Switzerland sent a delegation of 26 athletes (17 male, 9 female) to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The stated goal was to win a minimum of 11 medals and finish the games among the top 50 nations. Swiss athletes competed in 6 sports at the Beijing games and performed as follows:
3 competitors:
14 competitors:
12-time Paralympic gold medallist Heinz Frei also competed in cycling.<br> Sprinter Simon Vögeli was excluded after a pre-games classification concluded that his disability did not fit Paralympic criteria. A protest by the Swiss delegation was rejected. As a consequence of that decision, Switzerland also had to withdraw their respective 4 à100 m relay team for lack of participants.
Pentathlon
5 competitors:
Time trials & Road races
Pursuits
Time trials & Road races
1 competitor:
Men
1 competitor:
3 competitors: