Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Israel competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 39 competitors, 29 men and 10 women, took part in 43 events in 9 sports.^[2] The delegation of 39 athletes was the biggest at the time, and third-biggest in history, after 2008 with 40 and 2016 with 47.^[3]

Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ISR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Israel
Website	www.olympicsil.co.il (in Hebrew and English)
in Sydney
Competitors	39 (29 men and 10 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Rogel Nachum[1]
Medals Ranked 71st	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Michael Kolganov	Canoeing	Men's K1 500m	October 11

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tommy Kafri	100m	10.43	4	Did not advance
Gidon Jablonka	200m	20.92	5	Did not advance
Kfir Golan Gidon Jablonka Tommy Kafri Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy	4 × 100 m relay	39.76	6	Did not advance

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Konstantin Matusevich	High jump	2.27	1 q	2.32	5
Aleksandr Averbukh	Pole vault	5.65	7 q	5.50	10
Danny Krasnov		5.55	20	Did not advance
Rogel Nachum	Triple jump	16.39	23	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michael Kolganov	Men's K-1 500m	1:40.275	2 Q	1:40.426	3 Q	1:59.563
	Men's K-1 1000m	3:35.487	1 Q	3:37.439	3 Q	3:35.099	4
Roei Yellin Rami Zur	Men's K-2 500m	1:34.774	5 q	1:34.241	8	Did not advance
	Men's K-2 1000m	3:20.913	8 q	3:22.634	7	Did not advance
Lior Carmi Larisa Pesyakhovich	Women's K-2 500m	1:48.647	6 q	1:48.120	5	Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ayelet Ohayon	Women's foil	Bye	Wuillème (FRA) W 15-12	Bianchedi (ITA) L 12-15	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Arik Zeevi

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gil Offer	Men's -73kg	Camilo (BRA) L 0100-1010	—			Yagoubi (ALG) L 0010-0110	Did not advance
Ariel Ze'evi	Men's -100kg	Nastula (POL) W 1110-0000	Kovács (HUN) W 1011-0000	Inoue (JPN) L 0000-1011	—		Kessel (CUB) W 0120-0010	Sabino (BRA) W 1111-0001	Traineau (FRA) L 0000-1000	5
Orit Bar On	Women's -57kg	Bye	Lomba (BEL) L	Did not advance

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Rope	Hoop	Ball	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Hoop	Ball	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Or Tokayev	Individual	9.666	9.683	9.645	9.575	38.569	14	Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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.

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Amit Inbar	Men's Mistral	3	13	14 OCS	13	13	5	37	4	13	4	11	79	7th
Eldad Ronen Eli Zukerman	Men's 470	3	12	12	30 OCS	19	11	10	16	23	7	9	99	13th
Michal Hein	Women's Mistral	11	8	21	14	14	30 DSQ	11	13	18	10	16	115	14th
Anat Fabrikant Shani Kedmi	Women's 470	7	12	1	15	3	5	3	14	9	2	8	50	4th

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Aleksandr Danilov

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Alexander Danilov	10m air pistol	DQ		Did not advance
	50m pistol	556	18	Did not advance
Guy Starik	50m 3 positions	1154	32	Did not advance
	50m rifle prone	592	25	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yoav Bruck	50m freestyle	23.21	34	Did not advance
	100m freestyle	51.62	38	Did not advance
Eithan Urbach	100m backstroke	55.44 NR	9 Q	55.31 NR	6 Q	55.74	8
Yoav Gath	200m backstroke	2:00.80	13 Q	2:03.80	16	Did not advance
Tal Stricker	100m breaststroke	1:03.99	32	Did not advance
	200m breaststroke	2:19.33	32	Did not advance
Yoav Meiri	100m butterfly	55.38	37	Did not advance
Michael Halika	200m butterfly	2:01.97	31	Did not advance
	200m individual medley	2:07.53	39	Did not advance
	400m individual medley	4:19.97	11	Did not advance
Oren Azrad Yoav Bruck Alexei Manziula Eithan Urbach	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:22.06 NR	14	Did not advance
Yoav Bruck Yoav Meiri Tal Stricker Eithan Urbach	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:43.39 NR	17	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Adi Bichman	400m freestyle	4:27.33	38	Did not advance
	800m freestyle	9:01.90	25	Did not advance
	400m individual medley	5:06.72	26	Did not advance
Vered Borochovski	100m butterfly	1:00.34	19	Did not advance
	200m individual medley	2:18.99	21	Did not advance

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Michael Beilin	63 kg	Zhuk (BLR) L 0–1	Kurbanov (UZB) L 0–4	—	3	did not advance			15
Gocha Tsitsiashvili	85 kg	Aanes (NOR) L 2–7	Vitt (UZB) W 3-0	Bach Hamba (TUN) W 11–1	2	did not advance			6
Yuri Evseitchik	130 kg	Bakir (TUR) W 3-0	Vála (CZE) W 5-1	Sitnik (TUN) W 3–1	1 Q	Bye	Gardner (USA) L 2–3	Debelka (BLR) L 0–1	4

See also

• Israel at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Notes

• 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 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site