Sunday, September 7, 2008

September 7, 2008 is the 1st major day of the 2008 Paralympic games, the below article summarises all the world records and medals.

Contents

  • 1 World Records
    • 1.1 Swimming
    • 1.2 Cycling
    • 1.3 Shooting
  • 2 Gold medals
    • 2.1 Track Cycling
    • 2.2 Judo
    • 2.3 Shooting
    • 2.4 Swimming
  • 3 Medal Table
  • 4 Sources

  • In the S13 class, Dzmitry Salei from Belarus set a new world record in the final of the men’s 100m butterfly with his time of 58.89 seconds.
  • In the S4 class, Patricia Valle from Mexico set a new world record in Heat 1 of the women’s 100m freestyle event with her time of 2:03.82 minutes.
  • In the SM7 class, American swimmer Rudy Garcia Tolson set a new world record in heat two of the men’s 200m individual medley with his time of 2:37.80 minutes.
  • In the S8 class, Peter Leek from Australia set a new world record in the first heat of the men’s 100m butterfly with his time of 1 minute and 1.01 seconds .
  • In the S8 class, Amanda Everlove from the United States set a new world record in the second heat of the women’s 100m butterfly with her time of 1 minute and 11.64 seconds .
  • In the S9 class, Tamas Sors from Hungary set a new world record in the first heat of the men’s 100m butterfly with his time of 59.38 seconds.
  • With a time of 4:45.43, Russian Dmitry Kokarev set a new world record in the S2 class of the men’s 200m freestyle.
  • With a time of 1:35.21, Chinese Du Jianping set a new world record in the S3 class of the men’s 100m freestyle.
  • With a time of 1:11.05, Brazilian Daniel Dias set a new world record in the S5 class of the men’s 100m freestyle.
  • With a time of 1:16.65, Spanish Maria Teresa Perales set a new world record in the S5 class of the women’s 100m freestyle.
  • With a time of 3:13.05, American Miranda Uhl set a new world record in the SM6 class of the women’s 200m individual medley.
  • With a time of 2:54.61, American Erin Popovich set a new world record in the SM7 class of the women’s 200m individual medley.

  • In the CP3 class, British cyclist Darren Kenny set a new world record in the qualifying stage of the men’s individual pursuit with his time of 3:36.875 minutes.
  • With a time of 4:18.961, Australians Kieran Modra and Tyson Lawrence set a new world in the B&VI 1-3 class of the men’s individual pursuit.
  • With a time of 1:14.936, British Simon Richardson set a new world in the LC 3-4 class of the men’s 1km time trial.
  • With a time of 1:21.157, Britons Ellen Hunter and Aileen McGlynn set a new world in the B&VI 1-3 class of the women’s 1km time trial.

  • With a score of 578, Russian Valeriy Ponomarenko set a new world in the SH1 class of the men’s P1-10m air pistol.

  • Christopher Scott of Australia won the gold medal in the CP4 class of the men’s individual pursuit.
  • Darren Kenny of Great Britain won the gold medal in the CP3 class of the men’s individual pursuit.
  • Kieran Modra and Tyson Lawrence of Australia won the gold medal in the B&VI 1-3 class of the men’s individual pursuit.
  • Simon Richardson of Great Britain won the gold medal in the LC 3-4 class of the men’s 1km time trial.
  • Aileen McGlynn and Ellen Hunter of Great Britain won the gold medal in the B&VI 1-3 class of the women’s 1km time trial.

  • Huaping Guo of China won the gold medal in the -48 kg class Judo.

  • Valeriy Pomomarenko of Russia won the gold medal in the SH1 class of the men’s P1-10m air pistol.
  • Veronika Vadovicova of Slovakia won the gold medal in the SH1 class of the women’s R2-10m air rifle standing.

  • Du Jianping of China won the gold medal in the S3 class of the men’s 100m freestyle.
  • David Smetanine of France won the gold medal in the S4 class of the men’s 100m freestyle.
  • Daniel Dias of Brazil won the gold medal in the S5 class of the men’s 100m freestyle.
  • Dmitry Kokarev of Russia won the gold medal in the S2 class of the men’s 200m freestyle.
  • Dzmitry Salei of Russia won the gold medal in the S13 class of the men’s 100m butterfly.
  • Sascha Kindred of Great Britain won the gold medal in the S13 class of the men’s 200m individual medley.
  • Nely Miranda of Mexico won the gold medal in the S4 class of the women’s 100m freestyle.
  • Maria Teresa Perales of Spain won the gold medal in the S5 class of the women’s 100m freestyle.
  • Valerie Grand Maison of Canada won the gold medal in the S13 class of the women’s 100m butterfly.
  • Miranda Uhl of the United States won the gold medal in the SM6 class of the women’s 200m individual medley.
  • Erin Popovixh of the United States won the gold medal in the SM7 class of the women’s 200m individual medley.

2008 Paralympics – Beijing, China
Flag Country G S B TOT Rank
China 8 10 10 28 1
USA 8 4 5 17 2
Great Britain 7 5 3 15 3
Australia 6 5 10 21 4
South Africa 4 0 0 4 5

Source: Official Medal Count (update)