Japan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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Japan at the Paralympic Games

Flag of Japan
IPC code  JPN
NPC Japanese Paralympic Committee
At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 17		 Gold
5		 Silver
14		 Bronze
8		 Total
27
Paralympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games

Japan competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation included a women's goalball team, men's and women's sitting volleyball teams, men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams, a wheelchair rugby team, and one wheelchair fencer.


Medalists

Wheelchair fencing

Japan will have one competitor in wheelchair fencing, 42-year-old Toyoaki Hisakawa. This will be Hisakawa's third appearance at the Paralympic Games.[1]

Cycling Track

Masashi Ishii – Men's 1 km Time Trial (LC 3–4) – 1:08.771 World Record[2] won the gold medal.

See also

References

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