Паралимпийские игры 2008 в Пекине

Multi parasport event in Beijing, China

The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games , the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was first time the new Paralympic logo featured in the Summer Paralympics since its rebranding after the 2004 Summer Paralympics. 3,951 athletes from 146 countries took part, the largest number of nations ever (ten more than the 2004 Games in Athens). Five countries competed for the first time. As host country, China fielded more athletes than any other country. The slogan for the 2008 Paralympics was the same as the 2008 Summer Olympics, "One World, One Dream" ( Pinyin Tóng yīge shìjìe tóng yīge mèngxiǎng, lit. "One World, One Dream"). China dominated the medal count, finishing with 89 gold medals and 211 total medals, more than double the next ranked NPC in both cases. 339 Paralympic records and 279 world records were broken. Beijing was selected to host the 2022 Winter Paralympics, making it the first city to host both Summer and Winter Games.

The Games's emblem, "Sky, Earth, and Human Beings" , was unveiled in July 2004, a multicolored Chinese character "之" stylized as an athletic figure in motion. Its red, blue and green colors represent sun, sky and earth.

The slogan was the same as the 2008 Summer Olympics, "One World, One Dream".

The mascot was a cartoon cow named Fu Niu Lele , roughly meaning "Lucky Ox 'Happy'".

The theme song was "Flying with the Dream" It was performed by Chinese Tibetan singer Han Hong and Hong Kong singer and actor Andy Lau.

The torch relay of the 2008 Summer Paralympics started from Tian Tan (Temple of Heaven) on August 28. The flame then gathered before The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests (祈年殿) and followed two routes (the "Route of Ancient China" and the "Route of Modern China"). Both routes returned to Beijing on September 5, and the torch was flamed at the National Stadium during the Opening Ceremony on September 6.

The opening ceremony took place on September 6, 2008. The pre ceremony performance was a succession of various musical performances, ranging from military music to folk music and a performance of Ode to Joy. Following a countdown, a fireworks display signalled the beginning of the ceremony proper. The national flag of China was then raised, in accordance with usual protocol, and the national anthem of China performed. Countries with the same number of strokes in the first character are sorted by those of the next character. This made Guinea (几内亚) the first country to enter as it takes two strokes to write the first character in the country's name (几). Following the athletes' parade, a performance took place, divided into chapters and sub chapters entitled the "Journey of Space" and "Journey of Life"

The 2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium. It began at 8:00 pm China Standard Time (UTC+8) on September 17, 2008.

This table is based on the medal count of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). The ranking is sorted primarily by the number of gold medals earned by a National Paralympic Committee. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IPC Country Code.