Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Israel competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time^[2] at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 25 competitors, 22 men and 3 women, took part in 17 events in 5 sports.^[3]

First Israeli Olympic Team, 1952

Israeli Olympic Basketball team 1952

Zacharia Ofri (captain of Israeli Olympic basketball team). 1952

Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ISR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Israel
Website	www.olympicsil.co.il (in Hebrew and English)
in Helsinki
Competitors	25 (22 men, 3 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Abraham Shneior[1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Results by event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Arieh Batun-Kleinstub

Event	Participant	Result	Ref
Men's 100 metres	David Tabak	First round, heat 6 – 10.9 seconds (1st place) Second round, heat 3 – 10.9 seconds (6th place)
Men's 200 metres	David Tabak	First round, heat 6 – 22.4 seconds (1st place) Second round, heat 4 – 21.8 seconds (5th place)
Men's 400 metres	Aryeh Glick-Gill	First round, heat 5 – 50.2 seconds (5th place)
Men's 800 metres	Aryeh Glick-Gill	First round, heat 7 – 2:00.9 minutes (6th place)
Men's high jump	Arieh Batun-Kleinstub	Qualifying – 1.70 metres (did not qualify)
Men's discus	Orion Gallin	Qualifying – 40.76 metres (32nd; did not qualify)
Women's 80 metres hurdles	Leah Horovitz-Ravid	First round – 12.4 seconds (6th place)
Women's high jump	Tamar Mettal-Schumacher	1.40 metres (17th place)
Women's long jump	Tamar Mettal-Schumacher	Qualifying – 5.16 metres (29th; did not qualify)
Women's discus	Olga Winterberg	Qualifying – 35.79 metres (did not qualify)

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Event	Participants	Result	Ref
Men's team competition	Coach: Tubby Raskin Dan Erez-Buxenbaum Moshe Daniel-Levy Yehuda Wiener-Gafni Mordechai-Marcel Hefez Fredi Cohen [he] Amos Lin-Linkovski Zekarya Ofri Eliahu Amiel Reuben Fecher-Perach Menahem Kurman-Degani Ralph Klein Shimon Shelah-Schmuckler Abraham Shneior	Qualification round (Group B) – Did not advance Lost to Philippines (47-57) Lost to Greece (52-54)

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Event	Participant	Result	Ref
Men's 3m springboard	Yoav Raanan	Preliminary round – 67.70 points (9th place)
Men's 10m platform	Yoav Raanan	Preliminary round – 58.15 points (30th place)

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Four shooters represented Israel in 1952.

Event	Participant	Result	Ref
300 m rifle, three positions	Dov Ben-Dov	1033 points (21st place)
	Shmuel Laviv-Lubin	973 points (26th place)
50 m rifle, prone	Zvi Pinkas	388 points (41st place)
	Alexander Eliraz	381 points (56th place)
50 m rifle, three positions	Zvi Pinkas	1077 points (41st place)
	Alexander Eliraz	1059 points (44th place)

Israel vs Philippines, 1952 Olympics. Zacharia Ofri (#4) tipping off the ball.

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Event	Participant	Result	Ref
Men's 100 metres freestyle	David-Norbert Buch	First round, heat 1 – 1:05.6 (7th place)