Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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

Israel at the
1952 Summer Olympics
IOC codeISR
NOCOlympic Committee of Israel
Websitewww.olympic.one.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)

Results by event

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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
Main article: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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
Main article: Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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
Main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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
Main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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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