Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual – Class 8
| Women's Individual Class 8 at the XIII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Peking University Gymnasium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 7 – 11 September | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 8 from 6 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | ||
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| Singles | ||
| Men | Women | |
| C1 | C1–2 | |
| C2 | C3 | |
| C3 | C4 | |
| C4–5 | C5 | |
| C6 | C6–7 | |
| C7 | C8 | |
| C8 | C9 | |
| C9-10 | C10 | |
| Teams | ||
| Men | Women | |
| C1–2 | C1–3 | |
| C3 | C4–5 | |
| C4–5 | C6–10 | |
| C6–8 | ||
| C9–10 | ||
The Women's Individual Class 8 table tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held between 7 September and 11 September at the Peking University Gymnasium.[1]
Classes 6–10 were for athletes with a physical impairment who competed from a standing position; the lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment had on an athlete's ability to compete.
The event was won by Thu Kamkasomphou, representing 
France.
[2]
Results[edit]
Preliminary round[edit]
| Qualified for the knock-out stages |
Group A[edit]
| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Points | FRA | SWE | SVK | CZE | |
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| 1 | Thu Kamkasomphou (FRA) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 9:0 | x | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 | |
| 2 |  Josefin Abrahamsson (SWE) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6:4 | 0:3 | x | 3:0 | 3:1 | |
| 3 |  Olga Barbusova (SVK) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3:7 | 0:3 | 0:3 | x | 3:1 | |
| 4 |  Jaroslava Janeckova (CZE) |
3 | 0 | 3 | 2:9 | 0:3 | 1:3 | 1:3 | x |
7 September, 13:20
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7 September, 20:40
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8 September, 17:20
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Group B[edit]
| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Points | CHN | FRA | SWE | BRA | |
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| 1 |  Zhang Xiaoling (CHN) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 9:1 | x | 3:1 | 3:0 | 3:0 | |
| 2 | Claire Mairie (FRA) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 7:3 | 1:3 | x | 3:0 | 3:0 | |
| 3 | Marleen Bengtsson (SWE) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3:6 | 0:3 | 0:3 | x | 3:0 | |
| 4 |  Jane Karla Rodrigues (BRA) |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0:9 | 0:3 | 0:3 | 0:3 | x |
7 September, 13:20
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7 September, 20:40
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8 September, 17:20
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Competition bracket[edit]
| Semifinals: 10 Sep 10:45 | Gold medal match: 11 Sep 10:00 | ||||||||||||||
| Thu Kamkasomphou (FRA)
| 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Claire Mairie (FRA)
| 3 | 11 | 8 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Thu Kamkasomphou (FRA)
| 11 | 15 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Josefin Abrahamsson (SWE)
| 1 | 13 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Josefin Abrahamsson (SWE)
| 1 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Zhang Xiaoling (CHN)
| 11 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 9 | Bronze medal match: 11 Sep 10:00 | |||||||||
| Claire Mairie (FRA)
| 9 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Zhang Xiaoling (CHN)
| 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Schedules and Results - Table Tennis". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 26 September 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- ^ "Women's Singles Class 8". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 October 2012.