# Israel at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Israel sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. Israel sent 42 athletes, who competed in 11 sports: archery, athletics, basketball, cycling, equestrian, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis and tennis. The country's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony was Yizhar Cohen, who won three gold medals at the 1988 Seoul Paralympics.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver Silver Silver | Inbal Pezaro | Swimming | Women's 100m Freestyle – S5 Women's 200m Freestyle – S5 Women's 100m Breaststroke – SB4 | 7th 9th 12th |
| Silver | Doron Shaziri | Shooting | Men's R7–50m Free Rifle 3x40 – SH1 | 10th |
| Silver | Boaz Kramer Shraga Weinberg | Tennis | Mixed Quad Doubles | 13th |
| Bronze | Eli Nawi | Rowing | Men's Single Sculls – A | 11th |
Medals by date :
| Day | Date | | | | Total |
| Day 1 | 7th | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 2 | 8th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 3 | 9th | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 4 | 10th | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 5 | 11th | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Day 6 | 12th | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 7 | 13th | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 8 | 14th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 9 | 15th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 10 | 16th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 11 | 17th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |

## Archery

Israel's squad included 1 athlete.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Amit Dror | Men's Individual Recurve – W1/W2 | 557 | 23 | Stone (USA) L 88–92 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Athletics

Israel's squad included 1 athlete.
| Athlete | Events | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank |
| Beza Nebeva | Men's Marathon – T12 | 3:21:07 | 23 |

## Basketball
### Men

| Squad list | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Rank 5-8 | Rank 5-6 | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Squad list | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Allon Dor-On David Drai Lior Dror Ron Furman Shay Haim Liran Hendel Avraham Lehrman Dotan Meishar Ariel Ottolenghi Rotem Philipps (C) Roei Rosenberg Eyal Sar-Tov | United States L 53–76 | 4 Q | Canada L 47–55 | Iran W 20–0 | Germany L 54–63 | did not advance | did not advance | 6 |
| Allon Dor-On David Drai Lior Dror Ron Furman Shay Haim Liran Hendel Avraham Lehrman Dotan Meishar Ariel Ottolenghi Rotem Philipps (C) Roei Rosenberg Eyal Sar-Tov | China W 80–41 | 4 Q | Canada L 47–55 | Iran W 20–0 | Germany L 54–63 | did not advance | did not advance | 6 |
| Allon Dor-On David Drai Lior Dror Ron Furman Shay Haim Liran Hendel Avraham Lehrman Dotan Meishar Ariel Ottolenghi Rotem Philipps (C) Roei Rosenberg Eyal Sar-Tov | Brazil W 73–60 | 4 Q | Canada L 47–55 | Iran W 20–0 | Germany L 54–63 | did not advance | did not advance | 6 |
| Allon Dor-On David Drai Lior Dror Ron Furman Shay Haim Liran Hendel Avraham Lehrman Dotan Meishar Ariel Ottolenghi Rotem Philipps (C) Roei Rosenberg Eyal Sar-Tov | Australia L 59–66 | 4 Q | Canada L 47–55 | Iran W 20–0 | Germany L 54–63 | did not advance | did not advance | 6 |
| Allon Dor-On David Drai Lior Dror Ron Furman Shay Haim Liran Hendel Avraham Lehrman Dotan Meishar Ariel Ottolenghi Rotem Philipps (C) Roei Rosenberg Eyal Sar-Tov | Great Britain L 67–82 | 4 Q | Canada L 47–55 | Iran W 20–0 | Germany L 54–63 | did not advance | did not advance | 6 |

### Pool B

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD |
| Australia | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 346 | 291 | 55 |
| United States | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 388 | 247 | 141 |
| Great Britain | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 334 | 271 | 63 |
| Israel | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 332 | 325 | 7 |
| Brazil | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 291 | 358 | -67 |
| China | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 203 | 402 | -199 |
    Qualified for quarterfinals

## Cycling

Israel's squad included 1 athlete.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Nati Gruber | Men's Individual Road Race – HC C | did not participate after he was injured in a road accident | did not participate after he was injured in a road accident |
| Nati Gruber | Men's Individual Time Trial – HC C | did not participate after he was injured in a road accident | did not participate after he was injured in a road accident |

## Equestrian

Equestrian in the Paralympic Games is Dressage only.
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank |
| Omer Ben-Dor | Lennox | Ind. Championship Test – Grade Ib | 63.048 | 9 |
| Omer Ben-Dor | Lennox | Ind. Freestyle Test – Grade Ib | 61.501 | 13 |

## Rowing

| Athlete(s) | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Final B | Final B | Final | Final |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank (Overall) | Time | Rank |
| Pascale Bercovitch | Women's Single Sculls – A | 6:12.32 | 4 R | 7:06.20 | 4 | 7:02.43 | 2 (8) | did not advance | did not advance |
| Eli Nawi | Men's Single Sculls – A | 5:25.06 | 2 R | 5:49.30 | 2 Q | N/A | N/A | 5:26.03 | |
| Mari Kogan Igor Kogan | Mixed Double Sculls – TA | 4:43.53 | 5 R | 5:03.38 | 4 | 4:50.43 | 4 (10) | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anastasia Dobrovolski Shir Kalmanovitz Reuven Magnagey Andrew Zuhbaia Cox: Genady Sapoznikov | Mixed Coxed Four – LTA | 3:58.75 | 6 R | 4:13.39 | 5 | 4:15.43 | 6 (12) | did not advance | did not advance |
* WB : World's best time
* Q : qualified for final
* R : qualified for repechage

## Sailing

| Athlete(s) | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Score | Rank |
| Athlete(s) | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Score | Rank |
| Dror Cohen Arnon Efrati Benny Vexler | Sonar – Three-Person Keelboat | 3 | 15 (DSQ) | 4 | 15 (DSQ) | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 5 |
Note: The points are totaled from the best 9 results of the 11 races, with lower totals being better.

## Shooting

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Doron Shaziri | Men's R7–50m Free Rifle 3x40 – SH1 | 1,158 | 2 | 1,259.9 | |
| Doron Shaziri | Mixed R6–50m Free Rifle Prone – SH1 | 586 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Swimming

| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ziv Better | Men's 100 m freestyle – S12 | 1:01.13 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ziv Better | Men's 50 m freestyle – S12 | 27.35 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Izhar Cohen | Men's 100 m freestyle – S11 | 1:06.71 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Izhar Cohen | Men's 50 m freestyle – S11 | 28.66 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Keren Leybovich | Women's 100 m backstroke – S8 | 1.22.99 | 5 | 1:21.34 | 4 |
| Lioz Amar | Men's 100 m breaststroke – SB4 | 1:42.11 | 6 | 1:42.50 | 8 |
| Inbal Pezaro | Women's 100 m freestyle – S5 | 1:22.89 | 4 | 1:21.57 | |
| Inbal Pezaro | Women's 200 m freestyle – S5 | 2:53.94 | 1 | 2:49.51 | |
| Inbal Pezaro | Women's 100 m breaststroke – SB4 | 2:01.28 | 1 | 1:57.75 | |
| Inbal Pezaro | Women's 50 m freestyle – S6 | 38.54 | 4 | 38.69 | 4 |
| Inbal Schwartz | Women's 100 m backstroke – S6 | 1:48.14 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Inbal Schwartz | Women's 50 m butterfly – S6 | 40.79 | 3 | 41.05 | 5 |
| Iyad Shalabi | Men's 200 m freestyle – S2 | 5:41.04 | 8 | 5:34.47 | 6 |
| Iyad Shalabi | Men's 100 m freestyle – S2 | 2:38.80 | 8 | 2:37.66 | 8 |
| Iyad Shalabi | Men's 50 m freestyle – S2 | 1:14.55 | 6 | 1:10.51 | 4 |
| Iyad Shalabi | Men's 50 m backstroke – S2 | 1:13.28 | 5 | 1:10.88 | 4 |
Key: WR=World record; PR=Paralympic record

## Table tennis

| Athlete(s) | Event | Group matches | Group matches | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Bronze medal match | Finals | Rank |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Zeev Glikman Shmuel Shur | Men's Team Class 6–8 | N/A | N/A | South Africa W 3–0 | Belgium W 3–1 | China L 0–3 | France L 2–3 | did not advance | 4 |
| Liran Geva | Men's Individual Class 3 | Egbinola (NGR) W 3–1 | 1 Q | Robin (FRA) L 0–3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9–10 |
| Liran Geva | Men's Individual Class 3 | Kramminger (AUS) W 3–1 | 1 Q | Robin (FRA) L 0–3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9–10 |
| David Altaraz | Men's Individual Class 9–10 | Kubov (UKR) L 2–3 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 21–30 |
| David Altaraz | Men's Individual Class 9–10 | Ma (CHN) L 0–3 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 21–30 |
| Zeev Glikman | Men's Individual Class 8 | Kent (CAN) W 3–1 | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 5–8 |
| Zeev Glikman | Men's Individual Class 8 | Jambor (SVK) L 2–3 | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 5–8 |
| Zeev Glikman | Men's Individual Class 8 | Ledoux (BEL) W 3–2 | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 5–8 |
| Shmuel Shur | Men's Individual Class 7 | Popov (UKR) L 0–3 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 13–16 |
| Shmuel Shur | Men's Individual Class 7 | Wollmert (SVK) L 0–3 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 13–16 |
| Shmuel Shur | Men's Individual Class 7 | Bayley (GBR) L 1–3 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 13–16 |

## Tennis

| Athlete(s) | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Rank |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Shraga Weinberg | Mixed Quad Singles | N/A | Burdekin (GBR) W 6–2 6–4 | Wagner (USA) L 2–6 2–6 | did not advance | did not advance | 5–8 |
| Boaz Kramer | Mixed Quad Singles | N/A | Taylor (USA) L 3–6 3–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9–16 |
| Ilanit Fridman | Women's Singles | Ohmae (JPN) W 6–4 6–0 | Hu (CHN) L 1–6 3–6 6–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9–16 |
| Shraga Weinberg Boaz Kramer | Mixed Quad Doubles | N/A | N/A | Andersson, Jansson (SWE) W 6–2 6–4 | Burdekin, Norfolk (GBR) W 6–4 6–4 | Taylor, Wagner (USA) L 0–6 6–4 2–6 | |