Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Israel will compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. This will be Israel's 14th participation in the summer Olympics.

43 Israeli athletes are set to go to Beijing, which is the largest Israeli delegation in Olympic history, the previous record having been 40 at Sydney 2000. The Olympic team is split almost equally between men and women, with 23 men and 20 women, which is the largest share of women in Israel's summer Olympic history. This is the youngest delegation in Israel's Olympic history, with about half the team under the age of 23, and many of them are expected to reach their peak in time for the 2012 Olympics in London.

Shooter Guy Starik is set to become the second Israeli in Olympic history to participate in 4 Olympic Games. Three athletes will make their third Olympic appearance: Pole vaulter Aleksandr Averbukh, who has two European championship titles, two world championship medals and two Olympic finals in his resume, judoka Ariel Ze'evi, three-times European champion and bronze medalist in 2004 Summer Olympics, and Canoer Michael Kolganov, former world champion and bronze medallist in 2000 Summer Olympics, who will be the flagbearer for Israel in the opening ceremony^[1]. 12 other athletes return from Athens 2004, while 27 athletes will make their Olympic debut at Beijing.

Israel will make its Olympic debut in Beijing in the team event in Rhythmic Gymnastics, women's epee in fencing, women's one-person dinghy (Laser Radial) in sailing, and women's doubles in tennis.

Among the medal hopefuls are Ariel Ze'evi, and also Udi Gal and Gideon Kliger, world and European medalists in sailing 470 class, Shahar Tzuberi, European medallist in sailboard Neil Pryde RS:X class, and tennis men's double team Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram, winners of the 2008 Australian Open and current world #3 doubles team.

Aquatics

Swimming (7)

Seven swimmers will represent Israel in the Olympics.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semi-Final		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Guy Barne'a	100 metre backstroke
Tom Be'eri	100 metre breaststroke
Tom Be'eri	200 metre breaststroke
Itay Chama	200 metre backstroke
Allon Mandel	100 metre butterfly
Allon Mandel	200 metre butterfly
Gal Nevo	200 metre individual medley
Gal Nevo	400 metre individual medley
Nimrod Shapira Bar Or	50 metre freestyle^{[citation needed]}
	100 metre freestyle^{[citation needed]}
	200 metre freestyle

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semi-Final		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anya Gostomelsky	50 metre freestyle
	100 metre freestyle
	100 metre backstroke
	100 metre butterfly

Synchronized Swimming (2)

Anastasia Gloushkov and Inna Yoffe will represent Israel. ^[9]

Athlete	Event	Technical Routine		Free Routine (Preliminary)				Free Routine (Final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank
Anastasia Gloushkov Inna Yoffe	Duet

Athletics (4)

Four athletes will represt Israel in Beijing.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[13]^[6]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Aleksandr Averbukh	Pole vault
Itai Magidi	3000 metre steeplechase
Niki Palli	High jump
Haile Satayin	Marathon

Canoeing

Flatwater (1)

Michael Kolganov will represent Israel in canoeing. ^[22]^[23]^[24]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michael Kolganov	K-1 500 m
Michael Kolganov	K-1 1000 m

Fencing (3)

Delila Hatuel, Noam Mills and Tomer Or will represent Israel .^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze Final	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Tomer Or	Individual foil

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze Final	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Delila Hatuel	Individual foil
Noam Mills	Individual épée

Gymnastics

Artistic (1)

Alexander Shatilov will represent Israel.^[31]

Men

Athlete	Event		All Around	Apparatus
Athlete	Event		All Around	Vault	Floor	Pommel horse	Rings	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar
Alexander Shatilov	Qualification	Score
	Qualification	Rank
	Final	Score
	Final	Rank

Rhythmic (7)

Irina Risenzon, Neta Rivkin and a team of 5 gymnasts will represent Israel.^[32]^[33]^[34]^[35]^[36]

Athlete	Qualification						Final
Individual	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Irina Risenzon
Neta Rivkin
Team	5 Ribbons		3 Hoops&2 Balls		Total	Rank	5 Ribbons		3 Hoops&2 Balls		Total	Rank
Alena Dvornichenko Katerina Pisetsky Maria Savenkov Rahel Vigdorchick Veronika Vitenberg

Judo (3)

3 judoka will represent Israel.^[37]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage First Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Bronze Final	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Gal Yekutiel	−60 kg
Ariel Ze'evi	−100 kg

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage First Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Bronze Final	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Alice Shlesinger	−63 kg

Sailing (5)

Seven sailors in five boats will represent Israel in Beijing.^[38]^[39]^[40]^[41]^[42]

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Score	Rank
Udi Gal Gideon Kliger	470
Shahar Tzuberi	Sailboard

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Score	Rank
Vered Buskila Nike Kornecki	470
Maayan Davidovich	Sailboard
Nufar Edelman	Laser Radial

Shooting (3)

Three shooters will represent Israel in Beijing. ^[43]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Rank
Doron Egozi	10 m air rifle
Doron Egozi	50 m Rifle Three Positions
Gil Simkovich	50 m rifle Prone
Gil Simkovich	50 m Rifle Three Positions
Guy Starik	50 m rifle Prone

Taekwondo (1)

Bat-El Gaterer will compete in Taekwondo.^[44]

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Bat-El Getterer	−67 kg

Tennis (4)

Jonathan Erlich, Andy Ram, Tzipora Obziler and Shahar Pe'er will compete in tennis.^[45]^[46]^[47]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jonathan Erlich<br\>Andy Ram	Doubles

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shahar Peer	Singles
Tzipora Obziler Shahar Peer	Doubles

Schedule

Opening Ceremony	Closing Ceremony	Qualifications	Finals	Qualifications & Finals

1=First Round	2=Second Round	3=Third Round	Q=Quarterfinals	S=Semifinals	B=Bronze Medal Match

August	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Ceremonies
Gal Yekutiel
Tom Be'eri			S			S
Gal Nevo							S
Anya Gostomelski			S	S			S		S
Alexander Shatilov
Guy Barne'a				S
Nimrod Shapira Bar Or^[8]				S		S		S
Shahar Pe'er			1	1	2	3	Q	S	B
Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram			1	1	2	Q	S	B
Tzipora Obziler and Shahar Pe'er			1	1	1	2	Q	S	B
Delila Hatu'el
Allon Mandel					S			S
Doron Egozi
Udi Gal and Gideon Kliger
Vered Buskila and Nike Kornecki
Shahar Tzuberi
Ma'ayan Davidovich
Alice Shlesinger
Nufar Edelman
Tomer Or
Noam Mills
Itay Chama							S
Ariel Ze'evi
Guy Starik
Gil Simkovich
Itay Magidi
Niki Palli
Anastasia Glushkov and Ina Yoffe
Michael Kolganov													S	S
Aleksandr Averbukh
Bat El Gaterer
Neta Rivkin , Irina Risenson
Women's Rhythmic Gymnastics team
Haile Satayin
August	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24

References

The Last Word: Watch out... the Olympics are coming[47]
Athletes Murdered at Munich remembered en route to Beijing[48]

^ Cite error: The named reference flagbearer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Guy Barnea[1]
^ Tom Be'eri - 100m and 200m breaststroke[2]
^ Itai Chammah - 200m backstroke swimmer[3]
^ Israeli female swimmer to compete in Beijing[4]
^ ^a ^b Palli finally qualifies for the Olympics[5]
^ Allon Mandel[6]
^ ^a ^b Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or[7]
^ Anastasia Gloushkov and Inna Yoffe[8]
^ Vaulter Alex Averbukh not fazed by qualification task[9]
^ Averbukh pulls out of pole vault competition[10]
^ Alex Averbukh[11]
^ ^a ^b Magidi given Olympic place; Palli needs to make 2.27m again[12]
^ Itai Magidi[13]
^ Palli fails to reach Olympic standard[14]
^ Palli reaches target but still not sure of place on Olympic team[15]
^ Niki Palli[16]
^ Satayin arrested in Ethiopia[17]
^ Haile Satayin to be released from Ethiopian jail[18]
^ Israeli Olympic marathon runner released from jail in Ethiopia[19]
^ Haile Satayin - marathon[20]
^ Kolganov to represent Israel[21]
^ Michael Kolganov[22]
^ Israel's flagbearer aims for one last Olympic success in Beijing[23]
^ Delila Hatuel[24]
^ Injured fencer will be able to go to Olympics after hyperbaric oxygen treatent[25]
^ Noam Mills[26]
^ Fencer Noam Mills full of confidence heading into Beijing[27]
^ Tomer Or: Searching for the perfect foil[28]
^ Tomer Or: Fencing - Men's Foil[29]
^ Alex Shatilov[30]
^ Rhythmic Gymnasts[31]
^ Gymnastics: Israeli rhythmic gymnastics born in the USSR[32]
^ Irina Risenzon[33]
^ Neta Rivkin[34]
^ Seizing the day[35]
^ Alice Shlesinger: Judo - 63kg[36]
^ Nike Kornecki and Vered Baskila[37]
^ Ma'ayan Davidovich[38]
^ Nufar Edelman: Laser Radial sailor[39]
^ Udi Gal and Gidi Kliger[40]
^ The new Gal Fridman?[41]
^ Doron Egozi, Gil Simkovitch and Guy Starik[42]
^ Bat El Gaterer, Taekwondo Women's 57 kg[43]
^ Andy Ram and Yoni Erlich[44]
^ Wimbledon: Pe'er's run ends with doubles exit[45]
^ Shahar Pe'er, Tzipi Obziler[46]

[flagbearer-1] Cite error: The named reference flagbearer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Barnea-2] Guy Barnea[1]

[Be'eri-3] Tom Be'eri - 100m and 200m breaststroke[2]

[Chama-4] Itai Chammah - 200m backstroke swimmer[3]

[Gostomelsky-5] Israeli female swimmer to compete in Beijing[4]

[Palli&Mandel-6] Palli finally qualifies for the Olympics[5]

[Mandel-7] Allon Mandel[6]

[Shapira-8] Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or[7]

[Gloushkov&Yoffe-9] Anastasia Gloushkov and Inna Yoffe[8]

[Averbukh1-10] Vaulter Alex Averbukh not fazed by qualification task[9]

[Averbukh2-11] Averbukh pulls out of pole vault competition[10]

[Averbukh3-12] Alex Averbukh[11]

[Magidi&Palli-13] Magidi given Olympic place; Palli needs to make 2.27m again[12]

[Magidi-14] Itai Magidi[13]

[Palli1-15] Palli fails to reach Olympic standard[14]

[Palli2-16] Palli reaches target but still not sure of place on Olympic team[15]

[Palli3-17] Niki Palli[16]

[Satayin1-18] Satayin arrested in Ethiopia[17]

[Satayin2-19] Haile Satayin to be released from Ethiopian jail[18]

[Satayin3-20] Israeli Olympic marathon runner released from jail in Ethiopia[19]

[Satayin4-21] Haile Satayin - marathon[20]

[Kolganov1-22] Kolganov to represent Israel[21]

[Kolganov2-23] Michael Kolganov[22]

[Kolganov3-24] Israel's flagbearer aims for one last Olympic success in Beijing[23]

[Hatuel1-25] Delila Hatuel[24]

[Hatuel2-26] Injured fencer will be able to go to Olympics after hyperbaric oxygen treatent[25]

[Mills1-27] Noam Mills[26]

[Mills2-28] Fencer Noam Mills full of confidence heading into Beijing[27]

[Or1-29] Tomer Or: Searching for the perfect foil[28]

[Or2-30] Tomer Or: Fencing - Men's Foil[29]

[Shatilov-31] Alex Shatilov[30]

[Rhythmic2-32] Rhythmic Gymnasts[31]

[Rhythmic1-33] Gymnastics: Israeli rhythmic gymnastics born in the USSR[32]

[Risenzon-34] Irina Risenzon[33]

[Rivkin1-35] Neta Rivkin[34]

[Rivkin2-36] Seizing the day[35]

[Shlesinger-37] Alice Shlesinger: Judo - 63kg[36]

[Kornecki&Buskila-38] Nike Kornecki and Vered Baskila[37]

[Davidovich-39] Ma'ayan Davidovich[38]

[Edelman-40] Nufar Edelman: Laser Radial sailor[39]

[Gal&Kliger-41] Udi Gal and Gidi Kliger[40]

[Tzuberi-42] The new Gal Fridman?[41]

[Shooting-43] Doron Egozi, Gil Simkovitch and Guy Starik[42]

[Gaterer-44] Bat El Gaterer, Taekwondo Women's 57 kg[43]

[Erlich&Ram-45] Andy Ram and Yoni Erlich[44]

[Obziler-46] Wimbledon: Pe'er's run ends with doubles exit[45]

[Pe'er&Obziler-47] Shahar Pe'er, Tzipi Obziler[46]

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Aquatics

Swimming (7)

Synchronized Swimming (2)

Athletics (4)

Canoeing

Flatwater (1)

Fencing (3)

Gymnastics

Artistic (1)

Rhythmic (7)

Judo (3)

Sailing (5)

Shooting (3)

Taekwondo (1)

Tennis (4)

Schedule

See also

References