Israel competed at the 2015 European Games, in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 28 June 2015. The 2015 European Games represents Israel's largest ever delegation to a sports competition.Israel sends 141 athletes to European Games Prior to the start of the event Israel planned to send 141 athletes to the games.
Winners of Olympic competitions such as triathlon, table tennis and shooting competitions will automatically qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Israel will also participate in three of the five non-Olympic events, including 3×3 basketball and the sambo.Israel to send largest ever delegation to First European Games in Baku
Israel finished the games with 12 medals in total and 2 athletes qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics.Israel delegation to return from Baku to hero’s welcome
TV broadcasting International Sports Broadcasting (ISB) will be the host broadcaster of the European Games. During the Games, ISB will produce approximately 6 hours of coverage per day. In Israel the games were broadcast on Sport 5 and Sport 1.
Medalists
At the closing of the games Israel had won twelve medals, two gold, four silver and six bronze, ranking them 22nd overall. Medal Name Sport Event Date Sagi Muki Judo Men's 73 kg Ziv Kaluntarov Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle Ilana Kratysh Wrestling Women's freestyle 69 kg Yuval FiloAlona KoshevatskiyEkaterrina LevinaKarina LykhvarIda Mayrin Rhythmic gymnastics Women's groupall-around Women's groupclubs and hoops Or Sasson Judo Men's +100 kg Yarden Gerbi Judo Women's 63 kg Sergey Richter Shooting Men's 10m Air Rifle Yuval FiloAlona KoshevatskiyEkaterrina LevinaKarina LykhvarIda Mayrin Rhythmic gymnastics Women's groupribons Neta Rivkin Women's rhythmicindividual hoop Athletics Team Championships Marc Hinawi Swimming Men's 1500m Freestyle
Competitors The Israeli delegation included 134 athletes competing in 20 sports. SportMenWomenTotalArchery 1 0 1Athletics 19 18 37Badminton 1 0 1Basketball (3×3) 4 4 8Beach volleyball 2 0 2Boxing 4 0 4Cycling 3 1 4Fencing 2 2 4Gymnastics 1 11 12Judo 9 9 18Sambo 0 1 1Shooting 5 0 5Swimming 11 1 12Synchronised Swimming 0 2 2Taekwondo 1 0 1Triathlon 2 1 3Water Polo 0 13 13Wrestling 5 1 6 Total 70 64 134
Archery
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / RefScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankGuy MatzkinMen's individual63151MihalicL 2–6colspan=5 33
Athletics
In total Israel is sending 43 people to compete in Athletics competitions. This includes 23 men and 20 women.Israel to send largest ever delegation to inaugural European Games
At the conclusion of each event points were added to a nation's total based on the competitors placement. Points were combined to produce national team totals, and games medals were awarded to the top three nations. Medals were not awarded for individual events. At the conclusion of the 40 athletic events, Israel accumulated 430 total points, giving them the bronze medal.Blue-and-white snags seventh medal at European Games GenderParticipantEventRoundMarkPlaceRef Men's Imri Persiado100 metresHeat 210.785th place200 metresHeat 221.303rd place Maor Seged400 metre hurdlesHeat 252.183rd place Muket Fetene800 metres1:52.605th place Donald Blair Sanford400 metresHeat 245.751st place Haimro Alame5000 metres14:38.963rd place Girmaw Amare1500 metres3:55.476th place3000 metres8:26.076th place Noam Neeman3000 metres steeplechase9:13.644th place Itamar LeviShot put17.237th placeDiscus throw50.134th place Victor ZagynaykoHammer throw56.146th placeGilron TsabkevichLong jump7.164th place Tom YakubovTriple jump15.873rd place Dmitry KroytorHigh jump2.203rd place Etamar BhastekarPole vault5.003rd place Tomer Almogy110 metres hurdlesHeat 214.665th place Alan FerberJavelin throw70.183rd place Amir HamidulinAviv DayanAmit CohenImri Persiado4 × 100 metre relayHeat 240.251st place Donald Blair SanfordAviv DayanMaor SegedHai Cohen4 × 400 metre relayHeat 23:11.093rd place
GenderParticipantEventRoundMarkPlaceRef Women's Olga Lenskiy100 metresHeat 211.611st place200 metresHeat 223.401st place Efat ZelikovichLong jumpNo mark13th place Shanie Landen800 metres2:10.368th place Dariya Lokshin400 metresHeat 256.847th place Maor Tiyouri3000 metres9:32.112nd place1500 metres4:26.862nd place Danna Levin3000 metres steeplechase11:02.574th place Alexsandra Lokshin400 metres hurdlesHeat 21:01.585th place Evgenia Zabolotni-ZagynaykoHammer throw55.874th place Anastasiya MuchkayevDiscus throw48.814th placeShot put14.303rd placeMargaryta DorozhonJavelin throw58.001st place Maayan ShahafHigh jump1.843rd place Hanna Knyazyeva-MinenkoTriple jump14.411st placeOlga Dogadko BronshteinPole vault3.703rd placeMaya Aviezer100 metres hurdlesHeat 214.215th place Azaunt Taka5000 metres17:29.306th place Dikla GoldenthalOlga LenskiyDiana VaismanEfat Zelikovich4 × 100 metre relayHeat 245.232nd place Alexsandra LokshinDariya LokshinMargareta PogorelovShanie Landen4 × 400 metre relayHeat 2Disqualified
Badminton
Men AthleteEventGroup stage (Group B)Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMisha ZilbermanSinglesW 21–5, 21–3W 21–12, 21–15W 21–3, 21–41 QL 21–13, 18–21, 11–21colspan="3" 9
Basketball 3×3
Basketball at the 2015 European games took place in the half-court 3x3 format.European Games’ 3x3 Tournament available live on FIBA 3x3’s YouTube channel GenderParticipantsRoundOpponentScorePlaceRef Men'sVladi Ermichin Amit Simhon Yoad Bet Yosef Ofir Huber PreliminarySloveniaLost 16–7LithuaniaLost 12–19RomaniaLost 16–21 Round of 16AzerbaijanLost 14–19 Women'sLimor Peleg Nofar Shalom Maya Isseroff Hadar Gutin PreliminaryRussiaLost 21–5LithuaniaLost 9–18RomaniaLost 9–21 Round of 16SwitzerlandLost 14–7
Beach volleyball
GenderParticipantsRoundOpponentResultPlaceRef Men'sSean Faiga Ariel Hilman PreliminaryGroup ETurkeyWon 2–0 1st placeNetherlandsLost 0–2Czech RepublicWon 2–1Elimination BYERound of 16LatviaWon 2–0QuarterfinalsLatviaLost 0–2
Boxing
GenderEventParticipantRoundScorePlaceRef Men'sLight (60 kg)Igor LazarevRound of 32Lost 0–2Super Heavy (+91 kg)Abdala KadanRound of 32Lost 0–3 Light Fly (46 – 49 kg) David AlaverdianRound of 16Won 3–0QuarterfinalsLost 0–3Middle (75 kg)Artem MasliyRound of 16Lost 0–3
Cycling
Mountain Bike GenderEventParticipantRoundTimePlaceRef Men'sCross-countryShlomi HaimyFinal1:49:1818th place
Road Cycling GenderEventParticipantRoundTimePlaceRef Men's Road raceYoav Bear Final did notfinish Ido Itzhak Zilberstein Women's Road racePaz BashFinal3:25:5728th place
Fencing
GenderParticipantEventRoundScoreResultRef Men's Ido Herpe Individual épée Pool roundWon 3–2 QualifiedLost 4–5Won 5–3Won 5–1Lost 5–3Lost 2–3Round of 32Lost 14–15Did not advance Tomer Or Individual foil Pool roundLost 4–5 AdvancedLost 3–5Won 5–0Lost 1–5Won 5–2Round of 32Lost 12–15Did not advance Women's Delila Hatuel Individual foil Pool roundWon 5–2 QualifiedWon 5–3Won 5–4Lost 3–4Lost 4–5Round of 32Won 15–14AdvancedRound of 16Lost 8–15Did not advance Avital Marinuk Individual épée Pool roundWon 5–2 9th placeLost 2–5Won 5–4Won 5–2Lost 4–5Lost 2–5Round of 32Lost 9–15
Gymnastics
Acrobatic Women's groups AthleteEventExerciseTotalRankBalanceDynamicCombinedMay MillerAvia BrenerShoval SoferWomen's group all-around25.780 (9)26.910 (8) R224.22076.91010Women's group balancecolspan="3" Did not advanceWomen's group dynamiccolspan="3" Did not advance
Artistic Men All-Around AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankAlexander ShatilovAll-around15.166 Q14.10012.73314.20014.36613.40083.965 Q1614.16614.30013.53314.13313.93314.56684.6317
Apparatus AthleteEventFinalScoreRankAlexander ShatilovFloor Exercise14.8335
Women All-Around AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankTzuf FeldonAll-around12.20013.00012.13312.96650.2993711.90012.80011.96612.93349.59917
Rhythmic Israel has qualified two athletes after their performance at the 2013 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships. GenderParticipant(s)StyleRoundScorePlaceResultRef Women's Yuval FiloAlona KoshevatskiyEkaterrina LevinaKarina LykhvarIda Mayrin Group – RibbonQualifier17.3502nd placeQualifiedFinal17.100 Group – Clubs & HoopsQualifier17.7002nd placeQualifiedFinal17.500 Group – All-AroundFinal35.050 Neta Rivkin Individual – RibbonQualifier18.0505th placeQualifiedFinal17.4006th placeIndividual – ClubQualifier15.90020th placeDid not qualify Individual – BallQualifier18.0505th placeQualifiedFinal17.9505th place Individual – HoopQualifier17.8008th placeQualifiedFinal18.150 Individual – All-AroundFinal69.8009th place Victoria Veinberg FilanovskyIndividual – RibbonQualifier17.30012th placeDid not qualifyIndividual – ClubQualifier17.3009th placeReserve 1Individual – BallQualifier17.25013th placeDid not qualifyIndividual – HoopQualifier17.70010th placeDid not qualify Individual – All-AroundFinal69.55010th place
Judo
GenderParticipantEventRoundResultPlaceRef Men's Artiom Arshansky 60 kgRound of 32 Won 0–1000:09(IPP)Round of 16 Lost 0s1-0s35:00(PEN) Alon Rahima 60 kgRound of 32 Lost 111s1-04:16 (IPP) Golan Pollack 66 kgRound of 32 Won 10s3-1s25:00 (WAZ)Round of 16 Won 10s3-1s25:00 (WAZ) Baruch Shmailov 66 kgRound of 32 Won 0s1-1s25:00 (YUK)Round of 16 Lost 0s2-100s12:40 (IPP) Sagi Aharon Muki 73 kgRound of 64BYERound of 32 Won 100–00:29 (IPP)Round of 16 Won 100-0s11:39 (IPP)Quarterfinals Won 0s3-0s25:00(PEN)Semifinals Won 0s2-100s11:47(IPP)Finals Won 100s2-0s34:33 (IPP) Asaf Moshe Chen 81 kgRound of 64BYERound of 32 Won 100s2-0s2Round of 16 Lost 0s1-2s3 Alon Sasson 90 kgRound of 64BYERound of 32 Lost 0s1-112s23:26 (IPP) Peter Paltchik 100 kgRound of 32 Won 112-0s22:07 (IPP)Round of 16 Lost 0–1001:13 (IPP) Or Sasson +100 kgRound of 32 Won 1s1-0s25:00 (YUK)Round of 16 Won 100s2-0s13:54 (IPP)Quarterfinals Won 100s1-01:56 (IPP)Semifinals Won 100a1-a2:44 (IPP)Finals Lost 0s1-100s22:40 (IPP)
GenderParticipantEventRoundResultPlaceRef Women's Shira Rishony 48 kgRound of 32 Lost 0-1s14:00 (YUK) Noa Minsker 48 kgRound of 32 BYERound of 16 Lost 0–1001:53 (IPP) Gili Cohen 52 kgRound of 32 BYERound of 16 Lost 100s1-0s12:44 (IPP) Roni Schwartz 52 kgRound of 32 Won 100–02:36 (IPP)Round of 16 Lost 1s1-1013:13 (IPP) Camila Satie Zyman Minagawa 57 kgRound of 32 Won 100–00:50 (IPP)Round of 16 Lost 0s1-1s14:00 (YUK) Yarden Gerbi 63 kgRound of 32BYERound of 16 Won 0s1-0s34:00 (PEN)Quarterfinals Won 1s2-0s24:00 (YUK)Semifinals Lost 0s1-1002:59 (IPP)Bronze medalFinals Won 1s1-04:00(YUK) Rotem Shor 63 kgRound of 32 Lost 0s1-1s24:00(YUK) Lior Wildikan Samar 70 kgRound of 32 Won 1-0s14:00(YUK)Round of 16 Lost 0-100s12:33 (IPP) Linda Bolder 70 kgRound of 32 Lost 0-11s34:00 (WAZ)
Sambo
GenderParticipantEventRoundResultPlaceRef Women'sKahal Shafrir60 kgQuarterfinalLost 0–4
Shooting
GenderParticipantEventRoundScorePlaceRef Men's Sergey Richter 10m Air RifleQualification628.7 Final185.5 Leor Ovadia Madlal 10m Air RifleQualification618.729th place 50m Rifle ProneQualification610.029th place 50m Rifle 3 PositionsQualification112633rd place Guy Zeev Starik 50m Rifle ProneQualification617.14th placeFinal122.56th placeImmanuel Yosef Ben Hefer 50m Rifle 3 PositionsQualification113825th place Alexei Kiriyevski 25m Rapid fire pistolQualificationStage 127821st placeQualificationStage 256317th place
Swimming
On 24 June, Israeli swimmer Marc Hinawi became the first Israel to win a medal in swimming at the European games (8th overall), winning the bronze medal in 1,500 metre free style.Swimmer Marc Hinawi brings Israel eighth medal at European Games