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Israel is currently competing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This is the nation's sixteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics. Israel sent 47 athletes to the games, breaking the previous record of 43 in 2008,[1] and also setting a new record in participation with athletes competing in 17 different sports at 53 different events.[2][3] The 2016 games is also the first Israeli delegation to feature more female competitors than men.

In July 2016, Miri Regev, the Minister of Culture and Sport, announced that she would not participate in the opening ceremonies, because they take place on Shabbat.[4]

On 3 August, two days prior to the start of the Olympics, the International Olympic Committee officially honored the eleven Israelis killed during the Munich massacre, for the first time.[5][6]

In addition to the 47 Israeli athletes, there are seven Jewish athletes representing the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[7] which are Aly Raisman,[8] Nate Ebner,[9] Anthony Ervin,[10] Merrill Moses,[11] Eli Dershwitz,[12] Monica Rokhman,[13] and Zack Test.[14] Additionally, judoka Alice Schlesinger competed for Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics, after having competed for Israel previously.[15]

Prior to the Olympics, Facebook allowed users to add the Olympic logo and the team flag to their profile pictures, however Israel was not included on this list.[16][17] The flag was later added to the list, however was not listed alphabetically, and was included at the end of the list.[18]

Prior to the opening ceremony, the Lebanese delegation was assigned to ride on the same bus as the Israeli delegation.[19] The head of the Lebanese team, Salim al-Haj Nicolas, admitted that he demanded that the bus door be closed on the Israeli team, and that the Lebanese demanded that the Israeli athletes not board the bus. Udi Gal, an Israeli Olympic sailor, said his team ultimately decided to travel separately to avoid an "international and physical incident" but added "How could they let this happen on the eve of the Olympic Games? Isn't this the opposite of what the Olympics represents?"[20]

Saudi Arbian judoka, Joud Fahmy, forfeited her match in order to avoid competing against Gili Cohen.[21]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Bronze Yarden Gerbi Judo Women's 63 kg

Competitors

Olympic Committee of Israel logo
Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 5 3 8
Badminton 1 0 1
Cycling 1 1 2
Golf 0 1 1
Gymnastics 1 6 7
Judo 3 4 7
Sailing 3 3 6
Shooting 1 0 1
Swimming 3 4 7
Synchronized swimming 0 2 2
Taekwondo 1 0 1
Tennis 1 0 1
Triathlon 1 0 1
Weightlifting 1 0 1
Wrestling 0 1 1
Total 22 25 47

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Israeli athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event).[22][23] Athletics events will be held during the last 10 days of the games, from 12 to 21 August.

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
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Ageze Guadie Marathon —
Tesama Moogas —
Donald Sanford 400 m
Marhu Teferi Marathon —
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Dmitry Kroytor High jump
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Lonah Chemtai Marathon
Maor Tiyouri
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko Triple jump

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Israel has qualified one badminton player for the men's singles into the Olympic tournament. London 2012 Olympian Misha Zilberman had claimed his Olympic spot as one of top 34 individual shuttlers in the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.[24] Zilberman is scheduled to compete in Group C on 12 and 13 August.

Athlete Event Group Stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Misha Zilberman Men's singles  Chou T-c (TPE)
0 		 Y Tan (BEL)
0

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Road

Israel has qualified one rider in the women's Olympic road race by virtue of a top 22 national finish in the 2016 UCI World Rankings, signifying the nation's Olympic comeback to the sport for the first time since 1960.[25]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Shani Bloch Women's road race 4:02:59[26] 48

Mountain biking

Israel has qualified one mountain biker for the men's Olympic cross-country race, as a result of his nation's twenty-second place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 25, 2016. This marks the first time an Israeli competed in the Olympics in mountain biking.[1] Mountain biking will be competed on 21 August.

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

Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Israel has entered one golfer into the Olympic tournament. Laetitia Beck (world no. 223) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for the women's event based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.[27] This marks the first time Israel has sent a golfer to the Olympics.[1] Women's golf will be played 17–20 August.

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Score Score Score Score Score Par Rank
Laetitia Beck Women's

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Israel has entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Two-time Olympian Alexander Shatilov had claimed his Olympic spot in the men's apparatus and all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.[28]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Alexander Shatilov floor 13.500 — 58 Did not advance
horizontal bar 14.066 — 44 Did not advance

Rhythmic

Israel has qualified a squad of rhythmic gymnasts for the individual and group all-around by finishing in the top 15 (for individual) and top 10 (for group) at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[29] Rhythmic gymnastics will be competed from 19-21 August.

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank
Neta Rivkin Individual
Athlete Event Qualification Final
5 ribbons 3 clubs
2 hoops 		Total Rank 5 ribbons 3 clubs
2 hoops 		Total Rank
Alona Koshevatskiy
Ekaterina Levina
Karina Lykhvar
Ida Mayrin
Yuval Filo 		Team

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Israel has qualified a total of seven judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Six of them (three per gender), including 2015 European champion Sagi Muki and London 2012 Olympian Golan Pollack, were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Shira Rishony at women's extra-lightweight (48 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the European region, as Israel's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position.[30]

Israeli Alice Schlesinger, who was competing for Great Britain, competed in the Women's −63 kg, but failed to make it to the quarterfinals.[31]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Golan Pollack −66 kg Bye  Punza (ZAM)
L 000–100[32] 		Did not advance
Sagi Muki −73 kg Bye  Drakšič (SLO)
W 100–000[33] 		 Wandtke (GER)
W 010–000[34] 		 Delpopolo (USA)
W 100–000[35] 		 Orujov (AZE)
L 000–001[36] 		Bye  Shavdatuashvili (GEO)
L 000-100[37] 		5[38]
Or Sasson +100 kg —  El Shehaby (EGY)
0
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Shira Rishony −48 kg  Cherniak (UKR)
L 000–100[39] 		Did not advance
Gili Cohen −52 kg Bye  Legentil (MRI)
L 000–001[40] 		Did not advance
Yarden Gerbi −63 kg Bye  Espinosa (CUB)
W 100–001[41] 		 Silva (BRA)
L 000–001[42] 		Did not
advance 		 Junxia (CHN)
W 010–000 		 Tashiro (JPN)
W 011–000 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Linda Bolder −70 kg  Mabika (ROT)
0

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Israeli sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.[43][44]

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
Shahar Tzuberi RS:X 9 17 20 22 (37) 19
Dan Froyliche
Eyal Levin 		470 —
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
Maayan Davidovich RS:X 5 6 6 (11) 4 3
Nina Amir
Gil Cohen 		470 —

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

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Israeli shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.[45]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Sergey Richter 10 m air rifle 623.8[46] 14 Did not qualify
50 m rifle prone

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Israeli swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following 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)):[47][48]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ziv Kalontorov 50 m freestyle
100 m freestyle 50.64[49] 45 Did not advance
Gal Nevo 200 m butterfly 1:58.64[50] 26 Did not advance
200 m individual medley
400 m individual medley 4:18.29[51] 19 — Did not advance
Yakov Toumarkin 100 m backstroke 54.66[52] 27 Did not advance
200 m backstroke
200 m individual medley
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Amit Ivry 100 m breaststroke 1:09.42[52] 29 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke
100 m butterfly 59.42[53] 27 Did not advance
200 m individual medley
Andrea Murez 50 m freestyle
100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle Did not start[54]
Zohar Shikler 50 m freestyle
Amit Ivry
Andrea Murez
Zohar Shikler
Keren Siebner 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:41.97[55] 16 — Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Israel has fielded a squad of two synchronized swimmers to compete only in the women's duet by virtue of their twelfth-place finish at the FINA Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro.[56]

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

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Israel entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Ron Attias secured a place in the men's flyweight category (58 kg) by virtue of his top two finish at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.[57]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze Medal Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Ron Atias Men's −58 kg

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Israel has entered one tennis player into the Olympic tournament. Dudi Sela (world no. 40) qualified directly as one of the top 56 eligible players in the ATP World Rankings as of June 6, 2016, making him the first Israeli to compete in the men's singles tournament since 1992, when Gilad Bloom lost the second round match to Jim Courier of the United States.[58][59]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Dudi Sela Men's singles  Džumhur (BIH)
W 6–4, 6–4[60] 		 Goffin (BEL)
0L 3–6, 3–6[61]

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Israel has entered one triathlete to compete at the Games, signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport. Ron Darmon was ranked among the top 43 eligible triathletes in the men's event based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of May 15, 2016.[62] This marks the first time an Israeli triathlete competed in the Olympics.[1]

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Ron Darmon Men's

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Israel has received a quota place from IWF to send a male weightlifter to the Olympics, signifying the nation's return to the sport for the first time since 1996.[63]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Igor Olshanetskyi Men's +105 kg

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Israel has qualified one wrestler for the women's freestyle 69 kg into the Olympic competition as a result of her semifinal triumph at the first meet of the World Qualification Tournament, signifying the nation's Olympic comeback to the sport for the first time since 2004.[64][65] Kratysh will be the first female Israeli to complete in wrestling at the Olympics.[66]

Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Women's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Ilana Kratysh −69 kg

See also

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