Israel at the
1952 Summer Olympics
IOC codeISR
NOCOlympic Committee of Israel
Websitewww.olympicsil.co.il (in Hebrew and English)
in Helsinki
Competitors25 (22 men, 3 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer Abraham Shneior[1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Israel competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time[2] at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 25 competitors, 22 men and 3 women, took part in 17 events in 5 sports.[3]

First Israeli Olympic Team, 1952
Israeli Olympic Basketball team 1952
Zacharia Ofri (captain of Israeli Olympic basketball team). 1952

Results by event

Athletics

Arieh Batun-Kleinstub
Event Participant Result Ref
Men's 100 metres David Tabak First round, heat 6 - 10.9 seconds (1st place)
Second round, heat 3 - 10.9 seconds (6th place)
Men's 200 metres David Tabak First round, heat 6 - 22.4 seconds (1st place)
Second round, heat 4 - 21.8 seconds (5th place)
Men's 400 metres Aryeh Glick-Gill First round, heat 5 - 50.2 seconds (5th place)
Men's 800 metres Aryeh Glick-Gill First round, heat 7 - 2:00.9 minutes (6th place)
Men's high jump Arieh Batun-Kleinstub Qualifying - 1.70 metres (did not qualify)
Men's discus Orion Gallin Qualifying - 40.76 metres (32nd; did not qualify)
Women's 80 metres hurdles Leah Horovitz-Ravid First round - 12.4 seconds (6th place)
Women's high jump Tamar Mettal-Schumacher 1.40 metres (17th place)
Women's long jump Tamar Mettal-Schumacher Qualifying - 5.16 metres (29th; did not qualify)
Women's discus Olga Winterberg Qualifying - 35.79 metres (did not qualify)

Basketball

Event Participants Result Ref
Men's team competition Coach: Jacob Saltiel Qualification round (Group B) - Did not advance
Lost to Philippines (47-57)
Lost to Greece (52-54)

Diving

Event Participant Result Ref
Men's 3m springboard Yoav Raanan Preliminary round - 67.70 points (9th place)
Men's 10m platform Yoav Raanan Preliminary round - 58.15 points (30th place)

Shooting

Four shooters represented Israel in 1952.

Event Participant Result Ref
300 m rifle, three positions Dov Ben-Dov 1033 points (21st place)
Shmuel Laviv-Lubin 973 points (26th place)
50 m rifle, prone Zvi Pinkas 388 points (41st place)
Alexander Eliraz 381 points (56th place)
50 m rifle, three positions Zvi Pinkas 1077 points (41st place)
Alexander Eliraz 1059 points (44th place)
Israel vs Philippines, 1952 Olympics. Zacharia Ofri (#4) tipping off the ball.

Swimming

Event Participant Result Ref
Men's 100 metres freestyle David-Norbert Buch First round, heat 1 - 1:05.6 (7th place)

References

  1. ↑ Israel Archived 28 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ When a shy but stubborn Israel first went to the Olympics
  3. ↑ "Israel at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
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