicity Coulthard Equestrian Individual freestyle test – Grade II 10th  Silver David Weir Athletics Men's 400 m – T54 10th  Silver Anne Dunham Equestrian Individual freestyle test – Grade Ia 11th  Silver Ricky Balshaw Equestrian Individual freestyle test – Grade Ib 11th  Silver Simon Laurens Equestrian Individual freestyle test – Grade III 11th  Silver Darren Kenny Cycling Men's time trial – CP3 12th  Silver Simon Richardson Cycling Men's time trial – LC3 12th  Silver Heather Frederiksen Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle – S8 12th  Silver Gareth Duke Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke – SB6 12th  Silver Matt Walker Swimming Men's 50 m butterfly – S7 13th  Silver Matt Walker Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle – S7 14th  Silver John Cavanagh Archery Men's individual compound – W1 14th  Silver Stephen Miller Athletics Men's club throw – F32/51 15th  Silver James Anderson Swimming Men's 50 m backstroke – S2 15th  Silver Fran Williamson Swimming Women's 50 m backstroke – S3 15th  Silver Robert Welbourn Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle – S10 15th  Silver Mickey Bushell Athletics Men's 100 m – T53 16th  Silver Shelly Woods Athletics Women's 1500 m – T54 16th  Bronze Natalie Jones Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley – SM6 7th  Bronze Matt Walker Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley – SM7 7th  Bronze Matt Walker Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle – S7 8th  Bronze James Anderson Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle – S2 9th  Bronze Anthony Stephens Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle – S5 9th  Bronze Claire Cashmore Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke – SB8 9th  Bronze Samuel Ingram Judo Men −90 kg 9th  Bronze Louise Watkin Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke – SB9 10th  Bronze Sean Fraser Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke – S8 10th  Bronze Vicki Hansford Naomi Riches Alastair McKean James Morgan Alan Sherman Rowing Mixed coxed four – LTA 11th  Bronze Sam Hynd Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley – SM8 11th  Bronze Heather Frederiksen Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley – SM8 11th  Bronze Louise Watkin Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley – SM9 11th  Bronze David Weir Athletics Men's 5000 m – T54 11th  Bronze† Shelly Woods Athletics Women's 5000 m – T54 12th  Bronze Matthew Whorwood Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke – SB6 12th  Bronze Mel Clarke Archery Women's individual compound – Open 13th  Bronze Hazel Simpson Athletics Women's 200 m – T36 13th  Bronze James Anderson Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle – S2 13th  Bronze Sascha Kindred Swimming Men's 50 m butterfly – S6 13th  Bronze Fran Williamson Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle – S3 13th  Bronze Ian Jones Athletics Men's 200 m – T44 13th  Bronze Peter Norfolk Jamie Burdekin Tennis Quad doubles – Open 13th  Bronze John McFall Athletics Men's 100 m – T42 14th  Bronze Louise Watkin Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle – S9 14th  Bronze Matthew Whorwood Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle – S6 14th  Bronze Daniel Greaves Athletics Men's discus throw – F44 15th  Bronze Natalie Jones Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle – S6 15th  Bronze Great Britain national wheelchair basketball team Joe Bestwick Andy Blake Simon Brown Matt Byrne Terry Bywater Peter Finbow Jon Hall Kevin Hayes Abdi Jama Simon Munn Ade Orogbemi Jon Pollock Basketball Men's tournament 16th  Bronze Ian Jones Athletics Men's 400 m – T44 16th  Bronze Hazel Simpson Athletics Women's 100 m – T36 16th

Medals by discipline Discipline Total Archery 2 1 1 4 Athletics 2 7 8 17 Wheelchair basketball 0 0 1 1 Boccia 1 1 0 2 Cycling 17 3 0 20 Equestrian 5 5 0 10 Wheelchair fencing 0 0 0 0 Football five-a-side 0 0 0 0 Football seven-a-side 0 0 0 0 Judo 0 0 1 1 Powerlifting 0 0 0 0 Rowing 2 0 1 3 Wheelchair rugby 0 0 0 0 Sailing 0 0 0 0 Shooting 1 0 0 1 Swimming 11 12 18 41 Table tennis 0 0 0 0 Wheelchair tennis 1 0 1 2 Total 42 29 31 102 Medals by date Day Date Total 1 7 Sep 4 1 2 7 2 8 Sep 3 3 1 7 3 9 Sep 9 6 4 19 4 10 Sep 5 3 2 10 5 11 Sep 6 3 5 14 6 12 Sep 6 4 2 12 7 13 Sep 5 1 7 13 8 14 Sep 3 2 3 8 9 15 Sep 0 4 2 6 10 16 Sep 1 2 3 6 Total 42 29 31 102

• † Shelly Woods was initially awarded the silver medal in theathletics, women's 5000 m T54. However a re-run of the race was ordered by theInternational Paralympic Committee after the result was protested.^[12]

The following competitors won multiple medals at the 2008 Paralympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Events
Darren Kenny	Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Silver	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit – CP3 Men's 1 km time trial – CP3 Men's team sprint – LC1-4\CP3/4 Men's road race – CP3 Men's time trial – CP3
David Roberts	Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle – S7 Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay – 34 points Men's 400 m freestyle – S7 Men's 50 m freestyle – S7
Lee Pearson	Gold  Gold  Gold	Equestrian	Individual championship test – Grade Ib Team event Individual freestyle test – Grade Ib
David Weir	Gold  Gold  Silver  Bronze	Athletics	Men's 800 m – T54 Men's 1500 m – T54 Men's 400 m – T54 Men's 5000 m – T54
Sophie Christiansen	Gold  Gold  Silver	Equestrian	Team event Individual freestyle test – Grade Ia Individual championship test – Grade Ia
Anne Dunham	Gold  Gold  Silver	Equestrian	Individual championship test – Grade Ia Team event Individual freestyle test – Grade Ia
Simon Richardson	Gold  Gold  Silver	Cycling	Men's individual 1 km time trial – LC3-4 Men's individual pursuit – LC3 Men's time trial – LC3
Sascha Kindred	Gold  Gold  Bronze	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley – SM6 Men's 100 m breaststroke – SB7 Men's 50 m butterfly – S6
Mark Bristow	Gold  Gold	Cycling	Men's individual 1 km time trial – LC1 Men's team sprint – LC1-4\CP3/4
Jody Cundy	Gold  Gold	Cycling	Men's individual 1 km time trial – LC2 Men's team sprint – LC1-4\CP3/4
Ellen Hunter	Gold  Gold	Cycling	Women's individual 1 km time trial – B&VI Women's individual pursuit – B&VI
Anthony Kappes	Gold  Gold	Cycling	Men's individual 1 km time trial – B&VI Men's sprint – B&VI
Aileen McGlynn	Gold  Gold	Cycling	Women's individual 1 km time trial – B&VI Women's individual pursuit – B&VI
Eleanor Simmonds	Gold  Gold	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle – S6 Women's 400 m freestyle – S6
David Stone	Gold  Gold	Cycling	Mixed road race – CP1/CP2 Mixed time trial – CP1/CP2
Barney Storey	Gold  Gold	Cycling	Men's individual 1 km time trial – B&VI Men's sprint – B&VI
Sarah Storey	Gold  Gold	Cycling	Women's individual pursuit – LC1-2/CP4 Women's time trial – LC1-2/CP4
Matt Walker	Gold  Silver  Silver  Bronze  Bronze	Swimming	Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay – 34 points Men's 50 m butterfly – S7 Men's 50 m freestyle – S7 Men's 200 m individual medley – SM7 Men's 100 m freestyle – S7
Heather Frederiksen	Gold  Silver  Silver  Bronze	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke – S8 Women's 100 m freestyle – S8 Women's 400 m freestyle – S8 Women's 200 m individual medley – SM8
Simon Laurens	Gold  Silver	Equestrian	Team event Individual freestyle test – Grade III
Nigel Murray	Gold  Silver	Boccia	Mixed individual – BC2 Mixed team – BC1/BC2
Robert Welbourn	Gold  Silver	Swimming	Men's 4x100 m freestyle relay – 34 points Men's 400 m freestyle – S10
Sam Hynd	Gold  Bronze	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle – S8 Men's 200 m individual medley – SM8
Peter Norfolk	Gold  Bronze	Tennis	Quad singles – Open Quad doubles – Open
Jim Anderson	Silver  Silver  Bronze  Bronze	Swimming	Men's 200 m freestyle – S2 Men's 50 m backstroke – S2 Men's 100 m freestyle – S2 Men's 50 m freestyle – S2
Louise Watkin	Silver  Bronze  Bronze  Bronze	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle – S9 Women's 100 m breaststroke – SB9 Women's 200 m individual medley – SM9 Women's 50 m freestyle – S9
Fran Williamson	Silver  Bronze	Swimming	Women's 50 m backstroke – S3 Women's 50 m freestyle – S3
Shelly Woods	Silver  Bronze	Athletics	Women's 1500 m – T54 Women's 5000 m – T54
Ian Jones	Bronze  Bronze	Athletics	Men's 200 m – T44 Men's 400 m – T44
Natalie Jones	Bronze  Bronze	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley – SM6 Women's 50 m freestyle – S6
Hazel Simpson	Bronze  Bronze	Athletics	Women's 200 m – T36 Women's 400 m – T36
Matthew Whorwood	Bronze  Bronze	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke – SB6 Men's 400 m freestyle – S6

In July 2008,UK Sport, the body responsible for the distribution ofNational Lottery funding to elite sport, published its expectations for the Games. It identified a 112 "stretch" medal target and expected to win 95 of them, including around 35 gold medals to finish second in the medal table.^[13]

The athletes met the expectations of UK Sport for total medals, gold medals and medal table position, finishing second behind hostsChina with 42 gold and 102 total medals.^[14] The medals claimed were not all ones that had been targeted, the team fell short of targets in some sports whilst it exceeded them in others; out of the fifteen sports set a target eight succeeded in meeting them.

Sport	Athens 2004 result	"Stretch" Beijing target[15]	Won	Target met
Archery	2	6	4	N
Athletics	17	30	17	N
Wheelchair basketball	1	1	1	Y
Boccia	0	2	2	Y
Cycling	7	14	20	Y
Equestrian	8	7	10	Y
Wheelchair fencing	0	0	0	–
Football five-a-side	0	0	0	–
Football seven-a-side	0	0	0	–
Judo	1	1	1	Y
Powerlifting	1	2	0	N
Rowing	N/A	1	3	Y
Wheelchair rugby	0	1	0	N
Sailing	0	0	0	–
Shooting	1	1	1	Y
Swimming	52	41	41	Y
Table tennis	2	4	0	N
Wheelchair tennis	2	1	2	Y
Total	94	112	102	N
Total expected	–	95	102	Y
Total gold	35	35	42	Y

Great Britain's archery squad for the Games included twelve athletes.^[16] In all, four archery medals, two gold, one silver and one bronze, were won by British archers, which meant that they finished second in thearchery medal table.^[17] John Stubbs, a former England disabled cricketer, set a new world record score of 691 in the ranking round on the route to victory in the men's individual compound open. In the equivalent women's event Danielle Brown beat compatriot, and eventual bronze medallist, Mel Clarke before going on to win the gold.^[18]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Finals
		Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mick Beard	Ind. recurve standing	597	11	N/A	Majercuk (SLO) W 88–87	Dambadondog (MGL) L 91–104	did not advance
Paul Browne	Ind. recurve W1/W2	576	19	N/A	Denir (TUR) W 104–90	Lee (KOR) L 103–108	did not advance
John Cavanagh	Ind. compound W1	640	3	N/A		An (KOR) W 106–104	Fabry (USA) W 109–107	Drahoninsky (CZE) L 103–108
Michael Karaphillides	Ind. recurve W1/W2	520	30	N/A	Lee (KOR) L 80–105	did not advance
Fred Stevens	Ind. compound open	681	3	Bye	Pemberton (USA) L 105–115	did not advance
John Stubbs	Ind. compound open	691WR	1	Bye	Bennett (USA) W 117–114	Evans (CAN) W 111–110	Horner (SUI) W 114–109	Simonelli (ITA) W 116–111
Mick Beard Paul Browne Michael Karaphillides	Team recurve	N/A			Thailand (THA) L 158–185	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Finals
		Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pippa Britton	Ind. compound	643	5	N/A		Clarke (GBR) L 106–110	did not advance
Danielle Brown	Ind. compound	676WR	1	N/A		Wang (CHN) W 107–81	Clarke (GBR) W 113–107	Kamiya (JPN) W 112–98
Mel Clarke	Ind. compound	674	4	N/A		Britton (GBR) W 110–106	Brown (GBR) L 107–113	Su (TUR) W 113–109
Kay Lucas	Ind. recurve standing	535	15	Schett (GER) W 85–70	Gao (CHN) L 89(7)–89(9)	did not advance
Kate Murray	Ind. recurve W1/W2	545	8	Bye	Saitoh (JPN) L 76–86	did not advance
Kathleen Smith	Ind. recurve W1/W2	498	15	Mikhnyeva (UKR) W 83–70	Fu (CHN) L 75–97	did not advance
Pippa Britton Danielle Brown Mel Clarke	Team recurve	N/A				South Korea (KOR) L 161–178	did not advance

Legend:WR – World record;W – Won;L – Lost;N/A – Round not applicable for the event;

The GB Paralympic team included thirty–five competitors in the sport of athletics, amongst them reigning championsKenny Churchill, Danny Crates,Daniel Greaves and Stephen Miller.^[19] David Weir failed in his attempts to win five gold medals at the Games after suffering from a virus,^[20] but did win four medals; two gold, one silver, one bronze; before pulling out of his final event.^[21]

British participants were involved in a number of controversies regarding the reallocation of medals during the Games.^[22] Shelly Woods was initially awarded the silver medal in thewomen's 5000 m T54, but a rerun was ordered by theInternational Paralympic Committee (IPC) after theAustralian,US andSwiss teams protested the result because six competitors were involved in a crash on the penultimate lap.^[12] When the race was rerun Woods won the bronze medal.^[23] David Weir believed he had won the gold medal in themen's 800 m T54 but a rerun of the race was ordered after it was discovered that the Australian silver medallist,Kurt Fearnley, had begun the race in the wrong lane. Following a letter from Fearnley and the Australian authorities to the IPC, which asked that the result not be overturned in the spirit of sportsmanship, the rerun was cancelled and Weir's medal reinstated.^[24] Discus throwerRebecca Chin was originally awarded the silver medal in the women's F37–38, but her classification was challenged and Chin was deemed ineligible for the event, stripped of her medal, and her results were erased.^[25] The decision was particularly controversial given that Chin had already been assessed earlier in the Games whilst she competed in the women's F37–38 shot put final.^[22]

Men—Track

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Brian Alldis	800 m T54	1:42.38	7	N/A		did not advance
	1500 m T54	3:20.28	6	N/A		did not advance
	5000 m T54	DNF	–	N/A		did not advance
	Marathon T54	N/A				1:43:50	34
Graeme Ballard	100 m T36	N/A				12.65	8
	200 m T36	N/A				25.69	6
	400 m T36	N/A				59.22	8
Mickey Bushell	100 m T53	15.33	3Q	N/A		14.86
	200 m T53	27.85	6	N/A		did not advance
Michael Churm	100 m T37	12.55	3Q	N/A		12.60	8
	200 m T37	25.30	2Q	N/A		25.36	5
Danny Crates	800 m T46	DNS	–	N/A		did not advance
Neil Fachie	100 m T13	11.53	5	N/A		did not advance
	200 m T13	23.17	5	N/A		did not advance
Ian Jones	200 m T44	23.67	2Q	N/A		23.00
	400 m T44	N/A				51.69
John McFall	100 m T42	N/A				13.08
Stephen Payton	200 m T38	24.89	6	N/A		did not advance
	400 m T38	N/A				54.02	5
Ben Rushgrove	100 m T36	N/A				12.35
	200 m T36	N/A				DNS	–
David Weir	400 m T54	47.26	1Q	47.46	1Q	46.02
	800 m T54	1:36.24	1Q	1:34.27	1Q	1:36.61
	1500 m T54	3:09.55	2Q	3:10.41	2Q	3:10.34
	5000 m T54	10:21.27	1Q	N/A		10:23.03
	Marathon T54	N/A				DNS	–

Men—Field

Athlete	Events	Result	Rank
Kenny Churchill	Javelin F37–38	45.30 m 941 pts	6
Martin Crutchley	Shot put F37	12.72 m 853 pts	5
David Gale	Discus F32/51	8.88 m 904 pts	11
Daniel Greaves	Discus F44	53.04 m 981 pts
Chris Martin	Discus F33–34/52	28.37 m 1074 pts
Stephen Miller	Discus F32/51	15.44 m 887 pts	12
	Club F32/51	34.37 m 1081 pts
Kieron Murphy	Club F32/51	29.03 m 913 pts	7
Dan Nobbs	Shot F53–54	9.13 m 940 pts	10
Richard Schabel	Discus F32/51	9.55 m 973 pts	8
	Club F32/51	21.06 m 875 pts	10
Nathan Stephens	Shot put F57–58	12.57 m 937 pts	8
	Discus F57–58	38.89 m 834 pts	11
	Javelin F57–58	38.56 m 994 pts	4
Dan West	Shot put F33–34/52	10.39 m 963 pts	8
	Discus F33–34/52	37.38 m 951 pts	6

Women—Track

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kate Arnold	100 m T46	14.04	9	did not advance
	200 m T46	28.83	9	N/A		did not advance
Libby Clegg	100 m T12	12.71	1Q	12.69	1Q	12.51
	200 m T12	26.42	2Q	26.16	4	did not advance
Katrina Hart	100 m T37	14.94	5Q	N/A		15.12	7
	200 m T37	31.24	4Q	N/A		DNS	–
Tracey Hinton	100 m T11	13.14	2	N/A		did not advance
	200 m T11	26.58	2Q	N/A		26.68	4
	400 m T12	58.89	2	N/A		did not advance
Jenny McLoughlin	100 m T37	15.42	7	N/A		did not advance
	200 m T37	32.71	7	N/A		did not advance
Hazel Simpson	100 m T36	N/A				15.40
	200 m T36	N/A				32.43
Shelly Woods	800 m T54	1:55.52	3Q	N/A		1:50.03	5
	1500 m T54	3:34.41	1Q	N/A		3:40.99
	5000 m T54	N/A				12:29.32
	Marathon T54	N/A				1:40:03	4

Women—Field

* Originally awarded the silver medal but stripped of medal and results following a challenge to her classification.^[25]

Key

Britain qualified teams in both the men's and women's events. The women's team finished eighth out of ten competing teams,^[26] whilst the men, matching their achievement at2004 Athens Games, won the bronze medal.^[27]

Squad list	Group stage		Quarterfinal	Semi-final	Final (Bronze final)
	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
From: Joe Bestwick Andy Blake Simon Brown Matt Byrne Terry Bywater Peter Finbow Jon Hall Kevin Hayes Abdi Jama Simon Munn Ade Orogbemi Jon Pollock	China W 81–34	3Q	Germany W 71–64	Australia L 54–67	United States W 85–77
	Australia L 48–67
	United States W 54–50
	Brazil W 69–53
	Israel W 82–67

Pool B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD
United States	9	5	4	0	1	378	247	131
Great Britain	9	5	4	0	1	334	271	63
Australia	9	5	4	0	1	346	291	55
Israel	7	5	2	0	3	332	325	7
Brazil	6	5	1	0	4	291	348	−57
China	5	5	0	0	5	203	402	−199

Legend:PTS – Points;Pld – Played;W – Games won;D – Games drawn;L – Games lost;PF – Points for;PA – Points against;PD – Points difference;  – Qualified for quarterfinals;

7 September 18:30

Full results

China	34–81	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 6–17, 12–27, 6–19
Pts:Yang 12 Rebs:Ding 10 Asts:Chen H.,Chen Q.,Ding,Guo 1		Pts:Munn 19 Rebs:Munn 11 Asts:Orogbemi 4

Beijing National Indoor Stadium Attendance: 11,797 Referees: Jonathan Blake Burford (USA)

8 September 20:45

Full results

Great Britain	48–57	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 4–21, 12–14, 7–13
Pts:Bestwick,Munn 9 Rebs:Bestwick 8 Asts:Hall 3		Pts:Ness 16 Rebs:Ness 9 Asts:Ness 4

Beijing National Indoor Stadium Attendance: 8,580 Referees: Edwin Frank Wallaart (Netherlands)

9 September 20:45

Full results

United States	50–54	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter:18–14, 13–13, 8–8, 11–19
Pts:Chambers 14 Rebs:Chambers,Schulte 9 Asts:Schulte 3		Pts:Pollock 19 Rebs:Bestwick 15 Asts:Pollock 9

Beijing National Indoor Stadium Attendance: 8,162 Referees: Rui David Marques (Brazil)

10 September 20:45

Full results

Great Britain	69–53	Brazil
Scoring by quarter:20–10, 13–14, 14–16,22–13
Pts:Munn 26 Rebs:Munn 21 Asts:Finbow 6		Pts:Nunes 11 Rebs:Nunes 10 Asts:Lima 4

Beijing National Indoor Stadium Attendance: 8,201 Referees: Max Kindervater (Germany)

11 September 10:00

Full results

Israel	67–82	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 10–19, 16–21,25–20
Pts:Rozenberg 17 Rebs:Phillips 11 Asts:Rozenberg 6		Pts:Munn 25 Rebs:Munn 20 Asts:Pollock 13

Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,302 Referees: Edwin Frank Wallaart (Netherlands)

Quarterfinal

13 September 16:45

Full results

Germany	64–71	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 13–17, 14–20,20–13
Pts:Kohler-Lenz 18 Rebs:Kohler-Lenz 11 Asts:Christink 5		Pts:Munn 31 Rebs:Munn 20 Asts:Pollock 8

Beijing National Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Bill Kuerzi (USA)

Semi-final

14 September 19:00

Full results

Great Britain	54–67	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 6–19, 14–17, 13–18,21–13
Pts:Pollock 18 Rebs:Munn 11 Asts:Pollock 3		Pts:Eveson 22 Rebs:Ness 11 Asts:Eveson 2

Beijing National Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Juan Manuel Urunuela (Spain)

Bronze medal final

16 September 17:00

Full results

United States	77–85	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 14–18,22–19, 11–24,30–24
Pts:Chambers 25 Rebs:Chambers 6 Asts:Lade,Paye 3		Pts:Bywater 32 Rebs:Munn 13 Asts:Pollock 5

Beijing National Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Max Kindervater (Germany)

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Squad list	Group stage		Quarterfinal	Semi-final (5–8 Classification semi-final)	Final (7–8 Classification final)
	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
From: Jill Fox Helen Freeman Joanne Harper Paula Johnson Caroline Maclean Caroline Matthews Pauline McDonald Wendy Smith Clare Strange Louise Sugden Helen Turner Sally Wager Ann Wild	Australia L 30–59	4Q	Japan L 38–45	Netherlands L 39–49	China L 38–57	8
	Brazil W 61–29
	United States L 31–56
	Germany L 44–50

Pool B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD
United States	8	4	4	0	0	227	149	78
Germany	7	4	3	0	1	214	174	40
Australia	6	4	2	0	2	223	185	38
Great Britain	5	4	1	0	3	166	194	−28
Brazil	4	4	0	0	4	129	257	−128

Legend:PTS – Points;Pld – Played;W – Games won;D – Games drawn;L – Games lost;PF – Points for;PA – Points against;PD – Points difference;  – Qualified for quarterfinals;

7 September 10:00

Full results

Australia	59–30	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter:24–2, 6–7,18–4, 11–13
Pts:Crispin 16 Rebs:Crispin,Tesch 8 Asts:Tesch 4		Pts:Strange,Wager 5 Rebs:Freeman 7 Asts:Freeman,Strange 3

Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium Attendance: 2,140 Referees: Bill Kuerzi (USA)

9 September 17:45

Full results

Great Britain	60–29	Brazil
Scoring by quarter:14–5, 12–13,18–6,17–5
Pts:Strange 14 Rebs:Wager 13 Asts:Strange 6		Pts:Moraes 12 Rebs:Reis 8 Asts:Moraes 3

Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,190 Referees: Sergio Giordano (Canada)

10 September 12:15

Full results

United States	56–31	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter:16–7,11–6,16–11,13–7
Pts:Gonzalez 14 Rebs:Gonzalez,Ruddell 6 Asts:Murray 3		Pts:Maclean 9 Rebs:Wager 7 Asts:Freeman 3

Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium Attendance: 964 Referees: Ho Shuet Mei (Singapore)

11 September 11:15

Full results

Great Britain	44–50	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 8–11, 11–12, 8–15,14–12
Pts:Strange 12 Rebs:Turner,Wager 7 Asts:Strange,Wild 3		Pts:Mohnen 16 Rebs:Mohnen 10 Asts:Butterbrodt 3

Beijing National Indoor Stadium Attendance: 7,684 Referees: Matias Quintana (Argentina)

Quarterfinal

12 September 16:45

Full results

Japan	45–38	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 9–10, 5–10,12–6,19–12
Pts:Takubo 17 Rebs:Takubo 12 Asts:Amimoto 5		Pts:Wager 14 Rebs:Wager 10 Asts:Freeman,Strange 3

Beijing National Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,215 Referees: Matthew Brian Wells (Australia)

5–8 Classification semi-final

14 September 11:15

Full results

Netherlands	46–39	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter:11–8, 12–13, 6–8,17–10
Pts:van Oostrom 17 Rebs:Garnier 8 Asts:Corver 6		Pts:Freeman 10 Rebs:Freeman,Maclean,Turner 7 Asts:Maclean 5

Beijing National Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Adrianos Pavlopoulos (Greece)

7–8 Classification final

15 September 13:30

Full results

China	57–38	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 9–15,20–2,12–10,16–11
Pts:Fu 28 Rebs:Fu 14 Asts:Chen 5		Pts:Freeman 7 Rebs:Wager 6 Asts:Strange 3

Beijing National Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Seppo Olavi Viljanen (Czech Republic)

ParalympicBoccia is open to players with cerebral palsy and other major physical disabilities. Four players were selected to compete at the Games, includingSydney gold medallist Nigel Murray.^[28] Murray advanced to the final where, despite at one stage taking a 3–1 lead, he was unable to beat Karen Hoi Ying Kwok and so won the silver medal.^[29] Murray was also a part of the four-person team that won the gold medal in themixed BC1/BC2 event, beating the defending champions Portugal in the final.^[30]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary matches		Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Final
		Opposition Result	Rank[31]	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
David Smith	Mixed individual BC1	Marques (POR) W 3–2  Aandalen (NOR) W 6–1  Moran (IRL) L 0–9  Sanders (NZL) L 2–5	3	did not advance
Dan Bentley	Mixed individual BC2	Ferreira (POR) L 1–6  Kainuma (JPN) W 5–2  Leahy (IRL) W 5–1	2	did not advance
Nigel Murray	Mixed individual BC2	Loung (CHN) W 9–1  Hirose (JPN) W 10–0  Bonner (NZL) W 17–0	1	Cordero (ESP) W 7–4	Cortez (ARG) W 4–1	Kwok (HKG) L 3–5
Zoe Robinson	Mixed individual BC2	Dukovich (CAN) L 2–4  Uchida (JPN) L 2–6  Ollikka (FIN) L 2–5	4	did not advance
Dan Bentley, Nigel Murray, Zoe Robinson, David Smith	Mixed team BC1-2	Canada (CAN) W 7–6  Argentina (ARG) W 6–4	1	Norway (NOR) W 11–1	China (CHN) W 7–3	Portugal (POR) W 8–4

Great Britain's cycling team consisted of ten riders, including returning Paralympic gold medalists Aileen McGlynn, her tandem partner Ellen Hunter, and Darren Kenny. Former swimmers Jody Cundy and Sarah Storey were also named in the squad.^[1] The Paralympic cycling team, coached by Chris Furber and managed Helen Mortimer, trained alongside theBritish Olympic cycling team.^[32] Darren Kenny won five medals, four gold and one silver, more golds than any other British competitor at these Games.^[33] Cundy set a new world record and won two gold medals on the track to add to his five swimming medals from previous Games; this meant he matchedRebecca Romero's achievement in theOlympics of becoming a medal winner in two different sports.^[34] In all British cyclists won twenty medals, seventeen of them gold, to top thecycling medal tables for both road and track events.^[35][36]

Factor time

To ensure a fair event when athletes with differing disabilities compete, times achieved are sometimes modified by a percentage rate, to produce a result known as "Factor Time". It is this time that decides the result of the races, and is listed below. Where this differs from the actual time recorded, actual time is also listed.^[37]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mark Bristow	Men's individual road race LC1/LC2/CP4	2:01:44	24
Darren Kenny	Men's individual road race LC3/LC4/CP3	1:37:00
	Men's individual time trial CP3	37:38.42
Rachel Morris	Women's individual road race HC A/HC B/HC C	1:17:12	6
	Women's individual time trial HC A/HC B/HC C	FT: 20:57.09 AT: 25:39.22
Simon Richardson	Men's individual road race LC3/LC4/CP3	1:39:14	10
	Men's individual time trial LC3	38:23.73
David Stone	Mixed individual road race CP 1/CP 2	45:05.33
	Mixed individual time trial CP 1/CP 2	22:14.86
Sarah Storey	Women's individual time trial LC 1/LC 2/CP 4	37:16.65

Key

• AT = actual time
• FT = factor time

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mark Bristow	Ind. 1 km time trial LC1	N/A						1:08.873WR
Jody Cundy	Ind. 1 km time trial LC2	N/A						1:05.466WR
Simon Richardson	Ind. 1 km time trial LC3–4	N/A						1:53.102WR
	Individual pursuit LC3–4	Garcia (ESP) W 3:48.178WR	1Q	N/A				Fujita (JPN) W 3:49.214
Rik Waddon	Ind. 1 km time trial CP3	N/A						1:11.161
Darren Kenny	Ind. 1 km time trial CP3	N/A						1:08.668WR
	Individual pursuit CP3	Ochoa (ESP) W 3.36.875WR	1Q	N/A				Jin (KOR) WOVL
Antony Kappes, Barney Storey	Tandem 1 km time trial B&VI	N/A						1:02.864WR
	Tandem men's sprint (B&VI 1–3)	10.536	1Q	Nattkemper, Ferrari (ARG) W 12.007 W 11.661	1Q	Oshiro, Takahashi (JPN) W 10.747 W 11.467	1Q	Demery, Hopkins (AUS) W 10.758 W 11.524
Jody Cundy, Darren Kenny, Mark Bristow	Men's team sprint (LC1-4\CP3/4)	49.561	1Q	N/A				China W 49.323 W 50.480

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sarah Storey	Ind. 500 m time trial LC1-2/CP 4	N/A		38.356	5
	Ind. Pursuit LC1-2/CP 4	Neimanas (USA) W 3:40.492WR	2Q	Schuble (USA) W 3:36.637WR
Aileen McGlynn, Ellen Hunter	Ind. 1 km time trial B&VI	N/A		1:09.066WR
	Individual pursuit B&VI	Parsons, Farrell (NZL) W 3:40.997	2Q	Hou, Gallagher (AUS) W 3:39.809

Key

• OVL = Win by overtaking
• Q = Qualified for next round
• WR = World record

The only equestrian events held in the Paralympic Games are in theDressage discipline. Seven British riders competed, in both individual and team events, winning five gold and five silver medals. Lee Pearson won three titles for the third successive Games,^[38] and Anne Dunham, at the age of 59, won her first individual Paralympic Games gold medal, having previously won three team golds and been a five–time world champion.^[29]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Test round		Final round		Total
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Ricky Balshaw	Deacons Giorgi	Ind. champ. test grade Ib	N/A				64.953	5
		Ind. freestyle test grade Ib	N/A				70.444
Sophie Christiansen	Lambrusco III	Ind. champ. test grade Ia	N/A				72.800
		Ind. freestyle test grade Ia	N/A				76.166
Felicity Coulthard	Roffelaar	Ind. champ. test grade II	N/A				65.546	6
		Ind. freestyle test grade II	N/A				71.056
Debbie Criddle	Pavaroti	Ind. champ. test grade III	N/A				68.160	5
		Ind. freestyle test grade III	N/A				73.110	4
Anne Dunham	Teddy	Ind. champ. test grade Ia	N/A				73.100
		Ind. freestyle test grade Ia	N/A				73.333
Simon Laurens	Ocean Diamond	Ind. champ. test grade III	N/A				62.88	8
		Ind. freestyle test grade III	N/A				73.499
Lee Pearson	Gentlemen	Ind. champ. test grade Ib	N/A				73.238
		Ind. freestyle test grade Ib	N/A				77.057
Simon Laurens Sophie Christiansen Lee Pearson Anne Dunham	Ocean Diamond Lambrusco III Gentlemen Teddy	team event	220.470 69.538 72.000 73.294 75.176	1	219.138 62.880 72.800 73.238 73.100	1	439.608

Lee Fawcett was the sole British fencer to qualify for the Games, he competed in both the foil and sabre B classification events. Fawcett was the final British athlete to compete in Beijing, losing his sabre round of 16 match to Serhiy Shenkevych of Ukraine.^[39]

Athlete	Event	Pool matches		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lee Fawcett	Men's ind. foil cat. B	Rodgers (USA) L 0–5  Alsaedi (KUW) L 2–5  Czop (POL) W 5–4  Datsko (UKR) L 1–5  Francois (FRA) L 1–5	5	did not advance
	Men's ind. sabre cat. B	Francois (FRA) L 0–5  Arnau (ESP) W 5–0  Shenkevych (UKR) L 3–5  Szekeres (HUN) L 3–5  Mainville (CAN) W 5–3	4	Shenkevych (UKR) L 4–15	did not advance

The sport is classified as a B1 event, meaning that it is for blind athletes, however vision-impaired athletes are also able to take part as all competitors wear eyeshades to ensure they are equally disadvantaged. Goalkeepers may be sighted as long as they have not been registered withFIFA since 2003. Each team may also have a guide behind their opponents' goal to direct players.

Great Britain qualified through theInternational Blind Sports Federation European Championships, held in Greece in 2007, where the team won the silver medal. It was the first time Britain was represented in this sport at the Paralympics.^[40] The team finished fifth out of the six teams that competed, having beaten South Korea on penalties in the fifth and sixth place classification match.

Preliminaries

Squad list	Group stage		Final (5–6 Classification)
	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
From: Ajmal Ahmed Andrew Briant David Clarke Lee Greatbatch Jonathan Gribbin Simon Hill William Norman Keryn Seal Jonathan Pugh (sighted goalkeeper) Daniel James (sighted goalkeeper)	China L 0–3	5	South Korea W 1–1 (PSO 1–0)	5
	South Korea W 2–1
	Spain L 1–3
	Brazil L 0–5
	Argentina L 1–3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China	13	5	4	1	0	7	1	+6
Brazil	11	5	3	2	0	10	1	+9
Argentina	10	5	3	1	1	7	2	+5
Spain	4	5	1	1	3	5	7	−2
Great Britain	3	5	1	0	4	4	15	−11
South Korea	1	5	0	1	4	3	10	−7

Legend:PTS – Points;Pld – Played;W – Games won;D – Games drawn;L – Games lost;GF – Goals for;GA – Goals against;GD – Goal difference;  – Qualification for gold medal match;  – Qualification for bronze medal match;

7 September

11:30

China	3–0	Great Britain
Wang Yafeng (2) Chen Shanyong

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Attendance: 1,259

Referee: Ilias Mastoras (Greece)

9 September

9:00

South Korea	1–2	Great Britain
Hur Suk		David Clarke Jonathan Gribbin

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Attendance: 1,321

Referee: Nelson Luis Glock (Brazil)

11 September

13:00

Great Britain	1–3	Spain
David Clarke		Alfredo Cuadrado Marcelo Rosado Antonio Jesus Martin

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Attendance: 2,021

Referee: Nelson Luis Glock (Brazil)

13 September

11:00

Great Britain	0–5	Brazil
		Joao Batista Silva Mizael Oliveira Ajmal Maqsood Ahmed (O.G.) Ricardo Alves (2)

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Attendance: 1,277

Referee: Ilias Mastoras (Greece)

15 September

9:00

Argentina	3–1	Great Britain
Silvio Vela (2) Ivan Figueroa		Lee Greatbatch

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Attendance: 1,117

Referee: Ilias Mastoras (Greece)

5–6 Classification

17 September

9:00

Great Britain	1–1	South Korea
David Clarke		Oh Yong-Kyun
Penalties
Seal Clarke	1–0	Kim K-H Kim J-H Park M-S

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Attendance: 1,057

Referee: Ricardo Torino (Argentina)

7-a-side football is for people withcerebral palsy only, so athletes who classify as CP5-CP8 can take part in this sport, with C5 being most disabled. At least one C5 or C6 player, and no more than three C8 players, may be on the field at a given time. Britain qualified a team in this sport through the 7th-place finish of the England team at the CPISRA World Championships in Brazil.;^[40] their first appearance since the1992 Barcelona Games

Pool B