Summer Paralympics 2008 / Participant (Norway)

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Norway took 27 athletes in nine sports at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in China's Beijing in part.

The flag bearer when the team moved in was the swimmer Cecilie Drabsch Norland .

Medals

Medal table

Medal table Norway
space	sport				total
1	swim	1	-	1	2
2	horse riding	-	3	1	4th
3	Table tennis	-	-	1	1
Total		1	3	3	7th

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Cecilie Drabsch Norland	swim	100 meter freestyle (S8)

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Jens Lasse Dokkan	horse riding	Individual championship (grade Ib)
Ann Cathrin Lübbe	horse riding	Dressage Individual (Grade IV) Individual Freestyle (Grade IV)

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Jens Lasse Dokkan Mariette Garborg Ann Cathrin Lübbe Sigrid Rui	horse riding	Dressage team championship
Tommy Urhaug	Table tennis	Single TT 4 - TT 5
Mariann Vestbøstad	swim	50 meter freestyle (S8)

Participants by sport

Boccia

• John Nørsterud

  Individual (BC2) : Eliminated as third in the group in the preliminary round.

  Team (BC1 / BC2) : Failed in the quarterfinals.

• Elisabeth Wilhelmsen

  Individual (BC2) : Eliminated as the last group in the preliminary round.

  Team (BC1 / BC2) : Failed in the quarterfinals.

• Roger Aandalen

  Individual (BC1) : Eliminated as fourth in the group in the preliminary round.

  Team (BC1 / BC2) : Failed in the quarterfinals.

Archery

• Tom Vangen

  Compound (open) : Nineteenth in the placement round with 654 points, then eliminated in the first round against TJ Pemberton with 103: 106.

athletics

• Runar Steinstad

  Javelin throw (F42 / 44) : Tenth in the final with 44.55 meters and therefore not qualified for the final fight of the best eight.

• Elin fetch

  Long jump (F42) : Seventh in the final with 3.38 meters.

Cycling

• Morten year

  Track - Individual Pursuit (LC2) : Eliminated as eighth in the qualification.

  Track - 1K Time Trial (LC2) : 10.

  Road - Individual Time Trial (LC2) : 7.

  Road - Individual Race (LC1 / LC2 / CP4) : 18.

horse riding

• Jens Lasse Dokkan on Lacour

  Team championship : bronze

  Individual championship (grade Ib) : silver

  Individual Freestyle (Grade Ib) : Fifth place

• Mariette Garborg on Luthar

  Team championship : bronze

  Individual Championship (Grade II) : Tenth place

  Individual Freestyle (Grade II) : Twelfth place

• Silje Gillund on Dundee Klint

  Individual Championship (Grade III) : Ninth place

  Individual Freestyle (Grade III) : Eleventh place

• Ann Cathrin Lübbe on Zanko

  Team championship : bronze

  Individual Championship (Grade IV) : Silver

  Individual Freestyle (Grade IV) : Silver

• Sigrid Rui on Nanof

  Team championship : bronze

  Individual Championship (Grade IV) : Tenth place

  Individual Freestyle (Grade IV) : fourth place

shoot

• Monica Lillehagen

  Air rifle 10 meters (SH1) - women : Third place after the qualification with 389 hits, after the competition fifth with 488.3 hits.

swim

• Stian Helgeland

  100 meter freestyle (S6) : Eliminated as sixth in the preliminary run

  50 meter butterfly (S6) : Eliminated as sixth in the preliminary run

  400 meter freestyle (S6) : fourth in the preliminary run, eighth in the final

  50 meter freestyle (S6) : Eliminated as sixth in the preliminary run

• Marianne Mæland

  100 meter chest (S6) : Eliminated as sixth in the preliminary run

• Cecilie Drabsch Norland

  100 meter freestyle (S8) : third in the preliminary run, fifth in the final

  50 meters freestyle (S8) : first in the heat, gold

• Jørgen Tadvin

  400 meter freestyle (S6) : Eliminated as fifth in the preliminary run

• Mariann Vestbøstad

  100 meter freestyle (S8) : Eliminated as third in the preliminary run

  50 meters freestyle (S8) : first in the heat, bronze

  400 meter freestyle (S8) : fourth in the preliminary run, seventh in the final

sailing

• Bjørnar Erikstad

  One-man keelboat (2.4mR) : Overall eighth after 10 races, best placement a second place

• Per Eugen Kristiansen

  Three-man keelboat (Sonar) : Overall fourth after 11 races, best placements, two first places

• Jostein Storrdahl

  Three-man keelboat (Sonar) : Overall fourth after 11 races, best placements, two first places

• Aleksander Wang-Hansen

  Three-man keelboat (Sonar) : Overall fourth after 11 races, best placements, two first places

Table tennis

• Rolf Erik Paulsen

  Individual TT 4 - TT 5 : Group winner, out in the round of 16

  Team TT 4 - TT 5 : Victory in the quarter-finals, then defeats in the semi-finals and in the game for third place, fourth

• Tommy Urhaug

  Individual TT 4 - TT 5 : Group winner and victory in the quarter-finals, defeat in the semi-finals and winner of the game for third place, bronze

  Team TT 4 - TT 5 : Victory in the quarter-finals, then defeats in the semi-finals and in the game for third place, fourth

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of flag bearers ( Memento from March 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Query at paralympic.org (as of September 13, 2008)
2. ↑ Summer Paralympic Participant List ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Query at paralympic.org (as of September 13, 2008)