1952 Summer Olympics / Participant (Israel)

ISR

-	-	-

Israel took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki with 25 athletes, 3 women and 22 men, in 17 competitions in five sports.

It was the first time an Israeli team took part in the Summer Olympics .

Flag bearer

The basketball player Abraham Shneior carried the Israeli flag during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .

Participants by sport

basketball

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics

• Squad: Eliahu Amiel , Menahem Degani , Dan Erez , Yehuda Gafni , Mordechai Hefez , Ralph Klein , Daniel Levy , Amos Lin , Zekaarya Ofri , Reuben Perach , Shimon Shelah & Abraham Shneior

  Qualifying round , group B: not qualified for the main round; Rank 17

  57:47 loss to the Philippines 

  54: 52 defeat against Greece 

athletics

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics

Men

100 m

• David Tobacco

  Preliminary runs : Qualified for the quarter-finals in run 6 (rank 1) with 10.9 s (hand-stopped) or 11.12 s (electronic)

  Quarter-finals : in run 3 (rank 6) with 10.9 s (hand-stopped) or 11.10 s (electronically) not qualified for the semi-finals

200 m

• David Tobacco

  Preliminary runs : Qualified for the quarter-finals in run 6 (rank 1) with 22.4 s (hand-stopped) or 22.60 s (electronic)

  Quarter-finals : in run 4 (rank 5) with 21.8 s (hand-stopped) or 22.34 s (electronically) not qualified for the semi-finals

400 m

• Aria Gill-Glick

  Preliminary runs : in run 5 (rank 5) with 50.2 s (hand-stopped) or 50.27 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals

800 m

• Aria Gill-Glick

  Preliminary runs : in run 7 (rank 6) with 2: 00.9 minutes (hand-stopped) not qualified for the semi-finals

high jump

• Arieh Batun-Kleinstub

  Qualification , group A: 1.70 m, rank 19, overall rank 35, not qualified for the final

  1.60 m: no unsuccessful attempt, valid

  1.70 m: no unsuccessful attempt, valid

  1.80 m: three failed attempts, invalid

Discus throw

• Uri Gallin

  Qualification , group A: 40.76 m, rank 17, overall rank 32, not qualified for the final

  1st litter: invalid

  2nd litter: 40.76 m

  3rd litter: 40.36 m

Women

80 m hurdles

• Leah Horowitz

  Preliminary runs : in run 4 (rank 6) with 12.4 s (hand-stopped) or 12.74 s (electronic) not qualified for the semi-finals

high jump

• Tamar Metal

  Final: 1.40 m, 17th place

  1.35 m: no unsuccessful attempt, valid

  1.40 m: one failed attempt, valid

  1.45 m: three failed attempts, invalid

Long jump

• Tamar Metal

  Qualification , group B: 5.16 m, rank 15, overall rank 29, not qualified for the final

  1st jump: invalid

  2nd jump: 5.06 m

  3rd jump: 5.16 m

Discus throw

• Olga Winterberg

  Qualification : 35.79 m, 19th place, not qualified for the final

  1st litter: 25.97 m

  2nd litter: 35.79 m

  3rd litter: 24.09 m

shoot

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Shooting

Small caliber three-position fight

• Alexander Eliraz

  Final: 1,059 rings, 19 direct hits, 44th place

  kneeling: 363 rings, rank 44

  lying: 381 rings, rank 34

  standing: 315 rings, rank 42

• Zvi Pinkas

  Final: 1,077 rings, 30 direct hits, rank 41

  kneeling: 349 rings, rank 41

  lying: 388 rings, rank 32

  standing: 340 rings, rank 36

Small caliber lying

• Alexander Eliraz

  Final: 381 rings, six direct hits, rank 56

  Round 1: 95 rings, rank 50

  Round 2: 93 rings, rank 57

  Round 3: 97 rings, rank 45

  Round 4: 96 rings, rank 48

• Zvi Pinkas

  Final: 388 rings, 20 direct hits, rank 41

  Round 1: 99 rings, rank 14

  Round 2: 97 rings, rank 40

  Round 3: 98 rings, rank 38

  Round 4: 94 rings, rank 58

Free rifle three position fight

• Dov Ben-Dov

  Final: 1,033 rings, rank 21

  kneeling: 349 rings, rank 20

  lying: 370 rings, rank 21

  standing: 314 rings, rank 22

• Shmuel Laviv-Lubin

  Final: 973 rings, rank 26

  kneeling: 315 rings, rank 29

  lying: 367 rings, rank 23

  standing: 291 rings, rank 25

swim

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Swimming

100 m freestyle

• David book

  Preliminary runs: in run 1 (rank 7) with 1: 05.6 min. Not qualified for the semi-finals

Diving

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Diving

Jump 3 m

• Yoav Raanan

  Qualification: 67.70 points, rank 9, not qualified for the final

  1st jump: 10.56 points, 17th place

  2nd jump: 09.44 points, 21st place

  3rd jump: 10.54 points, 22nd place

  4th jump: 12.54 points, 05th place

  5th jump: 13.42 points, rank 09

  6th jump: 11.20 points, 22nd place

Diving

• Yoav Raanan

  Qualification: 58.15 points, rank 30, not qualified for the final

  1st jump: 12.81 points, 02nd place

  2nd jump: 10.83 points, 18th place

  3rd jump: 10.45 points, 20th place

  4th jump: 07.48 points, rank 30

  5th jump: 09.54 points, rank 26

  6th jump: 07.04 points, 31st place

Web links

• Helsinki 1952 - Official Site of the Olympic Movement (English) .
• Israeli Olympic team 1952 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).