Israel at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Israel at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	ISR
NPC
Website	www.isad.org.il
in Beijing
Competitors	42 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Yizhar Cohen
Officials	15
Medals Ranked 53rd	Gold 0 Silver 5 Bronze 1 Total 6
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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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.^[1]

Medalists[]

Archery[]

Israel's squad included 1 athlete.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Men's Individual Recurve – W1/W2	557	23	(USA) L 88–92	Did not advance

Athletics[]

Israel's squad included 1 athlete.

Athlete	Events	Final
		Time	Rank
	Men's Marathon – T12	3:21:07	23

Basketball[]

Men

Squad list	Group stage		Quarterfinal	Rank 5-8	Rank 5-6	Semifinal	Final	Rank
	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
(C)	United States L 53–76	4 Q	Canada L 47–55	Iran W 20–0	Germany L 54–63	Did not advance		6
	China W 80–41
	Brazil W 73–60
	Australia L 59–66
	Great Britain L 67–82

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
	Men's Individual Road Race – HC C	Did not participate after he was injured in a road accident
	Men's Individual Time Trial – HC C

Equestrian[]

Equestrian in the Paralympic Games is Dressage only.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
	Lennox	Ind. Championship Test – Grade Ib	63.048	9
		Ind. Freestyle Test – Grade Ib	61.501	13

Rowing[]

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final B		Final
		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
Eli Nawi	Men's Single Sculls – A	5:25.06	2 R	5:49.30	2 Q	N/A		5:26.03
	Mixed Double Sculls – TA	4:43.53	5 R	5:03.38	4	4:50.43	4 (10)	Did not advance
Cox:	Mixed Coxed Four – LTA	3:58.75	6 R	4:13.39	5	4:15.43	6 (12)	Did not advance

• WB : World's best time
• Q : qualified for final
• R : qualified for repechage

Sailing[]

Athlete(s)	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
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		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Doron Shaziri	Men's R7–50m Free Rifle 3x40 – SH1	1,158	2	1,259.9
	Mixed R6–50m Free Rifle Prone – SH1	586	10	Did not advance

Swimming[]

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ziv Better	Men's 100 m freestyle – S12	1:01.13	13	Did not advance
	Men's 50 m freestyle – S12	27.35	11	Did not advance
Izhar Cohen	Men's 100 m freestyle – S11	1:06.71	13	Did not advance
	Men's 50 m freestyle – S11	28.66	12	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m backstroke – S8	1.22.99	5	1:21.34	4
	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
	Women's 200 m freestyle – S5	2:53.94	1	2:49.51
	Women's 100 m breaststroke – SB4	2:01.28	1	1:57.75
	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
	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
	Men's 100 m freestyle – S2	2:38.80	8	2:37.66	8
	Men's 50 m freestyle – S2	1:14.55	6	1:10.51	4
	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		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal match	Finals	Rank
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
	Men's Team Class 6–8	N/A		South Africa W 3–0	Belgium W 3–1	China L 0–3	France L 2–3	Did not advance	4
	Men's Individual Class 3	(NGR) W 3–1	1 Q	Robin (FRA) L 0–3	Did not advance				9–10
		Kramminger (AUS) W 3–1
	Men's Individual Class 9–10	(UKR) L 2–3	3	Did not advance					21–30
		Ma (CHN) L 0–3
	Men's Individual Class 8	Kent (CAN) W 3–1	2	Did not advance					5–8
		Jambor (SVK) L 2–3
		(BEL) W 3–2
	Men's Individual Class 7	(UKR) L 0–3	4	Did not advance					13–16
		Wollmert (SVK) L 0–3
		Bayley (GBR) L 1–3

Tennis[]

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

References[]

External links[]

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee
• Israeli Paralympic Committee