Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Israel at the Olympic Games
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors	40 (30 men and 10 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Rogel Nachum
Medals Rank: 71	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 1
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Israel competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The delegation of 40 athletes was the biggest until that time, and second-biggest in history after 2008 Olympics.

Medalists

Bronze

• Michael Kolganov — Canoeing, Men's K1 500m Kayak Singles

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 m

• Tommy Kafri

• Round 1 — 10.43 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m

• Gidon Jablonka

• Round 1 — 20.92 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m

• Kfir Golan, Gidon Jablonka, Tommy Kafri, Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy (reserve: Miki Bar Yehoshua)

• Round 1 — 39.76 (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Rogel Nachum

• Qualifying — 16.39 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Konstantin Matusevich

• Qualifying — 2.27
• Final — 2.32 (→ 5th place)

Men's Pole Vault

• Aleksandr Averbukh

• Qualifying — 5.65
• Final — 5.50 (→ 10th place)

• Danny Krasnov

• Qualifying — 5.55 (→ did not advance)

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Michael Kolganov

• Qualifying Heat — 1:40.275
• Semifinal — 1:40.426
• Final — 1:59.563 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m

• Michael Kolganov

• Qualifying Heat — 3:35.487
• Semifinal — 3:37.439
• Final — 3:35.099 (→ 4th place)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m

• Rami Zur, Roei Yellin

• Qualifying Heat — 1:34.774
• Semifinal — 1:34.241 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m

• Rami Zur, Roei Yellin

• Qualifying Heat — 3:20.913
• Semifinal — 3:22.634 (→ did not advance)

Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m

• Lior Carmi, Larissa Peisakhovitch

• Qualifying Heat — 1:48.647
• Semifinal — 1:48.120 (→ did not advance)

Fencing

Women's Individual Foil

• Ayelet Ohayon

Gymnastics

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Women's individual:

• Or Tokayev - 14th place (→ did not advance)

Judo

Men's under 100KG

• Arik Ze'evi - 5th place

Men's under 73KG

• Gil Ofer

Women's under 57KG

• Orit Bar'on

Shooting

Men's air rifle

• Aleksandr Danilov

Men's free rifle

• Alexandr Danilov

Men's rifle prone

• Guy Starik

Men's rifle 3 positions

• Guy Starik

Sailing

Israel competed in four events in the Sailing venue at the 2000 Olympics. They had two top ten finishes, including 4th place in the women's 470.

Men's Mistral

• Amit Inbar

• Race 1 — 3
• Race 2 — 13
• Race 3 — (14)
• Race 4 — 13
• Race 5 — 13
• Race 6 — 5
• Race 7 — (37) OCS
• Race 8 — 4
• Race 9 — 13
• Race 10 — 4
• Race 11 — 11
• Final — 79 (→ 7th place)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

• Elad Ronen and Eli Zukerman

• Race 1 — 3
• Race 2 — 12
• Race 3 — 12
• Race 4 — (30) DCS
• Race 5 — 19
• Race 6 — 11
• Race 7 — 10
• Race 8 — 16
• Race 9 — (23)
• Race 10 — 7
• Race 11 — 9
• Final — 99 (→ 13th place)

Women's Mistral

• Michal Hein

• Race 1 — 11
• Race 2 — 8
• Race 3 — (21)
• Race 4 — 14
• Race 5 — 14
• Race 6 — (30) DSQ
• Race 7 — 11
• Race 8 — 13
• Race 9 — 18
• Race 10 — 10
• Race 11 — 16
• Final — 115 (→ 14th place)

Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

• Anat Fabrikant and Shani Kedmi

• Race 1 — 7
• Race 2 — 12
• Race 3 — 1
• Race 4 — (15)
• Race 5 — 3
• Race 6 — 5
• Race 7 — 3
• Race 8 — (14)
• Race 9 — 9
• Race 10 — 2
• Race 11 — 8
• Final — 50 (→ 4th place)

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Yoav Bruck

• Preliminary Heat — 23.21 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Yoav Bruck

• Preliminary Heat — 51.62 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Yoav Meiri

• Preliminary Heat — 55.38 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Michael Halika

• Preliminary Heat — 2:01.97 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Tal Stricker

• Preliminary Heat — 1:03.99 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Tal Stricker

• Preliminary Heat — 2:19.33 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Eithan Urbach

• Preliminary Heat — 55.44
• Semi-final — 55.31
• Final — 55.74 (→ 8th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Yoav Gath

• Preliminary Heat — 2:00.80
• Semi-final — 2:03.80 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Michael Halika

• Preliminary Heat — 2:07.53 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Michael Halika

• Preliminary Heat — 4:19.97 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle

• Alexei Manziola, Eithan Urbach, Oren Azrad, and Yoav Bruck

• Preliminary Heat — 3:22.06 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Medley

• Eithan Urbach, Tal Stricker, Yoav Meiri, and Yoav Bruck

• Preliminary Heat — 3:43.39 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Adi Bichman

• Preliminary Heat — 4:27.33 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Adi Bichman

• Preliminary Heat — 9:01.90 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Vered Borochovski

• Preliminary Heat — 1:00.34 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Vered Borochovski

• Preliminary Heat — 2:18.99 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Adi Bichman

• Preliminary Heat — 5:06.72 (→ did not advance)

Wrestling

Greco-Roman Wrestling

Men's under-63 kg:

• Michael Beilin — 15th place

Men's under-85 kg:

• Gotsha Tsitsiashvili — 6th place

Men's under-130 kg:

• Yuri Evseitchik — 4th place

References

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/12/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site
• sports-reference