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Revision as of 00:40, 14 June 2021

Israel at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeISR
NOCOlympic Committee of Israel
Websitewww.olympicsil.co.il (in Hebrew and English)
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors81 in 13 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Israel is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Since Israel's debut in 1952, Israeli athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, other than the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which it opted not to attend because of the nation's support for the US-led boycott. It will be Israel's 17th appearance at the Summer Olympics.

In the prior Olympics, a total of 47 Israeli athletes (22 men and 25 women) traveled to the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics and competed across 17 sports. It was Israel's largest-ever Olympic delegation, breaking its previous record of 43 athletes set in 2008.[2][3] Among the sports competed in by the athletes, Israel will mark its Olympic debut in surfing (new to the 2020 Games), baseball (returning to the 2020 Games), and equestrian.

Competitors

The Israeli delegation so far includes 81 athletes, competing in 13 sports.

Sport Men Women Total
Artistic swimming 0 2 2
Athletics 3 3 6
Badminton 1 1 2
Baseball 24 - 24
Cycling 1 1 2
Equestrian TBD TBD 3
Gymnastics 2 8 10
Judo 6 6 12
Sailing 1 4 5
Shooting 1 0 1
Surfing 0 1 1
Swimming 7 5 12
Taekwondo 0 1 1
Total 46 32 81

Artistic swimming

Main articles: Artistic swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Artistic swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Israel fielded a squad of two artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet event, by finishing sixth at the 2021 FINA Olympic Qualification Tournament in Barcelona, Spain.

Athlete Event Technical routine Free routine (preliminary) Free routine (final)
Points Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank
 
  		Duet

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Israeli athletes met the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[4][5]

The Olympic Committee of Israel has not yet released the names of athletes to participate in the delegation.

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
Track & road events
Maor Tiyouri
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Haimro Alame Men's marathon —
Girmaw Amare —
Marhu Teferi —
Selamawit Dagnachew Women's 5000 m
Women's 10000 m —
Lonah Chemtai Salpeter Women's 5000 m
Women's 10000 m —
Women's marathon —
Maor Tiyouri Women's marathon —

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Israel entered two badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings as of 25 May 2021.[6][7]

Single
Athlete Event Group Stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Misha Zilberman Men
Ksenia Polikarpova Women

Baseball

Main articles: Baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Israel national baseball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal at the 2019 WSBC Africa and Europe Qualification Tournament in Italy and securing an outright berth, marking the country's Olympic debut in baseball.[8]

Team roster

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

Israeli road cyclist Omer Shapira ranked 60th in the Individual UCI World Ranking for women with 316.17 points and won a quota for her country.[9] Shapira also finished 13th at the Women individual time trial event at the 2019 UCI Road World Championships, but after decreasing to one athlete per country, Shapira placed eighth. The first 10 places automatically qualified their country to the women's individual time trial event.[10][11] The Israel Cycling Federation has decided that Shapira will be the Israeli road cycliest representative for the games.[12]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Omer Shapira Women's road race
Women's time trial

Mountain biking

Israel qualified one men mountain biker based on the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships when Shlomi Haimy finish in the 30th place. Israel was the second highest ranked country which have not yet qualified any quota places through the UCI Olympic Mountain Biking rankings.[13] The Israel Cycling Federation has decided that Haimy will be the Israeli mountain biker representative for the games.[12]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Shlomi Haimy Men's cross-country

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Israel fielded a squad of three equestrian riders in the Olympic team jumping competition for the first time by securing an outright berth as the top-ranked nation at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI)-designated Olympic qualifier for the first batch of Group C (Central and Eastern Europe) in Moscow.[14] In July 2019 Team Israel's Daniel Bluman, Ashlee Bond, Danielle Goldstein Waldman, and Elad Yaniv won the Olympic Jumping Qualifier at Maxima Park in Moscow, qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics, the first time that Israel has earned a place in the Olympics in equestrian.[15]

Jumping

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final Total
Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank
    Individual
   
   
 
 
  		See above Team

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Artistic

Israel entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Three-time Olympian Alexander Shatilov booked a spot in the men's individual all-around and apparatus events, by finishing seventh out of the 12 gymnasts eligible for qualification at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, while Artem Dolgopyat secured one of the three places available for individual-based gymnasts, neither part of the team nor qualified through the all-around, in the floor exercise at the same tournament.[16]

Lihie Raz received a spare berth from the women's apparatus event, as one of the female gymnasts from the individual all-around, not yet qualified, at the 2019 World Championships. Raz qualified for the floor final at the 2020 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships and thus met the Israeli criteria set by the Israeli Gymnastics Federation and ensured her participation in the Olympic Games.

Men
Alexander Shatilov
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Artem Dolgopyat All-around
Alexander Shatilov
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Lihie Raz All-around

Rhythmic

Linoy Ashram and Nicol Zelikman secured 2 quotas for the Israeli delegation by finishing third and 11th, respectively, at the 2019 World Championships all-around individual event.[17] Also, Israel qualified a squad of rhythmic gymnasts for the group all-around by virtue of finishing within the top-five among National Olympic Committees that are not yet qualified at the 2019 World Championships. The Olympic Committee of Israel has not yet released the names of athletes to participate in the delegation.

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank
Linoy Ashram Individual
Nicol Zelikman
Athletes Event Qualification Final
5 apps 3+2 apps Total Rank 5 apps. 3+2 apps Total Rank
 
 
 
 
  		Group

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The deadline for obtaining points for Olympic qualification in judo is set to 28th of June 2021.[18] The following Israeli athletes are the ones that as of the 20th of April 2021 have mathematically assured their place in the games.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Baruch Shmailov −66 kg
Tohar Butbul −73 kg
Sagi Muki −81 kg
Li Kochman −90 kg
Peter Paltchik −100 kg
Or Sasson +100 kg
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Shira Rishony −48 kg
Gili Cohen −52 kg
Timna Nelson-Levy −57 kg
Gili Sharir −63 kg
Inbar Lanir −78 kg
Raz Hershko +78 kg
Team

The Tokyo games will host the first Judo team event. Nations qualifying at least one athlete in the -57 (-48, -52 & -57), -70 (-57, -63 & -70) & +70 (-70, -78 & +78) weight categories for women and at least one athlete in the -73 (-60, -66 & -73), -90 (-73, -81 & -90) & +90 (-90, -100 & +100) weight categories for men will compete at the team event.
As of the 20th of April 2021, the Israeli team is to qualify to the team event.[19]

Team Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
 Israel (ISR) team

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Israeli sailors qualified three boats in each of the following classes. Gil Cohen and Noa Lasry secured a quota for the Israeli delegation by finishing 11th in the women's 470 event at the 2018 Sailing World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark.[20][21] Ofek Elimelech and Mia Morris finished twelfth and fourteenth in their respective RS:X classe. Both of these results promised two more quotas for the Israeli delegation.[22] Shay Kakon secured another quota for the Israeli delegation through the Europe Laser Radial qualification event at Vilamoura, Portugal.[23]

The Olympic Committee of Israel has not yet released all the names of athletes to participate in the delegation. Katy Spychakov secured her place on the Israeli squad, after she topped the overall ranking of the country's selection meets. Yoav Cohen finished in fifth place at the 2021 RS:X World Championships and reached a tie with Shahar Tzuberi in the ranking of the country's selection. The team's coach, Gur Steinberg, decided that Cohen would be the representative for the games in place of Zubari, who was chosen before the postponement of the Olympics. Shahar Tibi and Noya Baram were chosen to represent Israel in the 470 event and Shay Kakon was chosen in the Laser Radial event.

Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
Yoav Cohen Men's RS:X
Katy Spychakov Women's RS:X
Shay Kakon Women's Laser Radial
Shahar Tibi
Noya Baram 		Women's 470 —

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Israeli shooter Sergey Richter achieved quota places for the delegation in the men's 10 metre air rifle, by winning the gold medal at the 2019 European Games.[24][25]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Sergey Richter Men's 10 m air rifle

Surfing

Main articles: Surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Israel will send one surfer to compete in the women's shortboard at the Games. Anat Lelior secured a qualification slot for the nation as the highest-ranked surfer from Europe and one of the top 30 surfers in the overall open division at the 2019 ISA World Surfing Games in Miyazaki, Japan.[26] The quota is final as long as two other female athletes from Israel don't finish in qualifying positions at the 2021 ISA World Surfing Games in May-June 2021. In that case, the results from the 2021 World Surfing Games will prevail, and the quota from the 2019 ISA World Surfing Games will be reallocated to the next-best ranked from the respective continent.[27]

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Anat Lelior Women's shortboard

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Qualification for Israeli swimmers in the individual swimming events in Tokyo is accomplished by achieving the qualifying standards in the events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[28][29] All Israeli swimmers must attain the FINA Olympic A-cut at one of the selection meets approved by the Israeli Swimming Association (ISA), or one percent faster at any other competition.

Israel can also enter a team for relay events with a top-12 finish at the 2019 FINA World Championships, provided that at least two swimmers in each relay event are qualified for any of the individual events.

Men
Tomer Frankel
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Meiron Cheruti 50 m freestyle
Tomer Frankel 100 m butterfly
Michael Laitarovsky 100 m backstroke
Ron Polonsky 200 m individual medley
 
 
 
  		4 × 200 m freestyle relay —
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Anastasia Gorbenko 100 m freestyle
100 m backstroke
100 m breasttroke
200 m individual medley
Andrea Murez 100 m freestyle
 
 
 
  		4 × 200 m freestyle relay —
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
 
 
 
  		4 × 100 m medley relay

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Israel entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Avishag Semberg secured a spot in the women's flyweight category (49 kg) with a top two finish at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.[30]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Avishag Semberg Women's −49 kg

See also

References

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