| Yale 2008 Physics Olympics Participants | ||
| School | Team 1 | Team 2 |
| AmityRegional HS | Vector | Colliders |
| Ansonia HS | Chaos | |
| Barlow HS | 1/137 | |
| Bloomfield HS | Decibel | |
| Branford HS | Why? | |
| Brien McMahon HS | Light Year | |
| Bunnell HS | Newton | Apple |
| Central HS | Doppler Effect | |
| Chaminade HS | Quark; | Gluon |
| ConnCAP | Reflection | |
| Foran HS | Fulcrum | |
| Gilbert School | DeBroglie | |
| Guilford HS | Parabola | Hyperboia |
| Hill Regional Career Magnet HS | Omega | |
| Lyme Old Lyme HS | Boson | |
| Master's School | Fission | |
| Masuk HS | Quantum | |
| Millbrook School | Positron | |
| Naugatuck HS | Kepler | |
| New Fairfield HS | X-ray | Roentgen |
| New Milford HS | Wave | Particle |
| Newtown HS | Magnet | |
| Nonnewaug HS | Redshift | Hubble |
| North Kingston H.S. | Titan | |
| Oxford HS | Fermion | |
| Platt HS | Radiation | |
| Sacred Heart Academy | Comets | |
| School of Math & Physics | Wormhole | |
| Sheehan HS | Blackhole | |
| Shelton HS | Tunguska | |
| Sheridan Middle School | Jupiter | |
| Stamford HS | Beta | |
| Staples HS | Galaxy | |
| Taft School | Parallel | |
| Trumbull HS | Retrograde | |
| West Haven HS | Diffraction | |
| Weston HS | Branes | |
| Wilbur Cross HS | Europa | |
| Wilby HS | Velocity | |
| The Williams School | Photon | |
| Wolcott HS | Alpha | |
| Woodland Regional HS | Pulsar | |
| Worcester Academy | Triton | |