Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | ISR |
NOC | Olympic Committee of Israel |
Website | www |
in Helsinki | |
Competitors | 25 (22 men, 3 women) in 5 sports |
Flag bearer | Abraham Shneior[1] |
Medals |
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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]
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flickr_-_Government_Press_Office_%28GPO%29_-_First_Israeli_Olympic_Team.jpg/260px-Flickr_-_Government_Press_Office_%28GPO%29_-_First_Israeli_Olympic_Team.jpg)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Israeli_Olympic_Basketball_team_1952.jpg/220px-Israeli_Olympic_Basketball_team_1952.jpg)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Zacharia_Ofri_1952.jpg/220px-Zacharia_Ofri_1952.jpg)
Results by event
[edit]Athletics
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Event | Participant | Result | Ref |
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Men's 100 metres | David Tabak | First round, heat 6 - 10.9 seconds (1st place) Second round, heat 3 - 10.9 seconds (6th place) |
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Men's 200 metres | David Tabak | First round, heat 6 - 22.4 seconds (1st place) Second round, heat 4 - 21.8 seconds (5th place) |
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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
[edit]Event | Participants | Result | Ref |
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Men's team competition | Coach: Tubby Raskin | Qualification round (Group B) - Did not advance
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Diving
[edit]Event | Participant | Result | Ref |
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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
[edit]Four shooters represented Israel in 1952.
Event | Participant | Result | Ref |
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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) |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Israel_vs_Philippines_1952_Olympics.jpg/220px-Israel_vs_Philippines_1952_Olympics.jpg)
Swimming
[edit]Event | Participant | Result | Ref |
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Men's 100 metres freestyle | David-Norbert Buch | First round, heat 1 - 1:05.6 (7th place) |
References
[edit]- ^ Israel Archived 28 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ When a shy but stubborn Israel first went to the Olympics
- ^ "Israel at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2015.