Russia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Russia sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China that won a total of 63 medals: 18 gold, 23 silver and 22 bronze.

Russia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	RUS
NPC	Russian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralymp.ru (in Russian)
in Beijing
Competitors	144 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Alexey Ashapatov
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 18 Silver 23 Bronze 22 Total 63
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016–2024
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1988)  Unified Team (1992)  RPC (2020)

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Artem Arefyev	Athletics	Men's 800m T36
Gold	Alexey Ashapatov	Athletics	Men's discus throw F57-58
Gold	Alexey Ashapatov	Athletics	Men's shot put F57-58
Gold	Oleg Kretsul	Judo	Men's 90kg
Gold	Valeriy Ponomarenko	Shooting	Men's 10m air pistol SH1
Gold	Andrey Lebedinskiy	Shooting	Mixed 25m pistol SH1
Gold	Dmitrii Kokarev	Swimming	Men's 100m freestyle S2
Gold	Dmitrii Kokarev	Swimming	Men's 200m freestyle S2
Gold	Dmitrii Kokarev	Swimming	Men's 50m backstroke S2
Gold	Igor Plotnikov	Swimming	Men's 100m backstroke S6
Gold	Konstantin Lisenkov	Swimming	Men's 100m backstroke S8
Gold	Alexander Nevolin-Svetov	Swimming	Men's 100m backstroke S12
Gold	Alexey Fomenkov	Swimming	Men's 100m breaststroke SB6
Gold	Oxana Savchenko	Swimming	Women's 50m freestyle S12
Gold	Oxana Savchenko	Swimming	Women's 100m freestyle S12
Gold	Olesya Vladykina	Swimming	Women's 100m breaststroke SB8
Gold	Oxana Savchenko	Swimming	Women's 200m individual medley SM12
Gold	Natalia Martyasheva	Table tennis	Women's singles class 6-7
Silver	Alexy Labzin	Athletics	Men's 100m T13
Silver	Alexy Labzin	Athletics	Men's 200m T13
Silver	Artem Arefyev	Athletics	Men's 400m T36
Silver	Evengy Gudkov	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F42/44
Silver	Vladimir Andryushchenko	Athletics	Men's shot put F11-12
Silver	Maxim Narozhnyy	Athletics	Men's shot put F42
Silver	Elena Chistilina	Athletics	Women's 100m T46
Silver	Pavel Borisov Alexey Chesmin Mamuka Dzimistaishvili Stanislav Kolyhalov Andrey Kuvaev Alexander Lekov Andrey Lozhechnikov Lasha Murvandze Georgy Nadzharyan Ivan Potekhin Oleg Smirnov Aleksey Tumakov	Football 7-a-side	Men's team
Silver	Ayrat Zakiev	Powerlifting	Men's 60kg
Silver	Olesya Lafina	Powerlifting	Women's 48kg
Silver	Tamara Podpalnaya	Powerlifting	Women's 52kg
Silver	Irina Kazantseva	Powerlifting	Women's 56kg
Silver	Sergey Malyshev	Shooting	Men's 10m air pistol SH1
Silver	Dmitrii Kokarev	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle S2
Silver	Alexander Nevolin-Svetov	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle S12
Silver	Konstantin Lisenkov	Swimming	Men's 100m freestyle S8
Silver	Alexander Nevolin-Svetov	Swimming	Men's 200m individual medley SM12
Silver	Irina Grazhdanova	Swimming	Women's 50m freestyle S9
Silver	Anna Efimenko	Swimming	Women's 50m freestyle S12
Silver	Anna Efimenko	Swimming	Women's 100m freestyle S12
Silver	Anna Efimenko	Swimming	Women's 400m freestyle S13
Silver	Anastasia Diodorova	Swimming	Women's 50m butterfly S6
Silver	Yulia Ovsyannikova	Table tennis	Women's singles class 6-7
Bronze	Pavel Kharagezov	Athletics	Men's 800m T36
Bronze	Ildar Pomykalov	Athletics	Men's marathon T12
Bronze	Margarita Koptilova	Athletics	Women's 100m T38
Bronze	Margarita Koptilova	Athletics	Women's 200m T38
Bronze	Elenna Pautova	Athletics	Women's 800m T12-13
Bronze	Elenna Pautova	Athletics	Women's 1500m T13
Bronze	Victoria Potapova	Judo	Women's 48kg
Bronze	Alesya Stepanyuk	Judo	Women's 52kg
Bronze	Madina Kazakova	Judo	Women's 63kg
Bronze	Tatiana Savostyanova	Judo	Women's 70kg
Bronze	Irina Kalyanova	Judo	Women's +70kg
Bronze	Natalia Dalekova	Shooting	Women's 10m air pistol SH1
Bronze	Valeriy Ponomarenko	Shooting	Mixed 25m pistol SH1
Bronze	Valeriy Ponomarenko	Shooting	Mixed 50m pistol SH1
Bronze	Konstantin Lisenkov	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle S8
Bronze	Alexander Chekurov	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle S11
Bronze	Andrey Strokin	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle S13
Bronze	Alexander Nevolin-Svetov	Swimming	Men's 100m freestyle S12
Bronze	Denis Dorogaev	Swimming	Men's 100m breaststroke SB9
Bronze	Andrey Strokin	Swimming	Men's 100m butterfly S13
Bronze	Anna Efimenko	Swimming	Women's 100m backstroke S13
Bronze	Alexander Baychik Tanatkan Bukin Dimitriy Gordiyenko Evgeny Kuzovnikov Andreu Lavrinovich Viktor Milenin Sergey Pozdeev Maksim Timchenko Sergey Uporov Alexey Volkov Sergey Yakunin	Volleyball	Men's team

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
Timur Tuchinov	Men's individual recurve	606	8	Bye	Zarzuela (ESP) L 97-98	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
Artem Arefyev	T36	400m	—				55.59
		800m	—				2:08.83 WR
Vladislav Barinov	T37	100m	12.57	9	did not advance
		200m	25.58	11	did not advance
Pavel Kharagezov	T36	400m	—				57.51	4
		800m	—				2:14.80
Andrey Kholostyakov	T37	100m	12.46	5 Q	—		12.49	5
		200m	25.41	7 q	—		25.70	7
Maxim Kirillov	T12	800m	2:35.10	12	did not advance
Andrey Koptev	T11	100m	DSQ		did not advance
Alexey Labzin	T13	100m	10.98 =PR	2 Q	—		10.88
		200m	21.86	2 Q	—		21.87
Yury Nosulenko	T46	200m	22.72	3 Q	—		22.48	4
		400m	49.90	5 q	—		49.66	6
Ildar Pomykalov	T12	10000m	—				DNF
		Marathon	—				2:33:27
Artem Tayganov	T11	1500m	4:24.41	9	did not advance
Fedor Trikolich	T12	100m	11.27	7 q	11.17	5 B	11.18	1
Alexander Yalchik	T46	800m	1:57.06	5 q	—		1:58.04	7
Alexander Zverev	T13	400m	50.43	4 Q	—		50.05	5
Evgeny Kegelev Andrey Koptev Alexey Labzin Fedor Trikolich	T11-T13	4x100m relay	DNS		did not advance

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Vladimir Andryushchenko	F11-12	Discus throw	49.49	974	4
		Shot put	16.46	1015
Alexey Ashapatov	F57-58	Discus throw	57.61 WR	1079
		Shot put	16.03 WR	1072
Vladislav Barinov	F37-38	Long jump	5.36	931	9
Evgeny Gudkov	F42/44	Javelin throw	55.50	1018
Alexey Ivanov	F55-56	Shot put	11.75 SB	1012	4
Evgeny Kegelev	F12	Long jump	6.02	-	11
Andrey Koptev	F11	Triple jump	12.44	-	4
Alexey Kuznetsov	F53-54	Javelin throw	26.78 SB	1015	6
Alexey Lesnykh	F37-38	Shot put	11.99	797	10
Maxim Narozhnyy	F42	Shot put	13.92	-
Sergey Sevostianov	F11	Triple jump	11.92	-	6

Women's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rima Batalova	T12	800m	2:20.59	4 q	2:20.94	4
		1500m	—		4:44.21	4
Elena Chistilina	T46	100m	12.79	4 Q	12.65
		200m	26.43	4 Q	26.15	5
Elena Frolova	T11	100m	13.48	9	did not advance
		200m	27.59	8 q	27.69	7
Margarita Goncharova	T38	100m	14.29	3 Q	13.97
		200m	28.75	4 Q	28.62
Yulia Linevich	T36	100m	—		16.10	8
Alexandra Moguchaya	T46	100m	13.04	9	did not advance
		200m	27.32	12	did not advance
Elena Pautova	T12	800m	2:17.27	2 q	2:15.70
		1500m	—		4:32.91
Nikol Rodomakina	T46	100m	12.79	4 Q	12.76	5
		200m	26.40	3 Q	26.52	7
Agyul Sakhibzadaeva	T36	100m	—		15.74	7
		200m	—		33.91	7
Olga Semenova	T13	200m	DNS		did not advance
		400m	1:04.90	9	did not advance
Svetlana Sergeeva	T37	100m	14.87	7 q	15.24	8
Evgenia Trushnikova	T37	100m	15.35	11	did not advance
		200m	31.51	8 q	31.06	5

Women's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Yulia Arefyeva	F35-38	Javelin throw	18.83 SB	1085	5
Elena Burdykina	F32-34/52-53	Shot put	7.05	935	8
Natalia Gudkova	F42-46	Javelin throw	38.16 SB	1042	5
Svetlana Sergeeva	F35-38	Javelin throw	24.60 SB	1036	8
	F37-38	Shot put	8.57	849	16
Olga Sergienko	F57-58	Javelin throw	20.55 SB	1032	4
		Shot put	8.46	842	11
Aleksandra Surkova	F13	Long jump	4.64	-	10

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
Mariya Zagorskaya	Bazalt	Mixed individual championship test grade Ia	47.000	13
		Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ia	60.833	10

Football 7-a-side

Main article: Football 7-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The men's football 7-a-side team won the silver medal after losing to Ukraine in the gold medal match.

Players

• Pavel Borisov
• Alexey Chesmin
• Mamuka Dzimistarishvili
• Stanislav Kolykhalov
• Andrey Kuvaev
• Alexander Lekov
• Andrey Lozhechnikov
• Lasha Murvandze
• Georgy Nadzharyan
• Ivan Potekhin
• Oleg Smirnov
• Aleksey Tumakov

Tournament

8 September 2008

9:00

Russia	6 - 0	China

Olympic Green Hockey Field

10 September 2008

13:30

Netherlands	1 - 12	Russia

Olympic Green Hockey Field

12 September 2008

9:00

Russia	3 – 0	Brazil

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Semifinals

14 September 2008

16:30

Iran	0 - 5	Russia

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Gold medal match

16 September 2008

16:30

Russia	1 - 2 (a.e.t)	Ukraine

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Attendance: 11267

Referee: Guido Gonzalez (Colombia)

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
Oleg Kretsul	Men's 90kg	Vazquez (ESP) W 1100-0000	Clarke (AUS) W 1000-0000	Nine (ALG) W 1000-0000	—		Mammadov (AZE) W 0100-0010
Alexander Parasyuk	Men's +100kg	Papp (HUN) L 0000-1011	—		Papachristos (GRE) W 0001-0000	Dewall (USA) L 0000-1000	Did not advance
Said Shakhmanov	Men's 60kg	—	Ibrahimov (AZE) L 0000–1000	—	Zasyadkovych (UKR) W 0010-0001	Hirose (JPN) W 1000-0101	Li X (CHN) L 0000-1000
Anatoliy Shevchenko	Men's 90kg	Nine (ALG) L 0001-0010	—		Watson (USA) W 1000-0000	Vazquez (ESP) W 0001-0000	Cugnon de Sevricourt (FRA) L 0001-0002

Women

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/ Bronze medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Ekaterina Buzmakova	Women's 57kg	Wang L (CHN) L 0000-1000	—		D Silva (BRA) L 0000-1000	Did not advance
Irina Kalyanova	Women's +70kg	Yuan Y (CHN) L 0000-1000	—		Bye	Komatsu (JPN) W 0201-0000
Madina Kazakova	Women's 63kg	Bye	Aimthisung (THA) W 1000-0000	Arce (ESP) L 0002-0011	—	Zhou Q (CHN) W 1010-0010
Victoria Potapova	Women's 48kg	Bye	Brussig (GER) W 1000–0020	Guo H (CHN) L 0001-0110	—	Halinska (UKR) W 0201-0010
Tatiana Savostyanova	Women's 70kg	Bye		Ruvalcaba (MEX) L 0101-0110	—	Szabo (HUN) W 1000-0000
Alesya Stepanyuk	Women's 52kg	S Hernandez (ESP) W 1000-0000	—	Aurieres-Martinet (FRA) L 0000-1000	—	Tsuchiya (JPN) W 0200-0000

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Ildar Bedderdinov	52kg	157.5	5
Nikolay Marfin	+100kg	207.5	6
Vadim Rakitin	82.5kg	200.0	5
Sergey Sychev	67.5kg	190.0	4
Ayrat Zakiev	60kg	200.0

Women

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Irina Kazantseva	56kg	97.5
Olga Kiseleva	75kg	100.0	5
Olesya Lafina	48kg	115.0
Tamara Podpalnaya	52kg	125.0

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elena Akimova Valery Bisarnov Nikolay Bogomolov Anatoly Krupin Valentina Pshenichnaya	Mixed coxed four	3:51.78	10 R	3:53.51	6 FB	3:52.20	3

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Andrey Lebedinskiy	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	564	7 Q	99.7	663.7	4
	Mixed 25m pistol SH1	574	1 Q	200.7	774.7
	Mixed 50m pistol SH1	518	14	did not advance
Sergey Malyshev	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	569	2 Q	96.8	664.6
	Mixed 25m pistol SH1	569	6 Q	193.9	762.9	6
	Mixed 50m pistol SH1	532	8 Q	91.8	623.8	5
Sergey Nochevnoy	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	599	7 Q	104.0	703.0	7
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	587	4 Q	100.8	687.8	6
Valeriy Ponomarenko	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	578	1 Q	94.4	672.4
	Mixed 25m pistol SH1	573	2 Q	195.9	768.9
	Mixed 50m pistol SH1	542	2 Q	85.8	627.8

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Natalia Dalekova	Women's 10m air pistol SH1	366	5 Q	96.6	462.6
Anastasia Panteleeva	Women's 10m air pistol SH1	369	3 Q	93.5	462.5	4

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Albert Bakaev	S3	50m backstroke	1:00.24	7 Q	58.31	6
		50m freestyle	58.64	7 Q	1:03.95	8
		100m freestyle	2:07.34	6 Q	2:11.01	8
Mikhail Boyarin	S8	50m freestyle	30.42	13	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:05.68	14	did not advance
Alexander Chekurov	S11	100m butterfly	1:21.51	12	did not advance
		50m freestyle	27.51	4 Q	27.26
		100m freestyle	1:04.02	8 Q	1:03.41	7
Denis Dorogaev	SB9	100m breaststroke	1:11.28	3 Q	1:10.16
Igor Erokhin	SB7	100m breaststroke	1:33.22	11	did not advance
	SM8	200m individual medley	2:50.88	12	did not advance
Alexey Fomenkov	S8	100m backstroke	1:13.06	4 Q	1:12.33	4
	SB6	100m breaststroke	1:34.32	3 Q	1:27.22 PR
Konstantin Lisenkov	S8	100m backstroke	1:06.72 WR	1 Q	1:06.33 WR
		100m butterfly	1:09.66	10	did not advance
		50m freestyle	27.78	3 Q	27.18
		100m freestyle	1:00.32	4 Q	59.01
Ivan Khmelnitskiy	S4	50m freestyle	44.21	8 Q	43.93	8
		100m freestyle	1:32.66	4 Q	1:33.37	6
		200m freestyle	3:16.67	5 Q	3:15.79	6
Dmitry Kokarev	S2	50m backstroke	1:06.21	2 Q	1:03.17 WR
		50m freestyle	1:09.59	1 Q	1:05.15
		100m freestyle	2:19.39	1 Q	2:18.04
		200m freestyle	4:50.77	1 Q	4:45.43
Alexander Nevolin-Svetov	S12	100m backstroke	1:00.78 WR	1 Q	59.37 WR
		50m freestyle	25.23	3 Q	24.73
		100m freestyle	55.00	3 Q	54.58
	SM12	200m individual medley	2:17.94	2 Q	2:13.86
Rustam Nurmukhametov	S11	50m freestyle	29.44	16	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:05.51	12	did not advance
	SB11	100m breaststroke	1:22.74	9	did not advance
Alexander Pikalov	S12	100m butterfly	1:04.47	9	did not advance
		50m freestyle	26.27	8 Q	25.92	7
		100m freestyle	58.18	9	did not advance
Igor Plotnikov	S6	100m backstroke	1:15.58	1 Q	1:14.45
		50m butterfly	33.26	4 Q	33.25	6
		400m freestyle	6:24.21	11	did not advance
Dmitry Polin	S9	50m freestyle	29.46	20	did not advance
	SB9	100m breaststroke	1:12.47	5 Q	1:11.74	5
Ruslan Sadvakasov	S7	50m butterfly	33.74	6 Q	34.12	7
	SB7	100m breaststroke	1:32.89	10	did not advance
Eduard Samarin	S10	50m freestyle	26.78	14	did not advance
		100m freestyle	58.63	17	did not advance
		400m freestyle	4:27.59	8 Q	4:28.25	8
	SM10	200m individual medley	2:30.93	14	did not advance
Alexander Shchelochkov	S10	50m freestyle	25.79	11	did not advance
Nikita Shevchenko	S7	100m backstroke	1:24.86	11	did not advance
Mikhail Sidnin	S8	100m butterfly	1:08.47	9	did not advance
Kirill Sokolov	SB6	100m breaststroke	1:36.45	7 Q	1:33.77	4
	SM7	200m individual medley SM7	3:13.84	13	did not advance
Andrey Strokin	S13	100m butterfly	1:00.60	3 Q	1:00.83
		50m freestyle	24.81	3 Q	24.55
		100m freestyle	55.29	7 Q	55.19	7
Konstantin Tychkov	S11	100m butterfly	1:15.44	9	did not advance
		50m freestyle	28.47	10	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:04.02	8 Q	1:02.82	7
Artem Zakharov	SB6	100m breaststroke	1:40.61	8 Q	1:39.61	8
Evgeny Zimin	S8	100m butterfly	1:13.50	14	did not advance
Mikhail Zimin	SB13	100m breaststroke	1:11.78	7 Q	1:09.14	4
Ivan Khmelnitskiy Dmitry Kokarev Artem Zakharov Evgeny Zimin	N/A	4x50m freestyle relay	—		DQ
Mikhail Boyarin Konstantin Lisenkov Eduard Samarin Mikhail Sidnin	N/A	4x100m freestyle relay	—		4:10.52	8
Albert Bakaev Alexey Fomenkov Ivan Khmelnitskiy Ruslan Sadvakasov	N/A	4x50m medley relay	DQ		did not advance
Mikhail Boyarin Denis Dorogaev Konstantin Lisenkov Mikhail Sidnin	N/A	4x100m medley relay	4:33.11	6 Q	4:28.51	4

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Anastasia Diodorova	S6	100m backstroke	1:36.20	5 Q	1:33.96	4
		50m butterfly	40.90	4 Q	39.93
	SM6	200m individual medley	3:33.32	8 Q	3:33.24	8
Anna Efimenko	S12	50m freestyle	29.42	7 Q	27.82
		100m freestyle	1:03.01	3 Q	1:01.24
Irina Grazhdanova	S9	100m butterfly	1:15.57	12	did not advance
		50m freestyle	29.60	2 Q	29.33
		100m freestyle	1:06.78	11	did not advance
		400m freestyle	5:23.29	16	did not advance
	SM9	200m individual medley	2:58.11	16	did not advance
Oxana Guseva	S7	50m butterfly	42.28	8 Q	41.07	8
		100m freestyle	—		1:20.68	8
		400m freestyle	5:50.89	6 Q	5:46.61	6
	SM7	200m individual medley	3:24.21	5 Q	3:19.50	6
Yulia Nikitina	SB9	100m breaststroke	1:27.86	8 Q	1:27.28	8
Oxana Savchenko	S12	50m freestyle	27.92 WR	1 Q	27.07 WR
		100m freestyle	1:01.27 PR	1 Q	59.47 WR
	SM12	200m individual medley	2:36.12	1 Q	2:30.55
Olga Sokolova	S11	50m freestyle	24.17	10	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:19.17	10	did not advance
Anna Vengerovskaya	S8	100m butterfly	1:22.58	9	did not advance
		50m freestyle	35.36	10	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:20.89	15	did not advance
	SM8	200m individual medley	3:06.05	12	did not advance
Olesya Vladykina	SB8	100m breaststroke	1:23.40 PR	1 Q	1:20.58 WR
	SM8	200m individual medley	2:53.72 PR	3 Q	2:53.79	4

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sergey Poddubnyy	Men's singles C2	Molliens (FRA) L 0–3	Kim K Y (KOR) W 3-2	Ahmed (LBA) W 3–0	2	did not advance
Vadim Buzin	Men's singles C6	Rosenmeier (DEN) L 1-3	P du Plooy (RSA) W 3-0	Arguello Garcia (CRC) W 3-2	2	did not advance
Alexander Esaulov		Arnold (GER) L 0-3	Gregorovic (CRO) W 3-1	Chen C (CHN) W 3-2	2	did not advance
Pavel Lukyanov	Men's singles C9-10	de la Bourdonnaye (FRA) L 0-3	Manso (CUB) W 3-1	—	2	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nadezda Pushpasheva	Women's singles C1-2	Pezzutto (ITA) L 1–3	Breathnach (IRL) W 3-1	—	2	did not advance
Natalia Martyasheva	Women's singles C6-7	Khodzynska (UKR) W 3-1	Barneoud (FRA) W 3-0	—	1 Q	van Zon (NED) W 3-2	Ovsyannikova (RUS) W 3-1
Yulia Ovsyannikova		Safonova (UKR) W 3-2	Na (KOR) W 3-0	—	1 Q	Mahmoud Afify (EGY) W 3-1	Martyasheva (RUS) L 1-3
Olga Komleva	Women's singles 9	Liu M (CHN) L 0-3	Grzelak (POL) L 1-3	Lazzaro (AUS) W 3-0	3	did not advance
Inna Karmayeva	Women's singles 10	Fan L (CHN) L 0-3	la Bourdonnaye (CZE) L 0-3	Maghraby (EGY) W 3-0	3	did not advance

Teams

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vadim Buzin Alexander Esaulov	Men's team C6-8	Spain (ESP) L 1-3	did not advance
Inna Karmayeva Olga Komleva Natalia Martyasheva Yulia Ovsyannikova	Women's team C6-10	Bye	Sweden (SWE) W 3-1	Poland (POL) L 0-3	France (FRA) L 0-3	4

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's tournament

The men's team won the bronze medal after defeating Egypt in the bronze medal match.

Players

• Alexander Baychik
• Tanatkan Bukin
• Dimitriy Gordiyenko
• Evgeny Kuzovnikov
• Andreu Lavrinovich
• Viktor Milenin
• Sergey Pozdeev
• Maksim Timchenko
• Sergey Uporov
• Alexey Volkov
• Sergey Yakunin

Group A matches

8 September 2008 19:30	China (CHN)	0–3	Russia (RUS)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 2,000 Referees: France Marcoux (Canada)
	(22–25, 22–25, 23–25)

---

9 September 2008 15:30	Russia (RUS)	3-0	Iraq (IRQ)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Joseph Campbell (United States)
	(25–13, 25–8, 25–15)

---

10 September 2008 11:30	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	1–3	Russia (RUS)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 400 Referees: Janko Plesnik (Slovenia)
	(21–25, 22–25, 25–18, 16–25)

Semifinals

12 September 2008 18:00	Russia (RUS)	0–3	Iran (IRI)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Gabor Karadi (Hungary)
	(22–25, 13–25, 20–25)

Bronze medal match

15 September 2008 16:00	Russia (RUS)	3-2	Egypt (EGY)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 2,400 Referees: Martijn Meulenkamp (Netherlands)
	(22–25, 25–16, 19–25, 25–20, 15–9)

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
Ivan Andreev	Men's foil A	Pender (POL)	L 0-5	6	did not advance
		Pellegrini (ITA)	L 1-5
		Maillard (FRA)	W 5-4
		Mato (HUN)	L 4-5
		Alhaddad (KUW)	L 2-5
	Men's sabre A	Ye R (CHN)	L 1-5	5 Q	Pellegrini (ITA) L 6-15	did not advance
		Stanczuk (POL)	L 4-5
		Mato (HUN)	L 3-5
		Citerne (FRA)	W 5-4
		Alexakis (GRE)	W 5-4
Sergey Frolov	Men's foil A	Ye R (CHN)	L 2-5	5 Q	Ye R (CHN) L 9-15	did not advance
		Chan W K (HKG)	L 2-5
		Bazhukov (UKR)	L 1-5
		Makowski (POL)	L 4-5
		Calhoun (USA)	W 5-4
	Men's sabre A	Pellegrini (ITA)	L 0-5	5 Q	Makowski (POL) W 15-10	Pellegrini (ITA) L 3-15	did not advance
		More (FRA)	L 1-5
		Makowski (POL)	W 5-4
		Calhoun (USA)	L 2-5
		L Sanchez (ESP)	W 5-3
		Altabbakh (KUW)	W 5-4
Vladimir Poleshchuk	Men's épée B	Komar (UKR)	L 3–5	3 Q	Kim GH (KOR) L 13-15	did not advance
		Latreche (FRA)	W 5-1
		Bogdos (GRE)	L 2-5
		Williams (USA)	W 5-3
		Alsaedi (KUW)	W 5-1
Marat Yusupov	Men's foil B	Sarri (ITA)	L 2-5	5 Q	Latreche (FRA) L 8-15	did not advance
		Latreche (FRA)	L 2-5
		Wyganowski (POL)	L 2-5
		Hisakawa (JPN)	W 5-2
		Bezyazychny (BLR)	W 5-4
	Men's sabre B	Mari (ITA)	L 1-5	4 Q	Datsko (UKR) W 15-8	Francois (FRA) L 9-15	did not advance
		Hui (HKG)	L 4-5
		Pluta (POL)	W 5-4
		Soler (ESP)	W 5-0
		Moreno (USA)	W 5-4

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Liudmila Vasilyeva	Women's épée B	Yao F (CHN)	W 5-4	1 Q	—	Magnat (FRA) W 15–13	Yao F (CHN) L 10-15	Jana (THA) L 8–15	4
		Magnat (FRA)	W 5-3
		Vettraino (ITA)	W 5-1
		Palfi (HUN)	W 5-3
		Demello (USA)	W 5-1
	Women's foil B	Chan Y C (HKG)	L 1-5	5 Q	Magnat (FRA) W 15-9	Yao F (CHN) L 7-15	did not advance
		Ye H (CHN)	L 2-5
		Jana (THA)	L 1-5
		Palfi (HUN)	L 4-5
		Demello (USA)	W 5-0

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
Leonid Shevchik	Open	Men's singles	Lee H-G (KOR) L 1-6, 1-6	did not advance

See also

• Russia at the Paralympics
• Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• International Paralympic Committee