Canada at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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]

Canada at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Canada
IPC code	CAN
NPC	Canadian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.ca
in Beijing
Competitors	143 in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Donovan Tildesley
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 19 Silver 10 Bronze 21 Total 50
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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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Chantal Petitclerc	Athletics	Women's 100 m - T54	7th
Gold	Valerie Grand'Maison	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly - S13	7th
Gold	Valerie Grand'Maison	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle - S13	8th
Gold	Dean Bergeron	Athletics	Men's 200 m - T52	10th
Gold	Lauren Barwick	Equestrian	Individual freestyle test - Grade II	10th
Gold	Valerie Grand'Maison	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle - S13	10th
Gold	Michelle Stilwell	Athletics	Women's 200 m - T52	11th
Gold	Chantal Petitclerc	Athletics	Women's 400 m - T54	12th
Gold	Chelsey Gotell	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley - SM13	12th
Gold	Dean Bergeron	Athletics	Men's 100 m - T52	13th
Gold	Paul Tingley	Sailing	1-person keelboat (2.4mR)	13th
Gold	Stéphanie Dixon	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke - S9	13th
Gold	Earle Connor	Athletics	Men's 100 m - T42	14th
Gold	Chantal Petitclerc	Athletics	Women's 200 m - T54	14th
Gold	Chantal Petitclerc	Athletics	Women's 800 m - T54	14th
Gold	Anne Polinario	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle - S10	14th
Gold	Chelsey Gotell	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke - S13	14th
Gold	Michelle Stilwell	Athletics	Women's 100 m - T52	15th
Gold	Chantal Petitclerc	Athletics	Women's 1500 m - T54	16th
Silver	Kirby Cote	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly - S13	7th
Silver	Lauren Barwick	Equestrian	Individual championship test - Grade II	8th
Silver	Chelsey Gotell	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle - S13	10th
Silver	Stéphanie Dixon	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley - SM9	11th
Silver	Diane Roy	Athletics	Women's 5000 m - T54	12th
Silver	Stéphanie Dixon	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle - S9	12th
Silver	Kirby Cote	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley - SM13	12th
Silver	Valerie Grand'Maison	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke - S13	14th
Silver	Valerie Grand'Maison	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle - S13	15th
Silver	Men's Wheelchair Basketball Team Patrick Anderson Jaimie Borisoff Abditatch Dini David Durepos David Eng Robert Hedges Joey Johnson Adam Lancia Ross Norton Richard Peter Yvon Rouillard Chris Stoutenberg	Basketball	Men's tournament	16th
Bronze	Jean Quevillon	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit - CP 3	7th
Bronze	Chelsey Gotell	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly - S13	7th
Bronze	Stéphanie Dixon	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle - S9	8th
Bronze	Chelsey Gotell	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle - S13	8th
Bronze	Stefanie Reid	Athletics	Women's 200 m - T44	9th
Bronze	Benoit Huot	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle - S10	9th
Bronze	Benoit Huot	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley - SM10	11th
Bronze	Donovan Tildesley	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle - S11	11th
Bronze	Dean Bergeron	Athletics	Men's 400 m - T52	12th
Bronze	Kyle Pettey	Athletics	Men's shot put - F33/34/52	12th
Bronze	Ilana Duff	Athletics	Women's 100 m - T53	12th
Bronze	Diane Roy	Athletics	Women's 400 m - T54	12th
Bronze	Valerie Grand'Maison	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley - SM13	12th
Bronze	Andre Beaudoin	Athletics	Men's 100 m - T52	13th
Bronze	John Scott McRoberts Stacie Louttit	Sailing	2-person keelboat (SKUD18)	13th
Bronze	Diane Roy	Athletics	Women's 800 m - T54	14th
Bronze	Genevieve Ouellet Mathilde Hupin	Cycling	Women's individual road race B&VI 1-3	14th
Bronze	Benoit Huot	Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle - S10	14th
Bronze	Jason Dunkerley	Athletics	Men's 1500 m - T11	15th
Bronze	Benoit Huot	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle - S10	15th
Bronze	Wheelchair Rugby Team Ian Chan Jason Crone Jared Funk Garett Hickling Trevor Hirschfield Fabien Lavoie Say Luangkhamdeng Daniel Paradis Erika Schmutz Patrice Simard Mike Whitehead David Willsie	Rugby	Mixed - Open	16th

Sports

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Kevin Evans	Men's individual compound open	675	9	Bye	Nazar (UKR) W 110-109	Stubbs (GBR) L 110-111	Did not advance
Norbert Murphy	Men's individual compound W1	627	5	Lear (USA) W 98-75	Kinnunen (FIN) L 97-111	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Lyne Tremblay	Women's individual recurve W1/W2	317	20	Kuncova (CZE) L 49-84	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jeff Adams	T54	400m	DNS		Did not advance
		1500m	DSQ		Did not advance
Andre Beaudoin	T52	100m	—				17.77
		200m	—				32.07	4
		400m	1:02.66	6 Q	—		1:05.58	8
		800m	2:08.69	7 q	—		2:08.54	7
Dean Bergeron	T52	100m	—				17.47 PR
		200m	—				30.81 PR
		400m	59.16 PR	1 Q	—		1:00.43
		800m	1:59.59	5 q	—		2:02.01	6
Josh Cassidy	T54	800m	1:40.54	18	Did not advance
		1500m	3:09.93	11 Q	3:09.45	14	Did not advance
		5000m	10:15.11	4 q	—		10:26.15	10
Jean Paul Compaore	T54	400m	49.42	11 q	58.75	16	Did not advance
		800m	1:36.66	3 Q	1:35.43	9	Did not advance
Earle Connor	T42	100m	—				12.32 PR
Jason Dunkerley	T11	1500m	4:15:65	2 Q	—		4:12.53
Jon Dunkerley	T11	100m	12.12	19	Did not advance
		200m	DSQ		Did not advance
		400m	54.59	7 q	54.27	7	Did not advance
Michel Filteau	T54	1500m	3:09.50	10 q	3:20.01	26	Did not advance
		5000m	11:01.20	26	Did not advance
		Marathon	—				1:28:13	16
Eric Gauthier	T53	100m	18.19	13	Did not advance
		200m	28.75	15	Did not advance
		400m	55.94	17	Did not advance
		800m	1:48.11	17	Did not advance
Clayton Gerein	T52	Marathon	—				2:08:04	6
Brent Lakatos	T53	100m	15.26	3 Q	—		15.21	6
		200m	27.42	4 q	—		27.44	5
		400m	52.76	6 Q	—		50.40	5
Mark Ledo	T54	5000m	11:30.43	27	Did not advance
		Marathon	—				DNF
Colin Mathieson	T54	100m	15.15	16	Did not advance
		200m	26.37	14	Did not advance
		400m	49.81	15 q	51.69	12	Did not advance
Dustin Walsh	T11	400m	55.48	11	Did not advance

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Kyle Pettey	F33-34/52	Shot put	11.04	1023

Women's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ilana Duff	T53	100m	17.74	5 q	—		17.69
		200m	32.03	5 Q	—		31.47	5
		400m	1:00.80	5 Q	—		58.93	6
Tracey Ferguson	T54	200m	32.70	8 Q	—		31.66	8
		1500m	3:36.11	11	Did not advance
		5000m	—				12:31.77	7
Jessica Matassa	T54	200m	30.62	5 q	—		30.14	5
		400m	55.22	4 Q	—		57.02	7
		800m	1:58.60	9	Did not advance
Megan Muscat	T37	100m	15.84	16	Did not advance
		200m	33.63	14	Did not advance
Chantal Petitclerc	T54	100m	16.07 PR	1 Q	—		16.15
		200m	28.25 WR	1 Q	—		27.52 WR
		400m	52.50	1 Q	—		52.02
		800m	1:50.51 PR	1 Q	—		1:45.19 WR
		1500m	3:29.87	1 Q	—		3:39.88
Stefanie Reid	T44	100m	14.53	9	Did not advance
		200m	—				28.85
Leah Robinson	T37	100m	15.35	12	Did not advance
		200m	31.85	10	Did not advance
Diane Roy	T54	400m	54.88	3 Q	—		54.72
		800m	1:57.53	7 Q	—		1:48.07
		1500m	3:30.07	2 Q	—		3:43.66	8
		5000m	—				12:29.08
		Marathon	—				1:40:37	8
Michelle Stilwell	T52	100m	—				19.97 WR
		200m	—				36.18 WR

Women's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Stefanie Reid	F44	Long jump	4.61	-	5
Kris Vriend	F35-36	Discus throw	17.46	811	7
		Shot put	7.05	792	6

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hanif Mawji	Mixed individual BC1	Beltran (ESP)	L 4-5	4	Did not advance
		Wang Y (CHN)	L 2-3
		Villano (ARG)	L 1-6
		Hawker (USA)	W 3-2
Brock Richardson		Shelly (IRL)	L 2-4	3	Did not advance
		Park J S (KOR)	W 7-0
		Ibarbure (ARG)	W 7-4
		Kitani (JPN)	L 3-4
Adam Dukovich	Mixed individual BC2	Uchida (JPN)	L 4-5	2	Did not advance
		Ollikka (FIN)	W 4-1
		Z Robinson (GBR)	W 4-2
Tammy McLeod		Cordero (ESP)	L 0-9	3	Did not advance
		Yan Z (CHN)	L 1-5
		Koivuniemi (FIN)	W 9-2
Paul Gauthier	Mixed individual BC3	A Costa (POR)	L 3-5	2 Q	Polychronidis (GRE) L 3-6	Did not advance
		Y Martin (ESP)	W 5-1
		Stavropoulou (GRE)	W 9-1
Alison Kabush		Pesquera (ESP)	W 5-1	2	Did not advance
		Raimundo (POR)	L 3-4
		Michos (GRE)	W 6-1
Monica Martino		Park K W (KOR)	L 2-7	3	Did not advance
		Shen (CHN)	L 4-5
		Punsnit (THA)	W 3-2
Adam Dukovich Hanif Mawji Tammy McLeod Brock Richardson	Team	Great Britain (GBR)	L 6-7	3	Did not advance
		Argentina (ARG)	L 2-6
Paul Gauthier Alison Kabush Monica Martino	Pairs BC3	South Korea (KOR)	L 1-9	3	Did not advance
		Spain (ESP)	L 1-9
		China (CHN)	W 8-2

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mark Beggs	Men's road race HC B	1:32:37	11
	Men's road time trial HC B	23:41.60	10
Eric Bourgault	Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4	DNF
	Men's road time trial LC2	38:58.26	9
Mark Breton	Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4	DNS
	Men's road time trial LC1	38:15.21	11
Brayden McDougall	Men's road race LC3/LC4/CP3	1:59:13	27
	Men's road time trial CP3	DNF
Rico Morneau	Men's road race HC B	1:32:09	9
	Men's road time trial HC B	23:36.24	9
Jean Quevillon	Men's road race LC3/LC4/CP3	1:54:03	24
	Men's road time trial CP3	41:52.97	5
Daniel Chalifour Alexandre Cloutier (pilot)	Men's road race B&VI1-3	2:18:04	7
	Men's road time trial B&VI1-3	33:41.84	11
Stephane Cote Pierre-Olivier Boily (pilot)	Men's road race B&VI1-3	2:17:53	6
	Men's road time trial B&VI1-3	35:03.26	13
Brian Cowie Devon Smibert	Men's road race B&VI1-3	2:29:27	15
	Men's road time trial B&VI1-3	35:10.72	15

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		1st round		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Eric Bourgault	Men's 1km time trial LC2	—				1:14.39	6
	Men's individual pursuit LC2	5:09.49	5	Did not advance
Mark Breton	Men's 1km time trial LC1	—				1:17.59	14
	Men's individual pursuit LC1	5:12.36	12	Did not advance
Brayden McDougall	Men's 1km time trial CP3	—				1:22.78	7
Jean Quevillon	Men's 1km time trial CP3	—				1:21.35	6
	Men's individual pursuit CP3	4:03.730	3 Q	—		Eckhard (FRA) W 4:03.277
Daniel Chalifour Alexandre Cloutier (pilot)	Men's 1km time trial B&VI1-3	—				1:06.371	7
	Men's individual pursuit B&VI1-3	4:25.554	3 Q	—		Lindores (AUS)  George (AUS) L 4:28.171	4
Stephane Cote Pierre-Olivier Boily (pilot)	Men's 1km time trial B&VI1-3	—				1:10.292	13
	Men's individual pursuit B&VI1-3	4:41.677	10	Did not advance
Brian Cowie Marina Girona (pilot - time trial) Devon Smibert (pilot - ind. pursuit & sprint)	Men's 1km time trial B&VI1-3	—				1:07.721	8
	Men's individual pursuit B&VI1-3	4:29.195	5	Did not advance
	Men's sprint	11.373	5	Oshiro (JPN) /  Takahashi (JPN) L 0-2	5	5-8th place matches  Delaney (IRL) /  Peelo (IRL) L 0-1	6
Mark Breton Eric Bourgault Jean Quevillon	Men's team sprint	56.183	6	Did not advance

Women's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Shauna White	Women's road race HC A/B/C	1:17:10	4
	Women's road time trial HC A/HC B/HC C	26:45.20	9
Genevieve Ouellet Mathilde Hupin	Women's road race B&VI1-3	2:01:17
	Women's road time trial B&VI1-3	42:53.16	10

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		1st round		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Genevieve Ouellet Mathilde Hupin	Women's 1km time trial B&VI1-3	—				1:15.639	6
	Women's individual pursuit B&VI1-3	3:54.909	7	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Individual events

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
Lauren Barwick	Maile	Mixed individual championship test grade II	68.454
		Mixed individual freestyle test grade II	72.776
Karen Brain	VDL Odette	Mixed individual championship test grade IV	59.097	12
		Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV	62.136	10
Eleonore Elstone	Lutke	Mixed individual championship test grade IV	59.807	11
		Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV	60.683	12
Ashley Gowanlock	Donnymaskell	Mixed individual championship test grade Ib	63.714	7
		Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ib	64.221	8
Jennifer McKenzie	Valentine II	Mixed individual championship test grade II	56.818	16
		Mixed individual freestyle test grade II	56.389	16

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score			Total
			TT	CT	Total	Score	Rank
Lauren Barwick	See above	Team	67.619	68.454	136.073*	385.010	7
Eleonore Elstone			62.357	59.807	122.164*
Ashley Gowanlock			63.059	63.714	126.773*
Jennifer McKenzie			57.047	56.818	113.865

* - denotes score is counted towards the total team's score.

Goalball

Main article: Goalball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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

• Mario Caron
• Jeff Christy
• Rob Christy
• Bruno Hache
• Dean Kozak

Group B matches

Canada	9 - 5	Iran

7 September 2008

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

United States	2 - 8	Canada

8 September 2008

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

Canada	2 - 11	China

9 September 2008

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

Sweden	6 - 5	Canada

10 September 2008

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

Canada	3 - 6	Brazil

11 September 2008

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

Quarterfinals

Lithuania	10 - 0	Canada

12 September 2008

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

5-8th classification

Canada	6 - 5	Finland

13 September 2008

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

5/6th classification

Denmark	8 - 5	Canada

14 September 2008

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

Women's tournament

Players

• Amy Alsop
• Amy Kneebone
• Annette Lisabeth
• Nancy Morin
• Shawna Ryan
• Contessa Scott

Preliminary matches

Canada	3 - 3	Sweden

7 September 2008

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

Brazil	6 - 5	Canada

8 September 2008

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

Canada	3 - 0	Japan

9 September 2008

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

Germany	0 - 1	Canada

10 September 2008

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

Canada	2 - 2	Denmark

11 September 2008

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

United States	1 - 1	Canada

12 September 2008

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

Canada	0 - 1	China

13 September 2008

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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 0000–0200	—		Bye	Porter (USA) L 0000-0200	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Steve Daniel	Men's single sculls	6:11.64	11 R	6:09.37	8 FB	5:56.48	5
Caitlin Renneson Wilfredo More Wilson	Mixed double sculls	4:50.54	11 R	5:12.47	10 FB	4:54.08	5
Laura Comeau Meghan Montgomery Victoria Nolan Scott Rand Anthony Theriault	Mixed coxed four	3:43.72	7 R	3:48.76	3 FA	3:45.66	6

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Race											Total points	Net points Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Paul Tingley	2.4mR	1	1	5	2	(9)	(9)	2	4	5	1	—	39	21
John McRoberts Stacie Louttit	Two person keelboat - SKUB 18	3	3	3	3	1	3	2	(8)	(4)	3	Race Cancelled	33	21
Ken Kelly Don Terlson Marc Shaw	Open three-person keelboat - Sonar												114	86	11

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Christos Trifonidis	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	599	5 Q	104.8	703.8	4
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	584	15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Karen Van Nest	Women's 10m air pistol SH1	360	10	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Joe Barker	SB8	100m breaststroke	1:21.52	9	Did not advance
Drew Christensen	S8	100m backstroke	1:15.78	8 Q	1:15.49	8
		100m butterfly	1:06.98	6 Q	1:07.74	6
		50m freestyle	29.30	12	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:06.14	15	Did not advance
		400m freestyle	5:18.13	11	Did not advance
	SM8	200m individual medley	2:37.86	4 Q	2:36.67	5
Devin Gotell	S13	100m backstroke	1:07.46	7 Q	1:08.17	8
		100m butterfly	1:09.37	17	Did not advance
		400m freestyle	4:29.51	4 Q	4:28.73	7
	SM13	200m individual medley	2:31.61	13	Did not advance
Brian Hill	S13	100m backstroke	1:05.65	5 Q	1:05.52	5
		100m butterfly	1:03.25	12	Did not advance
		50m freestyle	26.84	17	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	59.80	17	Did not advance
Benoît Huot	S10	100m backstroke	1:03.85	3 Q	1:03.81	5
		100m butterfly	59.68	2 Q	59.68	4
		50m freestyle	24.84	3 Q	24.65
		100m freestyle	54.45	2 Q	54.26
		400m freestyle	4:25.96	6 Q	4:12.14
	SM10	200m individual medley	2:20.13	4 Q	2:15.22
Donovan Tildesley	S11	100m backstroke	1:12.62	4 Q	1:11.90	5
		100m butterfly	1:11.03	7 Q	1:09.53	7
		50m freestyle	28.13	5 Q	28.08	7
		100m freestyle	1:02.14	4 Q	1:01.92	4
		400m freestyle	4:57.54	4 Q	4:49.45

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrea Cole	S8	100m backstroke	1:39.26	10	Did not advance
		100m butterfly	1:32.78	12	Did not advance
		50m freestyle	37.41	14	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:19.58	13	Did not advance
		400m freestyle	5:35.51	5 Q	5:30.01	6
Kirby Cote	S13	100m butterfly	1:07.21	1 Q	1:06.62
		50m freestyle	—		28.08	4
		100m freestyle	1:02.53	5 Q	1:00.95	4
	SM13	200m individual medley	—		2:28.65
Stephanie Dixon	S9	100m backstroke	1:10.85	1 Q	1:09.30 WR
		100m butterfly	1:11.18	3 Q	1:11.04	4
		50m freestyle	30.98	7 Q	30.45	6
		100m freestyle	1:06.03	8 Q	1:03.89
		400m freestyle	4:47.78	3 Q	4:39.73
	SM9	200m individual medley	2:40.01	2 Q	2:37.54
Chelsey Gotell	S13	100m backstroke	1:11.83	1 Q	1:09.09
		100m butterfly	1:07.91	3 Q	1:06.93
		50m freestyle	—		28.26	6
		100m freestyle	1:01.74	3 Q	1:00.26
		400m freestyle	4:44.05	3 Q	4:37.50
	SM13	200m individual medley	—		2:28.15 WR
Valerie Grand Maison	S13	100m backstroke	1:13.11	4 Q	1:10.42
		100m butterfly	1:07.63	2 Q	1:06.49
		50m freestyle	—		27.88
		100m freestyle	1:00.39	2 Q	58.87 WR
		400m freestyle	4:36.16 PR	1 Q	4:28.64 WR
	SM13	200m individual medley	—		2:29.29
Brittany Gray	S9	100m butterfly	1:15.11	11	Did not advance
		400m freestyle	5:01.29	7 Q	4:58.08	7
	SB8	100m breaststroke	1:32.86	9	Did not advance
	SM9	200m individual medley	2:46.58	8 Q	2:45.49	6
Laura Jensen	S7	100m backstroke	1:34.12	7 Q	1:31.90	7
		50m butterfly	48.07	12	Did not advance
		50m freestyle	36.70	6 Q	36.10	6
		100m freestyle	—		1:18.65	6
		400m freestyle	6:02.13	9	Did not advance
	SB7	100m breaststroke	—		1:56.33	8
	SM7	200m individual medley	3:30.98	9	Did not advance
Steph McDougall	SB6	100m breaststroke	1:56.10	8 Q	1:57.78	8
	SM7	200m individual medley	3:46.26	11	Did not advance
Brianna Nelson	S7	100m backstroke	1:29.96	4 Q	1:30.43	6
		50m freestyle	37.76	8 Q	37.96	7
		100m freestyle	—		1:19.11	7
		400m freestyle	6:01.16	8 Q	6:00.99	8
	SB7	100m breaststroke	—		1:54.35	7
	SM7	200m individual medley	DSQ		Did not advance
Anne Polinario	S10	100m backstroke	1:18.06	11	Did not advance
		50m freestyle	29.29	2 Q	28.51
		100m freestyle	1:04.00	5 Q	1:04.01	5
Jacqueline Rennebohm	S12	100m butterfly	1:19.58	9	Did not advance
		50m freestyle	31.30	10	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:09.64	10	Did not advance
	SB12	100m breaststroke	1:35.68	11	Did not advance
	SM12	200m individual medley	2:59.14	11	Did not advance
Katarina Roxon	S9	100m butterfly	1:22.72	19	Did not advance
		50m freestyle	31.85	14	Did not advance
	SB8	100m breaststroke	1:34.59	12	Did not advance
	SM9	200m individual medley	2:55.75	15	Did not advance
Darda Sales	S9	100m backstroke	1:16.26	8 Q	1:15.91	7
		50m freestyle	31.48	12	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:05.66	6 Q	1:05.65	8
		400m freestyle	DSQ		Did not advance
Amber Thomas	S11	50m freestyle	35.13	12	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:13.85	6 Q	1:14.39	7
Jessica Tuomela	S11	50m freestyle	34.06	9	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:14.89	7 Q	1:14.79	8

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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 0–3	Glikman (ISR) L 1-3	Ledoux (BEL) L 2-3	4	Did not advance

Wheelchair basketball

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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

• Patrick Anderson
• Jaimie Borisoff
• Abditatch Dini
• David Durepos
• David Eng
• Robert Hedges
• Joey Johnson
• Adam Lancia
• Ross Norton
• Richard Peter
• Yvon Rouillard
• Chris Stoutenberg

Group A Results

7 September 2008 20:45

Canada (CAN)	62–59	Germany (GER)
Scoring by quarter: 17 - 13, 6 - 13, 19 - 17, 20 - 16

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11797 Referees: Juan Manuel Urunuela (ESP)

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8 September 2008 17:45

South Africa (RSA)	55–80	Canada (CAN)
Scoring by quarter: 12 - 25, 12 - 21, 24 - 16, 7 - 18

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 1376 Referees: Matias Quintana (ARG)

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9 September 2008 18:30

Canada (CAN)	62–52	Sweden (SWE)
Scoring by quarter: 25 - 14, 19 - 11, 14 - 12, 4 - 15

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 8162 Referees: Gabriele Caliguiri (AUS)

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10 September 2008 9:00

Japan (JPN)	48–75	Canada (CAN)
Scoring by quarter: 7 - 18, 18 - 19, 5 - 21, 18 - 17

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 7262 Referees: Seppo Olavi Viljanen (CZE)

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11 September 2008 16:15

Canada (CAN)	93–62	Iran (IRI)
Scoring by quarter: 30 - 16, 22 - 19, 21 - 20, 20 - 7

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 9780 Referees: Cristian Ariel Salguero (ARG)

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Quarterfinals

13 September 2008 11:15

Israel (ISR)	47–55	Canada (CAN)
Scoring by quarter: 4 - 20, 7 - 10, 13 - 14, 14 - 20

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12000 Referees: Gabriele Caligiuri (AUS)

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Semifinals

14 September 2008 21:30

Canada (CAN)	69 (OT)–62 (OT)	United States (USA)
Scoring by quarter: 25 - 15, 10 - 8, 10 - 14, 4 - 12, Overtime: 20 - 13

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12000 Referees: Max Kindervater (GER)

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Gold medal game

16 September 2008 19:30

Canada (CAN)	60–72	Australia (AUS)
Scoring by quarter: 17 - 16, 15 - 12, 15 - 26, 13 - 18

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12000 Referees: Edwin Frank Wallaart (NED)

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Women's tournament

Players

• Chantal Benoit
• Tracey Ferguson
• Tara Feser
• Lisa Franks
• Katie Harnock
• Jennifer Krempien
• Janet McLachlan
• Kendra Ohama
• Cindy Ouellet
• Sabrina Pettinicchi
• Lori Radke
• Misty Thomas

Group B Results

8 September 2008 11:15

Canada (CAN)

59–32

Netherlands (NED)

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

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9 September 2008 16:15

Japan (JPN)

55–52

Canada (CAN)

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

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10 September 2008 16:15

Canada (CAN)

62–44

China (CHN)

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

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11 September 2008 17:45

Mexico (MEX)

38–71

Canada (CAN)

USTB Gymnasium, Beijing

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Quarterfinals

12 September 2008 13:30

Canada (CAN)	49–53	Australia (AUS)
Scoring by quarter: 10 - 14, 17 - 14, 10 - 12, 12 - 13

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12215 Referees: Jean Manuel Urunuela (ESP)

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Classification 5-8

14 September 2008 9:00

China (CHN)

49–53

Canada (CAN)

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12000 Referees: Christopher Gregory (GBR)

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Fifth place

15 September 2008 15:45

Canada (CAN)

61–32

Netherlands (NED)

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12000 Referees: Zic Radomsky (ISR)

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Wheelchair fencing

Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pierre Mainville	Men's épée B	Cratere (FRA)	L 1–5	3 Q	Hu D (CHN) L 8-15	Did not advance
		Rodgers (USA)	W 5-2
		Hu D (CHN)	W 5-4
		Soler (ESP)	W 5-2
		Hisakawa (JPN)	W 5-3
	Men's sabre B	Francois (FRA)	L 1-5	6	Did not advance
		Shenkevych (UKR)	L 2-5
		Szekeres (HUN)	L 1-5
		Fawcett (GBR)	L 3-5
		Arnau (ESP)	L 3-5

Wheelchair rugby

Main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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
Ian Chan Jason Crone Jared Funk Garett Hickling Trevor Hirschfield Fabien Lavoie Say Luangkhamdeng Daniel Paradis Erika Schmutz Patrice Simard Mike Whitehead David Willsie	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

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Lee Carter	Open	Singles	Felix (SVK) L 4-6, 3-6	Did not advance
Yann Mathieu			Phillipson (GBR) L 3-6, 1-6	Did not advance
Lee Carter Yann Mathieu		Doubles	—	Hinson (USA)  Moran (USA) L 6-7, 6-3, 4-6	Did not advance

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

• 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Paralympians up next in Beijing". Ottawa Citizen. 4 September 2008. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2008.
2. Vandermoer, Jamie (27 August 2008). "Our best head to the Paralympics in Beijing". The Londoner. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
3. "CPC announces Canadian team for the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games in China" Archived 2008-09-14 at the Wayback Machine, Canadian Paralympic Committee, July 8, 2008
4. "Tildesley named Canada flag-bearer at Paralympics". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 4 September 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2008.
5. Vancouver Sun, "Woolstencroft wins fifth gold medal" Archived 4 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine, 'CanWest News Service', 21 March 2010 (accessed 21 March 2010)

External links

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee
• Full list of Canadian athletes at the Beijing Paralympics (Canadian Paralympic Committee website)