Swimming
Seven swimmers represented Israel in the Olympics.
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or | 100 m freestyle | 49.10 | 26 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m freestyle | 1:47.78 | 15 Q | 1:48.16 | 15 | Did not advance | ||
| Guy Barne'a | 100 m backstroke | 54.50 | 15 Q | 54.93 | 16 | Did not advance | |
| Tom Be'eri | 100 m breaststroke | 1:02.42 | 42 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:11.44 | 20 | Did not advance | ||||
| Itai Chammah | 200 m backstroke | 2:00.93 | 26 | Did not advance | |||
| Alon Mandel | 100 m butterfly | 52.99 | 36 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m butterfly | 1:59.27 | 28 | Did not advance | ||||
| Gal Nevo | 200 m individual medley | 1:59.66 | 12 Q | 2:00.43 | 13 | Did not advance | |
| 400 m individual medley | 4:14.03 | 11 | Did not advance | ||||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Anya Gostomelsky | 50 m freestyle | 25.23 | 19 | Did not advance | |||
| 100 m freestyle | 55.18 | 22 | Did not advance | ||||
| 100 m backstroke | 1:01.87 | 25 | Did not advance | ||||
| 100 m butterfly | 59.50 | 36 | Did not advance | ||||
Read more about this topic: Israel At The 2008 Summer Olympics
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