Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Israel at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Israel at the; 1992 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ISR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Israel
Website	www.olympicsil.co.il (in Hebrew and English)
in Barcelona
Competitors	30 (25 men and 5 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Eldad Amir
Medals; Ranked 48th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Israel competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 30 competitors, 25 men and 5 women, took part in 42 events in 10 sports.^[2] Israel won its first ever Olympic medals at these Games. The first medallist in Israel's history was Yael Arad, who won silver on July 30 in judo's under-61 kg category for women,^[3] and she was followed a day later by another judoka, Oren Smadja, who won bronze in men's under-71 kg category.^[4]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Yael Arad	Judo	Women's 61 kg	30 July
Bronze	Oren Smadja	Judo	Men's 71 kg	31 July

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[5]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	4	0	4
Fencing	0	1	1
Gymnastics	1	0	1
Judo	3	1	4
Sailing	5	0	5
Shooting	2	1	3
Swimming	2	2	4
Tennis	1	0	1
Weightlifting	3	–	3
Wrestling	4	–	4
Total	25	5	30

Athletics

Men
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Aleksey Bazarov	400 metres hurdles	50.33	31	—	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Danny Krasnov	Pole vault	5.60	3 Q	5.40	8
Rogel Nachum	Triple jump	16.23	24	Did not advance
Vadim Bavikin	Javelin throw	73.88	24	Did not advance

Fencing

Lydia Hatuel-Zuckerman

Individual
Pool stage

Athlete	Event	Group Stage
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lydia Hatuel-Czuckermann	Women's foil	Xiao (CHN) L 3–5	Mincza (HUN) W 5–3	Dobmeier (GER) W 5–4	Aubin (CAN) W 5–3	McIntosh (GBR) L 4–5	22 Q

Elimination phase

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Repechage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lydia Hatuel-Czuckermann	Women's foil	Bye	Tufan (ROU) L 0–2	Did not advance		Glikina (EUN) W 2–1	Funkenhauser (GER) L 0–2	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification
		Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Ron Kaplan	Individual	19.100	18.650	19.000	18.775	18.625	18.100	112.250	65

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage				Final
		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Amit Lang	60 kg	Yoon (KOR) L Chui	Did not advance				García (VEN) L Ippon	Did not advance
Shay-Oren Smadja	71 kg	Bye	Taher (DJI) W Ippon	Cusack (GBR) W Ippon	Chung (KOR) L Ippon	Did not advance	—	Sulli (ITA) W Ippon	Boldbaatar (MGL) W Ippon	Dott (GER) W Ippon
Simon Magalashvili	95 kg	Bye	Guido (ITA) L Ippon	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yael Arad	61 kg	Bye	Gómez (ESP) W Waza-ari	Jánošíková (TCH) W Waza-ari	Eickhoff (GER) W Ippon	—	Fleury (FRA) L Yusei-gachi

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race										Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Net points	Final rank
Amit Inbar	Lechner A-390	10	11.7	11.7	20	51	5.7	13	8	18	20	118.1	8
Erez Shemesh Shai Bachar	470	5.7	20	16	20	30	8	21	—	90.7	9

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
Eldad Amir Yoel Sela	Flying Dutchman	22	29	26	24	19	17	22	130	20

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Menachem Ilan	50 metre rifle three positions	1132	41	Did not advance
Menachem Ilan	50 mete rifle prone	590	39	Did not advance
Eduard Ilyav	10 metre running target	564	15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jelena Tripolski	10 metre air pistol	372	37	Did not advance
Jelena Tripolski	25 metre pistol	573	21	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yoav Bruck	50 metre freestyle	23.72	32	Did not advance
Yoav Bruck	100 metre freestyle	51.46	31	Did not advance
Eran Groumi	100 metre backstroke	57.67	28	Did not advance
	200 metre backstroke	2:07.91	37	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	55.18	20	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Keren Regal	50 metre freestyle	27.93	41	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	2:27.85	37	Did not advance
	400 metre individual medley	5:07.97	29	Did not advance
Timea Toth	100 metre butterfly	1:03.18	29	Did not advance
Timea Toth	200 metre butterfly	2:16.84	20	Did not advance

Tennis

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
Gilad Bloom	Singles	Vajda (TCH) W (7–6, 6–1, 6–0)	Courier (USA) L (2–6, 0–6, 0–6)	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Reuven Hadinatov	60 kg	122.5	9	145.0	16	267.5	15
Oleg Sadikov	75 kg	152.5	8	180.0	14	332.5	10
Andrei Denisov	100 kg	175.0	4	202.5	9	377.5	6

Wrestling

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Group Stage							Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Nik Zagranitchni	48 kg	Elmas (TUR) W 10–8	Fuller (USA) L 1–2	Sánchez (CUB) L 0–4	Did not advance			6	Did not advance
Alexander Davidovich	62 kg	Martynov (EUN) L 1–8	Nishiguchi (JPN) L 0–2	Did not advance				10	Did not advance
Matwai Baranov	68 kg	Bye	Stoyanov (BUL) L 0–2	Smith (USA) L Fall	Did not advance			7	Did not advance

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Max Geller	68 kg	Rodríguez (CUB) W 2–1	Özbaş (TUR) L 0–2	Elekes (HUN) L DQ	Did not advance		7	Did not advance

References

^ Israel Archived 2015-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Israel at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2011-12-25.
^ Yael Arad
^ "Judo: Olympic Games: Men: -71 kg". Sports 123. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
^ Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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[4] "Judo: Olympic Games: Men: -71 kg". Sports 123. Retrieved 4 July 2015.

[5] Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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