South Africa sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China and finished 6th on the medal table.

[1] Natalie du Toit, five time gold medallist at the Athens Paralympics in 2004, competed in six swimming events.

[3][4][5] Other members of the swim team included Charl Bouwer, Kevin Paul, Tadgh Slattery, Achmat Hassiem, Shireen Sapiro, Emily Gray, Sarah Shannon, Adri Visser and Beth Nothling.

South Africa also sent a swimming official, Sharief Gamiet, to the games.

[8] The following South African athletes won medals at the games:[9] * Indicated the three best individual scores that count towards the team total.