United States at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The United States sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. A total of 213 U.S. competitors took part in 18 sports; the only 2 sports Americans did not compete in were soccer 5-a-side and 7-a-side.^[1] The American delegation included 16 former members of the U.S. military, including 3 veterans of the Iraq War. Among them were shot putter Scott Winkler,^[4] who was paralyzed in an accident in Iraq, and swimmer Melissa Stockwell, a former United States Army officer who lost her left leg to a roadside bomb in the war.^[5]

United States at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
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IPC code	USA
NPC	United States Paralympic Committee
Website	www.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics
in Beijing
Competitors	213 in 18[1] sports
Flag bearers	Jennifer Armbruster (opening)[2] Melissa Stockwell (closing)[3]
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 36 Silver 35 Bronze 28 Total 99
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The United States finished third in the gold and overall medal count, behind host nation China and Great Britain. The finish was an improvement from the 2004 Paralympics, where the U.S. finished fourth in the gold and overall medal count.^[6] The U.S. saw significant gains in Paralympic swimming, winning 17 gold medals and 44 total medals, 9 more than they took home from Athens. U.S. swimmers set a total of 16 world records, 23 Paralympic records, 48 Pan American records and 99 American records.^[7] U.S. coverage of the Games was provided by the Universal Sports Television Network and the official website of the U.S. Paralympic Team.^[8]

Disability classifications

Every participant at the Paralympics had their disability grouped into one of five disability categories: amputation (either congenital or sustained through injury or illness); cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes (often overlapping with other categories); visual impairment (including blindness); and les autres (any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis).^[9][10] Each Paralympic sport then had its own classifications, depending on the specific physical demands of the competition. Events were given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divided athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities. Other sports, such as swimming, grouped competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.^[11]

Athletes may have competed against individuals with different classifications in the same event. For example, track and field athlete Jim Bob Bizzell competed in the men's 200 meters T44; the prefix T designated a track event and 44 was the disability classification. Although he finished behind Oscar Pistorius (competing under the T43 class), Bizell set a world record in the T44 classification. For specific classification information, see the pages for individual sports at 2008 Summer Paralympics#Sports.

Medalists

Further information: 2008 Summer Paralympics medal table

The following American athletes won medals at the games; all dates are for September 2008.^[12] In the 'by discipline' sections below, medalists' names are in bold.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Jim Bob Bizzell Brian Frasure Jerome Singleton Casey Tibbs Athletics Men's 4x100 m relay T42-T46 16  Gold Jeremy Campbell Athletics Men's discus throw F44 15  Gold Jeremy Campbell Athletics Men's pentathlon P44 11  Gold Jessica Galli Athletics Women's 400 m T53 10  Gold Josh George Athletics Men's 100 m T53 16  Gold April Holmes Athletics Women's 100 m T44 14  Gold Josiah Jamison Athletics Men's 100 m T12 10  Gold Amanda McGrory Athletics Women's 5000 m T54 12  Gold Jeff Skiba Athletics Men's high jump F44/46 14  Gold Barbara Buchan Cycling Women's individual time trial LC 3/LC 4/CP 3 12  Gold Barbara Buchan Cycling Women's individual pursuit LC 3-4/CP 3 10  Gold Oz Sanchez Cycling Men's individual time trial HC C 12  Gold Jennifer Schuble Cycling Women's 500 m time trial LC1-2/CP 4 08  Gold Karissa Whitsell Mackenzie Woodring Cycling Women's individual time trial B&VI 1-3 12  Gold United States women's national goalball team Jen Armbruster Lisa Banta Jackie Barnes Jessie Lorenz Asya Miller Robin Theryoung Goalball Women's competition 14  Gold Maureen McKinnon-Tucker Nick Scandone Sailing 2-person keelboat 13  Gold Kelley Becherer Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle S13 15  Gold Anna Eames Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly S10 08  Gold Rudy Garcia-Tolson Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley SM7 07  Gold Cortney Jordan Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle S7 14  Gold Lantz Lamback Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke S7 10  Gold Jessica Long Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle S8 08  Gold Jessica Long Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly S8 07  Gold Jessica Long Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley SM8 11  Gold Jessica Long Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle S8 12  Gold Ashley Owens Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle S10 09  Gold Roy Perkins Swimming Men's 50 m butterfly S5 10  Gold Erin Popovich Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle S7 08  Gold Erin Popovich Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke SB7 09  Gold Erin Popovich Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley SM7 07  Gold Erin Popovich Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle S7 11  Gold Miranda Uhl Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley SM6 07  Gold Justin Zook Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke S10 13  Gold United States women's national wheelchair basketball team Sarah Castle Patty Cisneros Loraine Gonzales Carlee Hoffman Emily Hoskins Mary Allison Milford Rebecca Murray Alana Nichols Christina Ripp Jen Ruddell Natalie Schneider Stephanie Wheeler Wheelchair basketball Women's competition 15  Gold United States national wheelchair rugby team Andy Cohn Will Groulx Scott Hogsett Bryan Kirkland Norm Lyduch Seth McBride Jason Regier Nick Springer Chance Sumner Joel Wilmoth Mark Zupan Wheelchair rugby Mixed competition 16  Gold Nick Taylor David Wagner Wheelchair tennis Mixed doubles 13  Silver Jim Bob Bizzell Athletics Men's 400 m T44 16  Silver Jim Bob Bizzell Athletics Men's 200 m T44 13  Silver Jessica Galli Athletics Women's 100 m T53 12  Silver Jessica Galli Athletics Women's 200 m T53 15  Silver Jessica Galli Athletics Women's 800 m T53 15  Silver Josh George Athletics Men's 800 m T53 15  Silver Lex Gillette Athletics Men's long jump F11 15  Silver Peter Gottwald, Jr. Athletics Men's 800 m T13 15  Silver Tatyana McFadden Athletics Women's 200 m T54 14  Silver Tatyana McFadden Athletics Women's 400 m T54 12  Silver Tatyana McFadden Athletics Women's 800 m T54 14  Silver Amanda McGrory Athletics Women's marathon T54 17  Silver Jerome Singleton Athletics Men's 100 m T44 09  Silver Jeff Skiba Athletics Men's pentathlon P44 11  Silver Alejandro Albor Cycling Men's individual road race HC C 14  Silver Allison Jones Cycling Women's individual time trial LC 3/LC 4/CP 3 12  Silver Jennifer Schuble Cycling Women's individual time trial LC 1/LC 2/CP 4 12  Silver Jennifer Schuble Cycling Women's individual pursuit LC 1-2/CP 4 10  Silver Karissa Whitsell Mackenzie Woodring Cycling Women's individual road race B&VI 1-3 14  Silver Simona Chin Jamie Dean Jesse Karmazin Emma Preuschl Tracy Tackett Rowing Mixed coxed four 11  Silver Cheryl Angelelli Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle S4 07  Silver Cheryl Angelelli Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle S4 15  Silver Amanda Everlove Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly S8 07  Silver Amanda Everlove Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley SM8 11  Silver Amanda Everlove Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle S8 14  Silver Cortney Jordan Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle S7 08  Silver Cortney Jordan Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle S7 11  Silver Lantz Lamback Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle S7 08  Silver Lantz Lamback Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle S7 11  Silver Jessica Long Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke S8 10  Silver Ashley Owens Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle S10 15  Silver Erin Popovich Swimming Women's 50 m butterfly S7 13  Silver Erin Popovich Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle S7 14  Silver Elizabeth Stone Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke S9 13  Silver United States women's national sitting volleyball team Allison Aldrich Heather Erickson Alexandra Gouldie Katie Holloway Sugui Kriss Kendra Lancaster Hope Lewellen Brenda Maymon Gina McWilliams Nichole Millage Kari Miller Lora Webster Volleyball Women's competition 14  Bronze Lindsey Carmichael Archery Women's individual recurve standing 13  Bronze Jeff Fabry Archery Men's individual compound W1 14  Bronze Anjali Forber-Pratt Athletics Women's 400 m T53 10  Bronze Anjali Forber-Pratt Jessica Galli Tatyana McFadden Amanda McGrory Athletics Women's 4x100 m relay T53/T54 16  Bronze Brian Frasure Athletics Men's 100 m T44 09  Bronze Amanda McGrory Athletics Women's 800 m T53 15  Bronze Casey Tibbs Athletics Men's long jump F42/44 16  Bronze Alejandro Albor Cycling Men's individual time trial HC C 12  Bronze Oz Sanchez Cycling Men's individual road race HC C 14  Bronze Karissa Whitsell Mackenzie Woodring Cycling Women's individual pursuit B&VI 1-3 09  Bronze Anthony Zahn Cycling Men's individual time trial LC4 12  Bronze Greg Dewall Judo Men's +100 kg 09  Bronze Laura Schwanger Rowing Women's single sculls A 11  Bronze John Ruf Sailing 1-person keelboat 13  Bronze Kelley Becherer Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle S13 10  Bronze Kelley Becherer Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle S13 08  Bronze Aimee Bruder Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle S4 07  Bronze Cody Bureau Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley SM9 11  Bronze Anna Eames Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle S10 09  Bronze Rudy Garcia-Tolson Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke SB7 09  Bronze Deborah Gruen Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke SB6 12  Bronze Cortney Jordan Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley SM7 07  Bronze Lantz Lamback Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle S7 14  Bronze Jessica Long Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke SB7 09  Bronze Roy Perkins Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle S5 07  Bronze Jarrett Perry Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke S9 13  Bronze Susan Beth Scott Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle S10 15  Bronze David Wagner Wheelchair tennis Mixed singles 13

Medals by sport Sport Total Archery 0 0 2 2 Track and field (athletics) 9 14 5 28 Cycling 5 5 4 14 Goalball 1 0 0 1 Judo 0 0 1 1 Rowing 0 1 1 2 Sailing 1 0 1 2 Swimming 17 14 13 44 Volleyball 0 1 0 1 Wheelchair basketball 1 0 0 1 Wheelchair rugby 1 0 0 1 Wheelchair tennis 1 0 1 2 Multiple medalists Name Sport Total Erin Popovich Swimming 4 2 0 6 Jessica Long Swimming 4 1 1 6 Barbara Buchan Cycling 2 0 0 2 Jeremy Campbell Athletics 2 0 0 2 Jessica Galli Athletics 1 3 1 5 Cortney Jordan Swimming 1 2 1 4 Lantz Lamback Swimming 1 2 1 4 Jim Bob Bizzell Athletics 1 2 0 3 Jennifer Schuble Cycling 1 2 0 3 Amanda McGrory Athletics 1 1 2 4 Karissa Whitsell Cycling 1 1 1 3 Mackenzie Woodring Cycling 1 1 1 3 Josh George Athletics 1 1 0 2 Ashley Owens Swimming 1 1 0 2 Jerome Singleton Athletics 1 1 0 2 Jeff Skiba Athletics 1 1 0 2 Kelley Becherer Swimming 1 0 2 3 Anna Eames Swimming 1 0 1 2 Brian Frasure Athletics 1 0 1 2 Rudy Garcia-Tolson Swimming 1 0 1 2 Roy Perkins Swimming 1 0 1 2 Oz Sanchez Cycling 1 0 1 2 Casey Tibbs Athletics 1 0 1 2 David Wagner Wheelchair tennis 1 0 1 2 Tatyana McFadden Athletics 0 3 1 4 Amanda Everlove Swimming 0 3 0 3 Cheryl Angelelli Swimming 0 2 0 2 Alejandro Albor Cycling 0 1 1 2 Anjali Forber-Pratt Athletics 0 0 2 2

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The American archery team consisted of seven men and one woman.^[13] The highest placed finishers were Lindsey Carmichael and Jeff Fabry, who each won a bronze medal.^[14] T. J. Pemberton and Joe Bailey competed against each other in the quarterfinals of the men's individual compound open, with Pemberton winning and going on to finish fourth in that event.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Points	Seed	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Joe Bailey	Men's individual compound open	676	6	Bye	Kallunki (FIN) W 115:110	Pemberton (USA) L 112:114	did not advance
Eric Bennett	Men's individual compound open	667	16	Kweon (KOR) W 106:106 T9:9,9:8	Stubbs (GBR) L 114:117	did not advance
Lindsey Carmichael	Women's individual recurve standing	536	13	Wang (CHN) W 89:82	Comte (SUI) W 87:76	Kim (KOR) W 86:85	Lee (KOR) L 101:101 T7:6	Olejnik (POL) W 105:101
Jeff Fabry	Men's individual compound W1	661	2	N/A	Bye	Azzolini (ITA) W 113:97 PR	Cavanagh (GBR) L 107:109	Kinnunen (FIN) W 111:101
Chuck Lear	Men's individual compound W1	577	12	N/A	Murphy (CAN) L 75:98	did not advance
T. J. Pemberton	Men's individual compound open	668	14	Vangen (NOR) W 106:103	Stevens (GBR) W 115:105	Bailey (USA) W 114:112	Simonelli (ITA) L 110:116	Horner (SUI) L 111:115	4
Kevin Stone	Men's individual recurve W1/W2	616	10	Dror (ISR) W 92:88	Vitale (ITA) L 97:101	did not advance
Russell Wolfe	Men's individual recurve W1/W2	539	29	De Pellegrin (ITA) L 76:107	did not advance

Track and field (athletics)

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The American track and field team consisted of 26 men and 17 women. Among them was shot putter Scott Winkler, a U.S. Army veteran who was paralyzed in Tikrit, Iraq in 2003 after he fell off a truck while holding 50 pounds of ammunition.^[15] The team set six world records and won a total of nine gold, fourteen silver, and five bronze medals, two more medals than the team won in Athens.^[16] Jessica Galli won five medals, more than any other team member, while Amanda McGrory, Tatyana McFadden, and Jim Bob Bizzell each won at least three medals. Jeremy Campbell was the only U.S. track and field athlete to win two golds.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Danny Andrews	200 m T44	24.22	3 Q	N/A		23.54	5
	400 m T44	N/A				53.15	4
Jim Bob Bizzell	200 m T44	23.22	1 Q	N/A		22.62 WR
	400 m T44	N/A				50.98 WR
Adam Bleakney	400 m T53	59.29	7	N/A		did not advance
	800 m T53	1:40.94	3	N/A		did not advance
	5000 m T54	10:53.56	6	N/A		did not advance
	Marathon T54	N/A				1:30.36	23
Matt Brown	Discus throw F42	N/A				42.25	4
	Shot put F42	N/A				12.46	8
Tyler Byers	800 m T54	1:38.73	4 Q	1:41.00	6	did not advance
	1500 m T54	3:10.00	4 Q	3:06.47	8	did not advance
	5000 m T54	11:01.63	9	N/A		did not advance
	Marathon T54	N/A				1:32.33	24
Jeremy Campbell	Long jump F42/44	N/A				6.36	4
	Discus throw F44	N/A				55.08
	Pentathlon P44	N/A				4662 WR
Ed Cochrell	Shot put F44	N/A				14.16	6
Scott Danberg	Shot put F40	N/A				9.79	8
Brian Frasure	100 m T44	11.49	1 Q	N/A		11.50
Josh George	100 m T53	15.17	1 Q	N/A		14.79
	200 m T53	26.81	3 Q	N/A		26.98	4
	400 m T53	53.58	3	N/A		did not advance
	800 m T53	1:38.30 PR	1 Q	N/A		1:37.09
	1500 m T54	3:13.87	1 Q	3:11.09	5	did not advance
	Marathon T54	N/A				1:30.29	17
Lex Gillette	100 m T11	11.85	3	did not advance
	200 m T11	24.42	4	did not advance
	Long jump F11	N/A				6.46
	Triple jump F11	N/A				12.19	5
Peter Gottwald	800 m T13	N/A				1:55.49
	1500 m T13	4:05.51	4 Q	N/A		4:16.59	10
	5000 m T13	16:11.31	6	N/A		did not advance
Erik Hightower	100 m T54	14.92	6	N/A		did not advance
	200 m T54	26.15	5	N/A		did not advance
	400 m T54	49.76	5 Q	51.67	5	did not advance
Tony Iniguez	800 m T54	1:39.72	5 Q	1:37.30	9	did not advance
	1500 m T54	3:07.84	2 Q	3:11.84	6	did not advance
	5000 m T54	10:28.87	9	N/A		did not advance
	Marathon T54	N/A				1:26.04	15
Josiah Jamison	100 m T12	11.09	1 Q	10.90	1 Q	10.89
	200 m T12	22.20	1 Q	22.19	1 Q	did not start
	400 m T12	51.40	3	did not advance
Carlos Leon	Shot put F53/54	N/A				6.95	15
Royal Mitchell	100 m T13	11.34	3 Q	N/A		11.17	7
	200 m T13	22.73	4	N/A		did not advance
	400 m T13	51.15	4 Q	N/A		51.23	8
Nelacey Porter	100 m T11	Disqualified		did not advance
Josh Roberts	100 m T52	N/A				19.88	7
	200 m T52	N/A				36.82	9
	400 m T52	1:05.22	5	N/A		did not advance
	800 m T52	2:21.10	5	N/A		did not advance
Scot Severn	Discus throw F53/54	N/A				23.71	7
	Shot put F53/54	N/A				7.76	9
Marlon Shirley	100 m T44	11.77	2 Q	N/A		34.43	8
Jerome Singleton	100 m T44	11.48	2 Q	N/A		11.20
Jeff Skiba	High jump F44/46	N/A				2.11 WR
	Long jump F42/44	N/A				5.83	9
	Discus throw F44	N/A				48.72	6
	Javelin throw F42/44	N/A				51.46	5
	Pentathlon P44	N/A				4274
Casey Tibbs	200 m T44	24.01	2 Q	N/A		23.40	4
	400 m T44	N/A				did not start
	Long jump F42/44	N/A				6.39
	Pentathlon P44	N/A				did not finish
Steven Toyoji	400 m T52	1:04.37	4 Q	N/A		1:05.41	7
	800 m T52	Disqualified		N/A		did not advance
	Marathon T52	N/A				1:58.37	5
Scott Winkler	Shot put F55/56	N/A				11.27	5
Lex Gillette Josiah Jamison Royal Mitchell Nelacey Porter	4×100 m relay T11-13	did not finish		N/A		did not advance
Jim Bob Bizzell Brian Frasure Jerome Singleton Casey Tibbs	4×100 m relay T42-46	N/A				42.75 WR
	4×100 m relay T53/54	did not start
Tyler Byers Josh George Erik Hightower Tony Iniguez	4×400 m relay T53/54	3:21.52	2	N/A		did not advance

Legend: Q – Qualifiers for the final as decided on a basis of rank within heat; WR=World Record; PR=Paralympic Record

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mallerie Badgett	100 m T52	N/A				24.01	6
	200 m T52	N/A				43.42	7
Cheri Blauwet	400 m T53	1:00.03	1 Q	N/A		57.07	4
	800 m T53	N/A				1:58.38	4
	5000 m T54	N/A				12:29.43	4
	Marathon T54	N/A				1:40:04	5
Julie Crisp	Javelin throw F35-38	N/A				18.84	17
Anjali Forber Pratt	100 m T53	17.46	1 Q	N/A		17.99	6
	200 m T53	31.66	2 Q	N/A		30.99	4
	400 m T53	58.76	3 Q	N/A		56.79
Jessica Galli	100 m T53	17.00	2 Q	N/A		16.88
	200 m T53	30.58	2 Q	N/A		29.68
	400 m T53	56.10 PR	1 Q	N/A		54.88 WR
	800 m T53	N/A				1:57.25
	1500 m T54	3:30.32	3 Q	N/A		3:41.68	4
Jennifer Goeckel	100 m T54	18.21	5	N/A		did not advance
	200 m T54	32.84	4	N/A		did not advance
	400 m T54	1:01.11	6	N/A		did not advance
Sabra Hawkes	100 m T37	15.75	8	N/A		did not advance
	200 m T37	32.36	6	N/A		did not advance
April Holmes	100 m T44	13.76	1 Q	N/A		13.72
	200 m T44	N/A				Disqualified
	Long jump F44	N/A				did not start
Jill Kennedy	Discus throw F40	N/A				20.89	6
	Shot put F40	N/A				6.39	8
Cheryl Leitner	100 m T52	N/A				24.40	7
	200 m T52	N/A				41.01	6
Chelsea McClammer	800 m T54	1:57.09	5 Q	N/A		1:51.88	8
Tatyana McFadden	100 m T54	16.71	3 Q	N/A		16.62	6
	200 m T54	29.49	2 Q	N/A		28.43
	400 m T54	54.04	2 Q	N/A		53.49
	800 m T54	1:56.56	1 Q	N/A		1:46.95
Amanda McGrory	800 m T53	N/A				1:57.31
	1500 m T54	3:34.56	2 Q	N/A		3:42.17	5
	5000 m T54	N/A				12:29.07
	Marathon T54	N/A				1:40:00
Kerri Morgan	100 m T52	N/A				21.56	5
	200 m T52	N/A				40.82	5
Maggie Redden	100 m T53	19.29	5	N/A		did not advance
	200 m T53	35.13	6	N/A		did not advance
Shirley Reilly	1500 m T54	3:33.33	5 Q	N/A		3:43.54	7
	5000 m T54	N/A				12:32.19	8
	Marathon T54	N/A				1:40:26	7
Robyn Stawski	Discus throw F32-34/51-53	N/A				11.24	15
	Javelin throw F33-34/52-53	N/A				11.50	14
	Shot put F32-34/52-53	N/A				5.56	13
Anjali Forber Pratt Jessica Galli Tatyana McFadden Amanda McGrory	4×100 m relay T53/54	N/A				1:02.16

Legend: Q – Qualifiers for the final as decided on a basis of rank within heat; WR=World Record; PR=Paralympic Record

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The U.S. boccia team consisted of a single competitor, T. J. Hawker.^[17] Hawker lost his four pool stage matches and did not advance to the knock-out stage.^[18]

Athlete	Event	Pool play		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		W–L	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
T. J. Hawker	Individual BC1	0–4	5	did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Karissa Whitsell and Mackenzie Woodring (pilot) compete in Beijing on September 07, 2008

The initial members of the 2008 U.S. Paralympic Cycling Team were named on June 6, 2008, after the 2008 U.S. Paralympics Cycling National Championships in Morrison, Colorado.^[19] The final roster included thirteen athletes (seven men and six women).^[20] The team entered the Games with a goal of two gold and ten medals total.^[21] They surpassed their goal, finishing with fourteen medals: five gold, five silver, and four bronze.

Factor time

To ensure a fair event when athletes with differing disabilities compete, times achieved were sometimes modified by a percentage rate, to produce a result known as "Factor Time". It is this time that decided the result of the races, and is listed below. Where this differs from the actual time recorded, actual time is also listed.^[22]

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alejandro Albor	ind. road race HC C	2:01:44
	ind. time trial HC C	20:59.49
Michael Farrell	ind. road race LC1/LC2/CP4	2:01:58	28
	ind. time trial CP4	38:14.76	7
David Lee	ind. road race HC B	1:38:09	14
	ind. time trial HC B	25:04.99	14
Oz Sanchez	ind. road race HC C	1:21:41
	ind. time trial HC C	20:16.52
Matt Updike	ind. road race HC B	1:32:17	10
	ind. time trial HC B	24:39.59	13
Ron Williams	ind. road race LC1/LC2/CP4	2:01:44	25
	ind. time trial LC2	36:12.84	5
Anthony Zahn	ind. road race LC3/LC4/CP3	1:58:19	26
	ind. time trial LC4	41:08.21

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Barbara Buchan	ind. time trial LC 3/LC 4/CP 3	FT: 42:28.73 AT: 44:45.17
Allison Jones	ind. time trial LC 3/LC 4/CP 3	44:42.88
Greta Neimanas	ind. time trial LC 1/LC 2/CP 4	40:26.09	4
Jennifer Schuble	ind. time trial LC 1/LC 2/CP 4	FT: 38:38.94 AT: 40:42.28
Karissa Whitsell Mackenzie Woodring (pilot)	ind. road race B&VI 1-3	1:58:35
	ind. time trial B&VI 1-3	36:14.87

Key

• AT = actual time
• FT = factor time

Track

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michael Farrell	ind. 1 km time trial CP4	N/A						1:17.594	8
	ind. pursuit CP4	- 4:04.606	9	N/A				Did not advance
Anthony Zahn	ind. road race LC3-4	N/A						FT: 1:29.280 AT: 1:33.275	20
	ind. pursuit LC4	Paolo Viganò (ITA) L 4.27.048	6	N/A				Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Barbara Buchan	ind. 500 m time trial LC3-4/CP 3	N/A		FT: 47.105 AT: 49.156	8
	ind. pursuit LC3-4/CP 3	Niu (CHN) W FT: 4:13.860 AT: 4:31.334 WR	1 Q	Simanowski (GER) W FT: 4:15.848 AT: 4:33.459
Allison Jones	ind. 500 m time trial LC3-4/CP 3	N/A		46.397	6
	ind. pursuit LC3-4/CP 3	Tesoriero (NZL) L 4:36.306	8	Did not advance
Greta Neimanas	ind. 500 m time trial LC1-2/CP 4	N/A		40.265	8
	ind. pursuit LC1-2/CP 4	Storey (GBR) L 3:57.966	5	Did not advance
Jennifer Schuble	ind. 500 m time trial LC1-2/CP 4	N/A		FT: 34.331 AT: 40.278 WR
	ind. pursuit LC1-2/CP 4	Dong (CHN) W FT: 3:35.514 AT: 4:01.243 WR	1 Q	Storey (GBR) L FT: 3:36.867 AT: 4:02.758
Karissa Whitsell Mackenzie Woodring (pilot)	ind. 1 km time trial B&VI 1-3	N/A		1:12:787	4
	ind. pursuit B&VI 1-3	- 3:42.237	3 Q	(Bronze final)  Farrell, Parsons (NZL) W 3:41.521

Key

• Q = Qualified for next round
• WR = World record
• AT = actual time
• FT = factor time

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The only equestrian events held in the Paralympic Games are in the Dressage discipline. Five American riders competed, in both individual and team events.^[23]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Test round		Final round		Total
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Robin Brueckmann	Radetzky	Ind. champ. test grade IV	N/A				56.387	14
		Ind. freestyle test grade IV	N/A				61.135	11
Barbara Grassmyer	Mibis	Ind. champ. test grade III	N/A				57.120	10
		Ind. freestyle test grade III	N/A				63.389	10
Rebecca Hart	Norteassa	Ind. champ. test grade II	N/A				62.545	12
		Ind. freestyle test grade II	N/A				68.110	4
Keith Newerla	Walk on the Moon	Ind. champ. test grade Ib	N/A				58.571	12
		Ind. freestyle test grade Ib	N/A				60.500	14
Lynn Seidemann	Rhett	Ind. champ. test grade Ib	N/A				63.905	6
		Ind. freestyle test grade Ib	N/A				64.221	9
Lynn Seidemann Rebecca Hart Barbara Grassmyer Robin Brueckmann	Rhett Norteassa Mibis Radetzky	Overall team	185.702 64.471 62.000 59.231 59.214	10	183.570 63.905 62.545 57.120 56.387	11	369.272	10

Goalball

Main article: Goalball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Goalball is a Paralympic sport played by athletes who are blind and visually impaired. At the 2008 Paralympics, the U.S. men's goalball team hoped to repeat their bronze medal performance in Athens, but lost to Sweden in the final.^[24][25] The U.S. women's goalball team improved on their silver medal performance in Athens, defeating China in the gold medal match.^[26]

Men

Squad list[27]	Preliminaries		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final (Bronze medal match)	Rank
	Group B	Rank
Chris Dodds Steve Denuyl Tyler Merren Donte' Mickens Eddie Munro Daryl Walker Coach: Tom Parrigin	China L 3-13	4 Q	Slovenia W 4-2	China L 0-4	Sweden L 2-5	4
	Canada L 2-8
	Brazil W 6-4
	Iran W 4-3
	Sweden L 1-9

Women

Squad list[27]	Preliminaries		Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Rank
Jen Armbruster Lisa Banta Jackie Barnes Jessie Lorenz Asya Miller Robin Theryoung Coach: Ken Armbruster	Japan W 2-0	2 Q	Denmark W 4-3	China W 6-5
	Denmark W 2-0
	China L 0-4
	Brazil D 2-2
	Germany W 4-0
	Canada D 1-1
	Sweden W 7-4

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Jordan Mouton was selected as the only U.S. representative in the women's division at the 2008 U.S. Paralympic Trials for Judo.^[28] All four American men went uncontested at the Trials and were automatically selected for the team. Greg DeWall, a first-time Paralympian, won a bronze medal in the Men's +100 kilogram class.^[29]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Greg DeWall	Men's +100 kg	Jimenez (CUB) W 1000–0000	Wang (CHN) L 0000–0111	Moved to repechage	Bye	Parasyuk (RUS) W 1000–0000	Park (KOR) W 1001–0110
Scott Jones	Men's -81 kg	Oga (JPN) L 0001–0210	did not advance
Jordan Mouton	Women's -70 kg	N/A	Herrera (ESP) L 0000–1000	Moved to repechage	N/A	Szabo (HUN) L 0000–1000	Did not advance	7
Myles Porter	Men's -100 kg	Bye	Silva (BRA) L 0000–1001	Moved to repechage	Nadri (IRI) W 1000–0000	Morgan (CAN) W 0200–0000	Cortada (CUB) L 0000–1000	5
Andre Watson	Men's -90 kg	Bye	Nine (ALG) L 0000–0001	Moved to repechage	Shevchenko (UKR) L 0000–1000	did not advance

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The U.S. powerlifting team consisted of two competitors, Mary Stack and Andy Wise. All of Stack's lifts were declared invalid. She faltered and missed on her first two attempts to lift 110 kg. On her third attempt, Stack managed to lift the weight but the judges did not accept the lift and she was disqualified.^[30] Wise completed two valid lifts, the maximum of which was 150 kg, and finished in eleventh place.^[31]

Athlete	Event	Attempts				Result	Rank
		First	Second	Third	Fourth
Mary Stack	Women's 82.5 kg	110.0	110.0	110.0	N/A	NMR	--
Andy Wise	Men's 67.5 kg	142.5	150.0	155.0	N/A	150.0	11

Key: NMR=No marks recorded

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The 2008 U.S. Paralympic Rowing Team was selected after the 2008 U.S. Rowing National Championships in West Windsor, N.J. and was composed of nine athletes.^[32][33] This was the first time rowing has appeared as a medal sport in the Paralympic Games.^[34] Laura Schwanger, who has multiple sclerosis and won ten medals in track and field across three Paralympics, battled back from breast cancer treatment to win a bronze medal in women's single sculls at age 49.^[35][36] The U.S. mixed coxed four team rallied in the final 100 m of their 1000 m race to take the silver medal.^[37]

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ronald Harvey	Men's single sculls	5:47.55	4 R	5:50.51	2 FA	5:46.32	5
Laura Schwanger	Women's single sculls	6:01.78	1 FA	N/A		6:35.07
William Brown Angela Madsen	Mixed double sculls	4:29.69	4 R	4:42.64	3 FB	4:40.33	1
Simona Chin Jamie Dean Jesse Karmazin Emma Preuschl Tracy Tackett	Mixed coxed four	3:37.57	3 R	3:47.28	1 FA	3:37.61

Qualification Legend: R=Repechage; FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The United States entered crews in all three of the sailing events, held in the Qingdao International Sailing Centre.^[38][39] Maureen McKinnon-Tucker and Nick Scandone clinched a gold medal in the SKUD-18 class with two races left in the series. First-time Paralympian John Ruf won a bronze medal in a competitive 2.4 mR final race, where the top seven players of the fleet started within single-digit points of each other.^[40]

Athlete	Event	Race											Total points	Net points Total-(#)	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
John Ruf	2.4 mR – 1 person keelboat	2	6	1	(9)	1	7	(10)	3	4	4	CAN	47	28
Maureen McKinnon-Tucker Nick Scandone	SKUD18 – 2 person keelboat	2	1	1	1	(3)	2	1	1	2	(12) DNS	CAN	26	11
Tim Angle Rick Doerr Bill Donohue	Sonar – 3 person keelboat	1	9	10	6	(11)	10	2	3	4	(15) RAF	2	73	47	8

Key

• (#) = Worst two results discarded
• CAN = Race cancelled
• DNS = Did not start
• RAF = Retired after finishing

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The U.S. sent two athletes (one man and one woman) to compete in the shooting events at the Paralympics.^[41]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Michael Dickey	Men's R7-50 m free rifle 3x40 SH1	1098	21	Did not advance
	Mixed R3-10 m air rifle prone SH1	595	41	Did not advance
Danielle Fong	Women's R2-10 m air rifle standing SH1	385	19	Did not advance
	Women's R8-50 m sport rifle 3x20 SH1	562	16	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The 2008 U.S. Paralympic Swimming Trials were held on April 3–5 at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota.^[42] A total of 38 swimming athletes (20 male and 18 female) were selected to represent the U.S. at the 2008 Paralympic Games.^[43] Melissa Stockwell, a former United States Army officer who lost her left leg to a roadside bomb, became the first Iraq War veteran to be selected for the Paralympics.^[3][44] The roster also included Dave Denniston, an NCAA champion in the 200-yard breast stroke, two-time Olympic hopeful, and world record breaker who was paralyzed in a 2005 sledding accident.^[45]

The U.S. Paralympic Swimming Team left Beijing with 17 gold, 14 silver and 13 bronze medals. The total of 44 medals was 9 more than they took home from Athens. Out of the 38 athletes on the team, 19 received a medal. U.S. swimmers set a total of 16 world records, 23 Paralympic records, 48 Pan American records and 99 American records.^[7]

Men

Event	Athletes	Heat		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position
50 m freestyle – S2	Curtis Lovejoy	1:14.22	5 Q	1:12.59	6
50 m freestyle – S3	Michael DeMarco	1:00.69	8 Q	1:01.69	7
50 m freestyle – S4	Joe McCarthy	40.85	4 Q	39.95	5
50 m freestyle – S5	Roy Perkins	34.67	2 Q	34.61	4
50 m freestyle – S7	Lantz Lamback	29.95	3 Q	28.81
50 m freestyle – S9	Mark Barr	27.89	18	Did not advance
	Cody Bureau	27.11	11	Did not advance
	Michael Prout	28.12	19	Did not advance
50 m freestyle – S10	Justin Zook	24.92	4 Q	24.81	4
50 m freestyle – S11	Philip Scholz	29.23	13	Did not advance
50 m freestyle – S12	Tucker Dupree	25.41	5 Q	25.31	6
100 m freestyle – S2	Curtis Lovejoy	2:35.49	5 Q	2:34.11	6
100 m freestyle – S3	Michael DeMarco	2:14.97	8 Q	2:07.72	7
100 m freestyle – S4	Joe McCarthy	1:40.19	8 Q	1:34.37	7
100 m freestyle – S5	Roy Perkins	1:17.86	3 Q	1:15.31
100 m freestyle – S7	Lantz Lamback	1:03.70	2 Q	1:02.40
100 m freestyle – S9	Mark Barr	59.56	16	Did not advance
	Cody Bureau	58.29	7 Q	58.14	7
	Michael Prout	59.18	14	Did not advance
100 m freestyle – S10	Justin Zook	55.35	6 Q	55.68	8
100 m freestyle – S11	Philip Scholz	1:04.11	9	Did not advance
100 m freestyle – S12	Tucker Dupree	55.16	4 Q	56.16	7
200 m freestyle – S2	Curtis Lovejoy	5:43.52	9	Did not advance
200 m freestyle – S3	Michael DeMarco	N/A		4:39.79	6
200 m freestyle – S5	Roy Perkins	N/A		2:46.68	4
400 m freestyle – S7	Alex Dionne	5:14.97	5 Q	5:02.62	4
	Lantz Lamback	5:05.65	2 Q	4:56.46
400 m freestyle – S8	Rudy Garcia-Tolson	5:02.17	8 Q	Withdrew
	Tom Miazga	5:14.26	9*	5:09.50	8
400 m freestyle – S9	Mark Barr	4:30.48	9	Did not advance
	Jarrett Perry	4:38.55	12	Did not advance
	Michael Prout	4:28.25	6 Q	4:29.44	7
400 m freestyle – S10	Joe Wise	4:18.37	2 Q	4:15.83	5
400 m freestyle – S11	Philip Scholz	5:02.07	5 Q	4:57.21	5
400 m freestyle – S12	Tucker Dupree	4:24.95	2 Q	4:23.98	4
50 m butterfly – S5	Roy Perkins	37.14 PR	1 Q	35.95 WR
50 m butterfly – S7	Lantz Lamback	33.83	7 Q	34.56	8
100 m butterfly – S8	Rudy Garcia-Tolson	1:12.99	12	Did not advance
100 m butterfly – S9	Mark Barr	1:03.94	8 Q	1:03.91	8
	Cody Bureau	1:02.42	5 Q	1:02.21	6
	Michael Prout	1:05.81	12	Did not advance
100 m butterfly – S10	Justin Zook	1:01.73	=10	Did not advance
100 m butterfly – S11	Philip Scholz	1:11.93	8 Q	1:11.76	8
100 m butterfly – S12	Tucker Dupree	1:02.14	4 Q	1:01.53	5
50 m breaststroke – SB3	Michael DeMarco	1:03.26	9	Did not advance
100 m breaststroke – SB4	Dave Denniston	1:53.23	9	Did not advance
	Roy Perkins	1:56.02	10	Did not advance
100 m breaststroke – SB5	Aaron Paulson	1:44.68	8 Q	1:42.43	7
100 m breaststroke – SB7	Rudy Garcia-Tolson	1:25.76	4 Q	1:24.01
100 m breaststroke – SB8	Jarrett Perry	1:19.44	8 Q	1:20.64	8
100 m breaststroke – SB9	Kendall Bailey	1:20.82	12	Did not advance
	Cody Bureau	DSQ		Did not advance
50 m backstroke – S1	Grover Evans	N/A		2:51.17	6
50 m backstroke – S2	Curtis Lovejoy	1:16.03	8 Q	1:14.69	6
50 m backstroke – S3	Michael DeMarco	1:03.21	8 Q	1:03.03	8
50 m backstroke – S4	Joe McCarthy	55.70	10	Did not advance
50 m backstroke – S5	Dave Denniston	53.07	14	Did not advance
	Roy Perkins	50.77	13	Did not advance
100 m backstroke – S7	Lantz Lamback	1:14.06 WR	1 Q	1:12.09 WR
100 m backstroke – S8	Tom Miazga	1:16.01	9	Did not advance
100 m backstroke – S9	Cody Bureau	1:06.42	4 Q	1:05.47	5
	Jarrett Perry	1:03.47 WR	1 Q	1:03.66
	Michael Prout	1:08.72	6 Q	1:08.09	8
100 m backstroke – S10	Justin Zook	1:01.15 WR	1 Q	1:01.29
100 m backstroke – S11	Justin Zook	1:20.46	13	Did not advance
100 m backstroke – S12	Tucker Dupree	1:04.14	4 Q	1:04.08	5
200 m individual medley – SM5	Roy Perkins	3:30.69	5 Q	3:23.63	5
200 m individual medley – SM7	Rudy Garcia-Tolson	2:37.80 WR	1 Q	2:35.92 WR
200 m individual medley – SM9	Cody Bureau	2:27.30	8 Q	2:20.21
	Jarrett Perry	DSQ		Did not advance
	Michael Prout	2:25.65	5 Q	2:25.56	6
200 m individual medley – SM12	Tucker Dupree	2:20.32	6 Q	2:19.12	6
4x50 m freestyle relay – 20pts	Michael DeMarco Dave Denniston Lantz Lamback Roy Perkins	N/A		DSQ (Lamback S7, Denniston S5, DeMarco S3, Perkins S5)
4x100 m freestyle relay – 34pts	Mark Barr Cody Bureau Lantz Lamback Michael Prout	N/A		3:59.97 (Prout S9, Barr S9, Lamback S7, Bureau S9)	6
4x50 m medley relay – 20pts	Dave Denniston Lantz Lamback Joe McCarthy Roy Perkins	2:46.20 (Lamback S7, Denniston SB4, Perkins S5, McCarthy S4)	1 Q	2:43.00 (Lamback S7, Denniston SB4, Perkins S5, McCarthy S4)	4
4x100 m medley relay – 34pts	Mark Barr Cody Bureau Rudy Garcia-Tolson Lantz Lamback Jarrett Perry Michael Prout Justin Zook	4:32.41 (Perry S9, Garcia-Tolson SB7, Barr S9, Prout S9)	2 Q	4:29.38 (Zook S10, Perry SB8, Bureau S9, Lamback S7)	7

*Listed as finishing heats in ninth place, but started the final in place of eighth-place qualifier Rudy Garcia-Tolson
Legend: Q – Qualifiers for the next round as decided on a time only basis. Ranks shown are overall rank against competitors in all heats; WR=World Record; PR=Paralympic Record

Women

Event	Athletes	Heat		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position
50 m freestyle – S3	Beth Kolbe	1:11.69	6 Q	1:10.55	5
50 m freestyle – S4	Cheryl Angelelli-Kornoelje	N/A		52.81
	Aimee Bruder	N/A		55.04	5
50 m freestyle – S5	Marin Morrison	1:35.60	14	Did not advance
50 m freestyle – S6	Casey Johnson	41.95	10	Did not advance
	Miranda Uhl	39.20	7 Q	39.14	7
50 m freestyle – S7	Cortney Jordan	35.57	4 Q	33.84 PR
	Erin Popovich	34.22 PR	1 Q	33.92
50 m freestyle – S8	Amanda Everlove	32.96	7 Q	32.20
	Jessica Long	32.54	5 Q	32.58	6
50 m freestyle – S9	April Kerley	30.76	6 Q	30.20	5
	Elizabeth Stone	31.24	10	Did not advance
50 m freestyle – S10	Anna Eames	29.78	5 Q	29.17	4
	Ashley Owens	30.29	9	Did not advance
	Susan Beth Scott	29.67	4 Q	29.38	5
50 m freestyle – S13	Kelley Becherer	N/A		27.85
100 m freestyle – S4	Cheryl Angelelli-Kornoelje	1:50.51	2 Q	1:50.25
	Aimee Bruder	1:56.69	3 Q	1:55.33
100 m freestyle – S5	Marin Morrison	3:10.30	12	Did not advance
100 m freestyle – S6	Casey Johnson	1:27.75	8 Q	1:26.42	8
	Miranda Uhl	1:23.73	6 Q	1:22.22	7
100 m freestyle – S7	Cortney Jordan	N/A		1:12.09
	Erin Popovich	N/A		1:11.82 PR
100 m freestyle – S8	Amanda Everlove	1:10.84	4 Q	1:10.65	4
	Jessica Long	1:06.81 WR	1 Q	1:06.91
100 m freestyle – S9	April Kerley	1:06.30	9	Did not advance
	Melissa Stockwell	1:09.55	17	Did not advance
	Elizabeth Stone	1:05.06	4 Q	1:04.86	6
100 m freestyle – S10	Anna Eames	1:03.58	3 Q	1:01.91
	Ashley Owens	1:03.59	4 Q	1:01.57 WR
	Susan Beth Scott	1:02.93	2 Q	1:02.33	4
100 m freestyle – S13	Kelley Becherer	1:00.27	1 Q	1:00.46
200 m freestyle – S5	Cheryl Angelelli-Kornoelje	3:44.56	12	Did not advance
	Aimee Bruder	3:57.63	15	Did not advance
400 m freestyle – S6	Casey Johnson	6:49.80	10	Did not advance
	Miranda Uhl	6:00.34	3 Q	5:55.64	4
400 m freestyle – S7	Deborah Gruen	6:05.90	10	Did not advance
	Cortney Jordan	5:31.27	1 Q	5:21.01
	Erin Popovich	5:34.18	2 Q	5:17.41 PR
400 m freestyle – S8	Jessica Long	4:47.45 WR	1 Q	4:50.17
400 m freestyle – S9	Melissa Stockwell	5:09.89	10	Did not advance
	Elizabeth Stone	5:01.24	6 Q	4:46.53	4
400 m freestyle – S10	Anna Eames	4:52.77	7 Q	4:43.98	4
	Ashley Owens	4:50.68	4 Q	4:38.11
	Susan Beth Scott	4:46.16	1 Q	4:39.44
400 m freestyle – S13	Kelley Becherer	4:42.18	2 Q	4:37.50	=
50 m butterfly – S6	Casey Johnson	43.99	8 Q	42.35	6
	Miranda Uhl	43.98	7 Q	42.50	7
50 m butterfly – S7	Deborah Gruen	49.19	13	Did not advance
	Cortney Jordan	44.94	10	Did not advance
	Erin Popovich	38.71	2 Q	37.87
100 m butterfly – S8	Amanda Everlove	1:11.64 WR	1 Q	1:12.16
	Jessica Long	1:12.54	2 Q	1:11.96
100 m butterfly – S9	April Kerley	1:17.15	14	Did not advance
	Melissa Stockwell	1:22.09	18	Did not advance
	Elizabeth Stone	1:14.99	10	Did not advance
100 m butterfly – S10	Anna Eames	1:09.26	1 Q	1:09.44
	Susan Beth Scott	1:15.11	6 Q	1:15.72	6
100 m butterfly – S13	Kelley Becherer	1:08.91	5 Q	1:08.38	6
100 m breaststroke – SB6	Deborah Gruen	1:46.76	4 Q	1:44.00
	Casey Johnson	2:07.89	11	Did not advance
	Miranda Uhl	1:50.80	5 Q	1:48.44	6
100 m breaststroke – SB7	Jessica Long	N/A		1:38.60
	Erin Popovich	N/A		1:31.60 WR
100 m backstroke – S3	Beth Kolbe	1:18.81	8 Q	1:17.97	8
100 m backstroke – S5	Marin Morrison	DSQ		Did not advance
100 m backstroke – S6	Casey Johnson	1:51.42	13	Did not advance
	Miranda Uhl	1:41.74	6 Q	1:40.44	8
100 m backstroke – S7	Cortney Jordan	1:30.14	5 Q	1:26.57	4
100 m backstroke – S8	Amanda Everlove	DSQ		Did not advance
	Jessica Long	1:20.44	2 Q	1:19.56
100 m backstroke – S9	Elizabeth Stone	1:13.52	4 Q	1:11.16
100 m backstroke – S10	Susan Beth Scott	1:14.09	4 Q	1:13.97	4
100 m backstroke – S13	Kelley Becherer	1:13.06	3 Q	1:11.53	5
150 m individual medley – SM4	Aimee Bruder	N/A		3:29.80	4
200 m individual medley – SM6	Casey Johnson	3:56.80	12	Did not advance
	Miranda Uhl	3:16.95 PR	1 Q	3:13.05 WR
200 m individual medley – SM7	Deborah Gruen	3:29.16	7 Q	3:27.48	7
	Cortney Jordan	3:15.89	2 Q	3:07.96
	Erin Popovich	3:01.21 PR	1 Q	2:54.61 WR
200 m individual medley – SM8	Amanda Everlove	2:52.93	2 Q	2:50.51
	Jessica Long	2:42.56 WR	1 Q	2:41.85 WR
200 m individual medley – SM10	Anna Eames	2:43.21	4 Q	2:42.46	5
	Susan Beth Scott	2:45.39	6 Q	2:43.99	6
200 m individual medley – SM13	Kelley Becherer	N/A		2:32.21	4

Legend: Q – Qualifiers for the next round as decided on a time only basis. Ranks shown are overall rank against competitors in all heats; WR=World Record; PR=Paralympic Record

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The United States sent four athletes (three men and one woman) to compete in Paralympic table tennis.^[46]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group matches		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final Bronze final
		Opposition Result	Rank[47]	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tahl Leibovitz	Singles C9-10	Heijnen (NED) W 3–0  Miettinen (FIN) L 1–3	2	N/A		Did not advance
Andre Scott	Singles C4-5	Kober (GER) W 3–1  Robertson (GBR) L 0–3	3	N/A		Did not advance
Mitch Seidenfeld	Singles C7	Jurasz (POL) L 1–3  Messi (FRA) W 3–0  du Plooy (RSA) W 3–0	1	N/A		Ye (CHN) L 0–3	Valera (ESP) L 1–3	4
Tahl Leibovitz Andre Scott Mitch Seidenfeld	Team C9-10	N/A		Ukraine (UKR) L 2–3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group matches		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final Bronze final
		Opposition Result	Rank[47]	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Noga Nir-Kistler	Singles C5	Bessho (JPN) L 1-3  Nardelli (ITA) L 1-3  Abuawad (JOR) L 0-3	4	N/A		Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The U.S. women's sitting volleyball team upset world number one Netherlands in five sets to reach the gold medal match, where they lost to China for a silver medal.^[48][49] The men's sitting volleyball team failed to qualify for the Paralympics after losing to Brazil at the 2007 Parapan American Games.^[50]

Women's sitting volleyball

Squad list	Preliminaries		Semifinal	Final	Rank
	Pool B	Rank
Allison Aldrich Heather Erickson Alexandra Gouldie Katryn Holloway SuGui Kriss Kendra Lancaster Hope Lewellen Brenda Maymon (captain) Gina McWilliams Nichole Millage Kari Miller (libero) Lora Webster Coach: Michael Hulett	Lithuania W 3–0 (25–15,25–18,25–9)	2 Q	Netherlands W 3–2 (19–25,25–23,28–26, 25–27, 15–10)	China L 0–3 (14–25,19–25,15–25)
	China L 0–3 (14–25,21–25,19–25)
	Latvia W 3–0 (25–12,25–17,25–11)

Wheelchair basketball

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The United States qualified for both men's and women's wheelchair basketball tournaments at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation qualifying tournaments for the Americas.^[51] The men's team finished in fourth place after losing to Great Britain in the bronze final. The women's team successfully defended their 2004 gold medal with a win over Germany.^[52]

Men

Squad list	Group stage (Pool B)		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final (Bronze final)
	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
From: Eric Barber Joe Chambers Jacob Counts Jeremy Lade Matt Lesperance Jaime Mazzi Jay Nelms Mikey Paye Paul Schulte Matt Scott Steve Serio Jeff Glasbrenner Coach: Steve Wilson	Israel W 76–53	2 Q	Iran W 20–0*	Canada L 62–69	Great Britain L 77–85	4
	Brazil W 87–41
	Great Britain L 50–54
	China W 97–38
	Australia W 68–61

*Iran withdrew from its quarterfinal match against the United States on September 19, 2008.^[53] The match had been rescheduled from 11:15am to 9:00am, but was changed without any logical reason according to the head of Iran's delegation.^[54] As a result, the U.S. was awarded the win by the score of 20–0 and automatically advanced to the semi-finals.

Women

Squad list	Group stage (Pool A)		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
From: Sarah Castle Patty Cisneros (captain) Loraine Gonzales Carlee Hoffman Emily Hoskins Mary Allison Milford Rebecca Murray Alana Nichols Christina Ripp Jen Ruddell Natalie Schneider Stephanie Wheeler Coach: Ronald Lykins	Germany W 42–38	1 Q	China W 75–31	Australia W 60–47	Germany W 50–38
	Australia W 61–42
	Great Britain W 56–31
	Brazil W 68–38

Wheelchair fencing

Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The United States sent five athletes (four men and one woman) to compete in wheelchair fencing.^[55]

Athlete	Event	Pool play		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		W–L	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mark Calhoun	Men's foil A	1–4	6	did not advance
	Men's saber A	3–3	4	Pylarinos Markantonatos (GRE) L 8–15	did not advance
Andrea Demello	Women's épée B	1–4	6	did not advance
	Women's foil B	0–5	6	did not advance
Gerard Moreno	Men's foil B	1–4	5	did not advance
	Men's saber B	0–5	6	did not advance
Scott Rodgers	Men's épée B	4–1	3	Williams (USA) W 15–2	Bezyazychny (BLR) L 4–15	did not advance
	Men's foil B	2–3	4	Czop (POL) W 15–11	Hu (CHN) L 10–15	did not advance
Benjy Williams	Men's épée B	2–3	4	Rodgers (USA) L 2–15	did not advance
	Men's saber B	0–5	6	did not advance

Wheelchair rugby

Main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

At the Paralympics teams in the sport of wheelchair rugby are made up of mixed classification quadriplegic athletes of both sexes.^[56] The United States qualified by winning the 2006 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships and went on to win its third gold medal since wheelchair rugby was introduced as a demonstration sport at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics.^[57][58]

Squad list	Group stage (Pool A)		Semifinal	Final
	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
From: Andy Cohn Will Groulx Scott Hogsett Bryan Kirkland Norm Lyduch Seth McBride Jason Regier Nick Springer Chance Sumner Joel Wilmoth Mark Zupan Coach: James Gumbert	China W 65–30	1 Q	Great Britain W 35–32	Australia W 53–44
	Japan W 44–37
	Canada W 37–32

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The American wheelchair tennis team consisted of nine players. Lee Hinson, Paul Moran, Jon Rydberg and Stephen Welch competed in the men's events, Beth Arnoult and Kaitlyn Verfuerth competed in the women's events, and Brent Poppen, Nick Taylor and David Wagner competed in the mixed quadriplegic events. The tennis team was coached by Dan James, with Jason Hartnett as assistant coach, David Schobel as team leader, and Bill Taylor as the personal care assistant.^[59] Taylor and Wagner successfully defended their title in mixed doubles, which they had won four years earlier at the 2004 Paralympics. The two men competed against each other in the bronze medal match of the mixed singles event, with Wagner prevailing.^[60]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lee Hinson	Men's singles	Pommê (BRA) W 6–1, 6–3	Gérard (BEL) L 2–6, 0–6	did not advance
Paul Moran	Men's singles	Vink (NED) L 0–6, 1–6	did not advance
Jon Rydberg	Men's singles	Pfundner (AUT) W 6–2, 6–0	Felix (SVK) W 6–4, 6–3	Kunieda (JPN) L 1–6, 1–6	did not advance
Stephen Welch	Men's singles	Cayulef (CHI) W 6–1, 6–1	Majdi (FRA) W 6–1, 6–0	Ammerlaan (NED) L 2–6, 3–6	did not advance
Beth Arnoult	Women's singles	N/A	Ida (INA) W 6–0, 6–0	Sevenans (BEL) W 1–6, 6–3, 6–4	Griffioen (NED) L 3–6, 0–6	did not advance
Kaitlyn Verfuerth	Women's singles	N/A	Montjane (RSA) W 6–4, 6–0	Walraven (NED) L 1–6, 5–7	did not advance
Brent Poppen	Mixed singles	N/A		Andersson (SWE) L 2–6, 6–7	did not advance
Nick Taylor	Mixed singles	N/A		Kramer (ISR) W 6–3, 6–3	Van Erp (NED) W 1–6, 7–5, 7–6	Norfolk (GBR) L 0–6, 3–6	Wagner (USA) L 2–6, 6–4, 1–6	4
David Wagner	Mixed singles	N/A		Hunter (CAN) W 6–3, 4–6, 6–4	Weinberg (ISR) W 6–2, 6–2	Andersson (SWE) L 4–6, 6–2, 3–6	Taylor (USA) W 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Lee Hinson Paul Moran	Men's doubles	N/A	Carter/ Mathieu (CAN) W 7–6, 3–6, 6–4	Olsson/ Wikstrom (SWE) L 1–6, 4–6	did not advance
Jon Rydberg Stephen Welch	Men's doubles	N/A	Li/ Shi (CHN) W 6–4, 6–7, 6–1	Scheffers/ Vink (NED) L 3–6, 1–6	did not advance
Beth Arnoult Kaitlyn Verfuerth	Women's doubles	N/A		Bye	Shuker/ Whiley (GBR) W 5–7, 7–5, 6–2	Griffioen/ Vergeer (NED) L 2–6, 1–6	Gravellier/ Racineux (FRA) L 7–5, 3–6, 2–6	4
Nick Taylor David Wagner	Mixed doubles	N/A			Bye	Timmermans-van Hall/ Van Erp (NED) W 6–3, 6–4	Kramer/ Weinberg (ISR) W 6–0, 4–6, 6–2

Media coverage

U.S. coverage of the 2008 Paralympic Games was provided by the Universal Sports Television Network. Daily live and delayed highlight shows as well as coverage of the opening and closing ceremonies was available on-demand at UniversalSports.com from September 6–17.^[61] Daily video highlights were also available at the official website of the U.S. Paralympic Team, usparalympics.org.^[8] The Universal Sports television broadcast began on October 8, followed by seven days of three-hour segments of coverage and a special presentation highlighting the events that was broadcast by NBC on October 18. A 90-minute documentary was presented by NBC on November 9, and was followed by another broadcast of the Games on Universal Sports from November 10–16.^[62]

See also

• 2008 Summer Paralympics
• United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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External links

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games results database
• International Paralympic Committee official website
• United States Paralympic Committee official website