Israel at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Israel competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. It was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

The Olympic Committee of Israel sent 36 athletes to the Games, 20 men and 16 women, to compete in 13 sports. The team's size was smaller by three from that sent to the previous games in Sydney (which was, by far, the nation's largest delegation). Nine athletes had competed in Sydney, including sprint canoer and Olympic bronze medalist Michael Kolganov and European judo champion Ariel Ze'evi, who later became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.

Notable Israeli athletes featured tennis men's doubles team Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram, Russian imports Larissa Kosorukova in sprint canoeing and Alexander Danilov in men's pistol shooting, and synchronized swimming pair Anastasia Gloushkov and Inna Yoffe, the youngest of the team at age 16. Apart from Kosorukova and Danilov (both competed for Russia in 1996), Georgian-born wrestler Gocha Tsitsiashvili and rifle shooter Guy Starik made their third Olympic appearances as the most experienced members of the team.

Israel left Athens with two medals, including its first ever Olympic gold from windsurfer Gal Fridman in men's mistral one design. On the other hand, the bronze medal was awarded to judoka Ariel Ze'evi in men's half-heavyweight division.

Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Sailing Men's sailboard Judo Men's 100 kg

Athletics

Israeli athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).

Key Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only Q = Qualified for the next round q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target NR = National record N/A = Round not applicable for the event Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men Track & road events AthleteEventFinalResultRankAsaf BimroMarathon2:25:2059Haile Satayin2:17:2520

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionAleksandr AverbukhPole vault5.70=1 Q5.658

Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankNili AbramskiMarathoncolspan=4 2:48:0842Irina Lenskiy100 m hurdles13.758Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMichael KolganovMen's K-1 500 m1:39.7454 q1:43.4118Did not advanceRoei YellinMen's K-1 1000 m3:34.0363 q3:30.0053 Q3:43.4859Larissa KosorukovaWomen's K-1 500 m1:54.2343 q1:55.0962 Q1:53.0896 Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Fencing

Israel has qualified one fencer.

Women AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankAyelet OhayonIndividual foilL 10–15Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankPavel GofmanAll-around9.4379.4759.4629.3759.6129.36256.72312 Q9.1009.2629.4259.1129.7259.06255.68619

Rhythmic AthleteEventQualificationFinalHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankKaterina PisetskyIndividual22.67522.75023.10021.42589.95016Did not advance

Judo

Five Israeli judoka qualified for the following events.

Men AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankGal Yekutiel−60 kgW 0101–0000L 0000–1010Did not advanceEhud Vaks−66 kgW L 0000–0010Did not advanceYoel Razvozov−73 kgW 1000–0000L 0001–1000Did not advanceW 1100–0000L 0020–1101Did not advance9Ariel Ze'evi−100 kgW 1010–0100W 1011–0111L 0110–1002Did not advanceW 0210–0000W 1001–0000W 1002–0001

Women AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMichal Feinblat−52 kgL 0000–1010Did not advance

Sailing

Israeli sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Gal FridmanMistral8355175185242Udi GalGideon Kliger4701912682395112312DSQ12815

Women AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Lee KorzitsMistral1515121712814127101211713Nike KorneckiVered Buskila470OCS11RAF196131254131812218 M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Men

AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankAlexander Danilov10 m air pistol577=20Did not advance50 m pistol554=15Did not advanceGuy Starik50 m rifle prone592=16Did not advance

Swimming

Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankVered Borochovski100 m butterfly1:00.6926Did not advance200 m individual medley2:20.6224Did not advanceAnna Gostomelsky50 m freestyle26.7235Did not advance100 m freestyle57.1532Did not advance100 m backstroke1:04.0628Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Two Israeli synchronized swimmers qualified a spot in the women's duet.

AthleteEventTechnical routineFree routine (preliminary)Free routine (final)PointsRankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankAnastasia GloushkovInna YoffeDuet42.7501643.00085.75017Did not advance

Table tennis

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMarina KravchenkoWomen's singlesW 4–0W 4–2L 0–4Did not advance

Taekwondo

Israel has qualified one taekwondo jin.

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMaya ArusiWomen's −49 kgL 1–5Did not advance

Tennis

Three Israeli tennis players qualified for the following events.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankJonathan ErlichAndy RamMen's doublesW 7–5, 6–3W 6–4, 6–1L 6–2, 2–6, 2–6Did not advanceAnna SmashnovaWomen's singlesL 2–6, 1–6Did not advance

Wrestling

Key - Victory by Fall. - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points. - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankYasha Manasherov−74 kgL 0–3 L 0–5 3Did not advance19Gotsha Tsitsiashvili−84 kgW 3–1 L 0–3 2Did not advance14Yuri Evseitchik−120 kgL 0–3 L 0–3 3Did not advance19

See also Israel at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

References

External links Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad Olympic Committee of Israel