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.

[1] Swiss athletes competed in 6 sports at the Beijing games[2] and performed as follows: 3 competitors: 14 competitors: 12-time Paralympic gold medallist Heinz Frei also competed in cycling.

Sprinter Simon Vögeli was excluded after a pre-games classification concluded that his disability did not fit Paralympic criteria.

As a consequence of that decision, Switzerland also had to withdraw their respective 4 × 100 m relay team for lack of participants.