Beijing 2008
New Zealand at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games
- 30 Kiwi Paralympians, including 19 returning Paralympians and 11 debutants
- The New Zealand Paralympic Team included 20 male and 10 female Paralympians
- 7 Para sports competed in – Para athletics, Boccia, Para cycling, Para powerlifting, Shooting Para sport, Para swimming and Wheelchair rugby
- 12 medals won by New Zealand – 5 GOLD, 3 SILVER and 4 BRONZE
- The team won medals in 4 of the 7 Para sports Kiwis contested
- 3 world records were set by New Zealand in Para cycling and Para swimming
- 3,997 Paralympians from 146 countries competed in 20 Para sports in Beijing 2008
- 24th in the world overall in the medal standings*
* By IPC convention, the medal standings are ordered by the number of gold medals which the Para athletes from a nation have won. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If NPCs are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IPC country code. The same convention is used by the IOC.
See also the medal standings on the IPC website.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| Year | Medal | Sports | Name | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Gold | Para cycling | Paula Tesoriero | Women's 500m Time Trial LC3-4/CP3 |
| 2008 | Gold | Para swimming | Cameron Leslie | Men's 150m Individual Medley SM4 |
| 2008 | Gold | Para swimming | Sophie Pascoe | Women's 100m Backstroke S10 |
| 2008 | Gold | Para swimming | Sophie Pascoe | Women's 100m Breaststroke SB9 |
| 2008 | Gold | Para swimming | Sophie Pascoe | Women's 200m Individual Medley SM10 |
| 2008 | Silver | Para athletics | Kate Horan | Women's 200m T44 |
| 2008 | Silver | Para swimming | Sophie Pascoe | Women's 100m Butterfly S10 |
| 2008 | Silver | Para swimming | Daniel Sharp | Men's 100m Breaststroke SB13 |
| 2008 | Bronze | Para cycling | Jayne Parsons & Annaliisa Farrell | Women's Individual Time Trial B VI 1-3 |
| 2008 | Bronze | Para cycling | Paula Tesoriero | Women's Individual Time Trial LC3-4/CP3 |
| 2008 | Bronze | Para cycling | Paula Tesoriero | Women's Individual Pursuit LC3-4/CP3 |
| 2008 | Bronze | Shooting Para sport | Michael Johnson | Mixed Air Rifle Standing SH2 |
