Volleyball
The U.S. women's sitting volleyball team upset world number one Netherlands in five sets to reach the gold medal match, where they lost to China for a silver medal. The men's sitting volleyball team failed to qualify for the Paralympics after losing to Brazil at the 2007 Parapan American Games.
Women's sitting volleyball
| Squad list | Preliminaries | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |
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| Pool B | Rank | ||||
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Allison Aldrich |
Lithuania W 3–0 (25–15,25–18,25–9) |
2 Q | Netherlands W 3–2 (19–25,25–23,28–26, 25–27, 15–10) |
China L 0–3 (14–25,19–25,15–25) |
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| China L 0–3 (14–25,21–25,19–25) |
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| Latvia W 3–0 (25–12,25–17,25–11) |
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