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."Israeli Paralympic Committee chief expects great Beijing Paralympics" , Xinhua, September 3, 2008
Medalists
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Medal Name Sport Event Date Swimming Women's 100m Freestyle – S5 Women's 200m Freestyle – S5 Women's 100m Breaststroke – SB4 7th 9th 12th Shooting Men's R7–50m Free Rifle 3x40 – SH1 10th Tennis Mixed Quad Doubles 13th Rowing Men's Single Sculls – A 11th | width="22%" align="left" valign="top" |
Medals by dateDayDateTotalDay 17th0101Day 28th0000Day 39th0101Day 410th0101Day 511th0011Day 612th0101Day 713th0101Day 814th0000Day 915th0000Day 1016th0000Day 1117th0000Total0516
Archery
Israel's squad included 1 athlete.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsScoreRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAmit DrorMen's Individual Recurve – W1/W255723 L 88–92did not advance
Athletics
Israel's squad included 1 athlete.
AthleteEventsFinalTimeRankBeza NebevaMen's Marathon – T123:21:0723
Basketball
Men Squad listGroup stageQuarterfinalRank 5-8Rank 5-6SemifinalFinalRankOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultAllon 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 L 53–76 4 Q L 47–55 W 20–0 L 54–63 did not advance 6 W 80–41 W 73–60 L 59–66 L 67–82
Pool B TeamPtsPldWDLPFPAPD954013462915595401388247141954013342716375203332325765104291358-6755005203402-199
Qualified for quarterfinals
Cycling
Israel's squad included 1 athlete.
AthleteEventTimeRankNati GruberMen's Individual Road Race – HC Cdid not participate after hewas injured in a road accidentMen's Individual Time Trial – HC C
Equestrian
Equestrian in the Paralympic Games is Dressage only.
AthleteHorseEventScoreRankOmer Ben-DorLennoxInd. Championship Test – Grade Ib63.0489Ind. Freestyle Test – Grade Ib61.50113
Rowing
Athlete(s)EventHeatsRepechageFinal BFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank (Overall)Time RankPascale BercovitchWomen's Single Sculls – A6:12.324 R7:06.2047:02.432 (8)did not advanceEli NawiMen's Single Sculls – A5:25.062 R5:49.302 QN/A5:26.03Mari KoganIgor KoganMixed Double Sculls – TA4:43.535 R5:03.3844:50.434 (10)did not advanceAnastasia DobrovolskiShir KalmanovitzReuven MagnageyAndrew ZuhbaiaCox: Genady SapoznikovMixed Coxed Four – LTA3:58.756 R4:13.3954:15.436 (12)did not advance
WB : World's best time Q : qualified for final R : qualified for repechage
Sailing
Athlete(s)EventRaceScoreRank1234567891011Dror CohenArnon EfratiBenny VexlerSonar – Three-Person Keelboat315(DSQ)415(DSQ)26612113385
Note: The points are totaled from the best 9 results of the 11 races, with lower totals being better.
Shooting
AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankDoron ShaziriMen's R7–50m Free Rifle 3x40 – SH11,15821,259.9Mixed R6–50m Free Rifle Prone – SH158610did not advance
Swimming
AthleteEventsHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankZiv BetterMen's 100 m freestyle – S121:01.1313did not advanceMen's 50 m freestyle – S1227.3511did not advanceIzhar CohenMen's 100 m freestyle – S111:06.7113did not advanceMen's 50 m freestyle – S1128.6612did not advanceKeren LeybovichWomen's 100 m backstroke – S81.22.9951:21.344Lioz AmarMen's 100 m breaststroke – SB41:42.1161:42.508Inbal PezaroWomen's 100 m freestyle – S51:22.8941:21.57Women's 200 m freestyle – S52:53.9412:49.51Women's 100 m breaststroke – SB42:01.2811:57.75Women's 50 m freestyle – S638.54438.694Inbal SchwartzWomen's 100 m backstroke – S61:48.1412did not advanceWomen's 50 m butterfly – S640.79341.055Iyad ShalabiMen's 200 m freestyle – S25:41.0485:34.476Men's 100 m freestyle – S22:38.8082:37.668Men's 50 m freestyle – S21:14.5561:10.514Men's 50 m backstroke – S21:13.2851:10.884
Key: WR=World record; PR=Paralympic record
Table tennis
Athlete(s)EventGroup matchesRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsBronze medal matchFinalsRankOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultZeev GlikmanShmuel ShurMen's Team Class 6–8N/AW 3–0W 3–1L 0–3L 2–3did not advance4Liran GevaMen's Individual Class 3 W 3–11 Q L 0–3did not advance9–10 W 3–1David AltarazMen's Individual Class 9–10 L 2–33did not advance21–30 L 0–3Zeev GlikmanMen's Individual Class 8 W 3–12did not advance5–8 L 2–3 W 3–2Shmuel ShurMen's Individual Class 7 L 0–34did not advance13–16 L 0–3 L 1–3
Tennis
Athlete(s)EventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultShraga WeinbergMixed Quad SinglesN/A W 6–2 6–4 L 2–6 2–6did not advance5–8Boaz KramerMixed Quad SinglesN/A L 3–6 3–6did not advance9–16Ilanit FridmanWomen's Singles W 6–4 6–0 L 1–6 3–6 6–4did not advance9–16Shraga WeinbergBoaz KramerMixed Quad DoublesN/A W 6–2 6–4 W 6–4 6–4 L 0–6 6–4 2–6
References
External links Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site International Paralympic Committee Israeli Paralympic Committee