Israel competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first timeWhen a shy but stubborn Israel first went to the Olympics at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 25 competitors, 22 men and 3 women, took part in 17 events in 5 sports.
Results by event
Athletics
EventParticipantResultRefMen's 100 metresDavid TabakFirst round, heat 6 – 10.9 seconds (1st place)Second round, heat 3 – 10.9 seconds (6th place)Men's 200 metresDavid TabakFirst round, heat 6 – 22.4 seconds (1st place)Second round, heat 4 – 21.8 seconds (5th place)Men's 400 metresAryeh Glick-GillFirst round, heat 5 – 50.2 seconds (5th place)Men's 800 metresAryeh Glick-GillFirst round, heat 7 – 2:00.9 minutes (6th place)Men's high jumpArieh Batun-KleinstubQualifying – 1.70 metres (did not qualify)Men's discusOrion GallinQualifying – 40.76 metres (32nd; did not qualify)Women's 80 metres hurdlesLeah Horovitz-RavidFirst round – 12.4 seconds (6th place)Women's high jumpTamar Mettal-Schumacher1.40 metres (17th place)Women's long jumpTamar Mettal-SchumacherQualifying – 5.16 metres (29th; did not qualify)Women's discusOlga WinterbergQualifying – 35.79 metres (did not qualify)
Basketball
EventParticipantsResultRefMen's team competitionCoach: Tubby Raskin Dan Erez-Buxenbaum Moshe Daniel-Levy Yehuda Wiener-Gafni Mordechai-Marcel Hefez
Amos Lin-Linkovski Zekarya Ofri Eliahu Amiel Reuben Fecher-Perach Menahem Kurman-Degani Ralph Klein Shimon Shelah-Schmuckler Abraham ShneiorQualification round (Group B) – Did not advance Lost to Philippines (47-57)Lost to Greece (52-54)
Diving
EventParticipantResultRefMen's 3m springboardYoav RaananPreliminary round – 67.70 points (9th place)Men's 10m platformYoav RaananPreliminary round – 58.15 points (30th place)
Shooting
Four shooters represented Israel in 1952.
EventParticipantResultRef 300 m rifle, three positionsDov Ben-Dov1033 points (21st place)Shmuel Laviv-Lubin973 points (26th place) 50 m rifle, proneZvi Pinkas388 points (41st place)Alexander Eliraz381 points (56th place) 50 m rifle, three positionsZvi Pinkas1077 points (41st place)Alexander Eliraz1059 points (44th place)
Swimming
EventParticipantResultRefMen's 100 metres freestyleDavid-Norbert BuchFirst round, heat 1 – 1:05.6 (7th place)
References
External links Official Olympic Reports